Academics
Many Fauquier students go on to Virginia colleges and universities, like Virginia Tech, George Mason, James Madison, and University of Virginia, while most of the remaining graduates move on to out-of-state institutions or stay local to Fauquier County and attend Lord Fairfax Community College.
Students in the music department compete at the county, district, state, and East Coast level, often earning top chairs. They have a large marching band program which recently won its third US Scholastic Band Association state championship in four years.
In 2007, the Fauquier Marching Band won the Marine Corps Invitational and the coveted Esprit d'Corps award performing their show "Monopoly!"
Certain students are also eligible to apply to Mountain Vista Governor's School to take advanced math, science, humanities, and research courses.
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