Tag: Falls Church High School
Garza addresses class size, budget shortfall at community meeting
From the left: FCPS Superintendent Karen Garza, Region 2 Assistant Superintendent Fabio Zuluaga, and school board member Patty Reed (Providence). School board member Sandy Evans (Mason) is on the right. Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Karen Garza doesn’t support efforts to equalize class sizes throughout the county by shifting resources from high-needs schools, she told … Continued
Coach CJ Celebration Feb. 28 supports scholarships for student athletes
All local residents are invited to a Coach CJ Celebration to support a scholarship program in memory of Clayton Joyner, the former swimming coach for Falls Church High School and the Holmes Run Pool. Joyner died last April at age 29. The party is Saturday, Feb. 28, 7-11 p.m., at the Annandale Volunteer Fire Department … Continued
Order mulch, support schools’ graduating seniors
We’re still in the grips of winter, but it’s not too early to start thinking about spring and revitalizing your landscaping. The PTSAs at both Falls Church High School and JEB Stuart High School are selling mulch, with the proceeds supporting each school’s Class of 2015 all-night graduation party. Three cubic-foot bags of double-shredded hardwood … Continued
Falls Church HS honors memory of ‘Coach CJ’
Swim team captains unveil the records board at Falls Church High School. More than 150 Falls Church High School students, staff, and community members gathered at the school Dec. 17 for the unveiling of the Clayton Joyner “Reach for the Wall” Jaguar Record Boards. The boards honor Joyner, a FCHS graduate who served the school’s … Continued
FCPS lauds Falls Church High School library
A discussion with authors fills the Falls Church High School library. [FCHS photo] Students at Falls Church High School, one of the smallest high schools in Fairfax County Public Schools, were some the top users of their school library during the 2013-14 school year, according to an FCPS press release. The school averaged 4.8 books … Continued
Be generous on HS band Tag Day
Stuart High School music students prepare for Tag Day. Tag Day is coming. This is the day when members of local high school bands knock on doors to request donations from the public. Annandale High School Band Tag Day is this Saturday, Sept. 6. Both the Falls Church High School and Stuart High School bands … Continued
Jaguars vs. Atoms in Mosaic Bowl
The second annual Mosaic Bowl, a football game featuring the Falls Church Jaguars and Annandale Atoms, takes place Friday, Sept. 5, at Falls Church High School. The game is sponsored by the merchants of the Mosaic District in Merrifield and the Falls Church Jaguar Boosters. Pre-game festivities begin at 6 p.m., with the kick-off at … Continued
Flying Muskrat Theatre run by former Falls Church HS students
Ben Peter and Caity Brown in “Gruesome Playground Injuries.” [Photo by Rich Stanage and Meg Christensen] When drama students at Falls Church High School hit a snag with school authorities three years ago and a one-act play festival was cancelled, they arranged to stage the show at the theater in the James Lee Community Center … Continued
School board split on accelerating Falls Church HS renovations
A sink in a FCHS science lab. The Fairfax County School Board spent an hour at a work session last week talking about the possibility of renovating Falls Church High School sooner than scheduled. But there wasn’t enough support to do that, so the school is still slated for the 2019 school bond, which means … Continued
Clayton Joyner Scholarship awarded to FCHS swim captain James Sturges
Joyner (left) and Sturges The first Clayton Joyner Scholarship was awarded to Falls Church High School senior James Sturges. The award honors FCHS swim coach and FCHS alum Clayton Joyner, who died May 5. Known as Coach CJ, Joyner also coached the swim team at Holmes Run Pool. Sturges is an outstanding scholar and athlete. … Continued
Donated ambulance will enhance fire/EMS program at Falls Church HS
Falls Church Academy students in the fire and emergency medical course and their new ambulance. The Falls Church High School Academy celebrated its receipt of an ambulance with a traditional “wetdown” ceremony May 30, as a fire truck sprayed the students with water. The 2003 Freightliner ambulance was donated by the Fairfax County Fire and … Continued
Local swimmers mourn loss of popular coach Clayton Joyner
Coach CJ with the Holmes Run swim team. More than 200 people, many of them members of the Falls Church High School and Holmes Run swim teams, gathered at the Holmes Run pool May 6 for a candlelight vigil to honor and remember swim coach Clayton Joyner. Joyner, just 29 years old, died May 5 … Continued
High school teams face off in culinary competition
Chef KN Vinod of Indique contemplates the Chantilly culinary team’s entry. [Photo from Real Food for Kids.] Teams of students from the culinary arts programs at five high schools—Annandale, Falls Church, Chantilly, Edison, and Marshall—competed in the second annual Feeding Academic Success Culinary Challenge March 13 at Falls Church High School. The teams created vegetarian … Continued
Mulch ado about something – support the Falls Church HS Class of 2014
We might be still in the thick of winter, but it’s time to start thinking about your yard and garden—and that means stocking up on big bags of mulch. Avoid the crowds at Home Depot by getting your mulch from Falls Church High School, while supporting by the Class of 2104 All Night Graduation Celebration, … Continued
School board agrees to consider options for renovating Falls Church HS
The Fairfax County School Board approved a five-year capital improvement plan (CIP) Jan. 23 that recognizes the need to renovate Falls Church High School along with the other “legacy high schools” built in the 1960s. The board approved an amendment proposed by Sandy Evans (Mason) calling for the FCPS staff to “identify methods by … Continued