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Five Fairfax County public schools have been awarded a 2024 Virginia Board of Education Exemplar Award. Two schools received the Highest Achievement Exemplar Award, and three received both the Continuous Improvement Exemplar Award and the Continuous Improvement Graduation and Completion Index and…

Thirteen Fairfax County Public Schools students from six high schools have been named winners of 2024 Merit Scholarship awards by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The students are part of a group of more than 2,900 National Merit® finalists chosen to receive scholarships financed by…

The Cappies is a program through which high school theater and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews in local newspapers. There are fifteen Cappies chapters across the United States and Canada. Ella Clarke of Thomas…

Thirteen students from Fairfax County Public Schools won awards at the International Science and Engineering Fair that took place recently in Los Angeles.

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

Megan Sawant, a junior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, has been elected by the countywide Student Advisory Council to serve a one-year term as student representative to the Fairfax County School Board, beginning July 1.

Students from Madison High School, Marshall High School, and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology captured grand prize awards at the 2024 Virginia State Science and Engineering Fair held at Old Dominion University.

Seven Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) students have been awarded 2024 corporate-sponsored scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

The U.S. Supreme Court let stand an appeals court decision upholding the admissions policy for the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST), ending a three-year legal challenge by a group that claimed the policy was unfair.

Eight FCPS students have been named among the nation's top 300 teen scientists in the 2024 Regeneron Science Talent Search.

Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) students received 10 awards in the National YoungArts Foundation Competition.

The Cappies is a program through which high school theater and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews in local newspapers. Check out this review of Madison High School's production of Deadwood Dick, or A Game of Gold.

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) has opened its application process for admissions for the Class of 2028.

Two hundred sixty four FCPS students from 15 high schools have been named Semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation for 2024. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST), which also serves as the Governor’s Regional School for Northern Virginia, has 165…

Eight Fairfax County Public Schools graduates from the class of 2023 have been named winners of college-sponsored scholarships by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Four Fairfax County Public Schools students have been named as 2023 U.S. Presidential Scholars by U. S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. They are part of a group of 161 students from around the country—and four of five Virginians—selected for the honor.

Twenty-three Fairfax County Public Schools students from ten high schools have been named winners of 2023 Merit Scholarship awards by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Five students from Fairfax County Public Schools won awards at the 2023 International Science and Engineering Fair, held recently in Dallas.    

Thirty-seven students from nine Fairfax County high schools have been named winners of $2,500 scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). Scholarship winners are part of a group of approximately 2,500 National Merit finalists chosen to receive scholarships in 2023 primarily…

Eight Fairfax County Public Schools students have been awarded 2023 National Merit Scholarship Corporation scholarships. The students are part of a group of more than 840 National Merit finalists.

This year, three Fairfax County school news publications were honored with Crown Awards in a ceremony at Columbia University on March 17.

The 68th annual Fairfax County Regional Science and Engineering Fair showcased over 300 high school science projects. Ten FCPS projects received Grand Prize awards and are eligible to compete in the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in May and many others are eligible to compete…

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) was among the 60 winning teams chosen by NASA for the second TechRise Student Challenge, a nationwide contest designed to engage students in technology, science, and space exploration.

Society for Science (the Society) today announced the top 300 scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2023 (STS), the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. Five of the 300 scholars are students in Fairfax County public schools.

Two hundred thirty-eight students from 18 Fairfax County Public Schools are among the semifinalists named by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation for 2023. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST), which also serves as the Governor’s Regional School for Northern…

Seven Fairfax County Public Schools graduates from the class of 2022 have been named winners of college-sponsored scholarships by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Fifteen Fairfax County Public Schools students from six high schools have been named winners of 2022 Merit Scholarship awards by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Eight students from Fairfax County Public Schools won awards at the 2022 International Science and Engineering Fair, held recently in Atlanta.  

Helen Dunn, a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, has been named a 2022 U.S. Presidential Scholar by U. S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. Dunn is one of 161 students from around the country—and one of five Virginians—selected for the honor.

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

Students from four Fairfax County public schools have won awards in the 2021-22 Virginia High School League (VHSL) Creative Writing Contest.

Nine Fairfax County Public Schools students have been awarded 2022 corporate-sponsored scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Student journalists from four FCPS schools have been named award winners by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association and the National Scholastic Press Association.

The Fairfax County Public Schools Advisory Committee for Students with Disabilities (ASCD) presented their First Class Awards at the 17th Annual Special Education Conference on Saturday, March 26.

Ten students from Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) high schools were named to the 2021 National Association for Music Education’s (NAfME) All-National Honor Ensembles.

Former School Board Members Janie Strauss and Ilryong Moon were honored with the renaming of a Theater at McLean High School and a Gym at TJHSST.

Students interested in applying for admission to the Class of 2025 at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) can do so beginning Monday, October 25. The deadline to apply is Friday, November 19, at 4 p.m.

Every four years, the world’s best athletes pack their bags, board a plane, and embark on the journey of a lifetime to the Olympic Games. This year, some of the remarkable young men and women heading to Tokyo are Fairfax County Public School graduates.

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.

McLean High School senior Marina Qu has been named the 2021 Virginia Journalist of the Year by the Virginia Association of Journalism Teachers and Advisers.

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.

TJHSST partnered with Engineering Tomorrow, a national STEM nonprofit, to bring one of Engineering Tomorrow’s free real-world, hands-on STEM labs on Phototherapy into their classroom.

Five Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) graduates from the class of 2020 have been named winners of college-sponsored scholarships by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC).

Thirteen Fairfax County Public Schools students from six high schools have been named winners of 2020 Merit Scholarship awards by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

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.

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

Seventeen students have been awarded 2019 corporate-sponsored scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.