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The concept of the Governor's School actually started as a three-year grant funded program in Stafford County, Virginia, from 1970 - 1972. One hundred Stafford public high school students were selected as "day students" and 100 public high school students from across the state were invited to be "on campus" students and were housed at the then Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Nine high schools in the Northern Virginia region are ranked in the top 100 nationwide by Newsweek magazine. [19] In addition, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, which requires an application, is listed as the best public high school in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report. [20]
The VHSL was established in 1913 by members of both the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society and the Washington Literary Society and Debating Union at the University of Virginia to serve as a debating league for the state's high schools. During the 1910s, it expanded to over 250 schools and added championships in oral reading, baseball ...
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James Madison High School continually surpasses most Virginia schools in statewide and nationwide exams. For the 2023 school year, there was a 93.71% pass rate on English:Reading SOLs, >50% pass rate on English:Writing SOLs, >50% pass rate on History and Social Science, 91.53% pass rate on Mathematics SOLs, and 85.40% pass rate on Science SOLs. [3]
The education board for a rural Virginia county voted early on Friday to restore the names of Confederate generals stripped from two schools in 2020, making the mostly white, Republican district ...
Currently all eight of the member high schools compete at the 6A level in VHSL. However, in the past five of the eight high schools were classified as 5A high schools. With the 2013 post-season conference realignment, the 5A schools are a part of the post-season conference 13 and the 6A schools reside in conference 6, with Liberty District high ...
Lee County Public Schools is a school division in Virginia that serves students in Lee County, Virginia. Located in the westernmost part of the state, the district serves almost 3,000 students and administers 11 schools: five elementary schools, three middle schools, two high schools, a career and technical education center.