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Student Experiences
Five teams of Fairfax Academy students traveled to Richmond for the Virginia SkillsUSA competition April 27 and 28. They were entered in four events: Advertising Design, 3-D Animation, Web Design and Television Production – Live. The two teams from the TV production program placed 2nd and 3rd in their state competition. This is the first time the TV production program had competed at the state level. For the TV production – Live competition students had four hours to produce a one-minute video exemplifying the SkillsUSA theme, “Champions at Work”. During the allotted time, the two-person teams were required to plan, storyboard, script, shoot, drop audio, edit and master a copy of the video which was then viewed by a group of judges.
Fairfax Academy’s Web Design team placed 4th in the state, representing their Graphic Imaging & Design class.
Industry Certifications
A Marshall Academy student in the Network Administration II course became the first female student in the history of Marshall Academy to earn the MCSE-Engineering license in Microsoft Network Engineering. To obtain this license, a student must pass seven industry certification tests. Most network engineers do not obtain this license until well into their careers, where experience and knowledge adds to the license prep.
Articulation agreements with Northern Virginia Community College have been renewed for two more years for the following courses; Accounting, Finance, Early Childhood Careers, Culinary Arts, HVACR, Hospitality Management, Exploring the Language of Medicine, Practical Nursing, Fire and EMS, PT/OT, Photography, and Teacher Cadet.
A new articulation agreement has been signed with The Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University for Professional Photography Studio, TV Production, and Graphics Imaging and Design.
Business/Educational Partnerships
Apple Federal Credit Union visited Pimmit Hills High School for a day-long workshop on financial literacy. Over 50 students participated in the workshop which covered topics such as budgeting, credit, loans, and investment opportunities.
The Rotary Club of Dunn Loring received the Community Partnership of the Year award from Fairfax County Public Schools for their work with Pimmit Hills High School. Some of the events sponsored by the Rotary Club included a business/school scholarship committee, annual scholarship fund, career days, student job shadowing, mentoring, career talks with individual students, student award luncheons, student field trip opportunities, helping students in need (food, clothing, medical bills etc), working with the Coordinated Health Committee, cleaning the school grounds, fund-raising for Pimmit scholarship monies, purchasing teacher appreciation gifts, and the donation of school supplies and bi-lingual dictionaries.
School/Instructor Recognition
A workshop created by staff from the Mt. View Alternative High School titled, "How E-portfolios Can Inspire Student Achievement and Transform the Learning Process,” has been accepted as a 60-minute presentation at the National Tech Prep Network and Career Pathways Conference in Louisville, Kentucky Oct 11-13. Three career and technology support personnel from Mt. View will represent Fairfax County Public Schools at the 2007 national conference.
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