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Kindergarten students at Terra Centre Elementary School enjoyed a puppet show about fire safety.
“Langston Hughes 7th graders try out beaver teeth while learning about beavers during the wet lands study field trip to the Reston Glade Stream Valley.
Edison Academy Automotive Technology and Auto Collision students and Edison High School Engineering students study the Air Force Project Super Car, a joint effort of the U.S. Air Force and Galpin Auto Sports of USA network fame.
A Fort Belvoir Elementary School patrol (left) wrote Virginia Governor Tim Kaine about his school’s tattered state flag and received a new flag to display on the school’s flagpole.
Armstrong Elementary School sixth grade students planted tulip and daffodil bulbs outside their classroom.
Gunston Elementary School second grade friends walk as a group in the school’s annual Walk for the Homeless; students collected food donations and learned about the causes of homelessness.
Sangster Elementary School students made 51 Christmas ornaments to be displayed on the National Christmas Tree and the Virginia state tree at the annual Pageant of Peace on the ellipse.
West Springfield High School biology teacher Ann Wong (center) reacts when learning she has been named winner of the Milken Educator Award and $25,000.
Kindergarten students at Haycock Elementary School worked as scientists to observe pumpkins, estimate and count seeds, and work in groups to draw shapes to create a jack o’lantern.
Student journalists from Burke School met and interviewed environmentalist Philippe Cousteau during a visit to Gunston Elementary School.
Kindergarten students at Terra Centre Elementary School learned about Hanukkah in class.
Students at Lemon Road Elementary School mold Native American clay pots to hold seeds.
Members of the Hughes Middle School Fashion Illustration Club, which meets after school, took a break from designing clothes to design holiday centerpieces for their families.
As part of the Falls Church High School SCA’s campaign on Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness, students planted 250 pinwheels in front of the school to represent the more than 2,000 reported cases of child abuse in Fairfax County every year.
Gunston Elementary School students enjoy a limousine ride for being the top sellers in the school’s Sally Foster fundraiser.
About 250 Waynewood Elementary School parents, staff members, and students participated in the first Gobbler Gallop, a one-mile run around the neighborhood that was organized and run by physical education staff members and parent volunteers and supported by local businesses.
Students in the upper elementary grades pair up with younger students for the Reading Buddy program at Canterbury Woods Elementary School.
Hughes Middle School celebrates Red Ribbon week by dressing alike; after all, "Friends don't let friends do drugs."
Students from Pimmit Hills Alternative High School are riveted to the monitors and viewing windows as they watch open heart surgery being performed at Inova Fairfax Hospital.
Woodlawn Elementary School first grade students learn to write a how-to story by writing about how to make pumpkin pie from beginning to end.
Washington Capitals players Mathieu Perrault and Jay Beagle demonstrated hockey skills and technique for sixth grade students at Poplar Tree Elementary School and donated hockey equipment to the school as part of the Caps Hockey School Program.
Bryant Alternative High School students honored one of their own who was killed in Iraq by placing a wreath on his grave at Arlington National Cemetery.
January
Springfield Estates Elementary School FECEP students check out a new hamster in their classroom.
As part of the school's service learning initiative, Churchill Road Elementary School first grade students planted tulip bulbs in the flower beds at the McLean Community Center.
Members of the Beech Tree Elementary School Girls on the Run Club bundle up to run in cold weather.
Students at Weyanoke Elementary School enjoyed the moon bounce at the school’s big blast party, a reward for students who participated in a school fundraiser.
Liberty Middle School students enjoy learning about a variety of occupations from local professionals on Career Day.
Students from Falls Church High School were invited to Bush Hill Elementary School during National Inclusive Schools Week for a presentation to students in grades 3-6 on life at the high school and to discuss disability issues.
Members of the Herndon High School girls basketball team are paired up with Hutchison Elementary School students to serve as role models and mentors as part of the school’s Readers as Leaders program.
Kindergarten students at Laurel Ridge Elementary School celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday by creating wreaths featuring hands of different colors
Kent Gardens fifth graders enjoy a visit from Slapshot, who gave out Washington Capitals autographed pucks as part of the Caps@School program.
