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2024 AP School Honor Roll

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2024 Continuous Improvement Award

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American Institute of Architecture Students chapter award

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Poster from Craig Day

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Collaborative partnership within school community. Hispanic Heritage Night, Family Literacy Program, The Parent Project

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Highlight all of the alumni working/coaching at FC.

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Increase in DE classes offered. NOVA rep visits increased to help assist our students in filling out the NOVA application.

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Hispanic Heritage Night was well attended with performances by community members of all ages.

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New offering (2nd year this year) for the social emotional health of our students

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Several of our staff members have been nominated for FCPS cares!

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Many former jags have left and returned back to Falls Church to teach

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Highest number of bilingual students in the X.. (county, nation, state...)

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Highest number of bilingual students in the X.. (county, nation, state...)

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Don't know what the data is

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Support Young Scholar students in STEM subject one saturday a month.

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Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Fellow on Staff

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Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Fellow on Staff

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Students who are new to the country are given additional support to transition to FCHS

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Driver's Ed School Based Permit Test Program

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Driver's Ed School Based Permit Test Program

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Students are able to test for their permit on site at FC

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Building out our support systems for Young Scholars through a grant to support students who have high academic potential from groups historically underrepresented in advanced academic programming.

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Has helped increase communication between school and home.

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Employee recognition each week.

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Highest percentage of FAFSA completion of any FCPS high school 2023-24*

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Highest percentage of FAFSA completion of any FCPS high school 2023-24*

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*With the exception of TJ

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Ex: Restaurant owners working with Chef Payne, guest speakers from the Civil Rights Movement Archive coming to speak to US/VA History students, sports photographers talking to the sports leadership class

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74% of staff have a masters degree or higher

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Our On-Time Graduation Rate has increased over 8% in the last 5 years!

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Pyramid, Region and all county recognized employees

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Highlight the amount of students participating in sports/performing arts. State how many clubs are offered.

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Sandy Alderson — general manager of the New York Mets, former CEO of the San Diego Padres, former Major League Baseball executive vice president for baseball operations, former GM of the Oakland Athletics

Bill Bell — former football placekicker for the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots

Bob Buckhorn — former mayor of Tampa, Florida, graduated in 1976

Steve Clark — former defensive back for the Buffalo Bills

Omar Fateh — Minnesota State Senator

Robert D. Hull — former member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 38th district

Wes Johnson — voice of the Washington Capitals, video game voice actor ("The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim", "Fallout 3", "Oblivion", "Star Trek: Legacy") movie actor ("A Dirty Shame", "The Invasion", "Hearts in Atlantis")

Will Mejia — soccer player for Greenville Triumph

Michael Norell — actor/screenwriter, known for playing Captain Hank Stanley in the television series Emergency!

OJ Porteria — soccer player for Filipino national team

Saddam Salim — Virginia State Senator

Rich Sauveur — former MLB player, Pittsburgh Pirates, Montreal Expos, New York Mets, Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics

Tatianna — contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race season 2 and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 2[17]

Paul Woodside — former placekicker for West Virginia University

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High % of returning staff

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QuestBridge Finalists- Increased from 0 to 5 past three years.

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QuestBridge Finalists- Increased from 0 to 5 past three years.

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We've had students apply and be accepted to the competitive Governor's World Language Academy. A 3 week summer program where students put away their phones and engage in the target language

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Our Instagram page in 1 year has 1,300 followers! Highlights the great events and successes happening with academics and activities!

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Partnership between college prep groups within the building:   CPP, AVID, Young Scholars, EIP

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Partnership between college prep groups within the building:   CPP, AVID, Young Scholars, EIP

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Hoping to have a group event with all of the groups that help support students with a goal of attending college.

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FCHS Chamber Orchestra is one of just 4 orchestral groups chosen to perform at the VMEA conference this year. They are performing a concert of all contemporary composers of Asian descent.

FCHS choirs have gotten an award that you and I know about and we can’t announce publicly yet.

FC students are consistently chosen for regional, state, and national honor ensembles.

Band has been USSBA Virginia champions and a VBODA honor band.

VMEA Blue Ribbon school in the past.

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Offer over 60 clubs/activities for students

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U.S. Military Commitments increased from 3 to 15 past two years. 

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U.S. Military Commitments increased from 3 to 15 past two years. 

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both to campuses and @ FC; partnerships with colleges to pay for transportation and lunch on campus

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Design Capacity: 2,500 Students – An increase from the current program capacity of 1,957 students

122,000SF Additions to the building (429,000SF Future Building)

Additions include new entry, admin suite, library, music suite, lecture hall, science labs, classrooms, aux gym, main gym, health & medical science, expansion & physical education rooms

New electrical, mechanical & plumbing systems; new lighting; new data and telephone systems

Full renovation: new floor finishes, walls, ceilings, doors & windows

Podcasting room

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FCHS is now a certified AP Capstone school and will have our first AP Capstone Scholars and Certificate Program graduates in 2026.

