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                                                                 Hayfield Secondary School

 

FAIRFAX COUNTY                                                                                         7630 Telegraph Road

PUBLIC SCHOOLS                                                                                  Alexandria, Virginia 22315

 

Community Information Bulletin
April 25, 2007
Ken Halla, Bulletin Coordinator
Bill Oehrlein, Ph.D., Principal

 

 

The following students were chosen to attend the Governor’s School this summer.

Mary Connell in Agriculture; Samantha Dodbele in Math, Science, Tech; Brandon Eskridge in Arts; George Hyde in Math, Science, Tech; Tina Tang in Agriculture; Elena Tenore in Marine Science and Jinelle Baldorado in Japanese.

 

Hayfield students at performed extremely well on the National Latin Exam. Half of 21 students who took the exam won awards distributed among all five levels of Latin. These students are Summa Cum Laude Gold Medal Awards: Kim Tran (Level I), Chris Kenedy (Level IV); Maxima Cum Laude Silver Medal Awards: Katie Taylor (Level I, as an 8th grader), Chris Smith (Level I, as an 8th grader), Anders Bruce (Level II), Laura Murray (Level III); Magna Cum Laude Certificate of Achievement: Leanne Hanson (Level V); Cum Laude Certificates of Achievement: Sydni Robinson (Level I), Amanda Smith (Level I), Michael Smith (Level I), and Dennis Aviles (Level I, as an 8th grader).

 

The Hayfield High School Science Olympiad team, led by Mary Ann Jefferson and Barbara Kelley, had an outstanding performance at the Virginia State Science Olympiad competition: 1st Place in four events; Ecology: Kelsey O’Hara and Elena Tenore; Forensics: Cole Eskridge and Josh Trebach; Write It, Do It: Josh Trebach and Sandro Gvakhavia; Disease Detectives: Cole Eskridge and Sandro Gvakhavia.  2nd place: Astronomy: Carolyn Smith and Sanah Baig; 3rd place: Entomology: Cole Eskridge and Michelle Baca; Health Science: Joanna Pangilinan and Josh Trebach; 4th place: Oceanography: Elena Tenore and Michelle Baca.

 

The middle school Science Olympiad also did quite well at the state competition with Zhina Kamali and Brittaney Ritchie placing third and Julian Whitman and Khalil Yasin for placing fifth

 

This year 46 of Bruce Miller’s government students drafted proposed laws and submitted them to the e-Congress which is a nationwide model Congress.  The e-Congress permits students to learn about the legislative process by drafting proposed laws, by participating in committee review of laws proposed by other students, and by voting on the House floor on bills approved by committee.

Ten students had their bills passed into “e-law.”  Successful students were: Mimi Santullo, Gloria Pena, Kevin Pallozzi, Hillary Nickle, Mathew Martinez, Betty Abebe, Brandon Cole, Andrea Crespo, Andrew Jones, and Chris Llabres.  Jose Cortez, Jose Santiago, Jake Canody and Martin Garduno saw their bills pass committee approval, but not receive a majority vote on the House floor.