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Something To Cheer About

All-star gym for competitive cheerleading opens in Chantilly.

Susan and Mark Culin and Jelaire Grillo have something to cheer about — literally. They’ve just opened Phase Cheer & Dance, an all-star gym in Chantilly where they’ll train competitive cheerleaders.

Letter: Flawed Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription

Schools in Fairfax and the surrounding feeder counties are extremely diverse. Teachers often have few students who speak English as a primary language. Students are from Africa, Latin America, The Middle East—Europe, Far East and Asia, and more. So, what defines the students who succeed?

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Lorton Charity Provides ‘Tools for School’

Lorton Community Action Center to hold school supplies drive.

Although summer is not quite over, the Lorton Community Action Center (LCAC) has already begun planning for the upcoming school year.

Springfield Mom a Model of Volunteer Spirit

Springfield mom wins state award for PTA volunteer work

Tracy Goodwin is an expert juggler. Not the circus kind of juggler—the parent kind. She’s the mom who amazes other moms by keeping several balls in the air at the same time, juggling a job as a substitute teacher, a mom to two pre-teens, a stepmom to two grown children and serves as a full-time volunteer for the PTA.

Week In Fairfax

Creative Thinking, Problem Solving and Engineering

Philip Everard is only eight, but says he’s been building with LEGOs ever since he was born.

Hands-On Fun while Learning

Children attend LEGO camp in Clifton

Sure, LEGOs are child’s play—but they’re also much more. And Clifton’s Cam Meyer, 15, recently shared his knowledge of what these colorful building pieces can do during a LEGO camp held in the town’s meeting hall.

Backpack Campaign in Full Swing

200 backpacks still needed to meet Our Daily Bread’s goal.

The start of the new school year is less than a month away, and back-to-school sales are cropping up everywhere.

A Chef Who Makes House Calls

Dave and Casey Dexter, like all fathers and teenage daughters, have had their disagreements, but now they run a business together: GuestChef.

100 men, 4,000 miles, 1 mission

Burke man bikes cross-country with fraternity to raise awareness for people with disabilities.

Dan Rieck, a senior at Virginia Tech, just had the best summer of his life.

Taking Back Their Neighborhoods

Communities host crime-fighting events during 29th Annual National Night Out.

From block parties to pool parties, picnics and parades, Fairfax County residents gathered with friends, neighbors and local police on Tuesday, Aug. 7, in recognition of the 29th Annual National Night Out campaign.

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On the Campaign Trail

What happens to City Councilman Rob Krupicka’s seat if he is elected to the House of Delegates next month? Fortunately for Democrats, it’s too late to have yet another special election.

Week in Alexandria

Alexandria police officers have arrested a man they say is responsible for a rash of burglaries from automobiles over the last few months in the Rosemont neighborhood.

Beacon of Groveton May Be a Sign of Things to Come on Richmond Highway

High-end rental units and ground-level retail will be a first-of-its-kind on the corridor.

When the high-end residential units at the Heights at Groveton open next month, Richmond Highway will begin a new chapter in its long history.

Should Virginia Compensate for Dark Days of Eugenics?

Del. Patrick Hope (D-44) asks governor and General Assembly to form a task force.

The number of victims is unknown in Virginia’s system of forced sterilization, a dark chapter that stretched from the 1920s into the 1970s.

Enrollment Spikes Again as Schools Prepare for Opening Day

Classrooms are packed to capacity throughout the city.

With the first day of school fast approaching for most of the city’s public schools, central administration officials are scrambling to respond to dramatic enrollment increases.

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