☘️ March 17, 2022 - Vol. 4, No. 35
2022 Science Fair showcases exceptional student talent
Congratulations to the 122 middle and 99 high school students whose projects were selected to compete at the 2022 Prince William-Manassas Regional Science and Engineering Fair. Their presentations were evaluated by more than 87 category judges and 36 organizations in a virtual forum on March 5-12. Read more.
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Good News
Freedom High School's first all-female robotics team advances to state tournament
In a show of girl power, Freedom High School’s first all-female robotics team, Team Eris, competed at this year's VEX Robotics States.
“To be on an all-girls team it feels inspiring, especially when you're younger and you see a male dominated field,” said team member and Freedom High student Nneka.
Buckland Mills Elementary School basketball program thrives through community support
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Buckland Mills Elementary School students are developing fundamental skills through sports, thanks to a school-created basketball league. Read more.
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JUSTice LIKE ME program gives PWCS high school students a glimpse into legal professions
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PWCS high school students learned about the justice system through a unique mock trial and jury experience, held at the Prince William County Circuit Court building. Read more.
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PWCS student athletes excel in winter sports season
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Congratulations to the PWCS student athletes and teams who won state championships in the 2021-22 winter sports season. Read more.
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From a PWCS student musician to orchestra teacher at Potomac High School, meet Veronica Miller
Veronica Miller fell in love with music as a PWCS student, beginning at Potomac View Elementary School and graduating from Forest Park High School. Now the orchestra teacher at Potomac High School, Miller directs students with the same passion for music she saw as a young musician in the Division.
Stock Market Game introduces Marsteller Middle School students to investing
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Students at Marsteller Middle School participated in the Stock Market Game, a comprehensive economics and personal finance education program for students. Read more.
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Unified Sports and P.E. program provide opportunities for high school students of all abilities
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Students of all abilities recently participated in a unified basketball tournament as part of the Special Olympics Unified Sports and P.E. program in PWCS high schools. Read more.
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PWCS student artists make a splash at the 2022 Water Art Invitational
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Gabriela Molina Otaiza, a sophomore at Charles J. Colgan High School, took home this year’s Grand Prize at the Prince William Service Authority's Water Art Invitational. Her submission, a realistic painting featuring a family of sea turtles, embodied this year’s theme, “Water: Our Most Precious Resource.” Read more.
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Google email issues resolved
The issue with PWCS emails being blocked or going to the spam/junk folders of Gmail and other Google cloud-based email accounts has been resolved. Thank you for your patience as we worked to fix the problem.
To ensure that important messages from PWCS are received in their inboxes, make sure to check your Spam folder regularly. If you find messages from PWCS in this folder, follow these steps to unmark them as Spam. You can also create a rule in your Gmail account to ensure that PWCS Messages do not get placed In your Spam folder.
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Prince William County School Board Adopts Fiscal Year 2023 Budget
Take the 2022 Virginia Safe Routes to School survey to help PWCS and local policymakers
Rising juniors and seniors: Apply to be a 2022-23 Student Representative to the Prince William County School Board
Nominations are now open for the Osbourn Park High School Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2022
Gar-Field High School's ukulele class welcomes students of all musical skill levels
With a variety of music course offerings, PWCS supports students of all musical backgrounds. Gar-Field High School is bringing student musicians of all skill levels together through a ukulele class, the first of its kind to be offered in the Division. The versatility of the ukulele makes it easy to learn, even for students new to playing an instrument.
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