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The road to Maryland high school football championships is underway, with dozens of teams advancing through the opening round of the 2026 playoffs in the Maryla
The school ranked first in Maryland’s newest elementary rankings doesn’t even have kindergarten classes. It serves grades two through five, an intriguing detail behind a list that families may want to examine more closely. U.S. News released its 2027 rankings in October 2026, using reading and mathematics results...
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) has earned numerous top spots in Public School Review’s latest rankings of Maryland’s best public schools, including the top three high schools in the state. The rankings also place eight MCPS middle schools and 12 elementary schools among Maryland’s top 25 in their respective categories.
Public School Review has released its rankings of Maryland’s top public high schools for the 2026-2027 school year, with Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) claiming the top two positions in the state and placing eight schools among the top 25 (top 25 rankings below). Walt Whitman High School in...
Ten Montgomery County public schools are among 50 schools nationwide named 2026 Gold Ribbon Schools in Service-Learning by the national group Youth Service America. They are the only Maryland schools on the group’s honoree list. The 10 schools. Damascus High School. Gaithersburg High School. Quince Orchard High School. William...
Results of second round of Maryland high school football playoff games (MCPS games) can be seen below. Scores will be updated as we receive them (an F will signify the score is final):. Thursday 11/12. Blake 34 at Wheaton 7 F. Potomac 7 at Sherwood 31 F. Friday 11/23. Clarksburg...
Cassandra Batson, middle school principal and head of the upper school campus at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, has been named Maryland’s 2026-27 Milken Educator Award recipient, receiving a $25,000 cash prize. Batson was surprised with the award during a school assembly attended by students, staff...
This article was republished with permission and originally written by Gavin Manske and Larissa Deng where it was published in Richard Montgomery High School’s student newspaper The Tide. For more than 45 years, Mr. John Fahrner, known as “Mr. RM,” has been at the heart of MCPS and RM...
Montgomery County is home to 25 public high schools, each with its own athletic facilities and playing fields. While some schools have newer artificial turf fields, others continue to play on natural grass. After seeing and playing on fields throughout the county as a member of the varsity soccer team, I have ranked all 25, from worst to best.
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students have several early release days and scheduled school closures coming up over the next several weeks, including a five-day stretch surrounding Thanksgiving and an extended winter break. Here are the important dates for families to keep in mind through January 1, 2027:. November 2026.
In anticipation of the school’s relocation to the Crown Farm site in Gaithersburg, teachers have begun packing classroom materials in preparation for the move. In Room 183, AP Psychology and Student Government teacher Amy Buckingham has large cardboard boxes in the back of her classroom filled with items she plans to transport to the new building. Apart from smaller classroom items teachers are transporting, there is a larger question of what will happen to the banners, awards and plaques displayed around the school.
From Nov. 16 through 20, students will compete by grade to see who can collect the most canned food. The winning grade will earn Patriot Cup points for their grade that will go toward the end-of-year competition. The Student Government Association (SGA), Patriot Ambassadors and National Honor Society (NHS) are...
Following semifinal action this week, the Maryland girls flag football state championship games, scheduled for Nov. 17 at M&T Bank Stadium, are set.
Since it opened as a land-grant university in 1890, the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore has been underfunded and systemically shortchanged by the state and the university system, say supporters of the historically Black university, who are suing to do something about it. The group called ForUMES, comprised of students,...
On Nov. 4, leaders of Fairfax County Public Schools emailed parents to brag that district students outperformed their peers across Virginia on the SAT. The class of 2026 averaged 1,184, which is 71 points above the Virginia average of 1,113 and 139 points above the global average of 1,045. The letter linked in the email claimed that the scores “show the power and promise of public education” by surpassing state and global averages on the SAT.
ASHBURN—Stafford High School has been an annual contender at the top level of state field hockey for years, but the Indians have struggled to reach the promised land for more than two decades. On Saturday, the Indians ended their state championship drought with a dominant performance over Independence. Stafford put in a near-flawless effort to beat Independence on its home field, 5-0, in the VHSL Class 6 state championship, securing the program’s first state title since 2005. “This is incredibly exciting,” Stafford head coach Bryce Barnes said. “It’s been 21 years since we’ve won a state championship. Every year it feels like we are here or close, but we have this reputation of coming up short.” The win was extra sweet for Stafford considering the Indians just lost to Independence 2-1 16 days ago in the Region 6B championship game. Barnes said her team was determined to not let that happen again. “I think we just wanted it more,” she said. “We had to play with a lot of grit. The first game we played them, we gave them too many opportunities.” The Indians’ offensive attack was ruthless as they secured goals from Hayleigh Taylor, Jocelyn Patton, Maddy Pulliam and
During school board meetings on April 9 and June 11, in response to concerns regarding an increased number of student holidays, FCPS reduced total student days off from 40 days off to 33, while also cutting early-release days, for the 2026-2027 school year. The majority of these changes were decided...
Michael James, a North Harford High School English teacher, has been named the 2027 Maryland Teacher of the Year. The title is presented both by the Maryland State Department of Education and the Maryland State Board of Education. Each county submits their local winners to the department, which reviews them to choose state finalists.
Fairfax County middle schoolers currently start their day at 7:30 a.m., and school board members spent part of a Tuesday work session weighing whether to push that time back by nearly two hours — a shift that could also mean some elementary students start as early as 7 a.m. instead. No final decision was made, but the board reviewed three distinct proposals that could reshape mornings for thousands of families across the district.
Two grievances were brought up in the school board meeting at Luther Jackson Middle School on Nov. 12 in protest of the Instructional and Professional Responsibilities (IPR) given to teachers for weapons detection. Fairfax County Federation of Teachers (FCFT) publicly demonstrated their support for the teachers appeal during the school board work session.
