Gov. Glenn Youngkin has ordered the flags of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia be flown at half-staff April 16 in memory and respect for the 17th Anniversary of the Virginia Tech shooting which took the lives of 32 people.

“Mrs. Yamamoto challenges every one of her students to not just learn the rigorous math concepts in her classroom, but she also makes the math relevant and applies every lesson to real life,” said Superintendent of Public Instruction Lisa Coons. She strived to make math come alive for students and share how it applies to real-life situations. She was also determined to show students that math is not scary and help them believe that they are “math people.”

Chanda Woods, an integrated language arts teacher at Newport News Public Schools’ Crittenden Middle School, has been named the 2025 Virginia Regional Teacher of the Year (Region 2) by the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE). Woods has been a teacher and a mentor for 26 years.

If you're interested in knowing how to start native plants from seed, join Virginia Cooperative Extension on Wednesday, April 17, at 11 a.m. VCE will host long time Master Gardener Pat Lust for a ZOOM talk on the steps necessary for growing your native plant garden from seed.

Sponsored by the Prince William County NAACP, ACT-SO is a major youth initiative and an acronym for Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological & Scientific Olympics. Students compete locally and nationally in 33 competitions covering STEM, Humanities, Business, Performing, Visual and Culinary Arts. Volunteers are needed as mentors, judges and fundraising.

Prince William County Schools announced April 3, 2024 that Miss Lillian Orlich, who served PWCS students for 64 years and passed away on March 7, 2024, left a $1 million donation to SPARK, the education foundation for PWCS.

Join PW Master Gardeners on Satueday, March 30 for a program on starting and sharing plants.

SEVERE Weather Awareness Week will be conducted by the National Weather Service March 4-10, with a different type of weather emergency highlighted each day: for example, tornadoes, flooding, severe thunderstorms,