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As the Maryland private schools get their playoffs underway and the MPSSAA moves the second round of its state playoffs, here is our latest update to the Maryland High School Football State Rankings.
Since Cornerstone Grill & Loft, one of College Park’s most popular bars, lost its liquor license in October, regular patrons are squeezing into Looney’s Pub and Terrapin’s Turf on the weekends. “It’s a little bit disappointing,” University of Maryland (UMD) senior Gina Youn said. “I [just] turned...
DeMatha Catholic High School will honor longtime athletic director Ed King by inducting him into its Hall of Fame and will recognize 1994 alumnus Joe Sego for his over 35 years of service to area youth. DeMatha Principal Dan McMahon, who taught English to Sego, sees similarities in the two...
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...
A Maryland teenager who graduated at the top of her high school class and earned a full scholarship to college is now facing a future far different from the one she spent years working toward. Maria Flores Garcia, 19, was detained alongside her mother during a scheduled immigration check-in in Balti…
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (7News) — Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) expects to find another $75 million to $100 million in savings for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2027, after making about $150 million in reductions, the district said. Superintendent Shawn Joseph told 7News the district is still deciding where to make the cuts and will work with its unions to identify savings.
“Too many schools, too few students,” a problem that MCPS is more than well aware of. For the first time in over 40 years, student enrollment in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is declining, leading the Board of Education (BOE) to determine which schools should be shut down and consolidated. Due to declining birth rates and changes in demographics across the county, more schools are experiencing low attendance rates and more vacant space. The conversation around closing and consolidating schools has been thoughtfully looked at over the past couple of months, although MCPS has recently brought attention to the public.
Several Montgomery County high schools earned top finishes at the 2026 Maryland Marching Band Association (MMBA) State Championships, highlighted by Thomas S. Wootton High School winning the Open-Small division and Quince Orchard High School finishing second in the Show Band division. Wootton earned a score of 93.6 to capture the...
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. - Fairfax County School Board members are considering major changes to school start times. The decision could impact thousands of students and their families and could reshape everything from bus routes to after-school activities. The big question is how to give middle school students more time to...
Michael Nesmith has been the head football coach at Paint Branch High School since 2007, and he has coached football every year since he was 19. Nesmith, who also teaches English at Paint Branch, said he wants to use football to help build young men, not just to win games.
Rockville, MD — MCPS is evaluating amendments to the school field trip policy that would end the practice of using field trips as incentives with the goal of creating equal access to out-of-school opportunities. The Division of School Leadership and the Division of Teaching and Learning have submitted a...
PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. — Nearly 82% of Calvert County’s rated public schools earned four or five stars on Maryland’s latest school report card, compared with half of public schools statewide. Five Calvert schools received the highest five-star rating, up from three last year. The number receiving three...
There's a new head coach in Prince George's County, Maryland. Oxon Hill High School (Oxon Hill, Maryland) has named a former student-athlete to lead the women'
Four Anne Arundel County Public Schools principals have been named finalists for the 2027 George Arlotto Leadership Award, which recognizes the district’s Principal of the Year. The award honors school leaders who demonstrate exceptional leadership, support students and staff, and strengthen relationships with families and their communities. The four...
Calvert public schools’ Superintendent Marcus Newsome noted it had been 22 months since his predecessor and other school and community leaders did the traditional moving of dirt with golden shovels. And now the new Northern Middle School has opened for learning. The project, which was slowed by weather and challenges in obtaining building materials, cost nearly $60 million, which was a combination of state and county funds. The three-story, 109,237-square-foot building, co-located with Northern High on Chaneyville Road in Owings, can accommodate 800 students. With its current enrollment at 715 there’s room for more, although it’s still Calvert County’s most populous middle school. “It takes every department in the school system to make this happen,” the superintendent said during his monthly report to the Calvert County school board Nov. 5. In a matter of hours, the new building went from being a storage site for unopened boxes and bare shelves into a new school. Newsome credited school staff, assisted by honor students from Northern High, with the move from the old school to the new building. “It’s looking amazing,” Ruth Ollie Reist, a Northern High junior and current student member of the board, said of the new facility. Reist was
The Northeast Eagles have released their upcoming basketball and football schedules, featuring games against nearby Anne Arundel County teams and regional opponents. All contests are held at Northeast High School in Pasadena, Maryland unless otherwise noted. The football program is set to play a road game against Westlake High School...
Senior Daniela Naaman had been hoping to take AP European History long before she signed up for it during the winter, enthusiastic to learn about the foundations of arguably the most influential continent in the past few centuries. In May, to her dismay, she found it had been unexpectedly cancelled. Consoling herself, she figured she would take AP Comparative Government instead: though it did not make the final cut, it had been on her list. Lo and behold, that too had been terminated.
On June 4, 2026, the MCPS Board of Education (BOE) approved a budget that included a $1.4 million funding reduction for the dual enrollment program as part of a larger $36 million deficit in the budget. This reduction includes cuts to tuition coverage and learning materials. Dual enrollment provides an...
Benedictine opened its new Dugan Residential Hall with a ceremonial ribbon cutting and student homecoming the week of Nov 2, 2026. Scott Evans, Executive Director, said during his comments
