Manassas City Public Schools (MCPS) will be taking registrations for incoming kindergartners for the 2015-2016 school year starting April 28.
The registration period will run from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 28, and continue April 29 from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. according to a MCPS school release.
Joseph George, an Army veteran and Department of Defense employee, has announced his candidacy to run for the Neabsco District school board seat.
Lisa Bell currently holds the board seat.
A local chemist has stepped up to run for the Stafford County School Board.
Dr. Dean Fetterolf, an analytical chemist is seeking the Rock Hill district seat as an independent candidate. He’s lived in the county for 21 years, according to a press release.
Anne Holton on Tuesday praised initiatives like Manassas Park’s eBackpack program that puts tablet computers in the hands of students.
Holton, who is Virginia’s secretary of education and wife of Senator Timothy Kaine, said this effort also known as “flipping the classroom” is giving students a new way to learn.
Stafford County Public Schools are open for Kindergarten registration for the 2015-16 school year. If you have a child who turns 5 years old by Sept. 30, 2015, the time to sign up for kindergarten is now.
Kindergarten enrollment will be held from April 13 through May 15.
Weems Elementary School in Manassas has been awarded the 2015 National Excellence in Urban Education award.
According to a release, the criterion for the award includes rigorous curriculum, effective instruction, the ability to relate, and continuous improvement across demographic groups in the school.
The Stafford County School Board has approved a make-up plan for all of the days students missed in school this winter, due to inclement weather.
The school board voted to use the waiver method to make up the school days missed, according to Valerie Cottongim, Public Information Officer for Stafford County Public Schools.
On April 9, George Mason University (GMU) and the Potomac Environmental Research and Education Center (PERC) will be hosting four STEM competitions for 1,000 students.
The competitions will take place at GMU’s Fairfax campus, and will host students from schools around the region.
Months after a Rolling Stone article detailed an alleged rape of a University of Virginia (UVA) student, the university’s president Teresa Sullivan has announced a new sexual misconduct policy that will be taking effect.
Sullivan, who was elected to the position back in 2010, spoke with Potomac Local about the new policy.
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.
