The Kettle Run High School Rocket Club is off to a flying start toward competing in the Team America Rocketry Challenge, thanks to a generous donation from GenCorp Foundation, the charitable arm of Aerojet Corporation. On Jan. 18, Nina Falci, human resources specialist for Aerojet, visited Kettle Run to present a $500 check to Nick Patrick, president of the KRHS Rocket Club, to give flight to the club's goal of entering the competition. Read More >>
"Castanets" were music to Warrenton Middle School seventh-grader Drew Marino's ears this past Saturday when his young-but-tough final opponent, Bradley Elementary School fourth-grader Kyra Holland, misspelled the word, giving him an opportunity to become the county's first threepeat Spelling Bee champion. Read More >>
The entire student body of Greenville Elementary School gathered at the edge of the school's northern woods on a brisk afternoon Dec. 12 to witness the ribbon cutting of the school's new nature trail. Greenville third-grade teacher Jean Turney was the impetus behind the trail. "I have a passion for outdoor education and want to increase the amount of time kids spend outside," she said. "I want to broaden their understanding of what it means to care for the earth and enhance the science curriculum for third grade and beyond." Read More >>
New Technology Director
Louis McDonald has been named the new director of technology services for Fauquier County Public Schools, effective January 23. Mr. McDonald comes to FCPS from the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) where he was the chief information and chief technology officer for the state-chartered non-profit. In that role he provided management of the corporation's technology infrastructure, technology strategic planning and subject matter expertise on Federal and Commonwealth projects. Read More >>