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Vision Statement
Living, Learning, Leading
Oakton High School will prepare
all students for productive and
ethical living, life-long learning,
and innovative and responsible
leadership.
Mission Statement
Through a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement,
accountability, and community involvement, Oakton High
School will provide rigorous,
relevant, and well-rounded education for all students.
SUBMIT
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The due dates for articles
for future publications are
February 7, April 1 and May 30.
PTSA MEETINGS
All PTSA meetings are held
in the OHS Library beginning at
7:00 pm. The next
meeting is February 5, 2014.
Newsletter designed by
Carly Stonehouse, Oakton
Outlook Editor-in-Chief
and Erin Preaskorn, Oakton
Outlook Copy Editor
Letter from the President
We have just passed the midpoint of the
second quarter and I hope all students
have had a good start to the year. Should
any students feel they need additional
support, Oakton has a tremendous portfolio of resources that are available from or
can be coordinated by the school. Please
do not hesitate to reach out to teachers,
counselors or administrators should help
be needed.
PTSA meetings provide a forum for discussion of any issues that an Oakton High
School community member may have
regarding the school. At each meeting,
parents and administrators are available
and willing to address or find answers to
questions that arise. In January and again
in the spring, we will be bringing in Meg
Sullivan, a local psychologist, to provide
parenting guidance and support to our
parents. We will notify you once we have
confirmed dates.
We have requested that the Activities
Office include the weekly schedule of
activities going on in the Keep in Touch
emails that arrive each week. The schedule includes all sports, music, drama and
other events made known to the Activities
Office. We hope this will encourage attendance and support for our many talented
students.
For seniors and the parents of seniors, this
is a very busy and stressful time. Contact
your child’s guidance counselor should
you have any questions. Do not hesitate
to reach out to your fellow parents either.
We are all on this journey together!!
Some advisories are participating in the
Capstone pilot. Students in these advisories are involved in service projects
that address a variety of issues including
improvement of various aspects of the
high school’s campus, improving the lives
of those living in long-term care facilities,
helping a Head Start program and reaching out to the homeless of our community.
Any student who is not a part of a Capstone advisory but wishes to be involved
in a project can either join a project in
one of the participating advisories or can
propose and manage their own Capstone
project with support from the Capstone
Advisory team.
A huge thanks to Brooks Moran doing an
incredible job with getting the directory
out and putting in countless hours to
verify data and distribute the hard copies.
We greatly appreciate this endeavor.
Another huge thank you goes to our new
Treasurer, Melissa Weber who has done
a great job transitioning onto the PTSA
board.
This year’s December break is a full two
weeks. The administration and teachers
endeavor to not have any assignments
due immediately after the break so that
this time can truly be a time to rest and
reflect. We wish the entire OHS community
a safe and wonderful respite. We hope to
see you at our February 5 PTSA meeting.
Kirsten Kunkler Rucker
President-OHS PTSA
A look inside...
Oakton JV Cheerleading Squad at the
“It’s Academic” taping. Go to page
seven to learn more.
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Letter from the Principal:
December, 2013
Dear Oakton Parents,
H
appy holidays to you and your family! I am thankful to
be part of a community that surrounds our students
and faculty with support. Our students continue to excel because of the love and commitment that surrounds them.
As always, we have much to celebrate at Oakton, including students such as Ben Wang, an Oakton junior who was
named a Regional Finalist in the 2013 Siemens Competition.
Honored by the Siemens Foundation as one of the “brightest
high school minds in contention for the nation’s most coveted
teen science prize,” Ben is eligible to win a scholarship of over
$10,000. Winners will be announced in a few days. Good luck,
Ben! Congratulations are also due to the Oakton Girls’ Cross
Country team who won the conference, region, state titles this
year. We are so proud of the discipline, talent, and coaching
that brought you such outstanding success. Bravo!
You may have noticed recent headlines about the performance of American students on the 2012 PISA (Programme for
International Student Assessment). Words such as “sobering”
and “stagnation” are being used to describe the academic skill
level of fifteen-year-olds in the United States. I am glad to report that these generalizations do not apply to the students of
Oakton High School based on the data that we garnered from
our participation in the PISA for Schools Pilot Test in the spring
of 2012. In both reading and mathematics, Oakton students
far surpass the U.S. average when compared with the results of
the PISA 2009 test. To read the detailed and engaging report
of our students’ performance, follow this link: http://www.fcps.
edu/pla/ost/pisa/school_level_reports/oakton_hs.pdf. And
for a discussion of this test’s significance to Oakton, take a
look at this video which was recently showcased at an international PISA press conference: http://www.fcps.edu/pla/
ost/pisa/FCPS_PISA_large.mp4. Because we found this pilot
test so valuable in its rich content and implications for school
improvement, we will be participating again this winter. If you
have a fifteen-year-old student who is randomly selected to
participate in this test, I ask that you encourage them to do so
as it gives Oakton students a chance to shine internationally
and affords us extremely valuable feedback as a school.
Looking to the future, Oakton students, teachers, and administrators have formed a committee to plan for a major school
renovation that will begin in a few years. With the recent approval of a $250 million dollar school construction bond, $4.5
million have been allocated to launch renovation planning for
Oakton at the county level. Here at the school level, we are researching and collecting data to inform the planning process.
Stay tuned for details over the next year as plans unfold. We
are excited to move our facilities into the 21st century!
On a different note, you may have heard that FCPS is in the
processing of planning for difficult financial times. Despite the
constraints of this $140.7 million deficit, FCPS principals, other
county leaders, and our new superintendent, Dr. Karen Garza,
are working toward innovative solutions with students at the
heart of all decisions. For more detailed information on the
county budget, follow this link to our Citizen’s Guide: http://
www.fcps.edu/fs/budget/documents/CitizensGuidetoBudget.
pdf.
As you know, good news and various events are ever-unfolding at Oakton High School, which is why we have recently
opened accounts on Twitter and Facebook. Please follow us @
OaktonHS on Twitter and OaktonHS on Facebook for celebrations, news, and pictures of various events.
Once again, thank you for your participation in the Oakton
PTSA. I wish you and your family a safe, restful, and joyful
holiday season.
