Montgomery middle school students learn literacy through film making
8th Graders, Arielle Gottlieb, left, and Elspeth Dorr.
Silver Spring Int’l Middle School students hold two-day film festival as part of ‘Lights, Camera, Literacy!’
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MCPS taps focus groups as it develops budget for fiscal 2015
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Montgomery middle school students learn literacy through film making
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Fairfax County School Board to consider discipline changes
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Chicago to shutter 50 schools
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Montgomery student wants more than an apology for ‘harassment’
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U-Va. has fallen behind its competitors, consultants say
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