FCPS students captured awards in numerous Virginia High School League (VHSL) competitions this spring.

Irving Middle students are working on their Passion Projects, a cross-curricular project-based learning assignment that requires students to be communicators, collaborators, global citizens, gold directed and resilient individuals, and critical thinkers, based on FCPS’ Portrait of a Graduate.

Springfield Estates Elementary sixth grade students formed an environmental group after reading an informative article and seeing a video on Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.

Fairfax Academy Dance students will premiere new work with a fairy tale theme at their Spring Dance Concert. Each piece is inspired by a Brothers Grimm tale.

FCPS Get2Green and the National Wildlife Federation’s Eco-Schools USA celebrated the 10th anniversary of both programs with presentations of the fourth Green Flag at both Lanier Middle and Centreville Elementary.

Heather Jones, who has taught Family and Consumer Sciences at Sandburg Middle School since 2012, has been named the 2019 National Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher of the Year by the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.

ABC News senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas visited journalism classes at Marshall High to discuss his career and the state of journalism in today’s society.

Students at Chesterbrook Elementary used Portrait of a Graduate skills to create unique works with a wide variety of digital tools for the school’s Digital Learning Showcase.

Melissa Chesney, a teacher at Whitman Middle, has been nominated for the Hannah E. (Liz) MacGregor Teacher of the Year History Teacher Award.

Students from six Fairfax County public schools won awards at the 2019 Virginia History Day competition, based on the theme Triumph and Tragedy in History. Two student teams and two individual students captured first place awards in their categories.