Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to include a recent statement Since late spring, when the video of George Floyd suffocating to death due to a knee hold by a Minneapolis police officer made national headlines, the institution of American policing has come into question. Although there seems to be bi-partisan agreement about the […]
If you’ve recently watched the Netflix documentary series “High Score,” then chances are you might be familiar with this week’s story of a man who took his passion for video games and made a career out of it, bringing a level of representation not often seen in the digital media at that time. Gordon Bellamy […]
Last month the PW Perspective covered the rally at the Kelly Leadership Center in Manassas. Sponsored by the Prince William Education Association, the rally was for ESOL and Special Education teachers and students to have virtual classes during the beginning of the school year, which began today. However, as the General Education courses will be […]
Born Zelda Mavin Jackson in 1911, Ormes life was one of how tragedy turned to triumph. After losing her father at an early age, she moved around the Pittsburgh area, eventually settling in the nearby town of Monongahela. There, she took her love of art and began writing for her local high school paper. After […]
Governor Ralph Northam yesterday announced that students in 16 Virginia school divisions, including Prince William County, will be able to increase their understanding of African American history by participating in a new high school-level elective course this academic year. “Black history is American history, but for too long, the story we have told was insufficient […]
Last month the Prince William County School Board announced that the school year will begin on September 8 with 100% virtual learning, at least for the first quarter. While that was cause for celebration, there is still a group of educators, parents and students who are still being left in the dark about how their […]
As the school year begins, public health experts have been advocating for distanced learning to combat the spread of COVID-19, and many public school systems across the country are complying with these recommendations. The images of students in those schools that have returned in-person have been widely circulating—crowded hallways and classrooms, no masks, shared lunches—and […]
Written by Kristina Nohe Sixty-six million years ago an asteroid streaked across the sky and changed everything. It brought an end to the age of the dinosaur. In fact, it brought an end to half of all life on planet earth. As students prepare to return to school, many parents can probably sympathize with those […]
Editor’s note: Each week the PW Perspective will be showcasing the pioneers, innovators and history makers that you don’t often read about in textbooks. Free and compulsory public education is something we take for granted in the United States, so why don’t we know about its origins? This is the story of Congressman Robert Smalls, […]
Although the students have yet to begin classes for the 2020-21 Prince William County school year, the teachers and staff returned to work as they start preparations for a virtual classroom environment. When the announcement was first made in March for all schools in PWC to go virtual in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, there […]
