May 4, 2025
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Britepaths collects school supplies for kids in need

#children, #community organizations, #schools, #volunteers

The nonprofit organization Britepaths is seeking donations of funds, backpacks, and calculators through Aug. 16 to help 2,500 local students in need. Britepaths is partnering with Fairfax County’s Collect for Kids initiative to assist as many students in need as possible. There are 56,000 students eligible for free or reduced-price meals in Fairfax County public … Continued

Child Development Center offers summer program

#children, #education

Summer fun at the CDC. For the first time, the siblings of children who spend the school year at the ACCA Child Development Center in Annandale, can come there all summer long for fun and educational enrichment. The CDC summer program serves 26 kids ages 6-12, 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. all summer long. It’s located in … Continued

Free summer meals available for children

#children, #food

Children enjoy a free lunch at Bailey’s Elementary School. No child should go hungry during the summer when the free and reduced-priced school meals program isn’t available. That’s the idea behind Fairfax County Public Schools’ free summer meals program operated by the Office of Food and Nutrition Services at selected sites where there is a … Continued

Crescendo Studios, a new venue for music lessons, signs on as a Taste of Annandale sponsor

#arts, #businesses, #children, #Taste of Annandale

A music lesson room at Crescendo Studios. Crescendo Studios, a brand-new, beautiful facility for music lessons, showed its commitment to community engagement by signing on as a Gold-level sponsor of the 2019 Taste of Annandale. Crescendo offers lessons in piano, guitar, drum, bass, violin, cello, viola, and voice to children, teens, and adults.  It’s located in … Continued

Creative Cauldron’s Alice in Wonderland will delight children – and their parents

#arts, #children, #entertainment

Izzy Smelkinson as the White Rabbit and Madeline Aldana as Alice. [Keith Waters, Kx Photography] By David Siegel Full of high-spirited playfulness, flights of adorable fancy, and some verbal gymnastics that children and adults can savor, Creative Cauldron’s Alice in Wonderland is family entertainment that will sweep one’s cares away into the joys of “curiouser … Continued

Stranger tries to lure child into his car

#children, #crime
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There is increased police presence in the Pinecrest neighborhood after a stranger tried to get a boy into his car on March 19 at Pinecrest Vista Drive and Sand Wedge Court. The Columbia Elementary School student was walking home from his bus stop at about 4:20 p.m. on March 19 when he noticed a red … Continued

School news: Teacher raises proposed

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A student displays her research project on the effectiveness of natural and artificial preservatives on bread at the Annandale High School science fair. See more pictures from the science fair here. School News is an occasional series highlighting news about school programs, activities and issues. The photos are from Fairfax County Public Schools.   School board seeks … Continued

Library will reward young readers with free books

#children, #libraries

The George Mason Regional Library in Annandale encourages children to keep reading during winter break and throughout the winter. As an incentive, the library is giving kids in grades K-12 a free book of their choice for every three books they read between Dec. 21 and Feb. 28, reports Jane Ampah, the library’s youth services … Continued

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