John Banbury
Oakton High School Principal
john.banbury@fcps.edu
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Cougar Calendar
DATE
December 17
December 18
Dec 21-Jan 5
February 5
February 6
February 19
EVENT
Chorus Concert 7 pm
Band Concert 7 pm
Winter Break
PTSA Meeting 7 pm
Junior Parent’s Night
Spring Sports Registration 2:15-3 pm
ESOL Q & A with Dr. Banbury
O
n November 14, Oakton’s ESOL students were honored to receive a visit from Dr. Banbury. All
ESOL teachers and Assistant Principal Martha Rodeheaver also attended. Dr. Banbury conducted
a question and answer session with approximately 75 ESOL students,
representing 25 countries and at least 16 languages. Students were
well-prepared with topics ranging from Dr. Banbury’s own education
and experiences as a student, to his professional life as an educator
and his personal hobbies and interests. Students practiced speaking
English in a formal setting and used listening and comprehension
skills. The visit was a huge success which fostered learning and relationship building among students and administrators. Thanks to Dr.
Banbury for taking time to connect with Oakton ESOL students!
Federal Government Survey for
US Government Students
Seniors taking Super Seminar are preparing to conclude the US Government curriculum and will
move on to Comparative Government after winter break. As a culminating activity, students will
answer this driving question: What does it mean to work for the federal government? They will
be interviewing members of the community who have experience working for the federal government. Students will audio record their interviews and the recordings will be posted in Google
drive. If you or someone you know has federal government work experience and would like to
participate, please e-mail Rebecca Small at (Rebecca.Small@fcps.edu).
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News from the National Honor Society
The H. Glenn Cunningham Chapter of the National Honor Society held its induction ceremony on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 in
the Robert “Skip” Bromley Auditorium. New members and their guests were treated to music provided by orchestra students. The
National Anthem was sung by Oakton chorus members under the direction of Mrs. Tiffany Powell. The keynote speaker was our
very own English Teacher, Mr. Erich Heckel. New members are listed below.
Abderhman Omar
AielloPeter
AkoevAlyssa
AllenKatherine
Amruthur Tara
Anderson Katie
Applegate Sydney
BaconRobert
Bae
Hyun Suk
BaileyBrian
BaileyJames
BassettSamantha
BayerJenna
BeanSunniva
Benson Kevin
Blomme Matthew
Branton Laura
BrownNathaniel
BruceJulia
Bundren Samuel
Cacner
Hannah
CapoAlexander
Carlstrom Callie
Carroll Bridget
Castellano Joshua
Chaganti Abhijith
ChanJessica
ChauKevin
Chavez Andrea
ChenAngela
ChenEileen
ChildsSamuel
ChoiMatthew
ChungHannah
ClarkThomas
Condas Robert
Cooper Eryn
Corgnati Margaret
CroweWilliam
DaleyAndrew
D’Ambrosio Giovanni
DeBellas Brenna
DeSouza Christopher
DixitShweta
Do Courtney
DoddHannah
Driscoll Alexandra
FayTaylor
FerrellLinden
FisherCaroline
FuchsJames
Gibbons Austin
Glauberman Noah
Gleason Grace
Golden Connor
Goodman Alanna
Gordon Alex
Greenough Paul
Hackemer Charles
HamAlex
HannCaitlyn
Hansen Collin
Hanson Sarah
HardSavannah
Harding Seth
HarrellJoseph
HarveyLauren
Hasanian Laith
Hawkins Mason
Heitman Evan
HeoSeyoung
Hildebrand Daniel
HoVivien
Holcombe Ryan
Holland Christopher
HongYuri
HoweEmily
HrinkoPhillip
HugelBrett
Isakowitz Hannah
IshmukhamedovaKamola
JiangDillon
JonesConnor
JonesKatarina
Kallakury Anish
KaloiMahealani
KamalRahat
Kamani Amitav
Kamienski Emily
Kaminski Allysen
KaurJasbir
KeeneNathan
Kendall Kara
Khadka Millan
KilnerBlair
KimJanet
KimErin
KleinCharles
Klimkiewicz Alexandra
Lalande Nathan
LamRobert
Lambrides Alexander
LandesKatherine
LeBoltOlivia
LeeJesung
LeeDakeung
LeeEdward
Lee
Yoo Bin
LeeYuna
Lehnigk Carmen
LewisErin
LloydJohn
LoriaJordan
MacDonald Laura
Macomber Kelcie
MannBaldeep
MarkinJacob
MaurerMadeline
McCarty Maryn
McGuinness Jacklyn
MehdiAlisha
Mehsut Shaheda
Meyers Christiana
Michera Bhavjot
MillerJessica
MillerPaige
MinorStephanie
Mitchell John
Mohammadzadeh Pedrom
MorganAlex
MullisBrooke
Murphy Laura
Murphy Victoria
Nakhre Priya
NelsonNicholas
Nguyen Huyenan
Nguyen Trang
Nicholls Danielle
NooriNima
NortonMadelynne
Ocampo Collin
Oh Ga Hyun
Pa Brandon
PapaySierra
ParkNatalie
PaulTeresa
Pelgrim Madeline
Petraglia Lydia
PhungLesley
PickettCaleigh
PierceKatherine
PiesterHannah
PlattHaley
Preaskorn Erin
Proskuryakov Kostyanty
QianKatherine
QuMichael
RaustDaniel
RegmiSiwani
RicheyColin
Robbins Claire
RoepeJennifer
Sargent Andrew
Schweiker Garrett
Seastream Grant
SellarsGavin
ShabtiMera
ShafieiAva
Shamlian Grace
Sheridan Kathryn
Sheridan Sarah
ShimYoubeen
ShinJoshua
SilvaVeronica
SinghAmrita
SirakHelina
SloaneKathryn
SmithEmily
SmithParker
SmithSilvana
St Louis Shelby
StaceyMichelle
StoneyJohn
SturmShelby
SunCatherine
Tadikonda Mahathi
TestoniIsabella
TewoldeSemira
ThaiAshley
ThomasDevon
TimonerBertram
Townsend Gillian
TurnerJoseph
UmDaniel
UppuluriNeil
VasquezRachel
Venuthurupalli Kashyap
VillaflorAlexa
Voudouris Stavros
Walter Pena Camila
WaltersEric
WangBenjamin
WangShawn
WangWeiran
WichinLaura
Wilkinson Kate
WilsonEllen
WinesGrace
Winkelstein Sarah
WombleTori
Woodhouse Andrew
WrightJon
YangJulia
YaoMatthew
ZaitaJason
Zanovello Marianna
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SPRING
SPORTS
TRYOUTS
T
ryouts will begin on Monday,
February 24 for Soccer, Lacrosse, Baseball, Softball, Tennis, and Crew (Outdoor Track/Field
will begin on March 3). All athletes
must have a doctor’s physical dated
after May 1, 2013 on file in the
Activities Office in order to do preseason conditioning and tryouts (if
you turned in a physical for fall or
winter sports, it is already on file).
