Students at Rocky Run Middle School and Lake Braddock Secondary School will explore a deeper engagement with the arts as part of the ARTSFAIRFAX Artist Residency Program.

In recognition of National Engineers Week, Marshall Academy, a Governor’s STEM academy and George Mason University’s Volgenau School of Engineering will host the fourth annual National Engineers Week Youth Conference on Sunday, February 16, at GMU’s Fairfax campus.

Fairfax Academy welcomed the McNair Elementary Boys and Girls Mentoring group for a day of touring, participating in interactive and hands-on experiences in classes, and hearing directly from current academy students.

Staff members at Canterbury Woods Elementary gather every morning during the current school year to plank together.

The Fairfax County School Board passed a resolution recognizing February as Black History Month at its February 6 business meeting.

The Fairfax County School Board voted to approve the Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) FY 2021-25 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) at its business meeting on February 6.

Fairfax County School Board has adopted the FY 2021 Advertised Budget of $3.2 billion—which focuses on employee compensation—at its business meeting on February 6.

McLean High’s online publication, The Highlander, is one of just 28 high school websites nationwide to be named a Pacemaker finalist by the NSPA.

Victoria Graf, a Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology student, has been named a finalist in the 2020 Society for Science and the Public’s Science Talent Search, sponsored by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.

Marshall Road Elementary fourth grade teacher Lisa Emerson has been awarded the 2019 Volunteer of the Year by the Vienna Fire Department.