City of Fairfax

School Board

Jon Buttram

Carolyn Pitches

Bob Reinsel

Toby Sorensen

Mitch Sutterfield

Dr. Peter Noonan,

Superintendent

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Dear City of Fairfax Parents, Staff, Students and Residents,

In June, I had the honor to sit on the stage at Fairfax High School's graduation.  It is one of my favorite events of the school year.  Graduation is always bittersweet - a time to reflect on past endeavors and celebrate with our accomplished young men and women as they transition to their future filled with high hopes, boundless optimism and great promise.  For a school board member, it is an extremely gratifying occasion.  We all agree -- our students make our community proud!

Today I join our City Council and leave the School Board after almost thirty years of service.  It has been a great privilege and honor to work on behalf of one of the Commonwealth's finest school divisions with such talented individuals.  There is not enough time or space to name them all, but I wanted to reach out to everyone in the community to say thank you for providing excellent opportunities for all our students.  I promise I will continue to keep our schools as one of my top priorities as I transition to the City Council and I look forward to the new challenges ahead.

Thank you to everyone for all of your support. 

With sincerely appreciation,

Janice Miller

Former Chairman, City of Fairfax School Board

City of Fairfax City Council

• Launched successful Career Talk series - welcoming FHS graduates to answer questions about a variety of industries and occupations.
• Three students attended the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles.
• 13 Cappies nominations and one Cappies win '9 to 5'. 
• The FHS Robotics Team for winning the Mini-Urban Navigational Robotics National Competition in Florida.
• Three FHS students for art awards in photography, including Sarah Wasinger for 10 separate awards in a number of national and regional contests.
• Ashley Mejia Galeano and Zhidong Fang, two ESOL students for honorable mentions in the Global Awareness Technology Project.
• Four FHS students for the Grand Concours medal, a national French contest of the American Association of Teachers of French.
• FHS student Alicia Rodriguez, for winning the local and district Optimist International Oratorical contest and participated at the state level.
• FHS student Kyle Gallotta, for passing all eight areas of the NATEF/ASE certification, only one of five students in Fairfax County to pass all eight categories.
• Over 24 students who placed in the National Latin Exam's second, third and fourth level testing.
• Five students for high rankings in the National Roman Civilization Exam and two students for first and third places for the Classical Association of Virginia Latin Tournament Test.
• Nine FHS students for second place finish out of 16 schools at the Washington Regional Alcohol Program promoting alcohol and drug-free lifestyles to their peers.
• Three FHS DECA students for first place in the State Leadership Conference in Finance Operations Research.

• All Academy presentation of "CATS - The Musical"
• Launching Social Media and Marketing Class in school year 2014-2015 - the first in the county.
• Held a joint concert with NOVA Annandale Symphony.
• Fairfax Academy instructor for Professional Musical Theatre and Actor's Studio Michael Replogle starring in The American Century Theater's production of Judgment at Nuremberg.
• Held the second annual "Fashion in Motion", showcasing the work of the Fashion Design students.
• Check out all the great photo albums on the Academy's Facebook page!

• DRES Singers held a choir for an assisted living facility in McLean and followed with social time where the students and residents met informally.
• DRES named a Virginia Naturally School for the 7th year, one of only 14 schools in the state with such recognition.
• Fifth grader Trent Cohen's poem "A Piece of Pie" was selected by composer Douglas Mears and was performed by the Fairfax Choral Society at their concert in April.
• Launched a successful Bring Your Own Device program with over 100 students registering personal devices. The students made a fantastic video about using devices that can be seen on their website here.

• STEAM Lab awarded as a Program that Works by the Virginia Mathematics and Science Coalition and was profiled in the Washington Post.
• Fairfax Rotary Teacher of the Year was awarded to the PES teacher Cindy Howe.
• Honored mentors at an end of the year party for their participation in the Blue Ribbon mentoring program.