FCPS News

Students who walk to school help their class win the Golden Sneaker.

October is National School Principals Month. We celebrate our dedicated school leaders who play an essential role in shaping their communities and paving pathways for success for each and every student and staff member in their schools. At the 2024 FCPS Honors ceremony, Raven Jones, principal of…

Spring Hill Elementary School has been named a 2024 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. The Fairfax County public school is among eight schools in Virginia and 356 schools in the country receiving the honor this year.

Some FCPS grads are walking across the stage on July 31 instead of next June, almost a full year ahead of schedule.

Clearview Elementary School held its first summer robotics camp, courtesy of the Herndon High School Robotics Team.

Ankita Balaji will be the only FCPS student competing in the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Friday, May 3, is School Lunch Hero Day. Between preparing healthy meals for America’s students, adhering to strict nutrition standards, navigating student food allergies, and offering service with a smile, school nutrition professionals — like Mijin Lee, food services kitchen manager at Oakton…

Erika Thompson has always loved spending time outside and growing plants. As an advanced academic resource teacher at Forest Edge Elementary School, she has found a way to combine that interest with her role as an educator through Get2Green.

It's a special Fine Arts class — it's calming and encouraging, and it's for anyone.

The Oakton High School Marching Cougars, a prestigious 25-year Virginia Honor Band, has been chosen as the winner of Metallica's inaugural marching band competition, For Whom the Band Tolls. Members of the band Metallica, a heavy metal group formed in the 1980s, chose the overall winner from among…

Mosaic Elementary School Principal Mahri Aste is one of only nine school leaders recognized nationally by the U.S. Secretary of Education as a recipient of the 2022 Terrell H. Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership. The award recognizes outstanding school leaders and the vital role they play…

16-year-old Sophia Brown organized a bike drive at her high school, then traveled to Africa this summer to deliver the donations to teachers and students in one remote village.

Six Fairfax County Public Schools students have been recognized in a National Cyber Scholar competition after competing in a rigorous 48-hour competition designed to evaluate aptitude in combating cyber threats and showcase the best of what Commonwealth of Virginia schools have to offer.

Thirteen Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) students have been awarded 2021 corporate-sponsored scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

FCPS announces the appointment of a new principal.

Forestville Elementary fourth graders found a contactless service project that they could participate in during the pandemic.

Leadership students at South Lakes High are working together to make their school a more welcoming place, just in time for return to school.

English teacher Michelle Gabro keeps her Thoreau Middle seventh grade students motivated and engaged with a series of guest speakers.

Crossfield Elementary school librarian Heather Baucum has gone full-on princess to welcome back kindergarteners to the school building.

Mosby Woods Elementary STEAM teacher Peyton Avery was recently interviewed by the EiE Museum of Science in Boston on how teachers are adapting engineering content in virtual classrooms.

Nardos Demilew of Lake Braddock Secondary, Aya Ahmed of Justice High, and Abia Zahir of Annandale High have been recognized by the National Center for Woman and Information Technology (NCWIT).

South Lakes High students in the Seahawk Cyber club met with the chief executive officer of Light Rider, Inc., the first U.S. company to provide Li-Fi networking technology communication in this area.

Matt Ravenstahl, who teaches art at South Lakes High School, has been named the 2021 Southeastern Region Secondary Art Educator by the National Art Education Association.

Carson Middle band teacher Chris DiMassimo has been named to Yamaha’s 40 Under 40, an advocacy program that recognizes and celebrates innovative and impactful music teachers under the age of 40.

Fifty-five seniors are among a group of more than 4,500 candidates in the 2021 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, selected from nearly 3.6 million students expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in 2021.

A Dranesville ES student was inspired to give back In light of the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s, birthday.

First graders at Cunningham Park Elementary participated in a project-based learning activity with the Mayor of Vienna that blended language arts and social studies content.

Thirty-three students from eight Fairfax County high schools have been named winners of $2,500 scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Ten Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) students have been awarded 2020 corporate-sponsored scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Four Fairfax County Public Schools graduates from the class of 2019 have been named winners of college-sponsored scholarships by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Twenty-six Fairfax County Public Schools students from 12 high schools have been named winners of 2019 Merit Scholarship awards by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Thirty students from ten Fairfax County high schools have been named winners of $2,500 scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Eighteen Fairfax County Public Schools students have been named winners of 2018 Merit Scholarship awards by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Fourteen Fairfax County Public Schools students have been awarded 2018 corporate-sponsored scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Two hundred twenty-three Fairfax County Public Schools students from 17 high schools have been named semifinalists in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program.