For months, an unfilled coaching position was the only thing keeping players from forming the girls varsity tennis team. Chandra Soucek accepted girls varsity tennis head coach position after former coach Arlene Fitz-Patrick’s resignation. Team members who met her at tryouts hope her extensive coaching experience will help them improveContinue Reading

After working in Tanzania and Mozambique, English teacher Jessica Batterton has returned to her education career—and her hometown. Batterton recently worked at the International Youth Foundation (IYF), an international nonprofit, where she focused on employability programming. This year Batterton is teaching English 10 and English Language Development (ELD) 3. SheContinue Reading

Thanks to a new collaboration with MetroBus, students will now have more access to free public transportation to and from school. The Fairfax County Public Schools Board of Supervisors discussed the initiative on September 22 of this year. Students at Justice, Annandale, Falls Church and George C. Marshall High SchoolsContinue Reading