More than 150 leaders from government, education and Northern Virginia’s business community convened at Micron Technology Inc. in Manassas today to support the regional expansion of SySTEMic Solutions---a program aimed at recruiting students into the career fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
SySTEMic Solutions’ Public-Private Collaborations Key To Meeting Workforce Demands In Northern Virginia
May 23, 2013
City Ceremoniously Breaks Ground On Jefferson Houston PreK-8 School
May 22, 2013
On May 21, on the grounds of what might have been a 19th century slaughterhouse, Alexandria City Public Schools ceremoniously broke ground for the City’s new PreK-8 Jefferson Houston School.
T.C. Williams Student Wins Top Prize In Competition
May 22, 2013
Congratulations to T.C. Williams High School Entrepreneurship student Dagim Girma, whose sports blogging website and app business, "The Audible," earned him first place in the Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) Washington Area Business Plan Competition on May 17.
T. C. Drama Department Earns Five Cappies Nominations For ‘The Wiz’
May 21, 2013
The T. C. Williams High School Drama Department's crowd-pleasing Spring musical, "The Wiz," received five nominations in The Cappies 2013 awards for area student theater – the most the school has received for nearly 10 years under the current department head.
Revenue Re-estimates Net ACPS $10 Million In Additional Revenue
May 20, 2013
Alexandria City Public Schools Superintendent Morton Sherman informed the School Board in a May 17, memorandum that instead of a beginning operating fund balance of $6.8 million in fiscal year 2013, ACPS actually had a fund balance of over $16 million.
Where are You Going? T. C. Celebrates National Decision Day
May 20, 2013
On Friday, May 17, T. C. Williams High School seniors wandered the halls and cafeteria holding cupcakes, and the College and Career Center was decorated in celebration.
Governor Commends Virginia Council On Women’s 2nd Annual STEM Essay Contest Winners
May 15, 2013
The Virginia Council on Women, in collaboration with the Science Museum of Virginia announced the winners of the 2nd annual STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Essay Contest for high school junior and senior girls. The top 3 winners were recognized at the Science Museum of Virginia’s “Up and Atom” Women’s Leadership Breakfast earlier today.
ACPS Students Finish First, Second and Third in Statewide Poster Competition
May 14, 2013
Congratulations to three Alexandria City Public Schools fifth-grade students, whose creative and colorful posters led them to first-, second- and third-place honors in the Virginia competition of the Saris Cycling Group Poster Contest. First-place winner, Charles Barrett Elementary School student Allison Boehm, advanced to compete in the national competition. As the state winner, she will receive a new bicycle, helmet and light. George Mason Elementary School student Julie Cizek placed second in the state competition and will receive a new bike helmet and light.
Science Teacher Mary Breslin Wins Presidential Innovation Award
May 13, 2013
The White House Council on Environmental Quality, in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has announced George Washington 2 Middle School Science Teacher and Environmental Steward Mary Breslin as a winner of the 2013 Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educator
Sherman Ditches Plans To Charge PTAs For Use Of School Facilities
May 10, 2013
For the second consecutive year, Alexandria City Public Schools Deputy Superintendent Madye Henson supported revisions to a School Board policy on community use of school facilities, which would have required PTAs to pay for use of school facilities for after school PTA-sponsored programs. After an outcry from PTA members, ACPS Superintendent Morton Sherman opted not to pursue that particular policy change.
