Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) students from two high schools and three middle schools won awards* at the Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) state conference held recently in Virginia Beach. Eleven of the winners will represent Virginia at the national competition in Orlando later in May. State winners include: Madison High School: [...]
A three-student team from Marshall High School won first place at the DECA International Career Development Conference held last week in Salt Lake City. Annie Greenwood, Art Kapplow, and Ali Skahan took top honors for their Entrepreneurship Promotion Plan. Marshall High School is a Fairfax County public school. Marshall High students Haley Butterfield, Jeta Krasniqi, and Omar [...]
Jamie Obendorfer, a math teacher at Twain Middle School, has been named Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) 2012 Outstanding First-Year Teacher. The announcement was made by FCPS Superintendent Jack D. Dale at FCPS Honors, an awards ceremony that recognizes the winners of FCPS employee awards. “Ms. Obendorfer creates magic in her classroom,” says one nominator, who [...]
Carlyn Floyd, principal at Quander Road School, has been named the Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) 2012 Nancy F. Sprague* Outstanding First Year Principal. The announcement was made by FCPS Superintendent Jack D. Dale at FCPS Honors, an awards ceremony for the winners of FCPS employee awards. Floyd has tackled a number of issues since taking [...]
Elizabeth Payne, K-12 coordinator for health, family life education, and physical education in the Instructional Services Department, and Tina West, administrative assistant to the principal at Hayfield Secondary School, have been named Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) 2012 Support Employees of the Year. The announcement was made by FCPS Superintendent Jack D. Dale at FCPS Honors, [...]
Students from ten Fairfax County public schools won awards at the Junior Solar Sprint (JSS), a competition to design, build, and race model solar electric cars, held last Saturday at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST). The goal of JSS is to stimulate interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) for [...]
Students from ten Fairfax County public schools won awards at the Junior Solar Sprint (JSS), a competition to design, build, and race model solar electric cars, held last Saturday at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST). The goal of JSS is to stimulate interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) for [...]
Students from ten Fairfax County public schools won awards at the Junior Solar Sprint (JSS), a competition to design, build, and race model solar electric cars, held last Saturday at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST). The goal of JSS is to stimulate interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) for [...]
Five Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) students have been named National Award Gold Key winners in contests sponsored by the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) and Quill and Scroll, the international honor society of high school journalists. In the 2012 International Writing and Photo Contest, the following students were named winners: · Noah Fitzgeral [...]
Mount Vernon High School students Shai West and Khortney Hamlin won first place awards in individual events at the second annual Virginia Future Educators Association (FEA) Conference, held recently in Virginia Beach. Mount Vernon’s FEA chapter won more awards than any other school in the competition. Mount Vernon High School is a Fairfax County public [...]
