WOODSTOCK -- A Central High School FFA student and the chapter adviser were among the award winners at the state convention at Virginia Tech late last month.
WINCHESTER -- Patsy Jack helped blaze a trail for young female athletes at John Handley High School. Now her name will grace the school's secondary gymnasium and, as former students and officials said at a ceremony Thursday, Jack can continue to inspire girls to strive and achieve success in sports.
FRONT ROYAL -- The county's new middle school building on Luray Avenue will be named Warren County Middle School when renovations are completed in 2010.
FRONT ROYAL -- As the time draws near for the Warren County School Board to make a decision on the naming of the forthcoming Luray Avenue middle school building, the daughter of Quincy Damon Gasque, a past Warren County school superintendent, is asking that her father's name be considered.
FRONT ROYAL -- Members of the Front Royal Town Council and the family of the late James W. Kilby gathered Tuesday night to honor the local civil rights activist with the dedication a portion of Stonewall Drive in front of the county's old high school building in his name.
FRONT ROYAL -- The Rev. James M. Kilby is hoping and praying that the Warren County School Board will name the middle school on Luray Avenue after his father when the panel meets Thursday at the County Government Center.
WOODSTOCK -- The parents of a 17-year-old boy who plunged to his death from his Massanutten Military Academy dorm window in 2007 are suing the institution for $25.35 million.
FRONT ROYAL -- Faced with the challenge of a larger-than-average kindergarten population at A.S. Rhodes Elementary School, the Warren County School Board is considering hiring or transferring an instructional aide to accommodate the class as the pupils move into first grade.
GORE -- Traveling the road through the teenage years toward high school graduation is seldom easy. For the graduates of Timber Ridge School, the road has been much more difficult, but the success all the sweeter.
WOODSTOCK -- Shenandoah County Public Schools' first encounter with voters during a non-general election could have gone a little better, Superintendent Keith Rowland told the School Board on Thursday night.
FRONT ROYAL -- Although members of the class of 2009 were not the first to graduate from Skyline High School, it was these students who helped firmly establish the new high school's burgeoning legacy, speakers said at Saturday's commencement ceremony.
WINCHESTER -- Shenandoah University officials announced the creation of the Charlotte A. and Verne E. Collins Endowed Professorship during the annual Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre opening night gala Wednesday.
QUICKSBURG -- Clinging like a tick to all of the deserved celebrating on graduation night always seems to be the anxiousness surrounding the future for those seniors walking across the stage.
STRASBURG -- The accomplishments are there. The appearance is there. You just wait for the demeanor to present itself to prove that Jonathan Wilson is a force on the wrestling mat.
FRONT ROYAL -- Christendom College will hold its 20th annual Summer Institute June 26-27. This year, the institute will celebrate the contributions of St. Paul.
WINCHESTER -- More than 900 Frederick County high school seniors will receive their diplomas next week as Millbrook, Sherando, and James Wood high schools hold their commencement exercises.
WOODSTOCK -- Say adios to "omg" and "lol." The text message is the line of communication of choice among today's youth, and when the fruits of a teacher's labor can be found in one, you know a lesson plan went right. That has been the case for students in one of Nora Fletcher's eighth-grade Spanish classes at Peter Muhlenberg Middle School.
FRONT ROYAL -- More than four decades have passed since Clarence Thomas, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, was a young high school student on the brink of entering the real world.
FRONT ROYAL -- The Warren County School Board voted unanimously Thursday to award a contract for the installation of fencing around a high school practice field.
FRONT ROYAL -- David Powers Corwin is truly in a class by himself. Corwin, 16, will be the lone member of the senior class of 2009 at Royal Christian Academy in Front Royal when he walks down the aisle of First Assembly of God's sanctuary during tonight's graduation.
FRONT ROYAL -- The Warren County School Board is considering fencing off the Warren County High School athletic practice field because of repeated incidents of grounds-related vandalism.
FRONT ROYAL -- The Warren County Public Schools Career and Technical Education Department must achieve satisfactory performance assessment ratings at both the state and local level in the 2009-10 academic year to receive full funding.
WOODSTOCK -- Those in the stands and dotting the hillsides at Massanutten Military Academy on Friday sat in near silence as the final roll call was read during the school's Memorial Day ceremony.
WOODSTOCK -- Jill Yew's directives ended on a positive, and appropriate, note. "Have fun," she said to a group of 10 youths Tuesday. "That's the main reason why we're in here."
