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Today is the 28th August 2008
Newest High School in Prince William County Welcomes Nearly 200 Students for First Day of Classes
Pope John Paul the Great Catholic High School will welcome nearly 200 freshman and sophomore students to the new $60 million dollar campus in Dumfries on August 25, 2008, for the opening of the first academic year.
News Section: Education,
May 2008 ~ Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May 2008 ~ Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May is the official Asian Pacific American (APA) month in the United States and like the Black History and Women's history celebrations, the APA came to be as a result of congressional bill.
The initial bill was drafted and approved in June 1977. It was introduced by Representatives Frank Horton and Norman Mineta to proclaim the 1st ten days in May as the Asian Pacific American month, in addition, Senator Daniel Inouye and Spark Matsunaga introduced a similar bill which proclaimed the Asian Pacific American month. On October 5, 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed a joint resolution and recognized this annual celebration.
In 1990, President George H. Bush eventually designated May to be Asian Pacific Heritage Month because it commemorated the immigration of the 1st Japanese to the United States in 1843, and marks the completion of the Transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869. The majority of the workers who laid the tracks were Chinese immigrants/Chinese Americans.
News Section: Education,
Newseum Gives Visitors a Past to Present View of Journalism
The Newseum located at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW in Washington, DC is an expensive tour stop for the average family.
News Section: Education,
BristowEnews.com Celebrates Earth Day
BristowEnews.com Celebrates Earth Day!
BristowEnews.com began in 2007 with the premise of conserving valuable natural resources. BristowEnews.com strictly publishes online in order to conserve the use of pulp paper products therefore reducing the need to cut down trees for printed materials.
News Section: Education,
Parenting Series at Holy Trinity Parish
Parenting Series Talks at Holy Trinity Parish
Dr. Lisa Klewicki spoke March 30th at the first of a series of parenting talks to be offered once a month at Holy Trinity Catholic Church. The “Parenting Talks” evolved out of a successful adult formation series that was held last fall at Brentsville High School. That series began as avenue for parents to take classes while they were waiting for their children attending religious education. Approximately twenty five adults attended this event, where lunch and child care was provided for the hour long talk. The cost for each of the talk was a suggested donation of $15 per family to cover food and childcare.
Upcoming talks are:
April 27 “Helping Our Kids to be Chaste in Today’s Society” by Fr. John Hopkins, L.C.
May 18 “Parenting in a Christ-centered Home” by Greg Witherow
June 22 “Motivating Our Kids by Understanding Their Temperament” by Art and Laraine Bennett
July 19 “Forgiveness” by Dr. Lisa Klewicki
News Section: Education,
Newseum Grand Opening on April 11, 2008
Newseum Grand Opening on April 11, 2008
The Newseum will be opening to the public on Friday, April 11th and will include free admission to the public for the grand opening. Beginning Saturday, April 12th, the admission fee will be $20 for adults (ages 13 to 64), $18 for seniors (65 and older), $13 for youth (7-12) and free admission for children under seven years of age. The opening day activities will include a live broadcast from the Newseum on “Good Morning America.” Tickets may be purchased online at www.newseum.org or by telephone at 1-888-639-7386 or in person.
News Section: Education,
The PWC-GM Chamber of Commerce is accepting Scholoarship Applications
Manassas, VA—The Prince William County-Greater Manassas Chamber of Commerce is now accepting applications for nine $1,000 scholarships for qualified seniors attending an accredited public or private secondary school in Prince William County, Manassas and Manassas Park. Each high school Scholarship Committee or Counseling Department shall evaluate entries based on the scholarship criteria provided and nominate one student for each scholarship category and submit up to a maximum of four applications to the Prince William County-Greater Manassas Chamber of Commerce by noon on Friday, February 29, 2008. Each student is eligible to win one scholarship only. Scholarship application forms and information are available on the Greater Chamber’s website at http://www.pwcgmcc.org/news/news_chmbrscholarship.shtm.
News Section: Education,
Internet Safety: Keeping our children safe from Predatory Entrapment
Did you know that Cyberbullying refers to the new and growing practice of using technology to harass and bully someone. Bullies used to be restricted to methods of physical intimidation, through mail, the use of telephony, but with the advancement of computer science and technology electronic communications such as email, instant messaging, social networking web sites, and photo sharing web sites such as Flickr add to the arsenal of harassment and possible create life threatening situation.
Cyberbullying is considered a school offense and is included in most of the public school bullying policies. About 94% or 1,317 of the school bullying policies have defined the following:
• 87% define specific forms of bullying (i.e., physical, emotional, verbal, electronic, cyber, etc.),
• 78% define the term “harassment” in regard to bullying, and
• 63% define the term “intimidation” in regard to bullying.
News Section: Education,
Catholic Schools Week
"Catholic schools provide hugely consequential oases of impact and hope. Their value is – literally and figuratively – beyond measure." – The late Malcolm Forbes, "What Big Cities Owe to Catholic Schools"
News Section: Education,
Pope John Paul the Great Catholic High School Open House
Sister Mary Jordan Hoover, O.P., Principal of Pope John Paul the Great Catholic High School met with prospective students at All Saints Catholic School in Manassas, Virginia on Saturday, January 12th from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.. Sister Mary Jordan Hoover gave a presentation and spoke to families about the school which is scheduled to open in August of 2008. Pope John Paul the Great Catholic High School is currently under construction and is located east of Dumfries on a forty acre campus.
