FCPS This Week - April 6, 2017
Fairfax County Public Schools sent this bulletin at 04/06/2017 06:05 PM EDT
In the Spotlight: Dan Noll, STEM Engineering Teacher at South Lakes High School
Hidden in the basement of South Lakes High School is Dan Noll's workroom. Noll teaches between seven and nine courses each year as part of South Lakes' well-loved Career and Technical Education program. He is also a South Lakes graduate.
In Noll's STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) Engineering class, innovation, creativity, and a can-do attitude are supported. His classes are entirely project based. Once available tools and task specifics have been introduced, students work collaboratively to create their own approach to solving the problem. There is an electric air of engagement and ownership in the classroom.
McLean “Highlander” Wins 2017 Gold Crown From Columbia Scholastic Press Association
“The Highlander” newsmagazine staff of McLean High School was presented with a Gold Crown at the 2017 Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) journalism convention at Columbia University in New York City. This is the second consecutive year that “The Highlander” has earned a Gold Crown award.
“The Highlander” is the only high school newspaper-newsmagazine in Virginia to win a Gold Crown this year. CSPA’s Gold Crown is one of the highest honors in scholastic journalism. Publications are judged on design, photography, concept, coverage, and writing. Five FCPS schools earned Silver Crowns.
Learn more about the CSPA awards.
#OurFCPS: Together It’s Possible
So many great things happen in FCPS every single day. Share awesome examples of innovation, creativity, collaboration, and pride in your school and community by using the #OurFCPS hashtag on social media.
It’s
not my FCPS, it’s not your FCPS, together, it’s #OurFCPS!
Video: Meet LaRonda Peterson, Principal of Bucknell Elementary School
Student Wellness Tips and Strategies: How to Handle Peer Pressure
Everyone has peers. Peers can be your friends who are about your age and have similar interests and experiences. Peers can also be other kids who are about your age and are involved in the same activities with you or are part of a community or group you belong to.
Peer pressure can be positive or negative. When peer pressure is positive, it pushes you to be your best. Negative peer pressure is when someone who is a friend or part of a group you belong to makes you feel that you have to do something to be accepted. It’s the negative peer pressure that we usually think of when the phrase peer pressure is used. When you give in to negative peer pressure, you often feel guilty or disappointed with yourself for acting in a way that goes against your beliefs or values.
Learn strategies that can help you handle negative peer pressure.
See more mental health and wellness tips for students.
Arts Alive: Cappies Review of TJHSST’s Production of Les Misérables
Fairfax County Public Schools offers a rich theater curriculum, especially at the high school level. Many FCPS high schools participate in the Washington, D.C., chapter of the Critics and Awards Program for High School Theatre, otherwise known as the Cappies.
The Cappies is a program through which high school theater and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews in local newspapers. There are fifteen Cappies chapters across the United States and Canada.
Check
out a review of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology’s (TJHSST)
production of Les Misérables, written
by Maya Koch of Annandale High School.
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