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Healthy Minds Feature - We all want to see our children succeed. However, making mistakes and learning how to handle disappointment is a valuable experience for children.

The 67th annual Fairfax County Regional Science and Engineering Fair virtually showcased over 200 high school science projects.

FCPS is beginning a pilot program at Lake Anne Elementary, Riverside Elementary, and Bailey’s Primary on the use of iPads for Prekindergarten and Kindergarten students in the classroom.

The latest news for employees for the week of March 21, 2022.

Pravalika Gayatri Putalapattu's program verifies a surgeon's actions and flags errors so corrections can be made in real-time.

Mountain View High graduate Eltaf Samim traversed six countries, completed seventh, eighth and ninth grade multiple times in different nations and turned in coursework in three languages on the way to get his high school diploma this year.

In a video interview conducted during Equity in Education Month (March 2022), Nardos King talks about about what equity means in FCPS.

This week's issue has information on free online tutoring for students, the Family Engagement survey, kindergarten registration, and the Teen Job Fair on March 19.

Fairfax County School Board filed an appeal, challenging a ruling that would invalidate the race-neutral admissions process at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST).

Fairfax County Public Schools currently has eight electric school buses and is poised to get ten additional electric buses this spring.

A total of 153 students from 12 Fairfax County Public Schools high schools were recognized as finalists at the Virginia DECA State Leadership Conference.

News for employees for the week of March 14, 2022.

Fairfax County Public Schools recognized six school websites during the 2021 Best of the Web awards presentation. Schools include Columbia Elementary, Hayfield Elementary, Graham Road Elementary, Rocky Run Middle, Chantilly Academy, and Falls Church High.

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Ten Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) teachers have achieved or renewed certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). 

Students from 23 Fairfax County public schools have been named recipients of the 2022 Student Peace Awards of Fairfax County, designed to recognize young people who work as peacemakers. Recipients will be recognized at a reception in March.

Departments across northern Virginia are desperate to hire firefighters. These FCPS seniors are learning alongside Fairfax County Fire and Rescue recruits, working with state-of-the-art equipment.

Get information on the upcoming Family Engagement Survey, the National School Social Worker of the Year, Teen Job Fairs, and the Regional Science and Engineering Fair.

Glasgow Middle School to use some federal pandemic relief funds to hold sessions designed to boost reading, math and social-emotional skills, as well as get students and parents alike inspired to think about college and goal-setting for the future.

FCPS Community Schools are going the extra mile to reach families in need through the pandemic and beyond.

The latest information for employees for the week of March 7, 2022.

Claudia McDowell, a school social worker at Lynbrook Elementary School, has been named the 2022 National School Social Worker of the Year by the School Social Work Association of America.

Three Fairfax County public schools—Chantilly High School, Marshall High School, and McLean High School—are among 18 schools nationwide selected as recipients of the 2022 First Amendment Press Freedom Award.

FCPS CARES submissions for the month of March 2022.

Get the latest health and safety guidance, information on the FY 2023 Advertised Budget, the Trades for Tomorrow Program, and the 2022 Special Education Conference in this week's issue of FCPS This Week.

A week after Russia invades Ukraine, Langley High School students in a "Current Affairs" class assess history as it unfolds in real-time.

As a reminder, mask wearing becomes optional for all March 1. Masks are no longer required during low and medium COVID-19 community levels. Some students and staff may choose to continue to wear a mask for personal or health reasons and others may not. Families, please talk with your children about…

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Healthy Minds Feature - Learn tips and strategies to build self-esteem and prevent a low self-concept.

The Fairfax County School Board has adopted the FY2023 Advertised Budget focused on student achievement and recognition of world-class educators and operational staff.

Employee news for the week of February 21, 2022

Being able to tie your own shoelaces is a crucial life skill that most children master in the early elementary years. At Stratford Landing Elementary School, first graders are getting a helping hand from their teachers.

Information on COVID-19 relief funding, the Fiscal Year 2023 budget, registration for IFTA and EIFTA, donating cars to the student Auto Tech program, and a reminder about an upcoming student holiday.

Last fall, FCPS received $188.8 million in federal funding to help schools safely reopen and address the impacts of COVID-19 on students. Find out where that money is being used to help students bounce back after two years of learning in a pandemic.

See how one middle school is spending its share of the $188.8 million in federal relief funding that FCPS received to address the impacts of COVID-19 on students.

On Wednesday, the Virginia General Assembly passed Senate Bill 739, which allows parents to opt their children out of mask-wearing effective March 1. At this time, FCPS' layered prevention strategies, including universal masking, remain in place.

Get the latest news for employees for the week of February 14, 2022.

This week's issue of FCPS This Week has information on how we measure community transmission, kindergarten registration, completing the FAFSA, the Back 2 Fairfax operational seminar, and becoming a 2022 Science Fair judge.

A teacher's passion and his collection, displayed in school hallways, engages students during Black History Month.

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. Amelia Preble of Robinson Secondary School provides her review of Airness as performed by McLean High School.

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During the February 10, 2022 School Board Meeting, the Board approved the FY 2023-2027 CIP, a planning and fiscal management tool used to coordinate the location, timing, and funding of capital projects over five years.

Starting safety for the Los Angeles Rams Nick Scott played for two years at Fairfax High School, where he formed a special bond with his coach and made lifelong friends.

FCPS will scale back some prevention strategies, such as masking, testing, and quarantining, when the Fairfax County community reaches moderate transmission of COVID-19 and remains there for seven consecutive days.

Each year, more than 200 judges are needed at our Regional Science and Engineering Fair (March 9-20) to evaluate hundreds of student projects in categories from astronomy to plant sciences to robotics.  If you are interested in being a judge, please register by Friday, March 11.

Learn about FCPS students in the Winter Olympics, health and safety updates, the Instruction 2 Industry Career Expo event for high school students, ESSER III funding, magnet school information nights, and a Substitute Teacher Job Fair.

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors recently declared February 8, "We Love FCPS Day." That same day, our friends at Volunteer Fairfax showed their love by delivering over 5,000 personal valentine cards to FCPS staff members in more than 40 schools.

In a Fairfax elementary classroom on a Friday in December, a pair of girls are teaching themselves sign language, while a boy across the aisle is building a replica of a CH-53 military helicopter and another group of students are making clothes for fairies using a tiny fashion bust.

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.

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