Education

Solving a Real-World Problem

Rocky Run students win a national science competition.

A team of three, seventh-grade girls from Rocky Run Middle School just won the national championship in the U.S. Army’s 11th annual eCybermission competition.

Steven Bowen was named to the spring 2013 dean's list at Creighton University. Grace McKnight, a rising senior at Chantilly and a member of the Chantilly Academy Air Force Junior ROTC program, has been selected to attend the Leadership Laboratory Activity. The encampment will take place at the end of June at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.

‘It’s Irreverent … and Entertaining’

Westfield Summer Stage Presents ‘The Producers’

With a cast and crew of more than 100, Westfield Summer Stage presents the musical that won more Tony awards than any other show in Broadway history, “The Producers.” The curtain rises Friday-Saturday, July 19-20 and July 26-27, at 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, July 21, at 2 p.m., at Westfield High, 4700 Stonecroft Blvd., Chantilly. Seats are reserved; tickets are $12 at www.westfieldtheatreboosters.com and $15 at the door.

Chavarria Wins TurnAround Award

At the June MountainView Alternative High School senior luncheon, Jalissa Chavarria won the $1,000 TurnAround Life Award.

Student Wins DAR Art Award

Lucy Medley, a student at T.C.Williams High School, won first place in the Daughters of the American Revolution Junior American Citizen National Art Competition. She is the daughter of Lisa and Howell Medley.

Natalie Barrow

Attending Naval Academy Seminar

Natalia Barrow, student at Bishop Ireton High School was one of 2,550 rising seniors invited to Naval Academy Summer Seminar program this year.

Alexandria School Notes

Three T.C. Williams students competed at the Virginia Junior Academy of Sciences Symposium in Blacksburg.

Bishop Ireton Appoints Crooker

Stephen Crooker has been appointed to the newly created position of director of instruction at Bishop Ireton High School.

Centreville School Notes

Olivia Cibelle Zendja has been named to the dean's list for the 2013 spring semester at Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky.

A Two-time International Winner

McLean native and TJ student Joe Broom is first to win International Euphonium Institute Festival twice.

For his 16th birthday, McLean native and rising junior at TJHSST Joe Broom specifically asked his parents not to get him a car. This was because he had something better in mind: a new euphonium.

Claude Moore Colonial Farm Turns 40

Longtime friends, volunteers celebrate 40 years of colonial-style farming.

Claude Moore Colonial Farm opened its doors on July 26, 1973, with the idea to show what life was like 200 years ago. Forty years later, it still provides a glimpse of daily life for farmers in 1771. The farm welcomed friends and longtime volunteers to celebrate the last 40 years and look to the next 40 years Thursday, July 11.

Teaching Girls the Value of Science

The Girls Excelling in Math and Science (GEMS) Club Initiative, Nova Labs, and the Mid-Atlantic Girls Collaborative (MAGiC) have announced a new project: The Girl Makers of Northern Virginia.

Schools

Fifteen Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) graduates from the class of 2013 have been named winners of college-sponsored scholarships by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC).

Fairfax County School Board Elects Ilryong Moon as Chairman

The Fairfax County School Board has elected Ilryong Moon (at-large) as chairman and Tamara Derenak Kaufax (Lee District) as vice chairman for a one-year term.

Students, Teachers Practice Science

There’s something for everyone at GMU’s VISTA science camp.

The thought of spending a summer immersed in science and math assignments is likely to make many students cringe. However, some Northern Virginia children are embracing the idea with a summer camp filled with projects that run the gamut from baking cookies in a solar oven to building a model roller coaster.

The Connection