Tag: Falls Church High School
Support high school band programs on Tag Day, Sept. 7
The Marching Atoms in the Chapel Square Halloween Parade. Saturday, Sept. 7, is Tag Day, when high school band students will be knocking on peoples’ doors asking for donations to help support band and other music programs. In the Annandale/Mason area, band students from Annandale High School, Falls Church High School, and Stuart High School, … Continued
Michael Yohe appointed principal of Falls Church High School
Michael Yohe has been appointed principal of Falls Church High School, effective July 29, states James Kacur, Cluster 2 assistant superintendent for Fairfax County Public Schools. Yohe takes over from former Principal Cathy Benner, who was appointed principal of Osbourn High School in Manassas in June. Yohe had been assistant principal at Falls Church High … Continued
Falls Church HS parents express frustration over lack of renovation funds
A grungy sink in a science lab. There was a huge amount of frustration vented at a Falls Church High School PTSA meeting May 1 over the lack of progress in getting funds for a badly needed renovation. School board members Sandy Evans (Mason) and Patty Reed (Providence) listened patiently as parent after parent complained … Continued
FCPS School Board rejects Graham Road as site for charter school
Graham Road Elementary School The Fairfax County School Board voted unanimously to eliminate the Graham Road Elementary School building as a site for the proposed Fairfax Leadership Academy and to defer action on the charter school until the FLA submits a revised application addressing concerns raised by a review committee and board members. The board … Continued
Most speakers at school board hearing support charter school
Current plans call for the FLA to be based at the Graham Road Elementary School building. Speaker after speaker at a Fairfax County School Board hearing last night on the proposed charter school spoke out in favor of the Fairfax Leadership Academy (FLA). The vast majority of the 47 people who spoke at the hearing … Continued
Dozens of volunteers chip in to improve Falls Church baseball field
Standing on the completed warning track, from the left: Coach Paul Johnson, head coach Freddie Rappina, Ryan Krepp, coach Tim Brown, and Ryan Strand. More than 50 volunteers helped put in a “warning track” on the Falls Church High School baseball field Oct. 6 to help student Ryan Krepp, of Annandale, complete an Eagle Scout … Continued
FCPS committee recommends that FLA charter school application not be approved
A Charter School Review Committee, convened by Fairfax County Public Schools to evaluate the application submitted by the Fairfax Leadership Academy (FLA) has recommended that the school board “not accept” the application “as submitted.” A report by the committee, released by FCPS Sept. 14 says the “the proposal as currently described should not be approved” … Continued
The Fairfax Leadership Academy and college entry rates
By Gary Petrazzuolo, a member of United Parents to Renovate Our Academic Resources (UPROAR). The Fairfax Leadership Academy (FLA) certainly has created a feel-good buzz about launching a charter school in the county for the laudable goal of getting more low-income/minority (LIM) students into four-year colleges. But the real feel-good buzz here should be that … Continued
Charter school leader Eric Welch reaches out to Graham Road parents
Eric Welch speaks to parents at a Graham Road Elementary School PTA meeting Eric Welch, the founder of a plan to develop Fairfax County’s first charter school reached out to Graham Road Elementary School parents at a PTA meeting April 10 to urge them to consider the school for their children. The Virginia Board of … Continued
Golf tournament benefits Falls Church High School athletics
Attention golfers: You can enjoy a great game while supporting Fair Church High School athletics. The FCHS Booster Club’s 2012 Golf Tournament is April 29 at Penderbrook Golf Club in Fairfax. Check-in is 10:30 a.m., and “shotgun” starts at noon. Registration, $90 per golfer, includes 18 holes of golf, a buffet lunch, a free future … Continued
Students show love for Falls Church HS
Falls Church High School may be falling apart at the seams – and it’s not scheduled for renovation until 2024 – but students find plenty to love about their school.
Mulch sale supports Falls Church all-night grad party
Need mulch? Falls Church High School is selling three-cubic bags of double-shredded hardwood mulch to raise money for the all-night graduation celebration. The bags are $5 each ($4.75 if you order by March 15). There is free curb delivery if you order 15 bags or more and live within a five-mile radius of the school. … Continued
Some progress made on fixing up Falls Church HS
Since the Falls Church High School community began actively pressing the Fairfax County school board to renovate its aging facilities, there has been some progress, reports Lynn Petrazzuolo, founder of UPROAR (United Parents for Renovating Our Academic Resource). The school is still in dire need of a major overhaul and is still so far down … Continued
Falls Church HS in dire need of renovation, parents tell school board
A light fixture ready to fall A Fairfax County school board hearing on the school system’s capital improvement program (CIP) Monday night was dominated by parents and students who spoke about the urgent need to renovate Falls Church High School. A parent advocacy group, UPROAR (United Parents to Renovate our Academic Resource), was formed to … Continued
Falls Church HS not scheduled for renovation until 2024
A sink in a chemistry lab Falls Church High School hasn’t had a major renovation since it was built in 1967 and isn’t scheduled be upgraded until 2024. More than 100 parents came to a meeting at the school on a bitter cold night Thursday to express their frustration with school officials for failing to put … Continued