The physical must be recorded on
the official Virginia High School
League Physical Form. They must
also give an emergency care form
to the spring sports coach – they
do not have access to forms that
you have turned into the school or
another sport previously this year.
All forms are available in the Activities Office and the athletic website,
www.oaktonathletics.org under
Files and Links. Physicals should
be turned in to or mailed to the
Activities Office. MAKE A COPY FOR
YOUR RECORDS. (OHS Activities,
2900 Sutton Rd., Vienna, VA 22181)
If you mail in the emergency care
form with the physical, write the
sport(s) in the upper right hand
corner so we can give it directly to
the coaches. Athletes will not be
permitted to condition/tryout without these forms. Again this year,
all athletes and one parent must
view an on-line concussion power
point. The link to view it is posted
at www.fcps.edu/sports. Records
from last year were cleared in May.
Both parent and athlete must view
it again every school year.
Tryout updates will be put on
oaktonathletics.org in early February. There is a mandatory drop-in
“registration” for all spring athletes
on Wednesday, February 19, 2:153:00 in the cafeteria to make sure
all your paperwork is on file.
Find it All @ Your OHS LIBRARY
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class, click Online Databases button.
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From the Halls of Government
Throughout the First Quarter, all USVA Government students played an active role in learning about the 2013
election. As part of Oakton’s Project Based Learning
Initiative, students made authentic positive campaign
commercials for this year’s down-ballot races. The
purpose of these commercials was to provide a service
to the community by helping to inform the electorate
prior to Election Day as well as gain firsthand knowledge of campaigns and elections. The students’ ads
may be accessed at http://goo.gl/V1EqyS. In addition
to classroom assignments, large numbers of Oakton
students participated in the following activities: volunteering for individual candidates, serving as Election
Pages and Election Officers for the Fairfax County Board
of Elections and being first-time voters.
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The Counselor’s Corner
‘Tis the season…
The Counseling Department is excited to see this time of year approach as we move into several important
parts of our overall program. We have been working with seniors on applications, freshmen on transitioning
to high school and a great deal in between. Our tenth grade program will focus on career awareness and
offered our students the opportunity to fill out a personality profile and compare it to the careers that could
match well with their results. Juniors will begin to look at planning for life after high school and college
searches in the spring.
There will be a curriculum night Jan. 16th here at Oakton to inform parents about the course offerings
available next year. This evening presentation highlights the elective choices that students can select from
as well as providing guidelines on the honors and Advanced Placement programs. We invite you to attend
prior to your student’s registration, so the course selection process can be as smooth and accurate as possible.
In November, we were able to provide three lessons for the Teacher Advisory periods. The first was an AntiBullying program. Our goal is to broaden the student’s understanding of the types of bullying and exclusion
that can occur in a modern high school and work to eliminate prevent them at Oakton. Teachers wore their
college gear for the second, and were able to share their stories and experiences in finding their own career
path. We also helped coordinate the Fun Day activities gear toward building community. The students participated in a wide variety of activities, from board games, to tie dying.
One of our main tools in the Counseling Department is Family Connection, the county’s online portal to
college and career planning. This system offers a way to track extracurricular activities, develop a resume,
explore colleges and much, much more. Student information like GPA is available here. We encourage all
grade levels to begin to familiarize themselves with the offerings, and if your student has had access from
middle school, there are some changes in the high school version to check out! You can access the site from
Blackboard, or get more information on our new webpage mentioned above.
As always, the counselors are here to help students and their family in a wide range of circumstances. Please
feel free to contact us for support or have your student see us in our offices. The best times for students are
before school, Cougar Time, lunch or after school.
News from Theatre Arts
I
www.oaktondrama.org
will have to say that I think our fall season went “swimmingly.” For those of you who were in our audience for Metamorphoses, I’m sure you will agree. Our Drama 3 & 4 students produced two magical and powerful shows closing
with Elephant’s Graveyard before Thanksgiving break. Thanks to all the parent volunteers and audience members
who came out to support the students who have been working so hard since September. We will celebrate our success with our annual field trip to NYC on December 11th to see KINKY BOOTS and MATILDA. We are also in the process
of reading multiple one act plays as we choose what will be a part of our Cougar Dinner Theatre on Monday, February
10th. We look forward to seeing you then.
Happy Holidays everyone.
Vanessa Gelinas
vlgelinas@fcps.edu
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Oakton Scholastic Bowl Team
D
Sara Yaseen, Megh Kumar and Andrew Brennan with host Hillary Howard, at the
“It’s Academic” taping on Oct. 19.
Oakton’s team visiting South Lakes for a scrimmage: Andrew Brennan, Julia Fontaine,
Jacob Markin, Katherine Landers, Sara Yaseen, Paul Burke, and Samuel Ortiz.
Oakton (right side)
and Chantilly (left
side) during a
20-second math
calculation question
at Chantilly. Oakton
Team: Andrew
Brennan, Paul
Burke, Megh Kumar,
Julia Fontaine, Sara
Yaseen, and Jacob
Markin.
uring the Fall and Winter
Seasons, the Oakton Scholastic Bowl Team, coached by
biology teacher Jackie Fernandez,
engages in three types of competitions: internal scrimmages among
Oakton teams, scrimmages against
other Fairfax County Schools, and
participation in the NBC4 show “It’s
Academic.” The Oakton Team is open
to anyone who wishes to participate.
The team has had a busy schedule
since the beginning of the school
year. Several internal scrimmages
were held, and Oakton has either
hosted or visited South Lakes,
Chantilly, Woodson, and Edison in
preparation for the Conference and
District Tournaments that will take
place on January 18 at Robinson HS.
Andrew Brennan, Paul Burke, Omar
El Sheikh, Julia Fontaine, Megh
Kumar, Hasanian Laith, Katherine
Landes, Jacob Markin, Alekhya Nanduri, Raju Nadimpalli, Samuel Ortiz,
Helina Sirak, Jack Tracey, Alexander
Xenos, and Sara Yaseen participated
in these scrimmages.
On Oct. 19, the team competed
against the Bullis School and the
Islamic Saudi Academy on “It’s Academic.” The show will air on NBC4 on
Dec. 21. Oakton was represented by
Andrew Brennan, Megh Kumar, Sara
Yaseen, and Julia Fontaine (alternate). The Oakton JV Cheerleaders
also attended the taping to support
the team and excite the audience.
