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 ...
December 9, 2020
Dear FCCPS Families and Community,
Last night the School Board voted 7-0 to rename both TJ and GMHS. The action was not taken lightly. The decision reflects the Board’s overall...
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...
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...
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...
November 16, 2020
Date Change: One Last GMHS Walkthrough scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 28 has been cancelled. A new date has been added, Saturday, Dec. 26. Please register here https://docs.google.c...
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...
November 11, 2020
The original George Mason High School will be open to the public for a community walk-through. Sat, Nov 28 and Sun, Dec 27 from 9:00 am to 3:00 p.m. Facecoverings and social dis...
November 11, 2020
FCCPS employees go above and beyond every day, and this is your chance to recognize someone who has made a difference for children and schools. Nomination forms are availab...
November 5, 2020
On October 27th, the School Board agreed to new methods to enable greater public participation in Board meetings while taking appropriate health and safety precautions in light of...
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...
October 7, 2020
The Falls Church School Board, during a Special Meeting, October 6, 2020, finalized the timeline in a process determining whether Thomas Jefferson Elementary and George Mason Hig...
October 2, 2020
Dear FCCPS Families,
I hope you all are well and safe. I have a few updates I want to share with you this week and hope to be quick.
Next Week’s Return
We are delighted...
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...
September 23, 2020
The Falls Church School Board met in its monthly Work Session. It focused on three topics: Equity work in FCCPS, Updates on Reopening Plans, and a status update on a Renaming Surv...
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...
September 9, 2020
The Falls Church School Board met in Regular Session Tuesday, September 8th.
You can Watch the Meeting in Full, or use the links below to skip ahead to topics and documents o...
August 26, 2020
The Falls Church School Board began its Work Session last night by joining the statewide Virginia School Board Association's drive to welcome students back to the new year. Board ...
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...
August 19, 2020
More than 400 Falls Church City Public School employees, city officials, and school affiliated organizations gathered online to kick off a new, albeit virtual year. This year's t...