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Community members charged with voting for a new name for JEB Stuart High School select ‘Stuart’
The scene outside Stuart High School as people showed up to vote for a new name. The option for retaining the Stuart name for JEB Stuart High School got the most points in a voting exercise conducted by Fairfax County Public Schools Sept. 16. “Stuart/Stuart Raiders” got a total of 917 points, while Justice Thurgood … Continued
School news: Snowplows and robots
Sleepy Hollow Elementary School Principal Eric Johnson performs with students at the back-to-school assembly. An occasional series highlighting programs and activities at schools in the Annandale/Mason District area. The information and photos here are from Fairfax County Public Schools and individual schools. Voting at Stuart – People who live within the JEB Stuart High School … Continued
Art by Poe Middle School students featured at Bradlick Shopping Center
Art by Poe students Gabriela Fernandez and Danae Booker. Artworks by six Poe Middle School students were unveiled at Bradlick Shopping Center in Annandale Sept. 9 and will remain on display in the breezeway next to Gold’s Gym for two years. Poe student Elisha Han, Del. Kaye Kory, and Del. Vivian Watts at the unveiling at … Continued
Community considers new names for JEB Stuart High School
The main entrance at Stuart. Most of the new names for JEB Stuart High School proposed at a public meeting at the school Sept. 9 fell into these categories: Honoring a civil rights advocate, particularly Barbara Rose Johns or Justice Thurgood Marshal Selecting a name based on geographic location Honoring another historical figure. The Fairfax … Continued
Support the Annandale High School bands
Members of the Marching Atoms. [Band Boosters] Tag Day for the Annandale High School bands is happening next weekend, and the Band Boosters and student musicians hope the community will be generous. Band members wearing the Marching Atoms uniform will be knocking on doors and playing at local grocery stores Sept. 9 and 10 to raise … Continued
Schools starts Aug. 28: 4 things to know
When a school puts out the stop sign, drivers much stop. Fairfax County Public School students are back in school on Monday, Aug. 28. It’s the first time school is starting before Labor Day. More than 189,000 students attend FCPS schools, which makes it the 10th largest school system in the United States. Everyone will … Continued
FCPS outlines procedure for community meeting on renaming Stuart High School
JEB Stuart High School. Fairfax County Public Schools Deputy Superintendent Steve Lockard sent a memo to the JEB Stuart High School community Aug. 22 outlining the procedure for the Sept. 9 community meeting on proposing new names for the school. The school board passed a resolution July 27 calling for the school’s name to be … Continued
Parklawn has a new principal
Forgy [FCPS] Rebecca Forgy was named principal of Parklawn Elementary School in Lincolnia, effective July 24, Fairfax County Public Schools announced Aug. 17. Forgy was formerly at Dogwood Elementary School in Reston, where she had been an assistant principal since 2012 and, before that, an instructional coach. At Dogwood, Forgy helped establish a STEAM (science, technology, … Continued
Does your student need a backpack?
Del. Kaye Kory is hosting a backpack giveaway Saturday, Aug. 19, 1-5 p.m., at Woodrow Wilson Library in Bailey’s Crossroads. The giveaway of 150 backpacks for students in kindergarten through grade 3 is sponsored by the Office Depot Foundation and the National Foundation for Women Legislators. Only two women legislators in each state have been selected to … Continued
Stuart pyramid families get a jump start on school at School Resource Fair
JEB Stuart High School was full of students and their families Thursday afternoon as they dropped in to pick school supplies and books and get health screenings and haircuts. All of it was free of charge. Belvedere Elementary School Assistant Principal Kevin Sami (left) with other Belvedere staff. Everyone in the Stuart High School pyramid … Continued
Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club hosts ‘Great Assembly” to package school supplies
Rotary club members package school supplies. Members of the Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club and other volunteers packaged more than 2,300 school supply kits for distribution to students at the Stuart Pyramid Back to School Resource Fair next week. The Resource Fair, Aug. 10, 1-5 p.m., at JEB Stuart High School, is aimed at making sure … Continued
School board votes to change the name of JEB Stuart High School
The audience at the school board meeting represented both side of the name change debate. The Fairfax County School Board voted July 27 to change the name of JEB Stuart High School. That vote was taken after the board rejected a motion to delay a vote on a name change until October. The motion to … Continued
Here’s another ‘Stuart’ worthy of a school name
Alice Jackson Stuart As the Fairfax County School Board prepares to consider a resolution next week about renaming JEB Stuart High School, some board members have expressed the desire to search for a compromise that could be acceptable to both sides. Those who want to keep the name point to the need to preserve the … Continued
Teacher arrested for child pornography possession
Jordan [FCPD] Christopher Jordan, an eighth-grade English teacher at Holmes Middle School, was arrested July 20 and charged with six counts of possession of child pornography, the Fairfax County Police Department reports. Jordan, 24, is a resident of Centreville. He has been employed by Fairfax County since 2016. He will not be returning in the … Continued
Stuart Pyramid School Resource Fair scheduled for Aug. 10 at Stuart High School
Crowds gather at Stuart High School at a previous Stuart Pyramid School Resource Fair. Families served by all the elementary and middle schools that feed into JEB Stuart High School are invited to the third annual Stuart Pyramid School Resource Fair Aug. 10, 1-5 p.m., at Stuart. The fair will have free school supplies, books, … Continued