Watch Oakton on the 21st!
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The Center of Learning
The name may have changed, but the students who tutor at the Center remain
dedicated to helping others.
“
The Oakton Writing Center is a professional student-run center where students receive friendly, quality assistance on writing for all classes and levels from
trained tutors. Our mission is to guide students through the writing process to
help students become more confident thinkers and writers and to provide lasting writing skills to the best of of our abilities.
T
his is the mission with which the Oakton Writing Center (OWC) was first founded in January 2010 by a small
group of students and two teachers. Starting out with a
mere idea, these dedicated individuals turned their vision into
reality through grueling days of planning and training over the
first semester holiday.
Due to the Writing Center’s success, tutor training soon turned
into an “Advanced Composition” class mandatory for all OWC
tutors. For three years, the OWC operated out of small classrooms, serving students after school and during lunches and
Cougar Times. Then in late 2012, Katie Clark, a second year
tutor, came up with the idea for the Student Learning Center
(SLC). The SLC was a science and math version of the Writing
Center, consisting of tutors from the math and science honor
societies. The SLC used the Oakton Writing Center’s classroom
and operated during one Cougar Time. Katie graduated in 2013
but left the Writing Center with a new sense of purpose.
Today, the Oakton Writing Center, renamed as “The Center”
for Writing and Learning is located in the back of the Oakton
library and has evolved into a center of learning for all students
of all grades for all subjects. It is open all Cougar Times, A & B
lunch on Monday and Tuesday, C & D lunch on Wednesday and
Thursday, and Collaboration Wednesdays. Tutors of all subjects
are available and range from sophomores to seniors. What began as a center composed exclusively of writing tutors enrolled
in the Advanced Composition class now features student tutors
from almost all honor societies.
When asked why she believed the OWC was necessary, Ms.
Blankenship, one of the original teacher founders, commented,
“I think it’s extremely important that the power and potential
of students is given space and time to take flight. Students are
much more knowledgeable and so much more capable than
we give them credit. The Center is a way to showcase… the
amazing abilities of Oakton students that aren’t always seen or
acknowledged and [creates] a space for students to help each
other learn in a positive, student-directed atmosphere.”
Students in the Advanced Composition class now are trained
in the beginning of the year to tutor writing and run The
Center, which continues for the rest of the year. Students are
divided into four teams: Management, Publications and Marketing, Special Programs, and OWL (Oakton Writes and Learns).
They collaborate to communicate with teachers, students and
the entire Oakton Community. Every October, Advanced Com-
”
position students attend the Secondary School Writing Center
conference at George Mason University which is attended by
over 300 local area high school writing center student tutors.
This year, fourteen Oakton tutors presented at the conference,
sharing their observations and advice with other high school
tutors based on their experiences at The Center.
Since its opening in 2010, the OWC has held 3517 tutoring
sessions. During this school year, the Center has had 347 tutoring sessions in the first quarter. Of these, 218 consist of English
tutoring, 24 of science tutoring, 29 of math tutoring, and 73 of
other subjects - a huge increase from the 23 non-English sessions from the 2012-2013 school year.
In a possible reflection of the OWC’s effectiveness, scores of
Standards of Learning English assessments at Oakton HS have
improved in the past few years while the assessments themselves have become harder. Tutees have had an overwhelmingly positive response. One tutee writes on her exit survey,
“I particularly enjoyed the way the tutors welcomed others
and [were] available for all that asked. The tutor gave wonderful advice and helped me with my essay thoroughly, from the
beginning to the end. She gave me a lot of time and help that
my teacher is too busy to give to only me.” In this response, the
tutee succinctly sums up many of the reasons why peer tutoring is so valuable.
Center tutor Eric Lim explains why he became a peer tutor, saying, “Though I initially joined the class for the college
transcript… now I feel like I make a difference in [my tutees’]
lives. Peer tutoring is meaningful because you take away the
number-focused culture of education and shift it towards an
appreciation of learning.” Anee Nguyen, also a Center tutor,
adds, “I became a tutor because I like helping people… and this
is a way to reach out to the greater Oakton community. Peer
tutoring is not as intimidating and is more comfortable [than
being tutored by a teacher].”
In four short school years, the Center has become an integral
part of the Oakton identity. However, it has far to go before
achieving its goal of changing the learning culture. In order
to move forward, all of the Oakton HS community has to work
together. We hope for the PTSA’s support in our endeavors. To
find out more about what we do, please email us at ohsthecenter@gmail.com.
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Oakton High School Student Earns
Poetry Honor
A
line Dolinh, a sophomore at Oakton High
School, was recognized at the National
Book Festival as the Southeast region representative of the National Student Poets Class of
2013. Oakton High School is a Fairfax County public
school.
The award recognizes one student from each of the
five regions in the country, and is sponsored by the
President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services,
and the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers.
Dolinh was eligible for the honor after winning the
Gold Key award in the regional Scholastic Art and
Writing Awards earlier this year. Five of her poems
appear in the ceremony program.
As the National Student Poet for the southeast
region, Dolinh will participate in a region-wide com-
munity service project designed to promote literacy
awareness. She is particularly interested in raising
awareness of the way poetry is taught in schools.
Dolinh has been writing poetry as long as she
could read and won her first poetry award in first
grade for five haikus she submitted to a haiku contest at the National Kite Festival. Although she has
won numerous awards for her poetry, this is her first
award at such a high level. Dolinh traveled to New
York in October to be honored by the Academy of
American Poets.
Dolinh is also available to speak to area clubs and
organizations (both adults and children’s) about her
experience. If you or your organization would like
to invite her to speak, please follow this link: http://
www.artandwriting.org/the-awards/national-student-poets-program/.
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Congratulations to the following students! Each student earned
all A’s on his or her first quarter report card. This is extremely
challenging, and all deserve accolades! Great job!
