High School

A week after a brawl on the field during a football game between Gaithersburg and Northwestern high schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, the county begins new security measures Friday to restrict who may attend games. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

Officers believe speed and racing contributed to the crash, police said.

A student in Prince George’s County, Maryland, was arrested Thursday after bringing parts of a “ghost gun” to class, police say.

A 16-year-old student has been charged with attempted murder and sexual assault after “getting violent” and strangling his teacher in a dispute over his grades last week, Las Vegas police said.

A female high school hockey goalie returned to the ice after being heckled with obscene and sexist chants at a recent game.

A high school student allegedly stabbed another student on school grounds in Montgomery County, Maryland. News4’s Pat Collins reports the victim was stabbed multiple times but is expected to be OK.

News4’s Aimee Cho reports on a controversy over two books available in a high school library in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Police say two students have been wounded in a shooting at a Virginia high school and a suspect is in custody.

A group of high school students at Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland, recently won two international awards for inventing and designing a device enabling people in wheelchairs to push a baby stroller.

The device is called the wheestroll and it recently won two international awards. News4’s Shawn Yancy reports.

Investigators found evidence they say shows the coach had been grooming the female student. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey explains the accusations against him.

A high school tennis coach in Northern Virginia who once led his team to the state championship is accused of having a sexual relationship with a student. Rafael Diokno, known as “Rally,” was charged with three counts of indecent liberties with a minor. He coached the boys’ and girls’ tennis teams at George Mason High School starting in 2016. School…

In 1945, World War II Veteran Ed Kinslow missed his high school graduation because he was busy flying for the Air Force. At age 94, he is finally getting the chance to walk across the stage on graduation day.

A California high school has recalled its yearbooks after students discovered they contained offensive superlatives, including “most likely to be canceled” and “most likely to get COVID twice.”

A North Carolina high school student was originally denied his diploma after he wore a Mexican flag as a cape to his graduation ceremony. School officials said he violated the dress code.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed a bill banning transgender girls and women from playing on public school teams intended for student athletes born as girls, escalating a national culture war over transgender rights.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on the first “near normal” high school graduation in Northern Virginia.

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder talks with high school students in Fairfax County who are getting ready for a pandemic prom.

A year after the pandemic canceled most proms, school districts around the country are considering whether they can once again hold the formal dance for seniors.

A teacher in Alice, Texas, promised one of his students that if the student showed up to class every day for two weeks, the teacher would get a mullet.