• Knowledgeable and proficient in basic academic skills;
• Good thinkers, problem solvers, and decision makers;
• Effective communicators;
• Users of technology;
• Knowledgeable of various racial and ethnic cultures, as well as differences based on gender, age, and physical ability; and
• Good citizens.

• 2004 SAT total mean score: 1016
• Stanford Achievement Test scores (grades 4, 6, & 9) above the national average
• In 2004-05:

10 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists
3 National Achievement Scholarship Semifinalists
72 Commended Students (in all categories)
132 Summa Cum Laude Scholars (03-04)

Julie C. Lucas
Vice Chairman
Neabsco District

Betty D. Covington
Dumfries District 

Grant Lattin
Occoquan District
 

Michael Otaigbe, Ph.D.
Coles District

Denita S. Ramirez
Woodbridge District

Donald P. Richardson
Gainesville District

• National leader in site-based management of schools.

• Designated as lead school division to develop Virginia Standards of Learning for Science.

 
• Adopted Strategic Plan, FY 2005-2009.

• Revised and improved K-12 curriculum to raise student expectations and performance.

• First school division in the nation to institute data warehouse using Oracle programs.
  
• Developed and implemented Curriculum Management System testing in all schools.
  
• Implemented PWCPS E-News, an online news subscription service for the Prince William Public Schools community.
  
• Installed networked computers with Internet access in each classroom and office.
  
• Created specialty instructional programs.
  
• Installed Edulink Intouch Online, a 2-way Internet and phone communication system between parents and schools.
  
• Established an office of student management and alternative education program. 

 

• Virginia Schools to Watch, National Forum to Accelerate Middle –Grades Reform, 2004
• ING Unsung Heroes Innovative Educators Awards Program, 2004

International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme, 2004
• Exceptional Teacher Award, Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic of Metropolitan Washington, 2004
• Outstanding New Career and Technical Education Teacher, 2004 
• Governor's Race to GED Initiative Award, Department of Education, 2004
• Certificate of Excellence In Financial Reporting, Association of School Business Officials International - 2003, 2004
• National School Boards Association, Magna and Honorable Mention Awards - 2003, 2004
• Middle School Counselor of the Year, Virginia School Counselors Assn. - 2003

Milken Educator Award - 2001, 2003
• Cambridge International Fellowship Center, 2003
• Outstanding Middle School Principal of Virginia, Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals, 2003
• Three High Schools Ranked Among Newsweek’s Top 500 Schools in the United States (3 high schools), 2003, 2004
• Middle School Counselor of the Year, Virginia School Counselors Association, 2003
• Virginia Association of Science Teachers Middle School Educator Award, 2003
• National Association of Student Assistance Professionals Program Research/Program Evaluation Award, 2003
• Distinguished Service to Education Award, Graduate School of Education, George Mason University, 2002
• Virginia Visiting International Faculty Program School of the Year, 2002
• Time's High School of the Year, 2001
• National Leader in Service Learning, 2001
• Gold Medal School Division, Expansion Management magazine– 2000, 2001, 2002
• Meritorious Budget Award, Association of School Business Officials, International– 1997,1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
• Virginia Outstanding Career and Technical Educator of the Year, 2001
• Virginia Driver Education Teacher of the Year, 2001
• Distinguished Budget Presentation Award, Government Finance Officers Association of the U.S. and Canada – 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
• Outstanding Agency Accreditation Achievement Award, National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, 2000, 2003
• Best Practices Award, Mid-Atlantic Region of the Food and Nutrition Service, USDA – 1999, 2000
• Excellence in Procurement Award, National Purchasing Institute, 2000
• Newsweek's "Top 100 High Schools in America," 2000
• Achievement Award, Public Risk Management Association, 2000
• Golden Achievement Award, National School Public Relations Association– 2001, 2002
• Award of Excellence for Internet Web Site, www.pwcs.edu, National School Public Relations Association, 2000
• Exemplary Employee Sponsored Program Award, Virginia Association for Adult & Continuing Education– 1999, 2000
• Elementary School Counselor and Supportive Administrator of the Year, Virginia School Counselors Association, 1999
• Teacher of the Year, National Teacher Training Institute for Math, Science & Technology, 1999 
• Excellence in Education Award, Virginia Tech – 1999, 2000
• Medallion of Excellence, U.S. Senate Productivity & Quality Award, 1998
• Blue Ribbon High School, U.S. Department of Education, 2004
• Middle School Educator Award, Virginia Association of Science Teachers, 2003

Biotechnology
Osbourn Park High, 9/04

The Cambridge Program
Brentsville High, 9/01 
Potomac High, 9/00

Environmental & Biological Sciences
Osbourn Park High, 9/98
Freedom High, 9/04

Foreign Language
Enterprise Elementary (Spanish), 9/01
Lake Ridge Elementary (French), 9/01
Lake Ridge Middle (French & Spanish), 9/00
Lynn Middle (French & Spanish), 9/00
Mullen Elementary (Spanish), 9/01
Parkside Middle (French & Spanish), 9/00
River Oaks Elementary (Spanish), 9/01
Signal Hill Elementary (French), 9/01
Tyler Elementary (Spanish), 9/01

Fine and Performing Arts
Woodbridge High, 9/01

Information Technology
Forest Park High, 9/00
Battlefield High School - West, 9/04

International Baccalaureate
Beville Middle, 9/04
Gar-Field High, 9/99
Godwin Middle, 9/98
Stonewall Jackson High, 9/93
Stonewall Middle, 9/99

International Studies & Languages
Hylton High, 9/00

Mathematics and Science
Belmont Elementary, 9/00
Sudley Elementary, 9/00
Graham Park Middle, 9/99
Marsteller Middle, 9/99
Rippon Middle, 9/04

Specialty School 
The Pennington School, 9/00
Porter School, 9/04

Literacy Laboratory Program
Marshall Elementary, 9/00

Multiple Intelligences Program
Montclair Elementary, 9/01

• An energy management program has saved the school division nearly $3.6 million since it began in 1995.

• Since 1992, school division operations have undergone three reviews by citizen advisory committees and an audit by a professional management firm, which described Prince William as “an exceptionally well-run and cost-efficient system.”

• Northern Virginia Regional Partnership, Inc. – Includes representatives from high technology industries, local government officials, educators, and civic leaders. 
• Northern Virginia Community College Summer Technology Program -- Serves up to 400 middle school students.
• Partnership Prince William – Founded in 1999 by Prince William County Public Schools, the Prince William Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Prince William County Education Foundation, and the Prince William County-Greater Manassas Chamber of Commerce. See www.pwcspartnership.org. 

Community Relations Office:  (703) 791-8720
Internet Address: http://www.pwcs.edu
PWC Info:  (703) 792-4636, Code 595