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2005-2006 Teacher recognition: Toss Cline Congratulations Toss Cline: Virginia Technology Teacher of the Year 2006!
Comic Actor award for Sam Ludwig Madison High School senior Sam Ludwig was recognized with a Cappie award at the seventh annual Cappies Gala on Sunday, June 11, before a capacity audience of 2,400 at the Concert Hall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Ludwig, who won the Cappie for Comic Actor in a Play for his performance in Madison's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, was among 37 Cappies awarded to high school performers, tech specialists, critics, and others. Fifty-eight high schools from Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia, took part. Twenty schools received one or more Cappie awards. All awards, except those in the critics’ categories, were determined by the votes of 305 student critics.
French Honor Society The French Department is pleased to announce the 2006 inductees into the French Honor Society: Business Honor Society We are pleased to announce this year's inductees into the Business Honor Society for 2006: Senior Fully Initiated Members: Underclass Members (probationary until graduation): Please join me in recognizing their accomplishments! Dana Dingell, Sponsor Crew State Champions The gold and bronze Virginia State Champions in Crew are competing at the Scholastic Rowing Association National Championships in Saratoga Springs on May 26th and 27th. The women's crew is Morgan Swersey, Sarah Curtis, Hannah Skop, Kate Colwell and Meaghan Brown. The men's crew is Paul Feibelman, Chris Church, James Dorman, Michael Comfort and Matthew Pepper. Good luck to all. Nationally Ranked French Achievers Congratulations to the students who were recognized as national winners in the National French Contest. The test was given across the country to over 100,00 students. The JMHS students who scored in the top 10 in the nation at their level of study include: Level 3 Alex Ferraro 2nd 1st Level 4 Stephanie Leger 8th 8th Level 5 Lindsey Navin 5th 2nd Virginia Honor Band Congratulations to Michael Hackbarth! Madison's band has been designated as one of Virginia Honor Bands by the Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association (VBODA). Press Release: Track Team: District Champions+ Congratulations to the track team for its successes at the Regional Meet (Thur., 5/25). Please congratulate our Track and Field Athletes on their Liberty District accomplishments! Regional Qualifiers! We are on to Regionals at Lake Braddock! Ben Schwank Honors Congratulations to Benjamin Schwank. He received multiple awards and scholarships for his project, “Comprehensive Bacterial Identification and Analysis Software: Protecting the Armed Forces and Improving Health Care Worldwide” at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. His largest award was a scholarship from the Office of Naval Research on behalf of the United States Navy and Marine Corps in the amount of $8,000. Press release: MADISON CREW WINS 1ST AND 3RD IN VIRGINIA SCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONSHIP REGATTA
The Women's 2nd 4 took FIRST IN THE STATE at the State Championship on Saturday May 13, 2006 at Occoquan. A permanent plaque for display at the school and the Governor's Cup will be housed at Madison H.S. until next year. The line up of the boat was Sarah Curtis, Meghan Brown, iKate Colwell, and Hanna Skop, with Morgan Swersey as the coxswain.
The Men's second 4 won 3rd place. Notably, this crew had only rowed together for just 3 days before the regatta. The line up for the men were Chris Church as stroke, Mike Comfort seat 3, James Dorman in seat 2 and Matt Pepper in seat 1 - in the bow, Paul Feibelman was the coxswain.
The Men's first 4 with Mike Ostrowski, Drew Foulis, James Smith, James Dorman, Samantha Lee and Mike Tugendhat as the alternate are going to the Stotesbury Cup Regatta to be held in Philadelphia, Pa. The Women's first 4 with Melinda Fraser, Kat Harper, Jessica Kolmer, Kasey Lewis and Sarah Sutton with Kate Humphries as the alternate are also going to the Stotesbury Cup Regatta held in Philadelphia, Pa. May 19 and 20. Best of luck to everyone!!