MIDDLETOWN -- Draped in blue caps and gowns, members of the Lord Fairfax Community College class of 2009 were all smiles and eager to start the next phase of their lives, as they received their degrees and certificates at the 38th annual commencement exercises.
WOODSTOCK -- Working under the theory that all three campuses were created equal, the Shenandoah County School Board adjusted the 2009-10 budget it passed Thursday night by more than $50,000.
FRONT ROYAL -- He didn't earn a living as an educator. And he didn't have the notoriety of Civil Rights leaders and icons such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks.
FRONT ROYAL -- The Rev. James M. Kilby's campaign to name the Luray Avenue middle school building in honor of his father, local civil rights activist James Wilson Kilby, will culminate with a rally Thursday evening, just prior to the Warren County School Board meeting.
FRONT ROYAL -- Randolph-Macon Academy's 91st Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps received the distinguished unit award with merit following its last external inspection.
FRONT ROYAL -- To balance Warren County Public Schools' approved 2009-10 operating budget, the School Board voted last week to eliminate funding for a retired county school employees program.
FRONT ROYAL -- Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will be the keynote speaker later this month at Randolph-Macon Academy's graduation ceremony.
WINCHESTER -- Finishing a college degree is simply a rite of passage for some students. For others, the journey is long and arduous. But for them, the hardship makes success all the sweeter.
FRONT ROYAL -- The Warren County School Board discussed the naming process for the renovated middle school on Luray Avenue last week, debating the prospect of naming the new building after an individual and receiving public comment on the issue.
Although there are no confirmed swine flu cases in Northern Shenandoah Valley schools, local officials are educating pupils and their parents on how to vigilantly prevent the spread of the virus. Swine flu interactive graphic
FRONT ROYAL -- During a Thursday work session, the Warren County School Board decided against enlisting a former state senator for a fundraising initiative for a middle school construction project.
MT. JACKSON -- A 17-year-old boy from Edinburg has been charged with communicating a bomb threat in relation to a January incident at Triplett Tech, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
FRONT ROYAL -- The Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority has approved a resolution to refinance the bond for a school renovation project.
WINCHESTER -- Shenandoah University recently earned an award for its "go-green" approach to building the Suzanne White McKown Plaza, which it will dedicate next week.
QUICKSBURG -- Ashby Lee Elementary School Assistant Principal Alfred R. Price was at school Wednesday, nearly a week after he was arrested near his house on a drunken driving charge.
FRONT ROYAL -- The Warren County School Board approved a debt-reducing financing method Thursday for renovating the former Warren County High School and turning it into a middle school.
FRONT ROYAL -- The Warren County School Board on Thursday unanimously approved an annual plan and federal funding for the school system's special education program.
MT. JACKSON -- While this little piggy goes to the market and that little piggy heads home, Christina Sterzer's little piggy might just go to the Parthenon.
WINCHESTER -- The Winchester School Board approved its revised fiscal 2010 budget Monday night, which swallows an additional $1.5 million in cuts by the City Council.
STEPHENS CITY -- Five Sherando High School students took top honors for the second year in a row March 25 at the Lord Fairfax Soil and Water Conservation District's 10th annual Envirothon.
FRONT ROYAL -- Only a bird would love a house made out of scrap wood and plastic bottles, held together with string and decorated with marshmallows and pretzels.
FRONT ROYAL -- Sagging interest rates combined with the addition of a new high school are imperiling one of Warren County Public Schools' largest student scholarships.
FRONT ROYAL -- The Warren County School Board awarded a construction contract Thursday for the conversion of the former high school building on Luray Avenue into an 800-pupil middle school.
STRASBURG -- Officials from the town and Strasburg High School met Thursday to discuss the creation of a pilot program that would allow for the collection of more recyclable materials at the school.
WINCHESTER -- The Winchester School Board needs to join the crowd and make steep cuts to its fiscal 2010 budget, according to some City Council members.
WINCHESTER --Workers leaving Frederick County Public Schools through a voluntary severance plan will help save more positions, according to education officials.
FRONT ROYAL -- Supporters who want the old Warren County High School building renamed for the late James Wilson Kilby received a vote of confidence Monday from the Town Council.
WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County School Board approved a $54.5 million 2009-10 budget Monday in which it also gave Superintendent Keith Rowland freedom to explore creative ways to save the three high school swim teams.
WINCHESTER -- The Winchester School Board went against a City Council request to cut another $1.5 million from its proposed fiscal 2010 budget on Monday night.
WOODSTOCK -- Barring a last-minute change, Shenandoah County Public Schools will be bidding farewell to its grant writer position after only a year, yet will leave the door open for a return.
