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2006-2007 National Merit Scholarship Congratulations to Claire Smith of Madison High School (music-education), National Merit Florida State University scholarship. One of twelve Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) graduates from the class of 2007 that have been named winners of college-sponsored scholarships by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). Twelve FCPS Graduates Earn National Merit Scholarships: Warhawk Sculpture
Science Olympiad presentation to School Board Science Department Chair Judy Barrile addressed the School Board on May 24 regarding the Science Olympiad. Her speech will be aired Saturday, May 26th at 11:00 p.m. on FCPS Apple 21. If you miss her then, it will be rebroadcast on Tuesday (5/29) at 7:30pm. You'll also be able to see several of our Madison students via video clips from the State competition as well. Art Achievement Congratulations to artist extraordinaire Julie (Seung Jin) Han! Julie was awarded the "Emerging Artist Award for Excellence" scholarship from the Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, DC. Her work will be featured in their fall exhibit.
She was the Second place winner for the Federal Junior Duck Stamp contest as well as numerous Scholastic gold, silver and certificate of merit art awards. Although Julie was accepted to the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech, she has decided to go to the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign to study Architecture. UIUC has the 7th best architecture program in the United States. Track Track team finshes season at the VA state meet Veronica Day was 10th in the long jump and 13th in the triple jump Liberty District Results: Congratulations to: Baseball segment on NBC Ch. 4 News Entire Warhawks Baseball Team Off To College: 9 Starters Move To Next Level video: http://video.nbc4.com/player/?id=101774 related story: Moniri, a four-year starter for the Warhawks, has been a first team All-Liberty District selection the past two seasons and was named second team All-Region as a junior last year. He chose the Hoosiers, a member of the Big Ten Conference, over Miami of Ohio and Louisville University. With Moniri's decision, Liberty District regular season champion Madison now has seven seniors committed to play collegiate baseball next year, six with Div. I programs. Pitcher Jason Farley (Virginia Military Institute), shortstop Rich Conlon (University of Maryland-Baltimore County), pitcher/outfielder Sterling Sams (UMBC), catcher Alex Andrews (Mount St. Mary's University), pitcher Sam Gilbert (University of Pennsylvania) and pitcher Brad Wimmer (Frederick Community College) have also committed. http://www.timescommunity.com/site/tab5.cfm?newsid=18354908&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=550381&rfi=6 Crew At the State Crew competition on Saturday (5/12), the Madison Men's Lightweight four has QUALIFIED for NATIONAL COMPETITION!!! If you see Samantha Lee, Jeff Cammiso, Matt Pepper, Chris Church and James Smith, be sure to congratulate them for their tremendous achievement. Theater Congratulations to the Madison Drama Department and the JMHS Jazz Band for their 2007 Cappies (Theater) awards) nominations based on this year’s musical, “No, No, Nanette.” Other JMHS Cappies Nominees:
For all winners, see http://www.cappies.com/nca/news/2007/gala/pages/winners.htm Crew Novice Boats Rock the Occoquan! The Ted Phoenix Lower Boat Regatta on the Occoquan is the championship for freshman and novice rowers from the metro DC area. Last Saturday's (5/5) early sunshine turned to wind and rain for the final heats by noon. Madison Novice Women’s 4 took the bronze: 6:45.3 after battling down the 1,500 meter course. They have had a great season finishing in the top two in all prior regattas. Madison Novice Men's 8 finished 3rd in their heat: 5:32.6. Their record this season has been all place finishes. If you know a crew team member, be sure to congratulate him or her on a successful season. The voices of the student body have been heard, and the results follow. I would like to thank everyone who helped make this election possible--in particular the administrators, guidance counselors and class sponsors who helped the speeches take place in such an orderly manner on Tues., the social studies teachers who brought their classes to Warhawk Hall each period for two days--and the teachers of our senior SGA members who allowed them to be student election officers on Wed. and Thurs. The Electoral Board officers from Fairfax County were most complimentary of the students, faculty, and school climate they observed during their two days on duty at Madison. Scott Jeschke Senior Class President Greg Olson Junior Class President Annmarie Irwyn Sophomore Class President FCPS Student Advisory Council Representatives: EXECUTIVE BOARD Four freshmen will be elected in September--a few students will also be added through the interview process next week. Spanish Honor Society Congratulations to the following students who will be inducted into the Spanish Honor Society on Tuesday, May 22.
