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Readers Are Leaders, a mentoring program that pairs Herndon High School varsity basketball team members with second graders from Herndon Elementary School, focuses on helping the younger students with reading fluency, comprehension, and word work.
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The Olde Creek Elementary School news crew visited Sprague Technology Center, attended a taping of School Scene, and met anchor Genienne Samuels.
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The author of Marvelous Mercer, a student at Stone Middle School, read her book to students at North Springfield Elementary School with her assistance dog, Mercer, at her side. |
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The Kings Glen Elementary School Science Club hosted David Adamski, an entomologist with the USDA Systematic Entomology Lab at the Natural History Museum, who demonstrated how to dissect owl pellets. |
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A Herndon High School government student met U.S. Airways pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who testified before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, during a trip to Capitol Hill to attend committee hearings, debates, and votes, and oral arguments at the Supreme Court. |
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Students from Pimmit Hills Alternative High School received scholarships to further their education from the Dunn Loring Rotary Club, which has donated more than $50,000 to FCPS students. |
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Fifth grade students at Flint Hill Elementary School did research projects for a unit on China, then combined their work into a museum-like display.
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Cardinal Forest Elementary School students learn about whales (and even get to see inside one) during a visit from West Springfield High School oceanography teacher Beth Jewell and several of her students.
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Students at Woodburn Elementary School for the Fine and Communicative Arts created musical fraction tubes by making precise measurements on a ruler and using what they learned in science about how the length of the tube affects the pitch of the sound. |
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Students in the Auto Collision class at Chantilly Academy mask a vehicle in preparation for the primer application; the program introduces students to safety, proper procedure, and quality workmanship to help them gain entry-level positions in the industry. |
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Students at Poe Middle School dress up like Edgar Allan Poe to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the American writer’s birth. |
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Marshall High School biology students wear orange during Cervical Health Awareness Month to raise awareness of cervical cancer and to help prevent the disease. |
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Students from the Construction Technologies class at Chantilly Academy are raising and attaching the gable end of a storage shed at Franklin Middle School to be used by the middle school’s music department. |
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"A Big Kid Book Suggestion for a Little Kid" is a segment on the Stenwood Elementary School news show where sixth grade students suggest books for younger students that they loved when they were little. |
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During a visit from the Reston Zoo, students in grades K-1 from Lemon Road Elementary School were able to interact with the animals, including this baby alligator. |
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Bucknell Elementary sixth graders presented a wax museum while studying the Revolutionary War. |
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Annandale High School DECA students lobbied Congress for reauthorization of CAPTA (Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act) which funds programs throughout the nation that provide services for victims of domestic and child abuse.
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An A+ Computer Technology student from Marshall Academy and Oakton High School was chosen for an Information Technology internship with FCPS.
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Members of the Springfield Estates Elementary School FECEP-Head Start class use their newfound knowledge of healthy hearts to take care of the babies in the Head Start Hospital. |
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Waynewood Elementary School fourth grade students show off Powhatan villages and Jamestown forts they built as part of their Virginia studies class. |
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Poe Middle School students participate in the school’s second annual spelling bee. |
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Advanced art students at Key Middle School paint a bright mural on the wall at Key Center, which will encourage the Key Center students to search for sea creatures while enjoying the colors. |
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Rose Hill staff wore red on to kick off a month of heart disease awareness. |
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Freedom Hill Elementary School sixth grade students presented the musical The Adventures of Lewis and Clark, which teaches students about the 1804-1806 expedition. |
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Halley Elementary School fourth grade students participated in Colonial Day, making butter and candles, playing Colonial games, and dressing in period clothing. |
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Several sixth grade students at Springfield Estates Elementary School passed their timed math facts test with perfect scores. |
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The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department gave a fire safety presentation to the three kindergarten classes at Clearview Elementary School. |
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McNair Elementary parents and students participated in Math and Science night. |
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Fourth grade students at Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences declare their independence by tossing their stamps in the air after studying the Stamp Act, the Townshend Act, and the Intolerable Acts as part of a unit on the American Revolutionary War. |
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Thanks to support from BAE Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton, NASA, and Lockheed Martin Corporation, students from Oakton High School were able to compete in the First Robotics Competition, a competition that allows high school teams from across the country to have their robots battle others in a timed competition. |
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Thanks to support from BAE Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton, NASA, and Lockheed Martin Corporation, students from Langley High School were able to compete in the First Robotics Competition, a competition that allows high school teams from across the country to have their robots battle others in a timed competition. |
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Students of all ages participated in reading activities on Read Across America Day in honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday. |
