Author: Press Release

The Manassas City Public Schools Education Foundation is pleased to announce that they will be holding their annual event on Thursday, November 5, 2015 at Metz Middle School located at 9950 Wellington Road, Manassas, VA 20110 from 5:30- 7:30pm

This event is free and open to the public. The event will feature interactive activities such as 3-D imaging, Robotics, haircuts, and demonstrations by fire and rescue. There will be performances by the Osbourn High School Marching Band, the choirs from Jennie Dean and Round Elementary schools, and other musical performances. Minnieland Academy will be hosting a Children’s Zone which will feature face painting, sensory activities, story time, jewelry making, and writing activities. Health and Wellness Zone will feature local dentists, doctors, and other health and wellness businesses, along with sporting facilities to make staying healthy fun. There will be exhibitors from all of the Manassas City Public Schools, along with other businesses and vendors highlighting a multitude of offerings in and around the city for children and families.

Robotics teams compete at the annual ILITE Robotics Off-Season Challenge (IROC). Twenty-two high school teams from Virginia, Maryland and DC gathered to compete on Saturday, October 24 in Recycle Rush®, the 2015 FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC) challenge.

In the game of Recycle Rush®, alliances of three robots driven by students work together to lift totes and recycling bins into tall stacks to earn points. FRC combines the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. Each robot and its unique features are designed, built, and programmed by students. “It’s more than the thrill of robot performance.