Education

Fairfax County: School Bond Referendum Tops $300 Million

The Nov. 3 election ballot will include a Fairfax County Public Schools bond referendum, featuring school improvement projects totaling $350,000,000.

Herndon Hosts Homecoming Parade

Community joins in Herndon’s Homecoming parade.

The Town of Herndon hosted its annual homecoming parade the morning of Saturday, Oct. 24.

Fairfax County Public Schools To Relocate 500 Staff

Fairfax County Public Schools has signed a 13-year lease at the Willow Oaks Corporate Center in Merrifield to relocated 500 support staff from the Fairfax Ridge Administration Center, where its lease it set to expire in March 2016.

Burke and Springfield: Lake Braddock Homecoming Parade 2015

Residents line treets, stomachs before showdown with TC Williams

If Dorothy’s slippers had been purple and gold rather than ruby, she may have clicked her heels and found herself at Lake Braddock’s homecoming parade.

Fairfax County: School Board Promotes Dyslexia Awareness

And adopts two-hour delay for March Primary.

Nine-year-old Maxwell Gebharts stood confidently on a step-stool to address the Fairfax County School Board Oct. 22. “My old school didn’t know I was dyslexic,” he said. “I was very sad and felt like I wasn’t keeping up with everybody.”

Cooper Middle Students Hold a Mock Election

Shaking hands and speaking with students, Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-34) engages eighth grade students at Cooper Middle School in political discussions and views their research projects.

Potomac School Student Earns Honors for Independent Science Research

Potomac School senior Matt Spencer has been selected as a regional semi-finalist in the Siemens Competition in Science, Math and Technology for his research on bioremediation.

Alexandria: Party at Patrick Henry

McAuliffe announces Virginia SOL results at formerly not-fully-accredited Patrick Henry Elementary.

In the first few minutes of his visit to Patrick Henry Elementary School, Gov. Terry McAuliffe took student Natasha Maldonado’s hand, looked her in the eyes, and begged her to keep doing well on her Standards of Learning (SOL) tests. “Keep passing those tests, all right?” he asked, “We need you.”

Potomac: SNAP Week at Wayside Elementary School

Event designed to foster acceptance.

Students at Wayside Elementary School got a lesson in acceptance recently during the fifth annual Special Needs Awareness Program (SNAP) Week, which was held earlier this month.

Potomac: Construction Begins on Discovery Center

Bullis project to be completed in spring 2017.

The Bullis student body and staff gathered on a crisp fall day in October to celebrate the groundbreaking for the first new building on campus in more than 13 years.

Arlington: Kramer Receives Teacher Scholarship

Arlington resident Alina Kramer, a Virginia Tech senior double majoring in mathematics and human development, received the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship.

Great Falls' Forestville PTA Sets a Goal: Computer for Each Student

School to host first Indoor Street Market on Nov. 14.

“Renovation for Innovation” is the logo in the front of the red Forestville T-shirts all the staff and students wear on Spirit Day. Forestville kicked off this theme last year in an effort to incorporate the upcoming renovation into their everyday life.

Alexandria Schools Pass SOL Tests … Mostly

Alexandria City Public Schools got test scores back from the 2014-2015 Standards of Learning (SOL) tests, and for the most part, it’s a report card to hang on the refrigerator.

Alexandria: Searching Out Talent

Dingle at TC.

If you see a couple whizzing past on the Mount Vernon trail, do a double take, because it just may be Dr. Jesse Dingle, the new principal of T.C. Williams High School, and his wife, out for their morning run.

Letter: Funding Public Schools

Mary Kimm’s editorial and Mr. Tillet’s letter to the editor correctly attribute the school budget shortfall to the State Legislature’s chronic under-funding, shifting obligations to the county, and surging higher needs populations (English language learners, children living in poverty or requiring special education services). Mount Vernon residents are keenly aware of these challenges.

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