Franklin Sherman Elementary Turns 100
McLean schools get ready for new school year.
With summer dwindling to an end and back-to-school commercials overriding television screens, the staff and students of McLean elementary schools are preparing for the start of this upcoming school year.
U.S. Rep Wolf (R-10) Announces Service Academy Appointments
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10) announced the 10th District’s Class of 2018 appointments to the nation’s service academies, as well as those selected for Academy prep schools.
McLean Community Center Announces Fall Classes
More than 100 offerings, from art and cooking to safety and writing.
Fall is just around the corner and the McLean Community Center (MCC) has developed a bounty of classes and activities to greet the new season.
Sixth-graders Leave the Gift for School
On Friday, June 20, the sixth-grade graduation class of Chesterbrook Elementary School in McLean presented an historic plaque and a planted dogwood tree to their school.
Arielle Mewou Receives Regirer Nurse Scholarship
Mewou is a certified nursing assistant at Vinson Hall Retirement Community.
Students Keep Bows Moving
Summer Strings Camp preserves students’ musical skills.
This is the 26th year of the camp, which is and has been attended by students from different Fairfax County elementary schools.
School Board Decreases Suspension Time
Student Rights and Responsibilities revised.
The school board voted unanimously at the end of June to change the discipline handbook, which will now focus on in school suspensions to preserve time in school.
Winning the Spirit Award
Langley Crew honors graduating senior Tyler Seckar.
Tyler Seckar, Langley rower and graduating senior, has won the Hillary J. Fein Spirit Award for the “athlete who best embodies the true spirit and passion for Crew.”
Create Day Showcase at Cooper Middle
Parents, teachers, students, and community members observed hundreds of projects that Cooper students created throughout the year exhibited at the school’s Create day showcase.
Performing in a Buskapade
Larry Rice teaches fiddle/violin, guitar, mandolin, banjo, electric bass, and ukulele at his studio in Falls Church City.
Locker Cleanout Day Longfellow Middle
Longfellow Middle School conducted its annual locker cleanout day on Tuesday, June 24.
Facing a ‘Real World’
Marshall High 2014 graduates told not to be afraid of rejection and ‘real world.’
Ryan McElveen knows something about second chances.
A Perfect Attendance
McLean High graduate Catherine Overberg clocks in perfect attendance K-12.
Graduating from McLean High School on June 17, Catherine Overberg sealed in her perfect attendance record for thirteen full years of school. That’s right—not a day missed, not even an hour.
Memories of a Bittersweet Year
Langley Class of 2014 graduates, remembering the two who died.
They said their goodbyes with a little bit of old and a little new.