Saturday, April 29: Madison Crew had a great day on the water. The Men's First 4 powered down the river in an exciting sprint to come in 2nd in their heat and advanced to the finals. The Women's First 4 came in 4th in their heat in a tough, competitive race. The Women's 2nd 4 came in first in their heat, going on to win 1st place in their final. Our novices came in 4th and looked absolutely terrific, with split seconds differences between 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th places. Go Warhawks! Madison Crew continued to do well over spring break with back-to-back regattas. On April 8th, the Women's First 4 made it into the finals and came in 2nd overall. The M's First 8 also made it into the finals and came in 5th out of 7 entries. The finals were raced under extremely trying weather conditions with wind, dramatic temperature drop and pouring rain. Because of the weather, all the novice races were cancelled. April 15th couldn't have been more dramatically different, weatherwise. Saturday was a beautiful, warm, sunny day. The First Women's 8 finished 4th in their heat. The First Men's 4 made it into the finals and wound up 4th overall. Go Warhawks Crew! Crew results for April 22nd are: Women's 2nd 4 took 1st place--way to go! The Men's 1st 4 made it into the finals, coming in 4th out of 16 entries overall. The Women's 1st 4 came in 4th in a tough heat and the Men's 1st 8 battled with rough competition. Unfortunately, all the novice races were cancelled due to weather conditions.
DECA: national achievement Congratulations to Daniel Marquez. He was one of twenty-nine FCPS Students that placed in the top ten in the nation at DECA’s 2006 International Career Development Conference held in Dallas. Complete press release: Boys' Tennis: District Champions The boys tennis team defeated Thomas Jefferson 6-3 for the Liberty district championship last Friday (5/5). This is the 3rd year in a row that our boys have won the district title. Madison will host the first 2 rounds of regional competition on Monday the 15th and Wednesday the 17th at 3:00pm. Be sure to come out and support your district champion boys' tennis team! SGA Elections Science and Scholarship honors for Ben Schwank Congratulations to Benjamin Schwank. He was one of twelve students from FCPS to be awarded a Corporate-Sponsored Scholarships From National Merit Scholarship Corporation. He also received honorable mention at the 2006 Virginia State Science and Engineering Fair held recently at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland for his project on Microbiology for “Comprehensive Bacterial Identification and Analysis Software: Protecting the Armed Forces and Improving Healthcare Worldwide.” Schwank’s project won a third place award from the Biotechnology Association, an honorable mention from the U.S. The complete newsreleases can be found at: http://www.fcps.edu/suptapps/newsreleases/newsrelease.cfm?newsid=355 http://www.fcps.edu/suptapps/newsreleases/newsrelease.cfm?newsid=356 Future Force Now Construction Industry Internship Congratulations to Young Kim: he has been selected to participate in the Future Force Now Construction Industry Internship Program. The program includes three training sessions in the spring and an internship over the summer. Young is the first student from Madison to participate in this internship program - great job and best of luck to you!!! Fine Arts Award to Chris Whitfield National Scholastic Art Award Congratulations to Philippe Grenade-Willis. He received a Silver Award in the 2006 National Scholastic Art Awards competition, administered by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers. Philippe was one of 20 award winners from Fx. Co. Public Schools. FCPS press release: Chess Team Congratulations to the Madison Chess Team! Madison High School captured second place at the Virginia Scholastic Chess Championship, with team member Tyler Cook finishing in third place in the individual standings. Press release: Band and Orchestra Congratulations to the Band and Orchestra on their excellent performances and awards won on Spring Trip to Orlando Florida this past weekend!
Thank you all for your support for the music department and for all of students who participated! We greatly appreciate it! Madison Winter Guard Congratulations to the Madison Winter Guard. This year the guard received 1st place at 2 competitions and 2nd place at their other 2 competitions:
The guard was also promoted during the season to a higher level of competition and still managed to do very well. The following students are members of the Winter Guard:
The guards’ last performance will be this weekend (4/1) in Florida. Thanks for your support! PTSA Reflections Contest results Congratulations to JMHS students who participated in the PTSA Reflections program! There were 115 entries at Madison, and four first-place winners went on to higher-level judging. At the Cluster level, Dason Jung won third place for visual arts, and Nick Parrott’s musical composition won second place. Stefanie Miller’s photography entry and Shilpa Darivenula’s literature entry both won first place, and proceeded to the District level. Shilpa won second place at the District, and Stefanie won first place and advanced to the state level. At the state level, Stefanie’s entry won second place! Way to go, Stefanie! Next year’s Reflections theme is “My Favorite Place,” and entries will be due in the fall. So start working on yours soon! MAD 5K race results and thanks to sponsors Regional Science Fair 21 Projects from Madison competed at the Fairfax Regional County Fair held this weekend (3/18). 6 of our projects will be going on to higher levels of competition (talk about March Madness!). They are: Ben Schwank Grand Prize Winner and qualifying for the Intel Science Fair 8-13 May Other 1st Place Awards and Qualifying to attend the State Fair are: Caitlin Klimavicz Botany Alan Ledford Chemistry Ava Mainieri Microbiology James Sennett Physics Cameron Cassady & Jonathan Maiorana Physics Congratulations to all!
