Manassas City's 2018 Arbor Day Celebration, the 34th annual, will be held at Kinsley Mill Park at 8844 Hastings Drive, on April 20 at 10 a.m.

Virginia fourth graders outperformed their nationwide peers in mathematics and reading on the national tests which are also known as the Nation’s Report Card, according to a news release issued jointly by Gov. Ralph Northam and the Virginia Department of Education.

To help advance women in technology, NOVA has launched a college-wide project, Assisting Females in Technology (aFIT), a series of free interactive workshops and panel sessions. The purpose of aFIT is to encourage local middle and high school female students to explore the possibilities of choosing a tech career. About 80 students have preregistered for the series

The School Board of the City of Manassas/City Council will hold a Joint Budget Work Session, Wednesday, April 11, at 6 p.m. at Manassas Public Works Building, 8500 Public Works Drive, Manassas, VA.

Congresswoman Barbara Comstock reports the annual 10th Congressional District Military Academy Day on Saturday, April 21, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Loudoun County Public School Administration Building, 21000 Education Court, Ashburn, VA 20148. The free event is open to all students, parents and guidance staff interested in learning more about the nation’s service academies.

School Board of the City of Manassas will hold a Budget Work Session, Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. Please note the location: Central Office, 8700 Centreville Road, Suite 400, Manassas, VA.

Alyson A. Satterwhite, Gainesville District School Board Member for the past six years, announced March 27, "Today it is a great honor to announce that I will be running for Chairman of the Prince William County School Board in the upcoming special election this November." 

Isabel Lee, a freshman at Battlefield High School, is the high school winner of the Virginia Lottery Thank a Teacher Art Contest, according to a news release. After receiving nearly 1,000 entries, Va. Lottery chose elementary, middle and high school winners who will have their artwork featured on thank-you notes that will be distributed to thousands of teachers across the Commonwealth during National Teacher Appreciation Week May 7-11, 2018.