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Seniors going to elementary school in grad robes to serve as role models

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Falls Church HS has the only physical disabilities (PD) program in the county for high school students.

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Increase in students in higher level classes?

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Increase in students in higher level classes?

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Data on kids who never took Honors/AP/DE classes before and enrolled in it this year (maybe students who were previously in team-taught classes and then are taking honors, etc. now?)

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Falls Church graduates stay in touch and visit even years later. Several are now teachers and coaches at FC.

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Monthly Wellness day, including choice activities and club/sport fair

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We have over 800 Multilingual Learners at our school.

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Successfully collaborated with ISAEP to create a Spanish GED program, that other high schools are now adopting into their schedules for 2025 school year.

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NOVA Partnership-Decreased summer "melt" 

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NOVA Partnership-Decreased summer "melt" 

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Ten NOVA visits per year- Info, Application, and Course registration sessions to support students in order to ensure a successful start at NOVA.

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The activities fair was a big success this year!

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20th year

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Professional Industry Certifications for Students. 

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Professional Industry Certifications for Students. 

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Dental Careers 1 & 2

American Heart Association Health Care Provider BLS CPR w/AED

Dental Careers 2 - Internships with area dental offices

Dental Radiology Certification (DANB) - for Level 2 students only)

Revive Certified (Administration of Naloxone for opioid overdose)

Virginia State Radiation Exam - for Level 2 students only)

REVIVE Training (Administration of Naloxone for opioid overdose)

Stop The Bleed Training

Exploring the Language of Medicine/Exploring Health Sciences

REVIVE Training (Administration of Naloxone for opioid overdose)

Stop The Bleed Training

American Heart Association First Aid Certification

American Heart Association Health Care Provider BLS CPR w/AED

Dual Enrollment credit option through Northern Virginia Community College

Emergency Medical Technician 1 & 2

American Heart Association Bloodborne Pathogens

American Heart Association First Aid Certification

American Heart Association Health Care Provider BLS CPR w/AED

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) (FEMA)

Critical Incident Stress Management

IS 100, 200, 700, 800 FEMA

IS 00005 Introduction to Hazardous Materials

NR EMT - National Register EMT

Ride-Along Experiences with Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Departments

REVIVE Training (Administration of Naloxone for opioid overdose)

Stop The Bleed Training

Medical Assistant 1 & 2

American Heart Association Bloodborne Pathogens

American Heart Association First Aid Certification

American Heart Association Health Care Provider BLS CPR w/AED

Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA)

Observership experiences with Inova Cares Clinic for Women & Children and other Inova locations

REVIVE Training (Administration of Naloxone for opioid overdose)

Stop The Bleed Training

Patient Care Technician

American Heart Association Bloodborne Pathogens

American Heart Association Health Care Provider BLS CPR w/AED

REVIVE Training (Administration of Naloxone for opioid overdose)

Stop The Bleed Training

National Healthcareer Association (NHA) credential exam for eligible students, passing results in certification as a Patient Care Technician (CPCT/A) Examination

Pharmacy Technician 1 & 2

American Heart Association Health Care Provider BLS CPR w/AED

ExCPT Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam (CPhT)

Internships with Giant Pharmacy and Walgreens

REVIVE Training (Administration of Naloxone for opioid overdose)

Stop The Bleed Training

Practical Nursing 1

American Heart Association Health Care Provider BLS CPR w/AED

REVIVE Training (Administration of Naloxone for opioid overdose)

Stop the Bleed Training

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Number of student-athletes who earned district/regional/state honors

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Number of student-athletes who earned district/regional/state honors

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Could ask Greg to compile the data for how many students earned these honors

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How many home languages are represented? Jessica?

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How many home languages are represented? Jessica?

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Our 2024 dropout rate was 4.33. This is the highest grad rate since 2008!

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A night of cultural celebration where the school highlights the community's food and performances from their different cultural backgrounds.

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Heritage Celebration draws a large number of students as performers and audience members. It continues to be a free event to prevent barriers in attending. It allows us to celebrate our students' talents that aren't usually given a space in school.

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Over 100 students participated in VCAW and applied to Virginia colleges before 10-25-24

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Started a Twilight Program that helped students advance in their studies to take extra classes.

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AVID- 2023-24 Scholarships earned $3.1 million

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AVID- 2023-24 Scholarships earned $3.1 million

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Look up number?

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How many of our staff are published in journals or magazines?

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A day prom for the CAT B students supported by the Leadership Class and Best Buddies Club.

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2023-24 Became a George Mason University Direct Admit Partner- Students ending junior year with a 3.5 or higher GPA will be directly admitted to GMU