2006 Vienna Photography Contest Winners Congratulations to our Madison art students who won awards in the Vienna Photography exhibit. It took place this past weekend (3/18-19) and close to 400 entries were submitted. Category Winner Animals 2nd Alicia Raft HM Jacqueline Inskeep Black and White 1st John Dombroski HM Stefanie Miller Digital 1st Stefanie Miller HM Eric Randall HM Chris Church Portraiture HM Stefanie Miller Scenic HM Jacqueline Inskeep National Track and Field competition Two Madison students competed at the Nike Indoor National Track and Field Championships on Saturday (3/11).
Justin Duncan was 15th in the boys triple jump and Veronica Day was 16th in the girls triple jump.
Congratulations to both for a fine season and making it to the National meet.
Band and Orchestra District Festival Congratulations to ALL of the JMHS Bands and Orchestras. The Wind Symphony, the Symphonic Band, the Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Symphonic Orchestra ALL received Straight Superior Ratings at this past weekend's performance assessment festivals - this is the HIGHEST possible rating that a performing ensemble can receive. We are so appreciative for all the support the music department received from all members of the Madison staff. Special congratulations to Dina Felts who hosted the event here at Madison. Directors and students from all over the county positively commented on the event and complimented Madison on our hospitality. Again, thank you. If you have any orchestra or band students in your classes, please wish them congratulations on their wonderful work. We hope to see many of you at the choral department concert tomorrow night in the auditorium. FBLA Regional competition Madison students once again achieved much success in the FBLA Regional competition. Winners receiving 1st or 2nd place will advance to State compeition April 7-8. Please congratuate these find young men and ladies when you see them: Business Calculations Andrew Roesener 2nd place Other competitors who, while not advancing to state, represented Madison and themselves with honor and distinction and should be congratulated are: Leah Bruch, Business Communications All-Virginia Band/Orchestra Congratulations to the following JMHS Students that were selected as members of the 2006 All-Virginia Band/Orchestra. Analicia Carpio - Flute Analicia Carpio, Kevin Kingsley, and James Trichilo are ranked 1st Chair in the state on their instruments. Robotics Advisor Honored The James Madison Robotics Club would like to congratulate our terrific sponosor, Mr. Cline, on winning the prestigious Woodie Flowers Award at the NASA regional competition and wish him good luck at the national competition. Thanks Mr. Cline.
Indoor Track and Field State Competition Congratulations to both Veronica Day and Justin Duncan on their performance at the Indoor Track and Field State Meet this weekend (3/4-5). Justin won the Triple Jump competition with a jump of 47 feet 4 and a half inches he also placed 13th in Long Jump. Veronica placed 12th in Triple Jump and 10th in Long Jump - setting a new school indoor long jump record of 17 feet 6 and one quarter inches Both Day and Duncan will compete next Saturday (3/11) in the Nike National Competition being held at the Prince George's Sports Complex. Winter Guard places first at Herndon Congratulations to the Madison Winter Guard on another great performance. This weekend (3/11) they placed first at the Herndon Competition. Forensics Regional Champion On February 22, Abbie Leventhal finished first in Regional competition in humorous interpretation.
JMHS Presidential Scholars Nominee Congratulations to Long Ouyang! Long was one of twenty-eight FCPS students nominated in the 2006 Presidential Scholars program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. Full newsrelease: Warhawk Girls' JV Basketball District Champions Congratulations to the Girls JV Basketball team for beating Woodson 51-31 on Friday (2/10) to win their 2nd straight Liberty District Championship, they finish with a 14-2 record, 13-1 in the District.