News Section: Education,
Photos: Pope John Paul the Great Catholic High School, Pope John Paul High School,
Osbourn Park High School Students Learn Networking Skills from PWC–GM Chamber Members
| Cheri Arnaiz, Vice President of Marketing for Virginia Systems, Inc. (VASI) interacts with Osbourn Park High School business students at the FBLA Speed Networking event held on January 8th and 9th. The event is organized with help from the Prince William County–Greater Manassas Chamber of Commerce’s Education Committee. Photos: PWC Greater Manasssa,Chamber of Commerce. |
Manassas, VA—“I used to think networking was a big joke,” Denyse Carroll of Micron Technology Virginia told students at the Speed Networking event held at Osbourn Park High School in Manassas on January 8th and 9th. “Until I joined the Chamber and started actually doing it. I’ve gotten real results—from raising money for my program to recruiting volunteers for National Young Readers Day.”
News Section: Education,
Photos: PWC-GM-Chamber of Commerce, Prince William County-GM,
Linton Hall School Open House
Linton Hall School Open House, November 11, 2007
Sister Patricia Ann and Principal Liz Poole greeted area residents and potential students to the Linton Hall School Open House on Sunday, November 11th between 1 and 3 pm. Linton Hall School is currently a co-educational Catholic School which enrolls children in grades Pre-K thru 8th grade. See: http://www.lintonhall.edu.
News Section: Education,
National Young Readers Day
MANASSAS, VA On Tuesday, November 13th, scores of business people, high school students and local celebrities will enter classrooms throughout the county and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park to read to students as part of National Young Readers Day. National Young Readers Day is an annual event that was founded in 1989 by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress as a special day to recognize the joys and benefits of reading.
News Section: Education,
Red Ribbon Week
Red Ribbon Week "Proud to be Drug Free"
BristowEnews.com Junior Staff Writer
Red Ribbon week is a week-long event that takes place at school or at home. During this week you learn how about how to avoid doing drugs and why. This week was started by a man named Enrique (Kiki) S. Camarena. Kiki joined the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) on June 28, 1974. One of Kiki's jobs at the DEA was to work on finding drug traffickers (people who transport drugs from place to place). Unfortunately, Kiki died when he was tracking the trail of the country's biggest marijuana traffickers.News Section: Education,
Women's Apostolate to Youth, WAY
BristowEnews.com recently attended a new W.A.Y. chapter that is beginning to meet in Bristow, Virginia. "W.A.Y." stands for the "Women's Apostolate to Youth," and is a group of lay Catholic women from various walks of life who wish to grow spiritually in order to help promote the spiritual well being of children. W.A.Y. was formed about twenty years ago by director Robin Maas and today has various fruits of their work including the "Little Messengers Preschool Co-operative," "Angelus Academy," a preschool thru junior high private elementary school and the "Saint Michael the Archangel Hotline for Spiritually at Risk Youth." For more information about their various Apostolates, see: http://www.rc.net/arlington/way/index.htm
News Section: Education,
Computer Trivia Fact
Learn the history behind the popular search engine Yahoo.
News Section: Education,
School Supply Drive 2007
School Supply Drive Fills 100 Backpacks
Submitted by Laurel Vaughan; Communications Director, lvaughan@pwcgmcc.org
Manassas, VA ~ The Fall School Supply Drive organized by Denyse Carroll, K-12 Program Administrator for Micron Technology Virginia and Co-Chair of the Education Committee of the Prince William County-Greater Manassas Chamber of Commerce was an unqualified success. The drive which lasted only three weeks, netted enough in cash and school supplies to fully load 100 backpacks.
News Section: Education,
Internet Safety 2007
Internet Security: Protecting our children
The 2007-2008 school year has officially begun. Children are encouraged to use the internet as resource for exploring the world. BristowEnews.com encourages school age children to read and write and make use of the Internet as an invaluable resource for learning. It is a fascinating medium. The internet knows no geo-political boundaries or territories. The benefits of the internet are boundless. Children are exposed to different cultures and new ideas without leaving the comforts of their homes. It truly makes the world a lot smaller compared to fifty years ago.
News Section: Education,
Victory Elementary School: Home of the Westies
Bristow, Virginia. In anticipation of the upcoming school year, BristowEnews.com met with Donna Cude, Principal of Victory Elementary School. Victory Elementary school is the home of the Westies, which is the official mascot of the school. The school started three years ago with 600 students and now there are over 950 registered students. As a result of this extraordinary growth, the school hired more experienced teachers to compliment the school curriculum and activities.
News Section: Education,
2007 Music Technology Camp
2007 Summer Music Technology Camp
Imagine Mozart at a computer keyboard. That's what participants at the 2007 Music Technology Camp did. They had an array of instruments and beats at their finger tips on their computers and could command any song or composition they wanted with the help of music software.
News Section: Education,
2007 Summer Band Camp
Prince William County Summer Band Camp
Summer Band Camp Finishes on a High Note
Ninety Three students from Prince William County enjoyed the fruits of Summer Band Camp sponsored by Prince William County and Music and Arts. Thirteen Camp Directors provided experienced instruction in Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Contra Alto Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Bar Saxophone, Trumpet, French horn, Trombone, Baritone, Tuba and Percussion instruments. Most of the Camp Directors are current Band Directors from area middle and high schools. Two college music majors, one private instructor and one member of the U.S. Navy Band were included in the mix.
News Section: Education,
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