9th graders with all A’s:
Sonia Aggarwal
Connor Anderson
Hyeonjun Bae
Hannah Bailey
Kriti Bhagat
Jessica Bice
Kelly Biladeau
Sofiya Boroday
Georgia Brandt
Evan Cao
Lilly Carrillo
Jade Chen
Emilie Cheng
Sophy Cho
Christianne Chua
Sarah Chung
Jessica Cochran
Delaney Connolly
Christopher Cortese
Andrew Crum
Louis Gabriel Cunanan
Madeleine Curtis
Cynthia Cutler
Dustin Datoc
Ryan Davis
Kaitlin DeMarco
Nicholas di Mauro
Eleanor Donohue
Olivia Driessen
Adam El Sheikh
Hanna El-Mohandess
Samuel Gustafson
Ahmad Hasanian
Lauren Hawkins
Angela He
Youngli Hong
Hannah Jang
Abigail Johnson
Mary Kasputis
Caroline Kirk
Anika Kot
Calvin Krist
Ann Kutyna
John Lankenau
Madeleine Lavoie
Harang Lee
Michael Lee
Nina Leitenberg
Kayla Lombard
Amy Luttges
Linda Lyons
Emma Macaluso
Anika Malik
Kathryn Marshall
Caroline McCleskey
Jocelyn Mooring
Conor Moran
Brianna Murphy
Violetta Nagy
Dustin Nguyen
Thi Nguyen
Patrick O'Malley
Avery Olsen
Carson ParkerKepchar
Britney Phan
Kristin Putman
William Rippey
Kevin Robinson
Lindsay Rosenblum
Sophia Sabardine
Setareh Sanaei
Ashley Sayadian
Benjamin Sheridan
Helen Shi
David Smith
Justin Smith
Lindsey Smith
Sheppard Sonntag
Rebecca Stafford
Luke Steindl
Ethan Sullivan
Kelly Sun
Jillian Tate
Ashley Tern
Adrian Thinnyun
Zachary Thomas
Maximilian Torti
Samantha Tripp
Jacqueline Keene
Brendan Kenefick
Ashwin Krishnamurthi
John Lambright
Thomas Landes
Cameron Lee
Miseon Lee
Jessica Lewin
Andrew Lokay
Charles Moens
Alana Moore
Tyler Morgan
Jenna Ollen
Mushahid Omer
Dongha Park
Nathan Park
Kirtana Pathak
Tejal Patki
Ruby Peters
Allan Phillips
Numan Rahman
Pallavi Samudrala
Mark Schenkel
Rachel Schwall
Taresh Sethi
Nikisha Singh
Kirsten Tate
Ekim Toraman
Kelly Turner
Christopher Villota
Joseph Wang
Justin Turner
Sydney Uitz
Lindsey Urban
Allison Veltman
Malvika Venkataraman
Matthew Vermont
Michele Wang
Victoria Wang
Drew Weber
Jonathan Wen
William Werenskjold
Natalia Wyatt
Angela Xu
Meimei Xu
Alice Yang
Katie Zhang
Shiling Zhao
Jackie Zhu
10th graders with all A’s:
Audrey Atchley
Kevin Back
Anthony Bazzini
Nibha Bhatia
Daniel-Andre Blair
Megan Byrnes
Tiffany Cai
Rachel Carlton
Anderson Carroll
Joanna Chen
Siting Chen
Rebecca Clarke
Sarah Clinton
Cassidy Cothran
Sarah Craig
Henry Curtis
Emily Dhue
Aline Dolinh
Kelly Dunlap
Duncan Edwards
Rachel Edwards
Karin Fukahori
Nazrin Garibova
Megan Gillen
Megan Griggs
Ellen Gurung
Wilson He
Nina Jacobs
Tyler Jaquette
Soyun Joo
Caleb Kang
Victoria Kao
Michael Williamson
Matthew Wohlleben
Katherine Xenos
Yuansheng Xie
Su Min Yang
Jenny Yao
Yun Yoo
Grace Yu
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11th graders with all A’s:
Peter Aiello
Sydney Applegate
Camille Baechler
Lia Mikkaella Cunanan
Caroline Fisher
Paul Greenough
Collin Hansen
Evan Heitman
Daniel Hildebrand
Simon Iyob
Emily Kamienski
Nathan Keene
Dakeung Lee
Jacob Martin
Pedrom Mohammadzadeh
Catherine Sun
Kasmath Fargana Abuthagir
Spencer Thrall
12th graders with all A’s:
Yusef Abughannam
Kiren Ajrawat
Hana Burkly
Amanda Cerva
Josephine Chiao
Andrew Daley
Robin Dixon
Maria Donoso Espinosa
Chengxin Du
Trung Duong
Kasra Eslami
Monica Hanratty
Emily Hautbois
Kirsten Hemrich
Jessica Hirsch
Neil Holcomb
Janet Hu
Ankit Jain
Shinar Jain
Hayley Johnson
Ian Johnson
Anna Jordan
Allysen Kaminski
Hannah Kang
Edward Kao
Robert Kurtzman
Dilara Long
Casey MacLean
Julia Mahony
Ajay Mehta
Sarah Metzendorf
Alexander Mun
Neda Noori
Daniel Park
Jennifer Prosser
Pooja Seth
Kathryn Sheridan
Lindsey Shields
Caitlin Skinner
Ksenia Sokolova
Emily Stangeby
Emma Stoney
Daniel Ta
Kathryn Veltman
Ceyer Wakilpoor
Evelyn Wang
Christina Williams
Mary Wimsatt
Alexander Xenos
Ruolin Xiong
Diana Yen
Charles Yu
Madison Zamora
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9th graders with all A’s and B’s:
Habiba Abdelkerim
Umit Ablet
Parv Ahuja
Nicholas Aime
Rachel Akers
Mia Alarcon Chong
Iain Allingham
Austin Allison
Gregory Alperi
Luke Amaral
Ruth Bahgi
John Banbury
Maxwell Becker
Mark Beeman
Nicole Berube
Brandon Bettinger
Nicole Bettinger
Bradley Binns
Matthew Bocharnikov
Nathan Brodsky
Natalie Buczek
Neeve Carlos
Noah Castellano
Vincent Chen
Angelique Cherikos
Cassandra Childs
Sun Oh Chung
Alexandra Cohen
Christian Collier
Meredith Crews
Catherine Croft
James Crowley
Victoria D'Amato
Karoline Davis
Alexander Day
Heili Deaton
Caroline DeLoach
Caitlin Diehl
Logan Duffy
Sean Dumler
Nawal El Hag
Rebecca Elam
Abigail Ernst
Cameron Farmer
Rosa Ferrusca Gar-
duno
Sanal Finesmith
Jordan Fitzgerald
Zachary Fletcher
Yosselin Flores
Guillermo Fonseca
Timothy Forster
Lou Patrick Francisco
Sean Frankel
Arjun Ganesh
Jennifer Garrett
Richard Gibbons
Daniel Good
Samantha Gordon
Allison Grant
