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Registration is open for "Summer Art Camp 2004" in Burke. Camp meets at the Woods Community, Burke Centre 1100 Wards Grove Circle and at Accotink Unitarian Church, 10125 Lakehaven Court, Burke. Art Camp is open to children 8 years old and older. Campers explore clay, sculpey, needlepoint, weaving, mat board designs, decorating T-shirts, drawing, watercolor and Chinese brush painting from 12:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Crafts & Drawing Fun Camp for 5-8 year olds: Campers explore crafts as decoupage, mixed media flower pot, yarn bottle, tie-dye shirts, paper maché tree as well as draw and watercolor paint. Monday through Friday, from 9:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Drawing Camp for 8 year olds and older: Campers extend their drawing abilities with varied media: pencil, charcoal, oil pastel, color pencil and explore different subjects as faces, still life, landscape, cartooning, from 9:30 to 11:45 a.m. Four sessions available: June 28-July 2; July 12-July 16; July 26-30 (no 5-8 year olds); and Aug. 2-6. To register or for information call Carol Zeitlin at 703-250-6930 or visit www.geocities.com/czeitlinschneier.
Terra Centre Elementary School is conducting kindergarten orientation and registration for the 2004-05 school year on Monday, May 10, at 2 p.m. Those with a child who will be 5 years old on or before Sept. 30, 2004, and will be attending Terra Centre School should call the office at 703-249-1400 or stop in the school office to pick up a registration packet.
The University of Virginia hosts Human Resource Management and Leadership information sessions on Tuesday, May 11, at the Northern Virginia Center, 7054 Haycock Road, Falls Church. The Human Resource Management session begins at 6 p.m., while the Leadership session begins at 7 p.m. Participants receive an overview of the certificate program and meet course instructors. In addition, online course demonstrations are offered for certificate programs available in an online format. Free. To attend, participants are encouraged to RSVP online at www.scps.virginia.edu/northern/forms/bt.htm
Rolling Valley Elementary School hosts its annual Kindergarten Orientation for the 2004-05 school year on Monday, May 24, at 2 p.m. Prospective kindergartners and their parents are invited to come and learn about the kindergarten program and to make an appointment for registration. According to Virginia law, children are eligible to attend school if his or her birthday falls on or before Sept. 30, 2004. Call the school at 703-923-2700 for more information.
Parent University presents a series on "Guiding Good Choices," sponsored by the Fairfax County Department of Community and Recreation Services. Families welcomed to attend. A light meal served at 6:30 p.m. Free. RSVP to 703-324-5532 by the Monday prior to each session:
* Managing Conflict — Parents learn how to manage family conflict in a way that maintains and strengthens bonds with their children. Develop skills that you can use to assist your children avoid getting into trouble, while still maintaining friendships and having fun. Session takes place Thursday, May 13, at 6:30 p.m.
* Involving Everyone — Parents and kids get together to share ideas in order to better understand where each other is coming from. Teens are invited to attend this session to share their thoughts and feelings on family issues and to help plan family meetings. Session takes place Thursday, May 20, at 6:30 p.m.
These sessions meet at the Mott Community Center, 12111 Braddock Road, Fairfax. Free baby-sitting available for school-aged children. Call Vicki Greene at 703-324-5719 three days prior to each session to make arrangements. For more information, call 703-278-8605.
The University of Virginia hosts an accounting information session on Tuesday, May 25, at 6 p.m. at the Northern Virginia Center, 7054 Haycock Road, Falls Church. Participants receive an overview of the certificate program and meet course instructors. In addition, online course demonstrations are offered for certificate programs available in an online format. Free. To attend, participants are encouraged to RSVP online at www.scps.virginia.edu/northern/forms/bt.htm
Girl Scouts. Two groups open to girls between 5 and 11, and 11 and 17 years old, all year round. Activities include high-adventure outings such as rock climbing, white water rafting and back packing, international and national travel, internship opportunities on capitol hill, theater, art, science, technology and making friends. For more information call Betsy Kiger at 1-800-523-7898, ext. 578, Sharon Fontanella at 703-451-4680 or Dale Hook at 703-866-1840. Visit www.studio2B.org or www.gscnc.org.
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 Leslie Ebert, 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.
Fairfax County Public Schools has established a new, toll-free telephone hotline for emergency messages, with information in three languages. The new number allows more people to use the hotline at the same time, reducing delays and busy signals.
The new number, 1-800-839-FCPS (3277) is effective immediately, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In the event of school closings or delays or other emergency situations, information can be obtained by dialing the toll-free number from anywhere in the region. Messages are available in English, Korean and Spanish.
Fairfax County Public Schools has expanded support services for families of students with disabilities. Parents can now access the services of a special education ombudsman for guidance and support. The eight ombudsmen are part of a network that provides assistance to parents who are navigating the special education process and feel they could benefit from the advice and knowledge of a more experienced and specially trained parent. Parent ombudsmen can provide information about the special education process and services provided by Fairfax County Public Schools, as well as information about special education regulations, procedures, and policies. They may collaborate with parents to assist them in resolving problems. They may also attend Individualized Education Program (IEP) or school-based meetings to help parents and staff members reach consensus regarding the special education process. For more information, contact the Parent Resource Center at 703-204-3941. For a listing of the eight ombudsmen
visit www.fcps.edu/DSSSE/ombudsmen/index.htm.
Need the help of a reliable teenager? West Springfield High School maintains a job and volunteer opportunity board. Students come to the Career Center at school to obtain information about part-time jobs and volunteer needs. From baby-sitting to yard work to word processing, there is a student to help. Contact the Career Center at 703-913-3828 with a description of the job, hours and contact information.
Ryan Comes, a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST), received an honorable mention in the Best of Fair category and won first place in the Physics category at the Virginia State Science and Engineering Fair which took place Saturday, April 17, at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland. Comes was honored for his project, “A Study of Tunneling Between Dissimilar Metals.” By receiving a Best of Fair honor, Comes qualifies to attend the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in May in Portland, Ore., as part of the Virginia delegation.
The following Fairfax County Public Schools students received first-place honors at the Virginia State Science and Engineering Fair: Justin Solomon of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in the Computer Science category, “The Use of Threads to Simulate Parallel Supersampled Stochastic Antin Ray Tracers;" Nina Huffman of Langley High School in the Earth and Space Sciences category, “Detecting Extrasolar Planets by Photometry;” Melissa Marazzi, Mary Patterson and Ashley Pyon of Robinson Secondary School in the Team Projects category, “The Effect of Aspect Ratio on the Flight of a Glider.”