Substance Abuse Education seminars for parents will continue to be held in the new year at three locations, Langley High School, McLean High School and Herndon High School. At Langley High School, sessions take place April 28 and May 19. At McLean High School the sessions will be May 5 and 26, and June 9.
Vienna-area high school girls in grades 9-12 are invited to join "Girls Group," a place to discuss dating, college, health and beauty. The group meets at the Vienna Community Center, 120 Cherry St., S.E. and sponsors trips and classes. Participation is free of charge. To register, and for more information, call Brandy Mullen at 703-555-5721.
The Washington Regional Transplant Consortium, the Washington, D.C.-area organ procurement organization, is offering $5,000 scholarships to high school seniors in Northern Virginia, Washington, D.C., and suburban Maryland. The scholarships will be awarded on the basis of an essay on organ and tissue donation written by the seniors. The scholarships are endowed from the Leslie Ebert Memorial Fund, in memory of a WRTC staff member who died in 2001. The deadline for the essays is Friday, May 7, at 5 p.m. For more information about how to enter the contest, contact Toni Webb or Eric Price at 703-641-0100.