Administrators and teachers employed at two Prince William County middle schools presented workshops at the 2015 Virginia Middle School Association’s Conference Oct. 30 at James Madison University.

Rising juniors will have a one-time option to attend the new school starting in August, stay at their current school, or take part in an existing specialty transfer option.

Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Nov. 12 began a new program that will cut years off the time needed to test the response of innovative pavements to the daily impacts of heavy traffic.

The Congressional App Challenge began Nov. 9, 2015 and runs through Jan. 15, 2016, challenging high school students to design and create an original app for submission. The submitted app can be on any topic, provided it is original, appropriate, and has been made within a year of Jan. 16, 2016.

Saving lives, improving community health, and teaching job skills are a few of the benefits Prince William County Schools have received as a result of grants from the Potomac Health Foundation.

Amy Jo Phillips, director of Information Technology Services for Prince William County Schools, is a Top 30 Award Winner in the 2015 Center for Digital Education awards program.

Liz Vohar, a professional school counselor at Yorkshire Elementary School in Manassas, is the 2015 Virginia Counselors Association’s Humanitarian and Caring Person Award winner.

On behalf of Dominion and the Dominion Foundation, Henderson Elementary School has received $1000 for STEM kits from the Museum of Science program, “Engineering is Elementary.”