Officials at the Potomac School in McLean announced Jan. 13 that Amanda Marshall, founder of Fair Chance and co-founder of Families4Families, would receive school’s annual Award for Exemplary Service.
Marshall received the award during a school-wide assembly honoring the life...
News of the achievements of local students and members of the Armed Forces.
• Hailey Sorrell of Vienna earned a bachelor of arts degree in international studies and Magdiel Grimes of McLean earned a bachelor of science degree in business...
Five Fairfax County Public Schools students were among 300 nationally selected as 2023 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars.
Both the Regeneron Scholars and their schools will receive $2,000 for the achievement.
The five students and their projects include:
• Alvan Arulandu, Thomas...
Saehee Perez, a McLean High School senior, recently won the American Legion Post 270 Oratorical Contest for the third year in a row.
Perez won $300 and will compete Jan. 22 at the 17th District Oratorical Contest in McLean against...
News of the achievements of local students and members of the Armed Forces.
•• Katie Pounder of Vienna earned a bachelor of science degree in clinical mental-health counseling and psychology, magna cum laude, during recent commencement exercises at Lebanon Valley...
For Sasha Minsky, no service project to help others is too big or small to undertake.
Whether working in community gardens, volunteering at soup kitchens, collecting baseball equipment to send to players in South Africa or completing other independent projects,...
Following up on a request yesterday from Gov. Youngkin, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares today announced that his Office of Civil Rights will be investigating Fairfax County Public Schools and the administration of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science...
Gov. Youngkin on Jan. 3 called for Virginia's Attorney General Jason Miyares to investigate allegations that information about National Merit Awards, as determined by student PSAT scores, was withheld from students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science &...
Efforts by the Rotary Club of McLean provided more than 50 coats to students in need at Timber Lane Elementary School.
The club hosted a coat drive starting in November. “A call to action was issued to Rotarians, their families...
The Creche Preschool in Great Falls has been spreading the Christmas spirit to the community in December.
Beginning with a “Breakfast with Santa,” St. Francis Episcopal Church and the Creche invited the community’s families to enjoy breakfast, make crafts together,...
