Education

Potomac School Notes March 6

School notes for Potomac natives.

Third-graders Present Black Facts Museum

Thirty-six prominent historical African Americans, including Frederick Douglas, Phyllis Wheatley, Augusta Savage, and Jesse Owens appeared at Washington Episcopal School recently, as the third grade class portrayed them in their annual Black Facts Museum.

Arlington School Notes March 6

School notes for Arlington natives.

Italian Music at Langley High

Cooper Middle School orchestras join Langley High orchestras in concert.

Students in the five Langley High School orchestras and two Cooper Middle School orchestras presented a concert of Italian music on Tuesday, Feb. 26, at Langley High School.

Week in McLean

This week McLean is featuring many different, exciting events.

Chesterbrook PTA Online Auction Runs Until March 10

The Chesterbrook Elementary School's Online Auction offers something for every age, taste and budget.

Woodson Wins Region Title with Epic Comeback

Cavaliers erase 19-point fourth-quarter deficit against Wakefield.

Woodson will face Battlefield on Friday in state quarterfinals.

Lynbrook Elementary receives Healthy School Award

The Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) presented Healthy School Awards to the students of Fairfax County Public School Lynbrook Elementary in Springfield on Wednesday, Feb. 20, and Alexandria City Public School James K. Polk Elementary in Alexandria, on Thursday, Feb. 21.

Good Citizenship Honored

Springfield VFW Post 7327 hosts annual award ceremony.

Sunday, Feb. 24, was the long awaited date for a fabulous awards ceremony, but if you are thinking of that other red carpet event, think again. The honorees for the Springfield Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7327 and its Ladies Auxiliary Annual Awards really stole the show.

Mount Vernon School Notes Jan. 28

School notes for Mount Vernon natives.

Halley Elementary Races for Technology

The Crosspointe subdivision around Halley Elementary School will be awash in color Saturday, March 9, with a color misting, obstacles and a road course for more traditional runners and walkers, offering professional ChronoTrack timing system for accuracy. The school's Parent Teacher Organization invites everyone to join the festivities to raise money for classroom technology during its Halley Race for Technology 5k and Color Fun Run.

Mountain View Winter Departmental Awards

Mountain View High School presented its winter departmental awards Feb. 1 to the following students:

‘All about Our Children’

Parents discuss three school-boundary scenarios.

The goal of the Fairfax High/Lanier Middle School boundary study is to remove 300 students from Fairfax and 150 from Lanier and send them elsewhere to relieve overcrowding at those two schools. But how best to do it has not yet been decided.

Why Change Is Needed

Fairfax High has a building capacity of 2,412 students and a current enrollment of 2,659 — meaning a 110-percent building utilization. But if nothing changes, it’s projected to have 3,011 student bodies by the 2017-18 school year and a 125-percent building utilization.

Fairfax Library Foundation Awards Continuing Education Scholarships

The Fairfax Library Foundation has announced that 13 Fairfax County Public Library employees and volunteers have each been awarded Continuing Education scholarships to foster the professional development of the Fairfax County Public Library team.

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