FCPS News

The FCPS school board voted last year to rename Woodson High School for Dr. Carter G. Woodson, who is widely considered the “Father of Black History.” Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a journalist and an educator, later became Dean of Howard University’s College of Arts and Sciences.

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

Wednesday, April 24, is Administrative Professionals Day. Thank you to all the FCPS employees who support our schools and offices and keep things running smoothly. Read about Alexa Pugnetti, named the 2023 Outstanding School-Based Operational Employee at FCPS Honors.

Learn about the Black History Month lesson that hit close to home for students at W.T. Woodson High School.

Congratulations to all the FCPS student-athletes who participated in the 2023 fall sports season. This year, three teams and four individuals won the Virginia High School League (VHSL) Class 6 championship in their respective sports, and three teams and one individual were the state runners-up.

Eighty-six FCPS students earned the Advanced Placement (AP) ® Capstone Diploma and sixteen students earned the AP Seminar and Research Certificate™ during the 2022-23 school year.

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…

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.

Rida Karim, a sophomore at Woodson High School, has been elected by the countywide Student Advisory Council (SAC) to serve a one-year term as student representative to the Fairfax County School Board, beginning July 1.

Thirty-three Fairfax County Public Schools students from six high schools earned DECA’s highest honors at the organization’s annual International Career Development Conference, held in Orlando, Fla., April 22-25. 

Shannon Evans, French teacher at Thoreau Middle School, and Sulekha Subhash, emotional disabilities teacher at Luther Jackson Middle School, received Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program awards.

Forty Fairfax County public schools have been recognized by the Virginia Department of Education and the Virginia Council on the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children as 2022 Purple Star Schools. The Purple Star designation is awarded to military-friendly schools that…

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…

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.

FIRST Robotics teams from Madison High School, Oakton High School, and Woodson High School are headed to the World Championship in Houston April 20-22. All three schools competed at the regional championship held recently in Hampton Roads.

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

Five school counseling programs have been recognized by the American School Counselor Association as model programs and were awarded the Recognized ASCA Model Program (RAMP) designation for 2022.

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.

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

Senior officers of Woodson High's National Art Honor Society reached out to a local senior living facility with an offer to have Honor Society students create art for some of their residents.

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.

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

Two hundred fifty-four students from 19 high schools have been named semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation for 2019, an all-time high for Fairfax County Public Schools.

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.

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