Warhawk Track and Field District Champions On Thursday, January 9th, the indoor track team wrapped up Liberty District competition. The Warhawks had many strong finishers including:
Boys 4x400 relay (Mark Williamson, Keenan Lofton, Rich Brown and Justin Duncan) -2nd place 2005 Inductees to the Athletic Hall of Fame Congratulations to the following 2005 Class Inductees to the Athletic Hall of Fame: District Band Congratulations to the following Band students that have been selected for the 2006 District Band. They will be participating in District XII Band all day on Friday, February 3 (and Saturday with a concert at 7:00 p.m. @ Herndon HS): Andrews, Marggie submitted by: Poetry Award Winner Shilpa Darivemula won first place in the poetry category of the 2005-2006 FCPS District competition for the National Career Development Association’s Poetry and Poster Contest. Ben Schwank: Semifinalist for National Science Competition Congratulations to Benjamin Schwank! He was one of eight FCPS Students named Intel Science Talent Search Semifinalist. This is a national competition. He was the only semifinalist from Virginia that was not from TJ. A total of 300 semifinalists were chosen from among more than 1,500 entrants and will receive matching awards of $1,000 along with their schools. Forty finalists will be announced on January 25; they will attend the Intel Science Institute and compete for more than $500,000 in college scholarships. Press release: Girls Varsity Basketball Congratulations to the girls varsity basketball team for winning the championship at the Westfield Bulldog Bash over winter break. They were 4 and 0 in the tournament. Senior Kerry Sparrow and sophomore Kristen Ceglie were named to the all-tournament team. Senior Christy Cushnie, averaging 20 points per game, received the most valuable player award. Wrestling The Warhawk wrestling team had its highest finish ever at the Herndon Capitol Challenge over winter break. The Warhawks took third with 13 place winners, led by champions Eric Monday who became a two time champion at 171 lbs, Rayner Bravo at 145 lbs, and Jake Thomas at Heavyweight. Matt Palmer took a close second at 103 lbs, and Tommy Murphy (119), Tim Beasley (130), and Leonard Weschler (189) took third. Other place winners included Richy Ochs (112), Chris Ek (152), John King (215), Allen Smisko (125), Chris Fox (160), and Jamie Facenda (215). Senior District Orchestra Congratulations to the following students who auditioned and were selected to participate in the Senior Orchestra event in January! Choi, Jae Young (JC) Symphonic Band Congratulations to Mike Hackbarth
and the Symphonic Band for a superior performance at the Virginia
Music Educators Association Conference in Norfolk, VA
on November 19-20, 2005. They performed for over 1000
music educators from all
over the state of Virginia and performed an amazing concert! Congratulations
to all of his and the band’s hard work!!! Westinghouse Science Competition Congratulations
to Senior Ben Schwank, who was a semifinalist in the Westinghouse
Science Competition, a regional honor. Check out
the banner in the science hall, and be sure to support all of our
science achievers. Marching Band This year the marching band is
competing in the USSBA (United States Scholastic Band Association)
circuit in this season in the 5-Open Class. Class is based
on the size of the band – Class 5 Open is the highest
competitive level for a band with 110 - 135 members. The Marching
Band has
won or tied for 1st place in the Class 5-Open division at all
of the competitions that it has participated in
this year. The band has also taken many caption awards for
receiving the highest score from a particular judge in the
entire competition
regardless of class. The band was also named the USSBA Class
5-Open Virginia State Champions this past weekend. Here is the
information
for the individual competitions:Northern Virginia Regional
- Herndon HS – Sept. 24: At the Mid Atlantic States Championship in Annapolis this past weekend the band was awarded a final score of 88.50. This score put the band in First Place in the 5-Open Class and awarded the band the USSBA Class 5-Open Virginia State Championship. This score was the second highest score in the entire competition behind the 6-Open champions. The band received the highest Percussion and Music Ensemble scores in the entire competition. Additionally, the band performed on Saturday, October 29 - at the Virginia Band Director’s Association State Marching Festival at Battlefield High School in Manassass (details to follow). The Marching Band will completing its season by attending the USSBA All-States Championship in East Rutherford, New Jersey (Giants Stadium) on November 5. The JMHS Marching Band is currently tied for 4th in the eastern coast USSBA circuit going into this championship competition. CONGRATULATE YOUR BAND STUDENTS – THEY ARE HAVING A GREAT YEAR!!
Yearbook Honor The Montpelier, the Madison
High School yearbook, was given a first-place distinction from
the Virginia High School League (VHSL) . FCPS Psychologist of the Year CONGRATULATIONS to SHARON
HARRELL,
FCPS
School Psychologist of the Year William and Mary Leadership Award Congratulations to Kathryn
Gongaware,
Madison High School Selected for William and Mary Leadership Award.
She was chosen out of twenty-one students from Fairfax County Public
Schools (FCPS) that were nominated for the William and Mary Leadership
Award, which recognizes students who demonstrate leadership both
in the classroom and in their communities. National Merit Scholars 4 Madison Students Named National
Merit Semifinalists
They are four out of two hundred Fairfax County Public Schools
(FCPS) Also, congratulations to the following students who have been recognized as National Merit Commended students:
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