Courtney Cruz, Evy Kyte and Natalee Smith, from left, of the Gloucester High School culinary program competed in this year's NASA HUNCH Culinary Challenge. The students were tasked with creating an ethnic soup or stew that meets NASA's nutritional guidelines for the space program. The students competed locally on Feb.

A team of five students from Stone Hill Middle School in Ashburn won the Virginia State VEX Robotics Championship on Saturday. Team 71999A-Patilies consisted of Safwaan Majid, Pratyay Jakkula, Maneesh Getni, Amogh Sarasam and Prateek Vadde all eighth graders and is coached by Kamran Majid.

The peak of the pandemic may be behind us, but schools are still feeling its effects. Some local schools are making efforts to close the education gap with a longer school year, like Richmond's Fairfield Court Elementary, where the Richmond school board members just voted to approve a 200-day school year.

Virginia's largest school system will be offering free virtual mental health services to all high school students. Fairfax County Public Schools has partnered with Hazel Health, giving some 61,000 students access to the service, according to the county's contract with the group. WTOP obtained the contract via a Freedom of Information Act request.

Former Superintendent Mark Miear understated his behavior during an event that preceded his firing last year and there were financial and personnel issues during under his tenure, according to a Montgomery County School Board statement.

Grayson County Family, Career and Community Leaders of America joined more than 7,000 FCCLA student members, advisers and guests at the San Diego Convention Center June 29-July 3, 2022, to participate in the annual National Leadership Conference.

Cumberland County is the home of this year's Region 8 Superintendent of the Year. On Tuesday, it was announced that Chip Jones, Superintendent of Cumberland County Public Schools, was chosen for the regional honor.

At least three Virginia school districts plan to offer the pilot Advanced Placement African American studies course next school year amid scrutiny from officials in several states, including Gov. Glenn Youngkin, over the course's teachings on race. Fast, informative and written just for locals.

39 high school robotics teams from across the Commonwealth built robots at Blacksburg High School over the weekend. FIRST Chesapeake District invited the high school teams to innovate robotic technology in a two-day competition. This year's competition encouraged teams to see the potential of energy storage.

Isle of Wight County supervisors have urged schools Superintendent to cut five security guard positions from his proposed budget. Cramer's $81 million 2023-24 budget shows $31.8 million, or 39.2% of the total, coming from county taxpayers, a nearly $5 million increase over what was given this year.