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By URIAH KISER
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Schools
Veteran PWCS administrator William G. Bixby will join the Superintendent’s staff as Associate Superintendent for Middle Schools on July 1.
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Halley Elementary School’s Advanced Academics teacher, Jennifer Weis, prepares and escorts qualifying teams of students each year to the Future Problem Solvers competition, called the Virginia State Bowl.
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By URIAH KISER
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News from Content Partner Boys and Girls Club
Who are some of the area’s top basketball elite perimeter shooters? Using the state of the art G Team Sports Professional Shooting Machine, the Prince William/Manassas Boys & Girls Clubs will find out on May 15, 16 and 17.
The Prince William County School Board gave their consent for county high schools to pilot a program to eliminate the long-standing practice of administering semester exams in January.
MANASSAS, Va. – Christina Ross is $2,000 richer today. But the Manassas teacher who was honored by the Virginia Lottery says her work with students is far more rewarding than any cash prize.
Ross, a civics teacher at Osbourn Park High School, is a Virginia Lottery’s “Super Teacher of the Year” for 2013. She was presented a $2,000 check Wednesday in front of her students, fellow teachers, and local school officials who gathered inside the school’s library to surprise her.
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MONTCLAIR, Va. — Students and staff are outside Henderson Elementary School this morning after someone made a bomb threat at the school.
Police are on the scene, and students and staff are being held in a safe area while investigators work to determine the credibility of the threat, school officials said.
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STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — There’s a new principal at Rocky Run Elementary School in Stafford County.
School officials announced the appointment of Nicholas R. Roman Jr., as the school’s new leader. He now works as the principal of Ferry Farm Elementary in south Stafford, said Stafford schools spokeswoman Vallerie Cottongim. He will take over as Rocky Run’s principal effective July 1.