Studio 501c3: College Tracks
This episode of Studio 501c3 features the nonprofit College Tracks which was started in 2003 by three parents at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. Host Kim Jones speaks with Mecha Inman, the CEO of College Tracks.
Studio 501c3 focuses on the nonprofit organizations in Montgomery County working to build supportive communities every day.
College Tracks gives Montgomery County low-income and first-generation college students a chance to fulfill their dreams and go to college.
Jan 24, 2015
A long-time Montgomery county special education teacher is facing serious charges of possessing and distributing child pornography. He has been off the job since September but parents are just learning about his arrest in a letter tonight. News4’s Derrick Ward has more on why parents weren’t notified sooner.
Plus: MCPS will solicit proposals for search firm for next superintendent; 18 MCPS teachers receive national certification
April 22, 2021 | 8:00 pm
April 22, 2021
USDA extends waivers for free meals through June 2022
The United States Department of Agriculture announced this week it is extending waivers through the 2021-22 academic year that allow school districts to distribute meals to children at no cost.
The extension will last until June 2022. Before this week’s announcement, the waivers would have expired in September.
The waivers, used by MCPS, allow meals to be served at no cost, in bulk and to parents without their children being present. They were first passed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic as worries about food insecurity rose.
Senior, John F. Kennedy High School
Having moved to the United States from Ethiopia when she was 5, Hewan Kidanemariam is aware of inequities in the world especially when it comes to health care. She says her early interest in medicine was influenced by her mother, who was a medical aide during that country’s civil war and would tell stories of bandaging wounded soldiers.
“It really comes down to impact. There are other professions where you can help people, but it’s more indirect,” says Hewan, 17, who lives in Silver Spring and aspires to be a physician. “In health care, you have a more intimate relationship with a patient and a direct impact on a patient’s life.”
Genomics education begins with a classroom of educators
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The NHGRI Short Course in Genomics brings the latest genomics science to the classroom.
Samantha Agoos, who teaches honors genetics and biology at Denver East High School in Denver, believes she is doing a disservice to her students if she is not up to date on her subject matter. At Bethesda-Chevy Chase High in Maryland, a science teacher named Justine Lassar wants to teach biology lessons that are rooted in real, cutting-edge science.
But for genomics, that s a tall order. Genomics the study of all DNA in organisms is one of the fastest moving subjects in science. There are not many current genomics education resources available to teachers like Agoos and Lassar.