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August 2024 Newsletter: What is PTA?
PTA is not a social club for stay-at-home moms. PTA is not a booster club for bake sale aficionados . PTA is not the school’s party...
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Aug 18, 20243 min read
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Results from the NAEP 2022 Math and Reading Assessments
The National Assessment Governing Board and the National Center for Education Statistics released the results of the 2022 National...
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Nov 2, 20221 min read
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During the 2021-2022 School Year Virginia PTA advocacy resulted in:
✅ Literacy Act: Transformative change in literacy instruction and increased reading specialists for Kindergarten to 3rd graders ($63M) ✅...
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Aug 24, 20221 min read
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Lutie Lewis Coates
Educator During the 1930s and 1940s, a time when Fairfax County public schools were segregated by race, Lutie Coates taught at the Floris...
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Feb 18, 20221 min read
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Louise Archer
Educator A dedicated teacher, Louise A. Reeves Archer (October 23, 1893–April 1, 1948) brought Vienna’s African American community...
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Feb 18, 20221 min read
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The FCPS 2022-2023 School Calendar
The 2022-2023 School Year calendar has been approved. Important Dates: Monday, August 22, 2022: First day of school. November 23-25,...
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Feb 12, 20221 min read
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Alex Haley
Author Most inspiring for his dedication to genealogy, Haley is the author of Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Roots (1976). His first book,...
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Feb 12, 20221 min read
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Zora Neale Hurston
Anthropologist, Folklorist, Civil Rights Activist & Author Zora Neale Hurston is one of the leading African-American writers of the...
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Feb 12, 20221 min read
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Feb 12, 20220 min read
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Dr. Mae Jemison
Astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison is the first African American woman astronaut to travel in space. She served as a mission specialist aboard the...
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Feb 12, 20221 min read
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Katherine Johnson
Mathematician https://www.nasa.gov/content/katherine-johnson-biography In 1962, as NASA prepared for the orbital mission of John Glenn,...
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Feb 12, 20221 min read
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Join the PTA!!
PTA membership and dues support your child by funding essential education and curriculum needs; advocating on behalf of children and...
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Jan 16, 20221 min read
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Family Game Night
Family game nights bring your family members together. As you play games together you will make memories, build relationships, learn...
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Jan 16, 20221 min read
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Black History Month
What do you think our children should understand about African American struggle, achievement, and culture? African American culture is...
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Jan 16, 20221 min read
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