![FCCPS Alert for Snow](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/falls_church_city_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_61049b44-6987-42d4-96ca-eeb3b99e3eaa.png)
January 29, 2021
Dear FCCPS Family,
The weather forecast is calling for potential snow on Sunday and Monday, and we’d like to proactively tell you our plan so that staff and families can prepar...
![New Computer Science Classroom at GMHS](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/falls_church_city_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_d8135adc-e45d-49b3-b8d2-5d93d3144c25.png)
January 26, 2021
George Mason High School has earned the College Board AP ® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science A. Schools hono...
![GMHS Auction is Open](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/falls_church_city_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_465e0fbf-08a4-42f8-866a-e37eb03d04ca.jpg)
December 21, 2020
Thanks to the hard work of the staff at The McGuire Group, the GMHS Sentimental & Surplus Auction is ppen! Bidding runs through Dec. 28. Check out the auction catalog to see a ...
![Falls Church School Board Renaming Committee](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/falls_church_city_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_8d73da18-40a8-443a-b1d5-82900b543f0c.png)
December 21, 2020
Falls Church Community,
On December 8th, the Falls Church School Board voted to proceed with the process of renaming two of the division’s schools. The renaming process will f...
![GMHS Auction Promo](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/falls_church_city_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_41ab8e3d-3367-47bb-ae9d-408ef071055d.jpg)
December 17, 2020
Bid on some great items at the GMHS Auction Dec. 21-28.Auction Link will be published here on Dec. 21. It will include surplus items and nostalgic treasures - something for eve...
![Mary Jo West](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/falls_church_city_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_f841d67c-59dc-4cc5-8b4c-79499a2cd996.jpg)
December 14, 2020
GMHS Music Teacher and Band Director, Mary Jo West has been selected for the Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms, a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the ...
![Names on the exterior of Thomas Jefferson and George Mason Schools](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/falls_church_city_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_72a85220-09c3-430d-bcbe-31bbf1da28db.jpg)
December 9, 2020
The Falls Church School Board voted unanimously on December 8 to rename Thomas Jefferson Elementary School and George Mason High School.
The vote follows a six-month-long pro...
![FCCPS COVID-19 Response Update](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/falls_church_city_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_ea644542-c43a-455d-b29d-12f1c7d4feea.jpg)
December 2, 2020
Dear FCCPS Families,
Today, we received updated data from the Virginia Department of Health for our region. Unfortunately, the information has not changed from last week when w...
![FCCPS Dials Back To All-Virtual for the Coming Week](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/falls_church_city_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_9baa23bc-0ee7-4f1e-b136-93db2b1ab8a1.jpg)
November 25, 2020
Dear FCCPS Families & Staff Members,
This is not the letter I wanted to send to our community the afternoon before Thanksgiving. This morning we received updates from the...
![Thanksgiving Week Changes - Class to be All-Virtual next week.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/falls_church_city_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_df6f1cef-2945-4ef9-babc-15d0dc0d4bd6.png)
November 16, 2020
Dear FCCPS Families,
As we have stated all along, we have and will continue to review data and make decisions based on what we see with respect to health, operational, and inst...
![Declan](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/falls_church_city_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_d8b06b1c-a3bf-4fb2-b926-8231af720f37.jpg)
November 12, 2020
Congratulations to senior Declan Quill who committed to play soccer at VA Tech!
![In Remembrance: Dr. Warren Pace](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/falls_church_city_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_df9739f0-59f0-4593-ad47-f373df2fa029.jpg)
October 21, 2020
Dr. Warren Pace passed away on Sunday, October 18 (1928-2020).
He served as FCCPS Superintendent for 20 years, from 1971 to 1991. He is pictured above with former superintend...
![New GMHS Construction](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/falls_church_city_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_a95d07d9-dfc7-4dff-bccd-eb58d5ab0712.png)
September 25, 2020
Dear FCCPS Families,
I hope you all are doing well and staying healthy. Last week I sent you a very long email updating where we are with respect to reopening plans for our sch...
![A continuum of Reopening Stages](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/falls_church_city_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_2de82f27-3cf4-4a01-8306-c6989f12f210.png)
September 18, 2020
Dear FCCPS Families,
It has been a couple of weeks since you have heard directly from me, and I feel like the time is right to update you on some of the many things that are ha...
![Stacks of textbooks in the library awaiting distribution to students](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/falls_church_city_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_894b7e5b-5056-4577-b7c2-7f127aff4db2.jpg)
August 26, 2020
The GMHS PTSA is organizing and staffing the major effort of sorting, packing, and distributing textbooks and other learning materials for Mason students from the piles in the l...
![FCCPS School Bus](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/falls_church_city_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_4ad4ca04-fe58-429c-aa7b-b18d76b66db8.jpg)
August 26, 2020
FCCPS Transportation is preparing for that time when students return to school. The staff has been participating in training, cleaning buses, and addressing minor maintenance is...
![FCCPS New Professional Staff](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/falls_church_city_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_30c28836-0bbf-4c12-b0c0-1bd627eb6203.png)
August 10, 2020
Falls Church City Public Schools is thrilled to welcome 28 new professional staff members to #TeamFCCPS this week.
The annual new teacher and professional orientation began th...
![Thomas Jefferson and George Mason Names](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/falls_church_city_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_e0c8ec40-a423-4958-bf61-191f49ae2674.jpg)
July 2, 2020
The Falls Church School Board is beginning a process to consider whether to rename two of the division's schools; George Mason High and Thomas Jefferson Elementary schools.
Dur...
![Colter Adams by Carol Sly](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/falls_church_city_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_29ede7c7-f081-402f-bc7d-aadaab47f3f8.jpg)
May 26, 2020
Congratulations to Colter Adams for his outstanding achievement. He has been named one of 161 U.S. Presidential Scholars based on outstanding academic achievement, community s...
![FCCPS Photo/John Wesley Brett](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/falls_church_city_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_57471268-df32-4b11-b1fd-b5b827d90134.jpg)
May 15, 2020
George Mason senior, Niharika Singhvi, is among the 2,500 recipients of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation's $2,500 scholarships. Singhvi, who plans to study public poli...