Submitted By Valerie Cottongim
Stafford County Public Schools
Stafford, Va. — Colonial Forge High School received a $5,000 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant for their proposal titled From the Garden to the Kitchen. The grant application was submitted based on the goal of improving the learning community at Colonial Forge.
Dale City, Va. — A strong odor prompted the evacuation of a elementary school today.
McAuliffe Elementary School at 13540 Princedale Drive in Dale City was evacuated at 12:10 p.m. Wednesday after a strong odor was detected. Fire and rescue officials were called into investigate but apparently found nothing, as all students were returned to class within the hour, stated a Prince William County Public Schools spokeswoman.
North Stafford, Va. — Rockhill Elementary School’s Fun Run wraps fitness, leadership, and character together in an unforgettable experience. Students learn that fitness is fun as they prepare for the day of the Boosterthon Fun Run. Character lessons presented by Boosterthon Fun Run team members creatively illustrate integrity, honesty, and caring. Students also learn about what it means to be a leader during the experience. Prior to the Fun Run students collect pledges for laps in Fun Run.
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Prince William Public Schools will meet to honor teachers.
Woodbridge, Va. — Most students at Henderson Elementary School are back in class today after an outbreak of Norovirus last week.
Prince William County Public Schools spokeswoman Irene Cromer said only 11 students did not come to school Monday and remain out of class with Norovirus symptoms.
Stafford, Va. — Stafford County’s School Board is moving forward with selecting a new Board member to fill an open seat in its Garrisonville District.
The Stafford County School Board will interview five candidates for the vacant Garrisonville District seat at special called meeting on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, beginning at 5 p.m. The five candidates from the Garrisonville district are Tonya Harris, Nanette Kidby, Alvin Martin, Sylvester Mitchell and Laura Sellers.
The Prince William County School Board received the formal presentation of the $861,217,620 FY 2013 School Budget and Capital Improvements Program on Wednesday night.
Update: Fred Lynn Middle School students and staff are safe and have re-entered the school after being evacuated for a gas leak. The Fire Department and gas company have given the all-clear. Students will be given lunch. Dismissal will be at the regular time.
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Prince William County, Va. — Team SuperNOVA, a robotics team from Osbourn Park, Gar-Field, and Freedom high schools in Prince William County, headed by teacher James Gillespie, was recently able to see their work inside the International Space Station.
In a unique competition run by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, secondary school students are able to access the space station using SPHERES satellites in a game which mimics mining operations on near-eath asteroids, according to a Prince William County Public Schools press release. The game is played online in the first few rounds, but having completed several rounds of competitions, the SuperNOVA team will now travel to MIT to watch a live broadcast on January 23 from the International Space Station. An astronaut will conduct the ZERO Robotics championship in microgravity.
The first segment in the latest edition of “School Focus” looks at Volunteer Prince William’s Un-Trim a Tree Holiday Gift Program, which ensured that thousands of children in the Prince William community had gifts for the holidays.
Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) employees helped coordinate the program and adopted hundreds of kids as well. The second segment of “School Focus” shows how the location of the National Museum of the Marine Corps, in Quantico, is a valuable resource for PWCS educators, with a teacher in residence at the museum an additional benefit.
