The Virginia School Board Association (VSBA) Sept. 28 honored Governor Terry McAuliffe with the 2017 Legislative Award of Excellence for his tireless advocacy for Virginia public education.

The percent of Prince William County Public School students graduating on time for the last school year exceeds the Virginia rate. The PWCS on-time graduate rate of 91.8 percent for students who entered high school in the fall of 2013 and graduated in 2017 continued a steady climb from 83.3 percent eight years ago, and again outpaced statewide results.

Students at all Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) will get breakfast “on the house,” Friday, September 29, to remind families of the importance of giving students healthy fuel for learning.

Registration is taking place now for an eight-week session that begins Oct. 18 at Northern Virginia Community College. Registration for the session closes at 11:59 p.m. Oct. 17. Courses in the eight-week session cover the same material and award the same credits as semester-long classes.

For planning purposes for friends and family, Fauquier County Public Schools is announcing a tentative schedule of graduation dates for the Class of 2018.

PWCS student results on the ACT are trending upward. The newly released 2016-17 scores are the highest in five years for all of the tested areas as well as the composite score.

Student test results in English, math, history, and science earned fully accredited status for 85 of 90 (94 percent) of eligible Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS), according to a Sept.13 report from the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE). All PWCS high schools are fully accredited, and met the high school graduation requirement.

Students from Battlefield, Brentsville, Colgan, Forest Park, Osbourn Park and Patriot High School in Prince William County and a PWC student who attends Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax are National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists.