School Notes are for awards and achievements, as well as special events. Send information via e-mail to herndon@connectionnewspapers.com, or mail to 7913 Westpark Drive, McLean VA 22102. Deadline is 2 p.m. the Friday before publication. Entries will run as space is available. Call 703-917-6449 with questions.
A total of 399 male students from elementary, middle, and high school choral programs in Fairfax County Public Schools will combine to create the FCPS Men’s Chorus and perform a concert at 4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 13 at the George Mason University Center for the Arts. The performance is free and open to the public. Each chorus will spend the day working with a guest conductor on their selections.
Elementary schools participating in the FCPS Men’s Chorus are Centreville, Dogwood, Forest Edge, Laurel Ridge, Lemon Road, Shrevewood, Spring Hill, Virginia Run, Wakefield, and Waples Mill Elementary Schools. Middle schools participating in the chorus include Carson, Cooper, Franklin, Frost, Glasgow, Herndon, Holmes, Irving, Jackson, Kilmer, Lanier, Liberty, Rocky Run, Sandburg, Stone, Thoreau, Twain, and Whitman Middle Schools and Hayfield and Robinson Secondary Schools. Participating high schools are Centreville, Edison, Fairfax, Herndon, Langley, Lee, Madison, Marshall, Mount Vernon, Oakton, South Lakes, West Potomac, and Woodson High Schools and Hayfield and Robinson Secondary Schools.
The Herndon Connection is preparing for the annual children’s issue. Submissions of writing and artwork from children through 12th grade are welcome. Material from children enrolled in public school, private schools and home-schools program is encouraged. The deadline for submissions is Friday, Dec. 1.
All material should be sent to the attention of assistant editor Meghan Williams, and labeled with the child’s name, grade, school and home zip code.
Electronic submissions are preferred, and should be e-mailed to herndon@connectionnewspapers.com or copied to compact discs and mailed to the Herndon Connection at 7913 Westpark Drive, McLean, VA 22102. Hard copies of material will also be accepted at that address, and can be returned.
Call Meghan Williams at 703-917-6449 with any questions.
The Herndon High School After Prom Committee, chaired by Cindy Wei, will have an interest meeting on Tuesday Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. in the lecture hall.
Prom is not until April 28, 2007 but it requires a lot of organization to get the event planned and underway. The group needs volunteers to do the following: arrange activities, food, decorations, check in/out, organize volunteers for the event and prizes as well as those who would like to assist through out the night of the event.
Alex Jones, Herndon High School Class of 2007, will be marching with his tuba in the Macy’s Day Parade on Thanksgiving. Alex is one of four Virginia students who will be part of the band that will lead the parade. Alex was chosen after attending summer band camp at the University of Virginia.