Police charged two 14-year-old boys with possession of a gun on school property at Unity Reed High School, 8820 Rixlew Lane near Manassas, formerly Stonewall Jackson Senior High School.
Investigators say the boys exchanged a gun on school grounds on Saturday, October 26.
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Twenty-seven Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) students have been selected to take part in the 2022 Virginia Music Educators Association (VMEA) Senior Honors Choir. These students will perform at the VMEA annual conference on Saturday, November 19.
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The Prince William County Planning Commission approved a location for a new elementary school in Woodbridge. Construction crews will build the on about 10 acres on the north side of Prince William Parkway near the intersection of Route 1.
The school will have three stories to accommodate 631 students. The purpose is to relieve overcrowding at several elementary schools, such as Featherstone, Kilby, and Marumsco elementary schools.
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By Sgt. Ryan Sammet
A proud son of Nicaraguan immigrants,U.S. Marine Lieutenant Col. Jose Montalvan Montalvan was asked to speak at Gar-Field High School on Oct. 4, 2022 in honor of the school Hispanic heritage month celebration.
This was the first celebration of its kind at the school and tickets for the event were sold out.
The celebration was a time for students, parents, and teachers to share their culture with the rest of the school through food, a fashion show, dance, skits, and cultural presentations.
The school invited Montalvan to be a guest speaker because of his active social media highlighting his Hispanic heritage and his success story of being the son of immigrants and his journey to become a lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps.
He also attributes a lot of his success in the Marines to his parents and his upbringing. “The Marine Corps core values align nearly perfectly with the values of Hispanic culture and the values (that his parents instilled in him) ,” said Montalvan.
At the Gar-Field Hispanic heritage celebration. Montalvan was accompanied by Sgt. Shareef Jones, a Marine Corps recruiter from Woodbridge, Va., and his wife, Cpl. Carmen Jaimes, a legal service specialist at The Basic School in Quantico.
“I was excited to be invited when I heard that a high school was doing a Hispanic heritage month celebration,” said Jaimes, “I have always been proud of my Mexican culture and it is important to my husband and I that our kids know about their culture and where they came from.”
“Seeing the students really research their culture and to teach other students about it was amazing,” said Jaimes.
“My parents had such a bad view of the military because they think of the military as from their homes,” said Jaimes. “Having someone that can share their experiences with the students and parents from the perspective of an immigrant was very beneficial.”
The Marines enjoyed speaking at the event and look forward to attending more events like these in the future with the hope that the success of the Gar-Field High School Hispanic heritage celebration spreads through the community and starts a larger trend for other schools to follow.
Prince William County Public Schools has a new brand from its CEO.
Prince William County Schools Superintendent Dr. LaTanya McDade displayed the new logo for Virginia's second-largest school division.
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Prince William County Police are addressing how they’re combating fentanyl dangers county-wide days after a teenage boy in Manassas died from a suspected fentanyl overdose.
If confirmed, this would be the third fentanyl-related death in Prince William County in recent weeks.
As Prince William County Public Schools get closer to passing a collective bargaining agreement, it's clear how much it will cost taxpayers to allow teachers to wrangle over pay.
"It's entirely reasonable to expect it will be seven figures," said school division attorney Wade T. Anderson. Gainesville District School Board member Jennifer Wall pressed him for a a firm estimate, but he couldn't provide it.
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On October 7, the School Resource Officer (SRO) assigned to Rippon Middle School, at 15101 Blackburn Road in Woodbridge, concluded an investigation into an assault that occurred in a classroom on September 22.
The investigation revealed during class, a male student made a homophobic slur towards the victim, another 13-year-old male student, before riping and removing the child's facemask.
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Freedom-Woodbridge’s point total in Friday’s 112-16 win over visiting Colgan ranks fifth all-time in state history and is the most points ever scored by a Prince William County high school program, according to the Virginia High School League record book.