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Students from Louise Archer Elementary and Thoreau Middle met President Obama at the White House and asked questions of the astronauts on the International Space Station. |
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Students from Mt. Vernon Woods Elementary enjoy the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. |
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Beech Tree Elementary School students participated raised $276 for Pennies For Peace, bringing hope and educational opportunities to children in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Laurel Ridge Elementary School students decorated a state cookie to designate the five regions of Virginia. |
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A student makes a pomander by inserting whole cloves into an orange during Colonial Days at Wakefield Forest Elementary School. |
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During Read Your Heart Out month at Centre Ridge Elementary School, students were challenged with reading 3,800 books by the end of the month and principals promised to dress in polka dots if they did so. |
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Students at Parklawn Elementary School participate in recycled reading, trading in their gently used books for those of a classmate. |
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Frost Middle School won Best Middle School in the Model United Nations Final Conference, including three teams that won Best Delegation. |
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Students at Cooper Middle School played games with an international flavor at International Night, including running with cups of water—one of the most challenging games. |
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Springfield Estates Elementary School Talent Show performers show off their unique skills by completing the Rubik's Cube in 45 seconds. |
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Westgate Elementary School kindergarten students celebrated Earth Day by making posters and sharing what they learned with schoolmates, then turning off the lights in their classroom to save energy. |
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The Harlem Globetrotters taught some of their tricks to students at Little Run Elementary School during a visit to the school. |
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First grade students from Mount Vernon Woods Elementary School get a guided tour from an authentically dressed guide at George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens.
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Students at Terra Centre Elementary School enjoy getting dirty and learning about sustainable, organic gardening while working in the school’s Discovery Garden. |
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Brian van de Graaff, ABC7 meteorologist, talked to Deer Park Elementary students in grades 2-6 about forecasting the weather, analyzing data, and how the television weather segment is put together. |
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Students from Pimmit Hills Alternative High School learn about social services, proper diet, family services, affordable insurance, and dental care available to them at the school’s annual Health Fair, sponsored by the Safe Community Coalition of McLean. |
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Kindergarten students in Adina Sherman’s class at Lake Anne elementary School enjoy the wearing of the green on St. Patrick’s Day. |
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Floris Elementary School students displayed their artwork as part of Youth Art Month, sponsored by the Rappaport Co. and the merchants of Worldgate Centre. |
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Fifth grade students from Floris Elementary presented their science projects at the annual Kids Inquiry Conference at the National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. |
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Members of the sixth grade All-County Chorus sing the national anthem at the start of Wakefield Forest Elementary School's annual basketball game between the sixth grade and staff members. |
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First grade students at Wakefield Forest Elementary School proudly hold up their class service project -- reusable "green" tote bags they made out of old T-shirts. |
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Dressed as the Swamp Fox, Francis Marion, and environmentalist John Muir, students at Churchill Road Elementary School held a museum night to display their work from a three-month long inquiry research project. |
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Parklawn Elementary School students, who come from 36 countries and speak 34 different languages, celebrate Culture Day. |
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The Woodson High School Academic Bowl Team for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students placed second in Mid-Atlantic regional competition and has qualified to compete for the national championship. |
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Students at Island Creek Elementary School participated in the Largest Consecutive Four Square Game, a Guinness Book of World Records record-setting event. |
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Staff members from Silverbrook Elementary School enjoy their 19-14 victory over Halley Elementary School in the first HalleyBrook basketball game played at South County Secondary School. |
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Kilmer Middle School students spend time after school making sandwiches for Food for Others to distribute to needy people in the community. |
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Kindergarten students at Lynbrook Elementary School, working on their Standards of Learning (SOL) sink or float requirement, made their own boats to race against their classmates. |
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Scooby Doo mystery author James Gelsey explained the steps in writing a mystery to students at Cardinal Forest Elementary School. |
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Students from Armstrong Elementary School are holding a school wide campaign to collect food and pet supplies for homeless animals at the Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation.
Students from Armstrong Elementary School are holding a school wide campaign to collect food and pet supplies for homeless animals at the Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation.
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Fairfax Academy students learn about media literacy on the C-SPAN civics bus. |
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The Chantilly High School Economics Team won the State Economics Challenge championship and will advance to regional competition in Atlanta.
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Floris Elementary School adaptive physical education teacher Debbie LoCastro coaches elementary, middle, and high school students to play Power Soccer, the only competitive sport for power wheelchair users. |
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First and second grade students proudly display the lettuce they grew in Lane Elementary School’s outdoor classroom garden, which they then enjoyed in a salad.
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