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By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] With the recent ribbon-cutting event celebrating the opening of Alexandria City Public Schools’ Family and Community Engagement Center, the Alexandria...

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] Alexandria City Public Schools will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 29 to celebrate the opening of its Family and...

By Kassidy McDonald │[email protected] Students in grades three to five at Ferdinand T. Day gathered for an author visit which took place on Tuesday morning. Dr. Deborah...

The Snowden School and the Hallowell School for Girls, the first public schools for black children in the City of Alexandria, opened 100 years...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] For the first time in 20 years, all of Alexandria's public schools have been fully accredited, according to an Alexandria...

When we think of fighting for equity and the integration of schools, names like Melvin Miller and Ferdinand T. Day spring to mind. As...

Heroes come in all sizes, ages and colors. Some heroes are well-known, while others are anonymous. As we honor the integration of Alexandria’s public schools,...

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] The walls have been color-coded by grade, a parking garage roof has been converted into a jungle gym and the...

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The oft-quoted proverb by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, “What does not kill me makes me stronger,” is overused, but that doesn’t mean it’s not largely...