Victoria Grimm
Sasha Grossman
Eric Guan
Angela Guarino
Sophia Guarnieri
Afia Habib
Edward Hackemer
Faris Hajrovic
Carmen Hall
Thomas Hallock
Jeffrey Hamlin
Sarah Hanlon
Samuel Harmic
Nathan Helfgott
Emma Hierholzer
Jennifer Hinds
Olivia Hogan
Curtis Holland
Lisa Huang
Lou'ay Hussein
Kaitlyn Hyun
Suryaraj Jain
Jean Jang
Hayden Jarvis
Megan Jenkins
Hahn Jung
Noah Kaczmarczyk
Thomas Kasputis
Abigail Kennedy
Iman Khuram
Francesca Kiker
Bryan Kim
Ji-Yoon Kim
Joy Kim
Nathaniel Kim
Timothy Kim
Sarah Kirk
Danieal Kiyani
Catherine Krouse
Michael Lamon
Emma Lavoie
Olivia Lawrence
Justin Lee
Kidus Lemma
Lizhao Li
Daniel Liu
Kevin Liu
Lydia Lodge
Alexander Loveland
Kyle Lujan
Ian Macomber
Davis Mahony
Saim Majid
Elizabeth Malone
Meenakshi Mathur
Sarah Mays
Kathleen McDaid
Kamila Mehdi
Dillon Midson
William Miller
Gabriella Morris
Lamia Mountassir
Stephanie Mui
Suzanne Mun
Anjali Murthy
Catherine Mustain
Hasan Nadeem
Dara Nazemian
Megan Nero
Anna Neubauer
Bryce Nguonly
Bao-Tran Nguyen
Dan Nguyen
Phuong Anh
Nguyen
Nicholas Norton
Julia O'Toole
Richard Pang
Marissa Pearson
Evan Pelto
Ryan Pelto
Andres Perez
Kristen Peters
Derek Pham
Duy-Thuc PhamTon
Rachel Pionke
Emily Pleasant
Zachary Polhemus
Alex Ponnraj
Liana Poon
Jacob Posz
Matthew Prosser
Meghan Pugh
Sebastian Quesada
Quesada
Nitya Reddy
Megan Reilly
Spencer Reimann
Abigail Richardson
Madeline Richey
Kaila Ross
Madeleine Rouse
Madeline Royle
Leya Salis
Marissa Sanzone
Dhruv Sawhney
Jenna Schwartzman
Nicholas Scoggins
David Seal
Nicole Seal
Drew Seibert
June Seo
Iman Shammet
Hiun Shim
Daniel Shin
Christopher Skangos
Hannah Slevin
Daniel Slyepichev
Joseph Smarrelli
Dorothy Smith
Laura Smith
Snehal Srivastava
Cassidy Sturm
Christopher Takagi
Felicia Tan
Jordan TasakaMaunupau
Kathryn Tatum
Sarah Thatcher
Sira Anissa Thiam
Eliza Thrall
Emily Tillet
Lorencio Tizol
Madeline Tran
Michael Tran
Scottie Tran
Daniela Ucci
Liam Vertal
Katherine Villota
William Violet
John Voelkel
Avery Vogelzang
William Vu
Benjamin Wagner
Cole Wagner
Alexandra Warner
Robert Warrick
Michala Wildman
Sarah Williams
Emily Wydra
Xinjie Xia
Karina Yeatman
Steven Yi
Dong Hee Yoo
Jin Yoo
Steven Yoo
Lauren Zarnock
Jessica Zeller
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10th graders with A’s and B’s:
Nikita Addanki
Aurash Aidun
Sarah Akers
Katherine Anthony
Milton Argueta
Martinez
Samuel Arora
Sehjal Atwal
Bradley Auerbach
Allison Bagheriford
Kyra Ballard
Emily Barber
Jamie Barlow
Justin Bartee
Elliot Beach
Caitlin Becker
Mo'Na Bell
Tommy Berrios
Veda Bhatia
Adam Blakney
Michael Boddie
Stephanie Bonilla
Jaime Botero Martinez
Elise Bourdelais
Jillian Bracaglia
Jared Brandolph
Andrew Brennan
Caroline Brogan
Makenzie Brooks
Marisa Butler
Margaret Campbell
Nicholas Carrigan
Veronique Caumeil
Timothy Cerva
Nathan Chan
Michelle Chen
Christine Choi
William Christy
Joshua Cibula
Robert Clark
Michelle Cox
Connor Cozad
Nicole Cutler
Jessica Dallessandro
Patrick Davis
John Dawson
Craig DeHanis Cruz
Madeline Doane
Ryan Dodge
Grace Donohue
Juan Carlos Dumlao
Courtney Duong
Katherine Edwards
Razan Elbaba
Rasheda Elsamahi
Bennett Fagan
Jessica Farhan
Zachary Fernald
William Fisher
Geraldina Flores
Valdez
Caroline Flower
Nicholas Ford
Samuel Forrest
Samuel Fountain
Camron Garrett
Emily Gedzelman
Meghan Gibbons
Bennett Gilliam
Graham Gilliam
Elyssa Goldberg
Amanda Gore
Danielle Granato
Corina Gribble
Lindsay Griffith
Sun Je Han
Christopher Harkin
Sai He
Emily Heier
Victoria Heller
Ryan Hill
Katie Hoang
Kyle Hohmann
Katherine Holcomb
Richard Holcomb
Marina Huang
Melissa Huasasquiche
Katherine Hughes
Valentine Iliassov
Emma Jackson
Shawn Jassal
Dennis Jiang
Michael Johns
Billy Jones
Spencer Jones
Christine Joseph
Rusul Kamal
Ian Katzman
Shashwot KC
Bradley Kearns
McLean Kelley
Sragdhara Khakurel
Rahmeen Khuram
Isabella Kiker
Joshua Kim
Madison Kim
Min Hyuk Kim
Neisha Kitchrayotin
Heather Ko
Aidan Kuester
Natalie Landaverde
Lindsey Le
Andrew Lee
Cheryl Lee
Ethan Lee
Fordham Lee
Gregory Lee
Haeryun Lee
Samuel Lee
William Li
Heeryung Lim
Kevin Liu
Richard Liu
James Lodge
Yin Lun
Jake MacLean
Fazliddin Mamadiev
Anne Manner
Alexandra Marquis
Allegra Martschenko
Anisa Matthews
Jillian Maulella
Katherine Mayer
Miranda McBride
Ian McNair
Bridgette McRoberts
Katherine Mead
Marissa Medina
Sarah Meng
Eric Merten
Dylan Messaros
Edwin Miller
Rhea Miller
Heather Miska
Vishal Mummareddy
Kirit Nakka
Judy Nguyen
Jaden Noda
Sosan Noori
Lindsay Norman
Anthony Nucciarone
Samuel Ortiz Severiano
Annie Pan
Ariela Papp
Bradley Pender
Justin Phillips
Nicholas Piester
Alex Plantz
Sara Pollin
Julia Powell
Nikhil Prasad
Telha Registani
Louis Rigo
Payton Robertson
Maria Rowen
Samuel Rutzick
Tess Sapone
