The Oakton High School Marching Cougars has been chosen as the winner of Metallica's inaugural marching band competition, For Whom the Band Tolls. Members of the band Metallica, a heavy metal group formed in the 1980s, chose the overall winner from among five finalists. The Marching Cougars were selected as the best in the small high school category by a panel of professional marching band judges. They will be awarded $15,000.

Congratulations to Susan Silva, art teacher and chair of the fine arts department at Oakton High School, for being named the 2019 Southeastern Region Secondary Art Educator by the National Art Education Association.