FRONT ROYAL -- Although the Front Royal Planning Commission unanimously approved the Luray Avenue middle school construction project site plan last week, the project's bid award might still be delayed pending contract approval.
FRONT ROYAL -- The proposed Virginia Department of Transportation budget cuts could harm Warren County Public Schools' ability to transport students, school officials said earlier this month.
WOODSTOCK -- The 2009-10 budget presented by Shenandoah County Public Schools on Thursday night includes no layoffs, but just about everything else will see cuts.
FRONT ROYAL -- After a brief delay, the bids submitted for the Luray Avenue Middle School construction project came in well below the original estimated budget.
WINCHESTER -- Millions of dollars from the federal stimulus means Frederick County Public Schools can save dozens of jobs and keep middle school sports alive.
WOODSTOCK -- Shenandoah County Public Schools will presents its plan to reduce its 2009-10 budget by $2.4 million from the current fiscal year on Thursday.
FRONT ROYAL -- The Warren County School Board on Thursday unanimously approved submitting its fiscal 2010 operating budget to the Warren County Board of Supervisors.
STRASBURG -- Signal Knob Middle School's FFA chapter went for and got the gold last weekend at the state parliamentary procedure competition in Christiansburg.
FRONT ROYAL -- The Warren County School Board breathed a heavy sigh of relief at a Thursday budget work session thanks to the newly approved state budget and word of much-hoped-for money from the economic stimulus package.
WINCHESTER -- Frederick County Public Schools and the Lord Fairfax Health District will offer tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis booster vaccinations free to rising sixth-graders next week. Virginia requires all pupils to have the Tdap booster shot prior to entering the sixth...
WINCHESTER -- Frederick County Public Schools plans to hold registration for upcoming kindergartners March 9-13 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., school officials announced Thursday. All children who will be 5 years old on or before Sept. 30 must register...
FRONT ROYAL -- A.S. Rhodes Elementary School pupils celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday on Tuesday by reading with their parents instead of having a helping of green eggs and ham.
FRONT ROYAL -- Warren County Public Schools could avoid massive staffing cuts if the county receives anticipated funds from President Obama's economic stimulus package.
FRONT ROYAL -- For one week every year, Ressie Jeffries Elementary School pupils take a trip on the underground railroad in honor of Black History month.
HARRISONBURG -- The Center for Entrepreneurship in the College of Business at James Madison University is hosting a Sustainable Business Plan competition.
School officials in the Northern Shenandoah Valley are not concerned about area high schools having to meet new graduation benchmarks for full accreditation.
FRONT ROYAL -- Three A.S. Rhodes Elementary School pupils have broadened a school recycling program to include donations toward the construction of a new area museum.
FRONT ROYAL — The Warren County School Board on Thursday unanimously approved a more than $400,000 purchase of a new fiber optic Internet and data transmission network.
MIDDLETOWN -- Lord Fairfax Community College plans to host an academic open house for prospective students and residents Feb. 21 to meet with faculty, tour the Middletown campus and learn more about programs and services.
WINCHESTER -- More than 130 Frederick County Public Schools positions face the ax under Superintendent Patricia Taylor's proposed budget for fiscal 2010.
FRONT ROYAL -- Following more than a year of waiting and anticipation, Randolph-Macon Academy students, teachers and faculty relocated to the school's new academic building within a matter of days.
The massive national recall of peanut products has not had a big effect on public schools in the Northern Shenandoah Valley, although one division has pulled a number of items off its menu.
FRONT ROYAL -- The Warren County School Board is interviewing consultants about the use of historic tax credits to finance the renovation of the former county high school on Luray Avenue into a new middle school.
WINCHESTER -- Charles Luttrell Sr. works to keep Millbrook High School clean. A new mopping system from Rubbermaid Commercial Products may help him and other Frederick County Public Schools custodians do the work more efficiently and in less time.
FRONT ROYAL -- Warren County Public Schools officials are giving parents a heads-up to the emerging caffeine risk posed to pupils by the use of energy mints and candies.
WINCHESTER -- City schools Superintendent Dennis W. Kellison walked through $2.4 million in potential cuts to the fiscal 2010 budget at Monday night's School Board meeting.
FRONT ROYAL-- After years of planning and preparation, the newly formed Chelsea Academy opened its doors in August, and the school's academic year is in full swing.
FRONT ROYAL -- The Warren County School Board updated the county Board of Supervisors about significant budget cuts it faces in the next academic year during a joint meeting Thursday night.