Marriya Schwarz
Sidra Sharieff
Elizabeth Shepherd
Katherine Smith
Saad Sohail
Aleksandria SolkoBreslin
Rachel Song
Alec Souders
Caitlin Spiegel
Matthew Stabile
Christopher Stathopoulos
Melissa Stettner
Dale Szpisjak
Jonathan Takagi
Adam Tapp
Alexander Taylor
Capri Thomas
Jacob Thompson
Jack Tracey
Eric Tsang
Diana Van
Karina Villarroel
Constantin Waldschmidt
Lindsey Wallen
Anthony Waltrich
Natalie Weaver
Allison Welham
Ashley Williams
Jazmyne Williams
Charlotte Wiltse
Sarah Woolf
Nicolas Wyatt
Lawrence Yang
Lauren Yee
Margaret Zeile
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11th graders with all A’s and B’s:
Ziad Abdulhadi
Lindsey Abed
Alyssa Akoev
David Allely
Michael Ambrose
Tara Amruthur
Katie Anderson
Caroline Arthur
John Aylor
Hyun Suk Bae
Brian Bailey
Collin Banks
Jenna Bayer
Jennifer Becker
Laura Branton
Julia Bruce
Samuel Bundren
Thomas Burns
Hannah Cacner
Callie Carlstrom
Tyler Cate
Abhijith Chaganti
Angela Chen
Eileen Chen
Samuel Childs
Hannah Chung
Thomas Clark
Prince Clement
Robert Condas
Eryn Cooper
Margaret Corgnati
Seth Crail
Karlie Cronin
William Crowe
Giovanni
D'Ambrosio
Marina De Blas
Garcia
Lukas Deaton
Jay Deorukhkar
Christopher DeSouza
Shweta Dixit
Carolyn Dixon
Hannah Dodd
Francis Donnelly
Jessie Doty
Jonah Driessen
Samantha Duncan
Lillie Duston
Omar El Sheikh
Taylor Fay
Linden Ferrell
John Ferri
James Fuchs
Austin Gibbons
Grace Gleason
Connor Golden
Alex Gordon
Jacqueline Groskaufmanis
Charles Hackemer
Caitlyn Hann
Savannah Hard
Joseph Harrell
Lauren Harvey
Laith Hasanian
Mason Hawkins
Vivien Ho
Ryan Holcombe
Christopher Holland
Yuri Hong
Kyle Howell
Alexander Huf
Hannah Isakowitz
Jagger James
Alexendra Jean-
Baptiste
Armand Jeffris
Rahat Kamal
Jasbir Kaur
Millan Khadka
Erin Kim
Charles Klein
Alexandra Klimkiewicz
Gregory Krisanda
Annika Lee
Edward Lee
Yuna Lee
Carmen Lehnigk
Callum Leitenberg
Erin Lewis
Carter Lopez-Gomez
Jordan Loria
Robert LoRusso
Christopher Luttges
Laura MacDonald
Baldeep Mann
Madeline Maurer
Mary McElwee
Alisha Mehdi
Shaheda Mehsut
Bhavjot Michera
Jessica Miller
Paige Miller
Isaac Mills
Aziz Muhammad
Laura Murphy
Priya Nakhre
Alekhya Nanduri
Dimitrinka Nenchova
Anh Nguyen
Huyenan Nguyen
Trang Nguyen
Danielle Nicholls
Benjamin Nikolich
Madelynne Norton
Kwabena Ofori-Atta
Ga Hyun Oh
Brandon Pa
Natalie Park
Nathan Pawlowicz
Alexander Pehrson
Lydia Petraglia
Cathleen Pfeiff
Lesley Phung
Erica Pi
Caleigh Pickett
Katherine Pierce
Hannah Piester
Anastasia
Polkovnichenko
Andrew Powers
Erin Preaskorn
Katherine Qian
Michael Qu
Ahmed Rabie
Siwani Regmi
Jared Reynolds
Thierno Rhodes
Claire Robbins
Hayley Russell
Abdelrahman Said
Abdalla
Emma Savino
Allyson Schopper
David Seager
James Seal
Grant Seastream
Gavin Sellars
Mera Shabti
Ava Shafiei
Grace Shamlian
John Shebat
Sarah Sheridan
Veronica Silva
Amrita Singh
Parker Smith
Silvana Smith
Eun Young Son
Shelby St Louis
Abigail Steinberg
Kyle Sullivan
Jed Suyat
Nikta Tadayoni
Semira Tewolde
Devon Thomas
Bertram Timoner
Elena Tonni
Gillian Townsend
Andrew Tucker
Avery Turk
Alexa Villaflor
Stavros Voudouris
Eric Walters
Weiran Wang
Laura Wichin
Ellen Wilson
Sarah Winkelstein
Jon Wright
Jeffrey Wu
Julia Yang
Nima Youchidje
Jason Zaita
Amy Zhang
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12th graders with all A’s and B’s:
Omar Abderhman
Shahla Adiljan
Yusuf Ahmed
David Amini
Jaime Arbesfeld
Robert Arnold
Mary Arscott
Sabrine Baiou
Alok Baral
Adam Barber
Kristen Bavely
Charles Beard
Emily Beekman
Liliana Bettolo
Brian Boehm
Julia Brown
Tiffany Bui
Scott Burdin
Paul Burke
Joseph Cafiero
Isabella Campos
Alexander Capo
Mary-Madeleine
Caumeil
Joseph Cellini
Rebecca Cerva
Darby Chancler
Kevin Chau
Yating Chen
Richard Cho
Matthew Choi
Vincent Choy
Mary Grace
Cooney
Megan Cooney
Jamie Corridon
Christine Cox
Kylie Cropper
Ryan Crum
Christine Davila
Azanedo
Alan Davis
Allison Davis
Colin Davis
Samantha Deur
Riva Dhamala
Maxwell Dollard
Hailey Dougherty
Katherine Douglas
Evan Dudley
Katherine Dunwoody
Alison Eagen
Savannah Eldridge
Catherine Fama
Asli Farah
Francis Feeney
Christina Fleckenstein
Julia Fontaine
William Fontaine
Gabrielle Forman
Lauren Frautschi
Brennan Garrett
Nathan Goldberg
Dale Good
Elizabeth Goodiel
Sarah Goodiel
John Goodin
Alanna Goodman
Patricia Gore
Flor Gudiel
Kathleen Guesman
Marleigh Hall
Alex Ham
Taseen Haque
Cory Harris
Gavin Hartin
Paige Harvey
Sarah Heier
Savannah Hemmig
Joel Hierholzer
Thomas Hierholzer
Kenneth Hippe
Madeleine Holcomb
Margaret Hollingsworth
Carsen Howard
Oscar Huang
Danielle Hughes
Thomas
Humphries
James Jameson
Kathryn Juliana
Paromi Karlo
Ani Kassabian
Emily Kessler
Abdul Khuram
Blair Kilner
Nathan Lalande
Alexander Lambrides
