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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.
School board to vote on ‘Mason Crest’ as name of new school
If you’re still unsure about calling the new elementary school at the Lacey site in Annandale “Mason Crest,” you have one more day to voice your opinion. The Fairfax County school board is scheduled to vote on the name at its Thursday evening board meeting. At a community meeting on the name last month, Mason … 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
Michelle Obama, Rachael Ray will have lunch at Parklawn Elementary School
Michelle Obama [WH photo] First lady Michelle Obama will be at Parklawn Elementary School, in the Annandale area, tomorrow at 11:15 a.m., along with celebrity chef Rachael Ray and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, to unveil new federal nutrition standards for school meals. “Improving America’s school lunches is one of the five key pillars of Mrs. Obama’s … Continued
Weyanoke students have green thumbs
Weyanoke students show off their sweet potatoes Students at Weyanoke Elementary School learned about the wonders of gardening when they grew 55 sweet potatoes from a single neglected potato that kindergarten teacher Ellen Crutchley found in her pantry last year. The old potato had grown eyes and tiny leaves, so she put in water and … Continued
Residents choose ‘Mason Crest’ as name for new Annandale Elementary School
Residents of the communities surrounding the elementary school under construction in Annandale who came to a meeting last night to discuss possible names for the school chose — drum roll, please — Mason Crest. Their second choice is Masonville. Those two names will be submitted to Superintendent Jack Dale, and he will recommend one or … 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
Booster clubs oppose FCPS ‘money grab’
The Annandale High School Marching Atoms Parents active in high school booster clubs are up in arms about a Fairfax County Public Schools rule change that would require funds raised by booster clubs to be incorporated into school activity funds. Some booster officials are calling this rule change a “money grab” and are concerned that … Continued
Community input sought on name for Annandale’s new elementary school
Fairfax County Public Schools invites local residents to a meeting at Falls Church High School Wednesday, Jan. 18, 7 p.m., to discuss a name for the new elementary school under construction on the Lacey site in Annandale. “The purpose of this meeting is to determine what proposed names are most popular within the community,” states … Continued
Welch says charter school won’t compete with Falls Church HS
If approved, the charter school would be housed at the Graham Road Elementary School building Eric Welch, the founder of the proposed charter school opposed by many Falls Church High School parents, wants to set the record straight: He feels that the parents who organized a group to oppose the charter school, UPROAR (United Parents … Continued
At NOVA’s Annandale campus: A lesson in daring design
By Elizabeth Kirchner The new student services building on the Annandale campus of Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) is more than good architecture. It blends beauty and utility in an energy-smart, dual-flush, stormwater-absorbing reflection of the progressive ideals of the school’s faculty and staff. In 2006, the building was already in its design phase when … Continued
Students at Phillips School bring holiday cheer to those in need
During the month of December, students at Annandale’s Phillips Program for Children and Families participated in several activities to support the community and bring holiday cheer to those in need. Students assembled 50 stockings, filled with toiletries and treats, for the Operation Santa program. The stockings were mailed to Marines serving overseas in Unit 73915. … Continued
Falls Church HS parents organize petition drive against charter school
Falls Church High School So far, 140 people have signed a petition against a proposal to establish a charter high school at the Graham Road Elementary School building, which will become vacant in September 2012. The online petition was posted by a group of Falls Church High School parents who formed a group called UPROAR … Continued
FCPS school board approves surveillance cameras inside high schools
The Fairfax County School Board adopted a measure Dec. 15 to permit surveillance cameras inside high schools to deter vandalism, bullying, and the kind of food fights that erupted at West Springfield and other high schools last year. Mason school board member Sandy Evans was one of four board members who voted against the resolution, … Continued