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 8, 2020
Farrell Kelly is an 8th Grade Teacher at Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School, NBCT and President of the Falls Church City Education Association The last six months have been cha...
September 8, 2020
NBC4's Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports on the first day of all-virtual school in Falls Church.
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...
July 22, 2020
FCCPS Community,
As Virginia continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, and with the health and safety of our students, families, staff, and community foremost in mind...
June 26, 2020
Dear FCCPS Families and Community,
This has been an unprecedented year and I would like to begin by saying thank you. Your work as parents, dedication to your children’s educat...
June 11, 2020
Today, Mary Ellen Henderson Principal Valerie Hardy unveiled the administrative team for the coming years along with the addition of a new special education leader. The announceme...
June 11, 2020
Mary Ellen Henderson Career Technology Education instructor, Dr. Ray Wu-Rorrer , has won a Gerald Day Excellence in Authorship Award from the International Technology and En...
May 29, 2020
The Falls Church School Board unanimously approved the school division's Fiscal Year 2020-21 budget; a once-promising financial plan derailed by a global pandemic. The $52,191,5...
April 30, 2020
Henderson rolls out an online TV show, 'Treat Yo' Self' hosted by theatre teacher Ms. Gross.
This first episode features interviews with Dr. Noonan, Counselor Ms. Filmyer, ...
April 14, 2020
All Henderson students and staff are invited to show their school spirit this week as post-spring-break kicks off the presentation of new content for the online learning. Spirit w...
April 1, 2020
With the cancelation of Standards of Learning tests this year, modifications made to the upcoming International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement assessments, and the need to p...
March 23, 2020
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced this afternoon, at his press conference, all public schools in the Commonwealth will remain closed for the remainder of the school year. ...
February 19, 2020
On Tuesday evening, the Falls Church School Board unanimously approved its Advertised Budget for the 2020-2021 school year. Reflecting an investment in our students, our staff, an...
January 23, 2020
Falls Church City Public Schools announced 16 nominees for FCCPS Employee Awards on Wednesday, January 22. Colleagues, students, and parents made the nominations based on their ex...
January 21, 2020
The questions were challenging, even incredibly hard, and yet the Henderson competitors knew answer after answer! The final for the Geography Bee on Thursday, January 16 lasted ...
January 10, 2020
Four years into Falls Church City Public School's Stop-Arm Camera program and it continues catching violators, and the fines continue to roll in.
In 2019, a total of 1,082 ci...
December 18, 2019
Henderson's FIRST robotics team, the "Robo Tigers" competed this past weekend at Centreville HS. After five matches, the MEH Robo Tigers placed third out of 26 teams, almost entir...
December 10, 2019
Sixth-grade students are working hard, creating museum displays to honor talented innovators, artists, and Native Americans from the United States' westward expansion. This summ...
December 4, 2019
The GIVE Day club at Henderson raised over $10K to fund the packing of 33,000 nutritious, shelf-stable meals of dried vegetables, rice, grain, and vitamin packs. The collaboration...