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🥁 Oakton Marching Cougars Win Metallica Band Competition

January 10, 2024The Oakton High School Marching Cougars, a prestigious 25-year Virginia Honor Band, has been chosen as the winner of Metallica's inaugural marching band competition, For Whom the Band Tolls. Members of the band Metallica, a heavy metal group formed in the 1980s, chose the overall winner from among five finalists.

• Read more about No-Cost Mental Health Teletherapy Continues During Summer

• Read more about Digital PSAT Replaces Paper in Fall 2023

This October, the PSAT/NMSQT will be administered in Fairfax County in a digital format. Learn more.

• Read more about No-Cost Mental Health Teletherapy

• Read more about Community Meeting on Opioid Awareness

• Read more about Summer Camps

Fairfax County Public Schools offers several summer camps:

• Read more about Instruction 2 Industry: A Career Expo for High School Students

During the week of February 13-16, 2023, the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce and school divisions across the region, are hosting a Career Fair with panel discussions. Industry experts, in multiple fields, will be speaking on their professional journeys and providing valuable insight into how to achieve your own success. A virtual, but live, event, Instruction 2 Industry, is free to all Northern Virginia high school students. 

• Learn more and register for this year's Instruction 2 Industry Career Expo.

• Read more about Northern Virginia Regional College Fair

George Mason University invites high school students to attend the Northern Virginia Regional College Fair (NVRCF). Join more than 1,500 high school students from the Northern Virginia area and make connections with over 200 institutions from across the United States. The NVRCF will be held on Thursday, April 7, 2022, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at Eagle Bank Arena. 

Check-In for the event will be located at the South Entrance of EagleBank Arena. Complimentary parking is available in Lot A adjacent to EagleBank Arena.