WOODSTOCK — Members of Central’s FFA program gathered at the high school on Tuesday morning to package nearly 500 meals to be distributed throughout the local community.

Michael McClurg, Alexandra Johnson, Alicia Aston and Anna Neff met for the first time as a group in September and instantly clicked.

WOODSTOCK – Shenandoah County Public Schools Superintendent Mark Johnston announced his retirement on Thursday night at the School Board meeting. The retirement, which was approved by the board at the meeting, takes effect July 1.

WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County School Board was given an update on how the hybrid model for schools has been working at Thursday's board meeting.

Shenandoah County Public Schools bus transportation has been a big issue as the schools switched to a hybrid schedule in October, but the division’s administrators say they are making progress.

Shenandoah County Public Schools received a gold certification in the 2020 Virginia School Boards Association's Go Green Schools Challenge.

Prospective students who are interested in attending Massanutten Military Academy for its educational program but are turned off by the thought of enduring the military school experience now have another option.

School superintendents from across the region met virtually with legislators on Thursday morning to discuss issues schools are facing during the pandemic.

As the Lord Fairfax Health District reported another 32 COVID-19 cases on Monday, Shenandoah County Public Schools announced the third temporary school closure in the last four days.

Shenandoah County Public Schools switched from all-virtual to the hybrid method of learning on Monday and Superintendent Mark Johnston said that he felt “things went very well.”

WOODSTOCK – When it was first announced in July that the Shenandoah County Public Schools division was going to be using a hybrid model for the reopening of schools, Pastor George Bowers Sr. wanted to do something for his church and the community. So he decided to help out parents by allowin…

WOODSTOCK – Shenandoah County will open school doors  Monday to students who have been learning virtually since the academic year began on Aug. 31.

WOODSTOCK – The Shenandoah County School Board voted unanimously to approve the selection of the committee to decide the renaming of Stonewall Jackson High School and Ashby Lee Elementary School and the renaming of the mascot at North Fork Middle School.

Shenandoah and Warren County public schools have added a COVID-19 data dashboard to their websites that will allow the community to monitor the number of cases in the divisions.

Shenandoah County Public Schools Superintendent Mark Johnston confirmed Monday that a teacher at North Fork Middle School in Quicksburg recently tested positive for COVID-19.

WOODSTOCK – Shenandoah County Public Schools Superintendent Mark Johnston said Thursday that there will be some students returning to school over the next few weeks and they are hopeful the hybrid model will begin by Oct. 19.

WOODSTOCK – The Shenandoah County School Board on Thursday night approved the process of renaming two schools and a mascot at a third school.

The coronavirus pandemic likely pushed enrollment at the Seton Home Study School in Front Royal, an admissions official said Thursday.

Warren County Public Schools hit some hurdles Tuesday as students and staff began the new year during the coronavirus pandemic.

Karen Caspersen, who has been a Lutheran pastor for 25 years, had a teacher friend who shared how frustrating her job could sometimes be even though she loved what she was doing. So Caspersen, who also has two sons who are teachers, decided she wanted to do something for teachers in the community.

Shenandoah County Public Schools open up virtually next week, but students on the northern campus still will have a way to read books from their libraries.

WOODSTOCK – The Shenandoah County Public Schools division has its first mobile Internet hot spot up and running.

Shenandoah County Public Schools has launched a new page on its website called Parent Academy.

WOODSTOCK – Members of the community voiced their opinions about the renaming of Stonewall Jackson High School and Ashby Lee Elementary School at Thursday's Shenandoah County School Board meeting.

WOODSTOCK – Shenandoah County School Board member Marty Helsley spoke for 22 minutes on Thursday on the board's decision last month to rename schools. At times, Helsley broke down in tears as he spoke.

WOODSTOCK – Some area residents who are upset about Shenandoah County Public Schools going all-virtual the first nine weeks of school spoke out about the decision at Thursday's School Board meeting.

The Shenandoah County School Board will meet on Thursday and one of the agenda items is to discuss the process of renaming two schools and coming up with a new mascot for a third school.

More than 100 parents banded together and filed a legal position to prevent the Shenandoah County School Board from moving forward with its decision to rename two schools and a mascot.

STRASBURG – Sandy Hook Elementary School Principal Robin Shrum understands that things will be different if students return to in-person classes on Aug. 31, but she and her staff are determined to make the best of it.

Kathryn Staton, a technology teacher at Ashby Lee Elementary School, recently became one of only 750 educators around the world to be a certified International Society for Technology in Education Educator.

During Wednesday's School Board meeting, several Shenandoah County said they are fearful of reopening school with in-person classes during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Shenandoah County School Board voted unanimously Wednesday to push the first day of instruction from Aug. 17 to Aug. 31.

Cynthia Walsh couldn't help but get emotional as she talked on Wednesday evening. The Shenandoah County School Board member has children in school and she said at the meeting she was torn over whether the schools should come back on Aug. 31 using a hybrid or an all-virtual method.