STAFFORD – The Graphic Imaging and Printing program at North Stafford High School (NSHS) is the Region Three winner of 2019 Creating Excellence Program Award.
This award recognizes programs and partnerships that promote excellence in career and technical education.
With many years of experience as a teacher for Fairfax County Public Schools, Lisa Zargarpur wants the focus to be on student success and better funding in Prince William County.
She lives outside Manassas and is running for Prince William County School Board for the Coles District.
RICHMOND — The State Board for Community Colleges decided to maintain the current in-state tuition and mandatory fees for the 2019-2020 academic year.
The Board’s decision means tuition will remain at today’s rate of $154 per credit hour and keeps community college tuition and mandatory fees at approximately one-third of the comparable costs of attending Virginia’s public four-year universities.
WOODBRIDGE — On May 16, students from C.D. Hylton High School’s automotive class completed the final touches of a rebuild project.
The project, which they’ve been working on since January, was to rebuild a 2002 Jeep.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — The following graduation dates, times, and locations have been announced in Prince William County Public Schools.
This includes high school, summer school, practical nursing program, and adult education students.
STAFFORD — Senator Tim Kaine (D) on Friday participated in a roundtable discussion with educators in Stafford County.
Chief among the concerns of educators who gathered Friday at Stafford Middle School on Spartan Drive was how to attract and retain teachers in rural areas. Kaine listened to teachers and administrators in the hopes of finding ideas of how to solve the county’s woes.
DUMFRIES — The groundbreaking ceremony for “Potomac Shores” Middle School took place today. Local elected officials joined School Board members and Superintendent Dr. Steve Walts for the ceremony.
The school, which will be officially named in the coming months, is set to open in the fall of 2021.
STAFFORD COUNTY — Students at Brooke Point High School are great at getting people to sign-up to vote.
Brooke Point High School’s Inspire Virginia club earned the 2019 Governor’s Award for meeting the criteria of the Governor’s Voter Registration Challenge. This is the third consecutive year the club has earned the award and is the only high school in Virginia to accomplish this challenge.
STAFFORD — The Stafford County Student Film Festival will return this year.
Now in its fifth year, the event showcases student-made films on the big screen. Middle and high school students create and submit original films for the festival. This year’s feature is “Soul Reaper.”
STAFFORD — Plastic straws are now banned in Stafford County Public Schools.
Conway Elementary School fourth-grade student Lily Tipling pushed for change and convinced the School Board to ban plastic straws at all Stafford County Public Schools. The ban went into place on Tuesday, May 6.
