South County High students in the STEM engineering program learned about civil engineering and bridge construction from members of Engineering Tomorrow.

The Fairfax High DECA and Crush Cancer Club hosted a Gold Out! to support Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month.

Three Fairfax County public schools will benefit from a five-year $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity to expand programming in science, technology, engineering, and math.

Ombuds Day is recognized on October 8; FCPS provides the Office of the Ombudsman as an independent, confidential resource to help resolve problems, complaints, and other student-related issues.

FCPS has been awarded the 25th annual Achievement of Excellence in Procurement® for 2020 from the National Procurement Institute.

Graduation rates released by the Virginia Department of Education indicate that 93.0 percent of FCPS students in the class of 2020 graduated on time, up from 91.2 percent in 2019.

Freedom Hill Elementary administrators celebrated the hard work of their entire staff by traveling throughout Northern Virginia and beyond to place a sign where each staff member lives.

Two Fairfax County public schools—Fairhill Elementary School and Poplar Tree Elementary School—have been named 2020 National Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education.

A message was sent to Thoreau Middle School community about the former principal.

Irving Middle librarian Mary Ann Monk has introduced new words to students on “Word Wednesdays” for several years, but with distance learning in place, she decided to spice up the delivery just a bit.