Golden News from Stuart High School

We are pleased to inform you that our School has been awarded the Fairfax County Public Schools G.O.L.D.E.N Wellness Award (Giving Others Lifelong Desire for Exercise and Nutrition) for the 2012-2013 school year. The Golden Wellness Award is the highest award given by the Fairfax County Public School Wellness Task Force.

We appreciate all of the time and energy our staff (most notably Sharon Ponton) have put forth to promote student health and contribute to the reduction of childhood obesity. The collaboration with the wellness liaison, the physical education department, the school’s Food and Nutrition Services, and the community during the year demonstrates a combined effort that was evident in our self-assessment response. 

Spring Success- Crew!

The JEB Stuart women’s quad (quadruple sculls) won the silver medal at the State Championship Regatta on Saturday, coming in 2^nd among 9 competitive teams.  The crew of Ana Telleria, Laura Hegemann, Emily Nguyen, and Kate Wright had an exceptional season, winning five varsity quad final races on the Occoquan this year.  Please congratulate them if you see them in the halls. 

In the men’s lightweight double, 2^nd place went to the Sam Garcia/Jackson Steltenpohl and 3^rd place to Evan Finley/Sergio Jimenez.  The Stuart men’s quad (Aria Nawab, Colin Sullivan, Bobby Dubas, Noah Pilugin) was 4^th in the final.  The Stuart women’s double of Shannon Sullivan/Breanna Dunn was 4^th in their heat.

The Women’s Varsity Quad (Ana Telleria, Laura Hegemann, Emily Nguyen, and Kate Wright) and the  Men’s Lightweight Double (Sam Garcia/Jackson Steltenpohl) will be racing May 24-25 at the SRAA Nationals near Camden, NJ.  

Stuart Tech Team

On Wednesday, May 8, our Stuart Tech Team held the first computer giveaway,  eight families from our feeder school received computers that the students had refurbished. These computers were outfitted with the latest software including Microsoft Office 2010. On Wednesday, May 15, a second giveaway took place for current students attending Stuart High School during which 25 of our families received computers. We are very proud of our Raiders that are working hard to close the digital divide. 

Soccer
Congratulations to both our Girls and Boys Soccer teams who won their 1^st Round District Soccer and finished in 3^rd place in the district.  The Raiders will play at Langley on Tuesday, May 21, in the 1st round of the Northern Region Tournament at 7:00 p.m. Our Lady Raiders upset the #3 seed with a 3-2 victory! The team finished the district in 4th place and will play at Stonebridge on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. Go Raiders!!!

Baseball

Baseball finished in 2nd place in the district and enters the Northern Region Tournament as a #3 seed. They will begin play next Thursday. Site and time is to be determined.

Tennis

Congratulations to Jakob Cole (freshman) and Q Manglapus (senior) who won The National District Doubles championship. Jakob matched his sister, Alex Cole's (senior) title!

Congratulations to Alex Coleman and Ella Dipetto on winning the National District Girls Doubles Tennis Championship. The girls defeated their opponents 6-3, 6-3. Ella and Alex will compete as a top seed in next week Northern Region Tournament.

Congratulations to Coach Balsavich (Wrestling) who was named the FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) Male Coach of the Year for the entire Northern Virginia area this past weekend.

Dance:               As reported from the Fairfax Times,

Fairfax students get rare opportunity to dance classics Working with legendary choreographer Paul Taylor ‘an incredible opportunity’

There are 32 students in Fairfax Academy’s dance courses. Stuart High School senior Elizabeth Burr, 18, is an understudy for one of the Taylor pieces.

“It was a great experience because he’s a famous choreographer that a lot of us had heard of before,” she said. “It’s not something we would normally get before college. ... In most of the studios I’ve been in, we’ve done a lot of contemporary but not a lot of modern. Modern is its own style that is more into the ground. Ballet is more upright.” 

High School Seniors from DC & MD Awarded 2013 Princeton Prize in Race Relations

Five students to receive Certificates of Accomplishment; Winners to be recognized in May 20 ceremony featuring FDIC

Mojib Ghaznawi, a senior at J.E.B. Stuart High School, a public high school in Falls Church, VA, created the first Programa Cultura, an event designed to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month and promote diversity through Latino poetry, dance and other cultural activities. He has been an active member of the Afghan Academy at the Mustafa Center through teaching, tutoring and other events. The cultural program that Mojib planned “gave him the opportunity to teach other students that race is not an obstacle to achieve our goals,” Spanish teacher Maria Neag wrote in her letter of support. Mojib plans to attend George Washington University’s Elliot School of International Affairs.

Stuart’s Ann Nguyen won first prize in both the Rotary speech contest for Virginia (District 7610)!!!  She won $1,000 + $200 at the school competition.  She, also, won the Rotary photo contest for Virginia (District 7610). 
Youth of the Year Award  

JEB Stuart senior Henry Lopez won the Youth of the Year Award for the whole Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington. He also emerged as the winner for the Boys & Girls Clubs' Youth of the Year for the whole Virginia, yet another testament to the character of our students.