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(June 28, 2000)
An investigation has substantiated serious allegations of security violations in the administration of the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) at Potomac Elementary School. As a re ...(more)
(June 26, 2000)
The Board of Education on Monday, June 26, approved the following administrative appointments:Principal* Glen Haven Elementary School -- Dr. Joanne Smith, currently principal of Rankin School for Tec ...(more)
(June 21, 2000)
Anthony DeCicco, a 2000 graduate of Sherwood High School, has received the first annual Pignone Community Service Scholarship.The $2,500 award, funded by Sue and Tom Pignone, is available to children ...(more)
(June 20, 2000)
More than 1,300 students in 26 Montgomery County public and private high schools registered to vote during the annual High School Voter Registration Drive in May. Students who will reach their eighte ...(more)
(June 19, 2000)
As the mapping and sequencing of the human genome nears completion, molecular medicine and biotechnology are coming to Capitol Hill, brought not by specialists, but by teenagers, the scientists of the ...(more)
(June 13, 2000)
Highland View Elementary School has received a grant of $490,572 from the U.S. Department of Education to extend opportunities for students and their families through the 21st Century Community Learni ...(more)
The Board of Education today [Tuesday, June 13] delayed final adoption of the Fiscal Year 2001 operating budget pending resolution of a $3.2-million shortfall in state funding for the English for Spea ...(more)
The Board of Education today [Tuesday, June 13] approved the following adminstrative appointments: Community Superintendent* Dr. Frank H. Stetson, currently principal, Walter Johnson High School, as ...(more)
Montgomery County Public Schools has been named the top winner in the Education and Academia category of the 2000 Computerworld Smithsonian Awards. The awards, given to 11 programs in categories rangi ...(more)
(June 09, 2000)
Four MCPS teachers have won Excellence in Teaching Awards from the Marian Greenblatt Education Fund, which recognizes teachers for excellence in motivating and educating students. This is the 12th yea ...(more)
(June 06, 2000)
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, along with regional partners including Gaithersburg Middle School, has been awarded a three-year grant by the National Foundation for the Improvemen ...(more)
Six high school seniors have won college-sponsored National Merit Scholarships, bringing the total number of MCPS Merit Scholars to 27 so far this year.The six seniors are among about 2,500 winners of ...(more)
(June 02, 2000)
A Montgomery Blair High School senior has been named a Presidential Scholar, one of the highest honors given to U.S. high school seniors. Anne E. Lee is among 121 national academic scholars chosen for ...(more)
(May 26, 2000)
Students passed the countywide semester exams for high school foreign languages at a rate of 83 percent and honors geometry at a rate of 92 percent, but the pass rate fell to 55 percent among those st ...(more)
(May 24, 2000)
Fourteen students have won $2,000 National Merit Scholarships after meeting rigorous academic standards and other criteria. The local scholars are among 50 winners from Maryland. Only 2,500 winners ...(more)