The eBackpack initiative is part of Manassas Park Public Schools Connects, a initiative where students will be provided with a personal digital device. In time, every student in the school system will be provided with a tablet.
The full roll out of this program is scheduled began in February at Manassas Park High School with the freshman, sophomore, and junior classes. Over the course of the next few years, the program will be rolled out to the other three schools in the district.
The Prince William police responded to a call on Monday evening in Dumfries to investigate an assault.
According to a Prince William police release, the victim of the assault, a 30-year old Woodbridge woman, said that one suspect, who was a friend, approached her car that was parked in front of a residence.
At 1 p.m., several buildings in the Washington D.C. area went dark due to a power outage.
The outages caused afternoon delays for several commuters, and the residual effects from the outage may make it difficult for Prince William, Manassas, and Stafford residents to get home this evening.
The first ever Government Island photo contest, called “Picturing Government Island,” just concluded. The contest, run by Tour Stafford Virginia via their Facebook page, features five winners.
The photo contest was judged by photographer Buddy Secor of Ninja Pix and historian Jane Conner, who is the author of book about Government Island called “Birthstone of the White House and Capitol.”
Team Power Kix, based in North Stafford, gave impressive performances at multiple events in the U.S. and Mexico.
First, they competed in the 2015 US Open TaeKwonDo Championships in Orlando, Florida this past January. Over 2000 athletes from more than 15 countries competed at this event, according to a press release.
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On Saturday afternoon, Prince William police responded to a call on Rolling Road in Manassas in relation to a robbery.
According to a Prince William police release, the victim – a 19-year old Manassas man – said that he had met with the suspect, 19-year old Manassas man Justice Edward Ansah, to conduct a narcotics transaction.
We all know how parent-teacher conferences usually go. A long, exasperated groan from students and a stressful sigh from their parents. Most parents don’t even end up showing up, and the ones that do get a lecture about the things their child is doing wrong, not how they are progressing. This can add unnecessary pressure on students, making them feel like they’re not doing well enough.
Manassas Park High School Principal Dr. Deborah Bergeron and the have strived to change that this year by initiating student-led conferences run by students, not teachers. The hope is that this new method of conferences will increase parent participation and help them see how their child is progressing in a positive way.
Before and since running for elected office, a politician that continually inspires me is President, Abraham Lincoln. In his short but concise Gettysburg Address, which is ten sentences and 170 words in length, Lincoln preached about his commitment to a “government of the people, by the people, for the people.”
While his speech is over 150 years old, the lessons Lincoln taught are just as relevant today. I urge all the men and women serving in elected office to heed Lincoln’s advice, no matter what political party they represent.
We may not have been able to see the total reddish lunar eclipse yesterday morning as the West Coast could, but the full moon made a big, bright appearance in the skies over Stafford, Virginia that evening.
Photo by: KJ Mushung
