Potomac: Study Correlates Happiness and Good Grades
St. Andrew’s students participate in pioneering study.
Some local school children are helping adjust the way educators view school environments. In fact, they received national recognition for their efforts.
Potomac Brief: Kansas Church To Protest at Churchill
Westboro Baptist Church members from Topeka, Kansas, will be picketing outside Churchill High School during dismissal on Tuesday, Nov. 10, according to Montgomery County Public Schools.
Potomac: SNAP Week at Wayside Elementary School
Event designed to foster acceptance.
Students at Wayside Elementary School got a lesson in acceptance recently during the fifth annual Special Needs Awareness Program (SNAP) Week, which was held earlier this month.
Potomac: Construction Begins on Discovery Center
Bullis project to be completed in spring 2017.
The Bullis student body and staff gathered on a crisp fall day in October to celebrate the groundbreaking for the first new building on campus in more than 13 years.
New Principal at Potomac Elementary
Educator plans to incorporate more technology, keep parents informed.
Ever since she was an elementary school student, Catherine Allie knew that she wanted to be an educator.
Potomac Snapshot: International Walk to School Day
County and school officials celebrated International Walk To School Day at Bells Mill Elementary School on Wednesday, Oct. 7.
Potomac: AppCoach Guides Students
Levitt inspires self-understanding for college essays.
Applying to college can be a daunting process for high school students.
Potomac Snapshot: Geneva Day School Celebrates 50TH Anniversary
Geneva Day School recently held a 50th birthday celebration in conjunction with its annual Welcome Back Social, which is traditionally held on the first Friday of September after Labor Day.
Potomac: Students Join ‘Walk with Pope Francis’
Students at Our Lady of Mercy School take pledge.
On Aug. 31, the first day of school, students at Our Lady of Mercy School in Potomac made a promise that will remain in their hearts and memories.
Potomac Event Brought in Supplies for the New School Year
More than 1,000 Montgomery County school children began the school year with new backpacks and school supplies thanks to the generosity of some Potomac residents.
Potomac: Animals Can Help Patients with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Animals can help patients with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders heal.
Wearing her long dark hair in pigtails and a backwards baseball cap, Leah Schuman peered curiously over a low fence into a pen of miniature llamas.
Potomac: First Day of School
Montgomery County Public Schools welcomed more than 156,000 students for the first day of the 2015–2016 school year on Monday, Aug. 31, the largest enrollment in the district’s history.
Potomac: Through the Lens of Youth
Photoworks showcases young photographers.
Through Aug. 30, Glen Echo Park’s Photoworks is showcasing the 2015 Juried Youth Photography Exhibition.
Potomac: Backpack Drive To Benefit Needy Children
Couple hosts ice cream social to get all children ready to start school.
When Margo Fonoroff worked as a teacher, media specialist and principal in Montgomery County Public Schools, she recalls the first days of school as being filled with excited children clad in new clothes and shoes and carrying new backpacks. They had pencils and notebooks and calculators and were ready to begin a new school year. For some students however, the start of the school year brought shame.
Potomac Brief: Detectives Arrest Private School Teacher
Montgomery County Police Special Victims Investigations Division detectives have been investigating the report of inappropriate sexual contact between a private school teacher and two students that occurred to one student beginning in 2012 and to the other student beginning in 2015