Onjoli Lansdowne
Michele LeBlanc
Allen Lee
Timothy Lee
Dana Levy
Daniel Li
Flora Lindsay
Miles Lindsey
Matthew Livingston
Thomas Lopez
Bridget Lucidi
Sydney Lukehart
Aizize Maidinai
Jessica Malc
Kelly Malloy
Victoria Marquis
Nataly Martins
Ekaterina Maslova
Kartika Matahari
Areeba Mazhar
Chudi Mbonu
Lacy McCleskey
Kailey McCullen
Brian McDaid
Joseph McGrath
Elizabeth McTaggart
Laura Merten
Mikaela Metzendorf
Laura Michaelis
Leah Millard
Austin Miller
Catherine Miller
Elizabeth Moens
Pasha Mohsenin
Nooranne Mufti
Rita Murphy
Brooke Mustain
Aditya Narayan
Paulina Nardoni
Kevin Nguyen
Michael Nikolich
Leda Ortiz Severiano
Danielle Palmucci
Erik Park
Hayes Parker-Kepchar
Adrienne Pauley
Allison Pawlowicz
Olivia Peterkin
Alana Peters
William Petrakes
Briana Phan
James Pickett
Mei Pionke
Hadley Powers
Tristin Pratt
Michael Procinsky
Kostyantyn
Proskuryakov
Caitlin Pugh
Patrick Quinn
Kyler Reese
Julia Rhinehart
Kimberly Rigger
Maryann Rigo
Stephen Rill
William Rixmann
Spenser Robbins
Jia Rodgers
Matthew Ross
Lawrence Rouse
John Rowley
Ellie Rubalow
Lars Rucker
Jamie Ryan
Benjamin Safferson
Aria Salehi
Cameron Santoro
Garrett Schweiker
Kathryn Scoggins
Aditya Shah
Grace Sharer
Jenna Sharer
Rhea Singh
Danielle Smith
Victoria Sommese
Mackenzie Springer
Nicholas Stern
Elizabeth Stewart
Carly Stonehouse
John Stoney
Christopher Suh
Chetan Supanekar
Kyle Tan
Matthew Tanenbaum
Breana Tate
Margaret Tigner
Olivia Townsend
Phuong Tran
Cecile Truong
Ashley Tuey
Daniel Turner
Cynthia Van
Daniel Vogel
Lucas Votaw
Grace Wagner
Molly Walker
Li-Chian Wang
Claire Weisskopf
Tara Wilkins
Christian Willhite
Sheena Wilson
Madeline Wiltse
William Winter
Bradley Wong
Bailey Xie
Grace Yoder
Seojun Yoon
Ivan Yopp
Rachel Yopp
Jeffrey Yu
Michael Yuan
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OAKTON
U P DAT E S
Parent Information Relating to Special Education
The Parent Resource Center holds workshops during the day and evening on a variety of special education
topics. Address: 2334 Gallows Road, Dunn Loring, VA 22027 (Entrance 1- Room 100)
For more information: http://www.fcps.edu/cco/prc/resources/events/
English: 703-204-3941 Español: 703-204-3955.
Introduction to Special Education - An Orientation for Parents NEW to the Process!
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 10:00 am - noon
This orientation to Special Education is appropriate for parents with students in the referral or eligibility
phase of the Special Education process and parents who want to know more about how the Special Education process works.
Assessment Options for Students with Disabilities
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 7:00 - 9:00 pm or Friday, December 6, 2013 10:00 am - noon
Learn about each assessment, the criteria for each assessment and how the criteria may impact your student.
Tech Thursday - Microsoft Word Strategies for Writing (Registration required)
Thursday, December 5, 2013 10:00 - 11:30 am
Learn how to use Microsoft Word to help your student with the writing process. Laptops will be provided for
use at the workshop.
Strategies to Support Students with Dyslexia
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Learn about accommodations for students with dyslexia, tech tools that provide support, and resources
available to ALL students!
SEPTA monthly membership meeting Thursday, December 5, 2013, 6:30pm, Presentation on “New High
School Diploma Options for IEP Students,” Barcroft ES, 625 S. Wakefield Street, Arlington.
CHADD: Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
The West Fairfax CHADD Parent Support Group will continue to meet every other Thursday at 7:30 pm (Dec.
5 and 19) in Room 201 at Fairfax Church of Christ, 3901 Rugby Road, Fairfax, VA 22033
Contact Sharon 703 716-4646 or clintob@aol.com.
CHADD Teen Discussion Group for high school students meets on the first Sunday of the month 3:00 - 4:30
pm. Group is led by Anne S. Roberts of Brain Relief LLC, 7806 Oak Street, Falls Church, VA 22043-3122. For
more information, contact Anne S. Roberts, 703.641.8940, coach@brainrelief.org.
NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness is dedicated to building better lives for those affected by mental
illness.
Oakton Family Support Group meets on the 1st Thursday of each month, 7:30-9:00 pm
Rm 9 of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax, 2709 Hunter Mill Rd.
Contact: Joanna Walker at 703 620-2633 or Joannaw.walker@gmail.com
Fairfax Family Support Group meets on the 3rd Saturday of each month 10:00-11:30 am
Contact: Gayle Jackson at 703 830-1293 or gaylej08@gmail.com for more information
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