The Cappies of the National Capital area held its annual awards gala honoring excellence in high school theater on June 6 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Eryn Yarrell will start college with two years of credit to her name after tapping an FCPS dual degree program to earn an associate's degree from Northern Virginia Community College alongside her high school diploma from Hayfield Secondary School.

Many FCPS high schools participate in the Washington, D.C., chapter of the Critics and Awards Program for High School Theater, otherwise known as the Cappies. Sean Gillen of Oakton High School provides his review of Crazy for You at South Lakes High School.

Students with special needs are able to get creative and open up as they write songs and play the ukulele.

A physical education program teaches some students how to ride bikes entirely, while more experienced riders learn hand signals for turns, safety rules and the meanings of various road signs.

Students at Little Run ES and Katherine Johnson MS are working with fabric as part of a social-emotional learning push to help students recover from more than two years of living through a global pandemic.

Some schools are utilizing ESSER III funds to help pay for therapy animal visits, while others rely on teachers going above and beyond to care for and feed the animals.

A voluntary program at Fairfax High School creates safe space for tough conversations, in hopes of finding student-centered solutions.

TJHSST students meet weekly with Weyanoke ES fifth-grade girls to complete hands-on science projects and promote critical thinking skills, while developing friendships along the way.

Meal designed by seventh-graders to appear on FCPS school lunch menus in the 2022-2023 school year.

Math teachers shows fun ways he engages students with math.

Elliot Baird of Lake Braddock Secondary School gives us his review of Mount Vernon High School's production of Matilda the Musical.