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The U.S. Marine Corps K-9 Unit based at Quantico does a demonstration for Criminal Justice students at Marshall Academy.
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Students from Sleepy Hollow Elementary School and the Stuart High School drum line lead Sleepy Hollow students on a walk through the Barcroft community to raise awareness about diabetes research.
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Chantilly High School teacher Mary Kay Downes is serenaded with “Chantilly Lace” at a surprise ceremony in her honor for being named National Yearbook Adviser of the Year.
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.Shrevewood Elementary School kindergarten students harvest pumpkins planted by last year’s kindergarten. |
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McLean High School students assemble materials for National Inclusive Schools Week, which promotes and celebrates the inclusion of all students.
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Kindergarten students at Springfield Estates Elementary School enjoy the first snowfall of the season. |
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An Annandale High School culinary arts student created a four foot high gingerbread house for the Taste of Braddock, held annually in Fairfax County’s Braddock District.
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The Poplar Tree Elementary School SCA sponsored a Giving Tree to collect new scarves, mittens, hats, and gloves for the needy.
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On Different Shoe Day, students at Laurel Ridge Elementary School made a symbolic gesture of accepting and valuing other people and their differences by wearing a different shoe on each foot.
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The Westfield High School football team celebrates its state championship. |
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Members of the Spanish Honor Society at Madison High School collected toys for Hogar Hispano in Falls Church.
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Second grade students at Sangster Elementary School decorated gingerbread houses for local retirement and nursing homes.
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Students from Springfield Estates Elementary School celebrate St. Lucia Day.
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First grade scientists at Franconia Elementary School discover the different kinds of evergreens.
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The handbell choir at North Springfield Elementary School rehearses for the school’s holiday concert.
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The Deer Park Elementary School SCA held a bake sale to raise money for school supplies for needy students at the school.
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Kindergarten student pen pals at Westlawn Elementary School meet their teacher’s husband, who personally delivered letters written by members of his unit to the students.
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Third grade students at Mosby Woods Elementary School teach their parents math concepts on the computer during Math Mania Morning.
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Carson Middle School students made blankets, toiletry kits, and coloring books for a local shelter.
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Clearview Elementary School students attended Island Night at a local bookstore. |
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David Fisher, also known as the Rope Warrior, teaches Ropenastics—a physical fitness program that incorporates jumping rope with rhythmic gymnastics, dance, martial arts, and aerobics—to students at Stratford Landing Elementary School.
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Cooper Middle School journalism students meet a combat medic who they have been corresponding with during his service in Iraq.
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Lake Anne Elementary School students wear festive costumes for United Nations Day and learned about the heritage of their classmates.
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Members of the Girl Power group at Pine Spring Elementary School sign pledges to be drug free.
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Daisy the Pig and Farmer Minor visited Timber Lane Elementary School to promote a Pig Out on Reading campaign.
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Lincoln scholar, historian, and author James Oakes visited the applied history class at West Springfield High School and signed copies of his book The radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Politics of Anti-Slavery America, for students.
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Key Middle School students volunteer to clean up the grounds around Lake Accotink |
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Lynbrook Elementary School fielded a team of more than 170 students for the Marine Corps Healthy Kids Fun Run, their seventh consecutive year participating. |
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The School Resource Officer and security team talk to students about safety and security during Pimmit Hills Alternative High School’s open house. |
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Jackson Middle School students spin cotton candy at the Merrifield Fair. |
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Students at Beech Tree Elementary School celebrate their differences in honor of the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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West Potomac High School students serve as mentors to students from Bucknell Elementary School. |
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Kilmer Middle School students perform community service at So Others Might Eat (SOME).
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Ninety-eight percent of the students at Bush Hill Elementary School participated in the annual Walk for the Homeless to benefit New Hope Housing. |
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A new Glasgow Middle School building, constructed with energy efficiency in mind, opens to students today, the first day of the second semester of the 2007-08 school year.
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Student journalists from Fairfax County high schools participated in a press conference with Superintendent Jack Dale. |
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Woodburn Elementary School second grade students get an up-close look at real insects during a science unit. |
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Students in Fairfax High School’s Automotive Technology program take delivery of a NASCAR Nextel/Sprint Cup race car once driven by Kyle Petty.
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First Lady Laura Bush presents a portrait of George Washington to Washington Mill Elementary School at the launch of Mount Vernon’s new George Washington Returns to School program.
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Third grade students at Forestville Elementary School researched famous scientists and created time capsules reflecting their work.
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Ravensworth Elementary School geography bee coordinator Mike Gunn gets in the spirit for the school’s 2007-08 bee.
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Centreville Elementary School students perform on African drums during a pyramid concert.
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Students in Jamie Penney’s fourth grade class at Colin Powell Elementary School were guests of the Washington Capitals at a recent home game.
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The West Potomac High School Colonials sang at Bethlehem Baptist Church in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Woodlawn Elementary School first grade students rap to a tune about recycling ink, written by music teacher Sue Slaven.
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A mother and her daughter read together during a Partners in Print evening at Parklawn Elementary School.
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Gung Hay Fat Choy! Centreville Elementary School students celebrate Chinese New Year, the Year of the Rat, with a parade through the school.
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As part of a watershed unit of study, Waples Mill Elementary School students label storm drains to help protect Difficult Run and Chesapeake Bay from pollution. |
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Sixth grade students at Louise Archer Elementary School portray candidates in a 2008 Presidential debate.
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Kings Glen Elementary School sixth grade students spent a day at Inner Quest, where they experienced activities focusing on team building, cooperation, and trust.
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Criminal Justice students at Marshall Academy take part in a mock trial officiated by a Fairfax County General District Court judge.
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Parklawn Elementary School students held their own Presidential primary election, complete with rally signs, speeches, and voting.
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Third grade students at Rose Hill Elementary School share letters they wrote to support military personnel stationed in Iraq.
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Students at Stone Middle School saw reptiles up close—including this crocodile—during a visit by a renowned herpetologist.
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:Student artists at Mosby Woods Elementary School created a 38 foot long wall mural that depicts concepts and skills they learn in grades K-6.
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Students at Armstrong Elementary School earned the right to enjoy a Pajama Day by walking quietly in the halls and earning more than 700 silent stars.
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Students at Hughes Middle School create Books of Hope for children displaced by civil war in Uganda.
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Students at Providence Elementary School display their copies of the Fairfax Connection newspaper after being informed their writings were published.
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Kindergarten students from Kings Park Elementary School celebrate Chinese New Year. |
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Students at Forestville Elementary School created multicolored snowflakes that represent diversity. |
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Stuart High School students confer at the presidential primary election forum on February 7. |
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Franconia Elementary School students show off their Abraham Lincoln hats and beards in honor of the former president’s birthday.
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Kindergarten students at Bonnie Brae Elementary School play Valentine bingo during their classroom celebration. |
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The Black History Team from Mount Vernon High School finished second in the 24th annual Black History Forum. |
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Art and Family and Consumer Sciences students at Whitman Middle School joined forces to create an Adinkra quilt as part of their studies for African American History Month.
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