Newington Forest Elementary School teachers and staff members kick off the school year with team building games developed by physical education teachers.

Chantilly High School and Northrop Grumman employees celebrate their 25-year partnership by singing "Chantilly Lace" at the Char-a-Oke fundraiser, sponsored by the Foundation for Fairfax County Public Schools.

The Washington Mill Elementary School Young Scholars summer school group took a field trip to George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate, where they toured the gardens

Dranesville Elementary School teachers rode a school bus through the community to meet students and invite them to the 2011-12 open house.

Glen Forest Elementary School students entering grades 1-5 participate in the Jump Start program, which gives them a headstart on the 2011-12 school year, during August

Fort Belvoir Elementary School students visit the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History and explore the Spark Lab as part of the Summer Kids Lab program.

Applied History students from West Springfield High School met historian and author David McCullough at the National Archives as part of its Constitution Day program.

Hutchison Elementary School students in Katie Paris' class get back into their school day routines with morning work.

President Barack Obama signed the America Invents Act into law at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology on Friday as lawmakers and TJ students look on.

Stuart High School cheerleaders baked cookies, brownies, and cupcakes that they decorated and delivered to the Bailey's Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department in remembrance of September 11.

During the school's Constitution Day celebration, Mountain View Alternative High School students raised the American flag with members of VFW Post 5412.

Annandale High School welcomes the class of 2015 by giving them matching T-shirts in the school’s colors.

Students at McNair Elementary School watch as butterflies that were raised from eggs on milkweed plants in the school garden are released.

Hutchison Elementary School students donate toiletry items for the Embry Rucker homeless shelter in Reston in observance of the National Day Of Service.

Lake Anne Elementary School teachers began the school year by having lunch with their students during the first week of school.

As part of their environmental studies unit, Churchill Road Elementary School kindergarten students make tree rubbings to form the trunk of their classroom tree

Irving Middle School teachers lend a hand to students during a bus evacuation drill.

Sixth grade students, teachers, and administrators at Hybla Valley Elementary School make a V formation to show their commitment and support for each other as they work together to reach their goals.

Lemon Road Elementary School students are happy to be back at school with their new teachers and classmates.

Students from Jackson Middle School participated in ExxonMobil’s Mathcamp with the Washington Nationals staff and got a special tour o of Nationals Park.

Students in grades 4-6 participated in the Chalk4Peace event at Marshall Road Elementary School.

Clermont Elementary School students and staff members learn to CARE about Positive School Behaviors at their fall pep rally.

Students and faculty members at Annandale High School made a human peace symbol in recognition of the United Nations’ International Day of Peace.

This Woodson High School student gave back to his elementary school, Fairhill, by landscaping the back of the school with the help of a group of volunteers and donated flowers and shrubs, for his Eagle Scout project.

Jamie Renn’s sixth grade class at Union Mill Elementary School celebrated punctuation day.

Wakefield Forest Elementary School second grade students in Nina Rumohr’s class are proud of their class friendship quilt.

At Beech Tree Elementary School, students participate in buddy reading and, while reading aloud, use special tubes to amplify their voices and help them develop correct enunciation.

Four Churchill Road Elementary School safety patrols captured a monarch butterfly caterpillar to replace one that had escaped from a second grade classroom.

Students at Oak View Elementary School participated in the first DEAR (drop everything and read) event of the year.

Union First Market Bank and Saratoga Elementary School kick off their partnership with an exhibition of student-created artwork.

First grade students at Churchill Road Elementary School display the basket of potatoes from the school garden that they planted from seed in kindergarten.

Union Mill Elementary School students created Thank You Chains in appreciation for the service provided by members of the police and fire departments and the U.S. military.

Students in the Work Awareness Transition (WAT) class at Madison High School visited Leesburg Executive Airport and toured the AV-ED Flight School to learn about career opportunities.

Seventh grade students from Cooper Middle School conducted water monitoring and analysis by testing water samples during a field trip to Lake Fairfax park to assess the health of its ecosystem.

Dogwood Elementary School students and staff members show their support for kindergarten students who are learning their colors by wearing a different color each day.

Eighth grade students in Jillian Brandt’s science class at Key Middle School measure the density of gummi bears during a lab.

Students from Springfield Estates Elementary School were excited to get new library cards during a field trip to the Richard Byrd branch of the Fairfax County Public Library.

An ornithologist from the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center visited students at Lake Anne Elementary School to talk about tracking migratory birds and recognizing resident birds;  students were able to view stuffed birds while listening to her lecture.

Key Middle School Family and Consumer Sciences students in Jan Smith-Cox’s classroom measure and pin pieces of an apron in class.

The second annual Multiplication Bee at Poe Middle School allowed sixth grade competitors to demonstrate their knowledge of multiplication facts.

Bryant Alternative High School students celebrate the silver anniversary of the Project Opportunity program.

At Stratford Landing Elementary School, second grade students observe nature to understand seasonal changes in art.

As part of a social studies lesson, students at Lynbrook Elementary School created cakes shaped like the United States and used various types of icing and decorations to identify the specific regions.

Students at Haycock Elementary School participate in First Lady Michelle Obama’s attempt to break the world record for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period.

Brian Curry of the Magical Math Tour entertained students at Virginia Run Elementary School while reviewing essential math concepts and got rave reviews for his visit.

Hughes Middle School students say no to bullying by wearing orange on National Unity Day.

Stratford Landing Elementary School students honor current and former members of the U.S. Armed Services on Veterans Day with patriotic art decorations, chorus and band concerts, and classroom visits by members of the military.

South County Secondary School cheerleaders and football players came back to their alma mater, Newington Forest Elementary School, to celebrate the first pep rally of the year.

Fourth grade students from Cameron Elementary School enjoyed a ride in a covered wagon during a field trip to the Virginia State Fair.

Students at Woodburn Elementary School draw self-portraits using a contour line drawing technique.

Peer Mediation students at Annandale High School sponsored Mix it Up Day, encouraging students to sit somewhere different and make a new friend.

As part of Herndon Elementary School’s 50th anniversary celebration, students and staff members formed a giant 50.

Whitman Middle School students met with two of the astronauts from NASA’s last space shuttle Atlantis mission and heard stories about their trip to the International Space Station.

Sixth grade students from Louise Archer Elementary School participated in a four-day camping trip to Camp Highroad in Middleburg, where theylearned Civil War history while participating in team building and learning survival and life skills.

Greenbriar East Elementary School first grade students learned about the first Thanksgiving and the idea of past and present by performing a play for their families at the Thanksgiving luncheon.

Fourth grade students from Halley Elementary School took a tour of the Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery, re-creations of the ships that brought English colonists to Jamestown.

Stratford Landing Elementary School’s Discovery Garden has been certified as a wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation.

Students from Rolling Valley Elementary School are on their way to a sixth consecutive win in the West Springfield Pyramid Challenge, determined by the percentage of students who participate.