Centreville High School’s band, orchestra and guitar ensemble hosted Centreville Elementary School’s kindergarten on Friday. The field trip included an introduction to the instruments, concerts and an instrument strumming zoo. Here’s a shot of two of our kindergartners strumming away.
Business partner Cardinal Bank recently opened a new branch at Armstrong Elementary School.
Fairhill Elementary School fifth and sixth grade students performed music for the community at Baja Fresh; artwork created by Fairhill students is displayed in the background.
Strings students at Fairview Elementary School rehearsed and performed with professional musicians from the Amadeus Orchestra and learned about career opportunities in the arts.
Hughes Middle School cheerleaders collect coats for a local Homeless Shelter for the upcoming winter.
Woodburn Elementary School sixth grade students and teachers mulched the Sarah Lahr Outdoor Classroom as part of a community service project.
.Students from many Fairfax County public schools are participating in special projects to support the survivors of the earthquake in Haiti.
President Barack Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visited Graham Road Elementary School on January 19 to talk about the Race to the Top initiative and spoke to students about the importance of getting a good education.
Students enjoy learning about the new year and the exclamation mark in Priscilla Zoracki's kindergarten class at Hutchison Elementary School.
Churchill Road Elementary School fourth grade students participated in candle making, soap carving, and potholder weaving as part of the annual Colonial Day activities.
February
Waynewood Elementary School students celebrate Spirit Day by wearing crazy hats and hairdos.
Students from Lemon Road Elementary School hang bird feeders they made with pinecones, peanut butter, and bird seed.
Members of the Crestwood Elementary School chorus hold a replica of the 1814 American flag at the site of the penning of Francis Scott Key's Star-Spangled Banner, Ft. McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland.
Lynbrook Elementary School students participated in the Marine Corps Marathon Healthy Kids Fun Run and won the participation award for the ninth year in a row.
Saratoga Elementary School students and staff members form a giant 20 in honor of the school’s 20th anniversary, being celebrated this year.
Sixth grade students from Eagle View Elementary School observed a portrait of George Washington on a field trip to the National Portrait Gallery.
Students from Groveton Elementary School count the contributions made to Project Esperanza, which supports students in the Dominican Republic.
Students at Gunston Elementary School show off their crafts and costumes from their celebration of Colonial times.
Counselor Gina Fajardo spends time with students at Terra Centre Elementary School as part of the school’s Lunch Bunch program.
Churchill Road Elementary School essential personnel and a volunteer help ready the school for students.
Custodial workers at Glen Forest Elementary School were honored by fellow staff members with gold medals and flowers for their extensive snow removal work, and were also recognized on local television stations.
Students at Sandburg Middle School grew and harvested lettuce as part of the school’s Find Your Inner Courtyard program, and plan to donate their harvest to a local women’s shelter.
Fourth and fifth grade students at Parklawn Elementary School built models of shelters in an architecture class during their winter extended learning program.
Winners of the Bush Hill Elementary School Geography Bee answered questions such as which country is the largest cotton grower along the Mediterranean and which island nation has the most energy produced from nuclear power.
Churchill Road Elementary School kindergarten students wear stovepipe hats decorated with facts they wrote about President Abraham Lincoln in honor of his birthday.
Inspired by the Winter Olympics and the Super Bowl, Wakefield Forest Elementary School students participated in an SCA sponsored Sports Spirit Day.
Mount Eagle Elementary School students celebrate the Winter Olympics by receiving a Reading is Fundamental (RIF) book and making their own medals.
Edison Academy students attended a Green Panel on Sustainability Practices and Trends in Business, Government, and Industry and learned about strategies and practices used to save and conserve resources, reduce waste, and to help protect the environment.
Navy 6th graders collaborated with architects and researched topics about creating a sustainable community to conserve resources. This model of their community was taken was taken to Virginia Tech’s Architectural School for display.
A fourth grade student at Lees Corner Elementary School practices calligraphy with a feather pen during Colonial Day.
