August 2024 Newsletter: What is PTA?
PTA is not a social club for stay-at-home moms. PTA is not a booster club for bake sale aficionados . PTA is not the school’s party...
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Nov 2, 20221 min read
Results from the NAEP 2022 Math and Reading Assessments
The National Assessment Governing Board and the National Center for Education Statistics released the results of the 2022 National...
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Aug 24, 20221 min read
During the 2021-2022 School Year Virginia PTA advocacy resulted in:
✅ Literacy Act: Transformative change in literacy instruction and increased reading specialists for Kindergarten to 3rd graders ($63M) ✅...
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Feb 18, 20221 min read
Lutie Lewis Coates
Educator During the 1930s and 1940s, a time when Fairfax County public schools were segregated by race, Lutie Coates taught at the Floris...
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Feb 18, 20221 min read
Louise Archer
Educator A dedicated teacher, Louise A. Reeves Archer (October 23, 1893–April 1, 1948) brought Vienna’s African American community...
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cdcsuki
Feb 12, 20221 min read
The FCPS 2022-2023 School Calendar
The 2022-2023 School Year calendar has been approved. Important Dates: Monday, August 22, 2022: First day of school. November 23-25,...
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cdcsuki
Feb 12, 20221 min read
Alex Haley
Author Most inspiring for his dedication to genealogy, Haley is the author of Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Roots (1976). His first book,...
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Feb 12, 20221 min read
Zora Neale Hurston
Anthropologist, Folklorist, Civil Rights Activist & Author Zora Neale Hurston is one of the leading African-American writers of the...
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Feb 12, 20221 min read
Dr. Mae Jemison
Astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison is the first African American woman astronaut to travel in space. She served as a mission specialist aboard the...
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cdcsuki
Feb 12, 20221 min read
Katherine Johnson
Mathematician https://www.nasa.gov/content/katherine-johnson-biography In 1962, as NASA prepared for the orbital mission of John Glenn,...
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cdcsuki
Jan 16, 20221 min read
Join the PTA!!
PTA membership and dues support your child by funding essential education and curriculum needs; advocating on behalf of children and...
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cdcsuki
Jan 16, 20221 min read
Family Game Night
Family game nights bring your family members together. As you play games together you will make memories, build relationships, learn...
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Jan 16, 20221 min read
Black History Month
What do you think our children should understand about African American struggle, achievement, and culture? African American culture is...
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