Long-time special education resource teacher Joseph Mornini will be retiring at the end of the school year after 40 years of working in schools, 24 of which he has spent at Whitman. (continue reading...)

State lawmakers may become the latest participants in Montgomery County’s contentious debate over later school start times. The Maryland House of Delegates is considering a bill that would establish a statewide task force to study a later start time for Maryland public schools. The bill has 20 sponsors from across the state. (continue reading...)

Principal Alan Goodwin received an anonymous online bomb threat around 6 a.m. Sept. 21. Within a few hours, MCPS security, an MCPD fire marshal and an MCPD K-9 unit were at school investigating. Responders determined the threat to be low, Goodwin said, and instruction continued throughout the day. (continue reading...)

Seeing a teacher use social networking was once like a chance encounter at the mall — weird, out of place, and just plain awkward. But some staff members have bridged the gap by reaching out to students through the internet, all in 140 characters or less. (continue reading...)

Fourteen juniors received book awards from various colleges May 30. The CIC receives about fifteen awards every spring and then works with counselors and teachers to find students who fit the bill of each specific award, career information coordinator Janice Marmor said. (continue reading...)

Junior Allegra Caldera won a NCTE Achievement Award in Writing May 17.  She is one of 274 students of over 1,100 considered nationwide to receive the honor. (continue reading...)

A panel of MCPS administrators, including principal Alan Goodwin and Pyle principal Jennifer Webster, spoke in the cafeteria April 26 about Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck's book "Mindset: The New Psychology of Success."  (continue reading...)