Señora Elizabeth Madero Track The girls track team has won the regular season district title. They finished a perfect regular season by defeating TJ on May 2 (93-44). Winners at TJ include: Be sure to support the Track Team in the postseason! Art Achievement Congratulations to artist extraordinaire Ellie Doughty!
Crew Congratulations once again to Madison Crew team for a great performance in Saturday's (4/28) regatta!
The Men's Light Weight 4 came in a clear first over 6 other teams with a time of 6:10.3
Both Women's Second 4 and Novice Men's 8 took second place in their races
Women's Novice 4 took a 4th place in their race
Men's Varsity 4 and Men's 2nd each took a 5th place
And finally, the Women's Light Weight 4 took a 6th in a close heat with no posted time by officials.
This Saturday (5/5) is the Novice regatta at Sandy Run -
Come on out and enjoy the sun while supporting your Madison rowers!
Track The Madison girls finished 10th out of 94 schools at the Dogwwod Track Classic
needless to say, the girls team did very well on Saturday (4/28)
Senior Veronica Day who just signed her national letter of intent to Elon College led the way. She was 3rd in the long jump and 7th in the triple jump. Charlotte Diggs was 5th in the 200m dash.
Chralotte and Veronica joined Alisa Harrison and Brigid Byrne to finish 4th in the 1600 meter Sprint Medley (and set a school record in the event). Brigid also qualified for regionals in the 1600 meter run finishing 12th overall in a very deep 1600 field.
The girls 4x4 finished 5th. Kristen Bell ran a personal best lead off leg to get the team started, then Veronica Day, Charlotte Diggs, and Alisa Harrison finished the relay in season best for the team of 4:11.20
Corey Lofton ran a personal best of 10:08.65 in the 3200 meter run.
Next up for the team is Wednesday (5/2) at Thomas Jefferson for a dual meet.
Craig Chasse In Memoriam: Maxine Turner
Crew Congratulations Crew Team for a great performance in last Saturday's Regatta on the Potomac in Georgetown! PTSA Triple I Teacher Award Nominees Foster Caffi See poster in the Main Office. Track Madison girls beat both South Lakes and Stone Bridge in the track meet on Wednesday (4/18) to move to a 6-0 dual meet record. Craig Chasse Science Olympiad It is with great pleasure that I announce that Madison Science Olympiad won the state tournament (4/14-15). The competition was very close, however Mad Science prevailed!! Please congratulate the following students for a job well done: Joey Zwicker Wish them well for the National Tournament in Kansas. --Judy Barrile Envirothon The JMHS Envirothon team came in first at the Fairfax County competition (4/11), topping Hidden Pond Nature Center for the first time. The team advances to the Regional competition in 2 weeks and then possibly states. Team Members are: Alex Siragy (President) Please congratulate them when you see them. Kirk Smith, JMHS Environmental Club advisor Track Girls track moves to 4-0 in the district, boys beat Marshall.
The girls team beat Marshall and McLean at a double dual meet at McLean Wednesday 4/11.
Overall winners included Veronica Day (100 hurdles 17.7, triple jump 33-6.25, long jump 16-5.75, and 400 dash 63.0), Charlotte Diggs (100 meter dash 13.0 and 200 meter dash 26.4), Brigid Byrne (1600 meter run 5:25.2 and 3200 meter run 11:59), Hayley Schaefer (pole vault 7-0) The boys beat Marshall yesterday, led by Mark Williamson (400 meter dash win 50.7) and Corey Lofton (won 3200 in 10: 31.1) Will Carritte was second in both the shot 33'3" and the discus 95'8" Madison sent 4 projects onto the State Fair (4/7-8) and 3 wound up in the money (so to speak). Our two team projects garnered the following: 3rd Place Elizabeth and Curtis Khol - Rigging a Coin Flip (Mathematics) These are excellent finishes since all team projects are competing against each other independent of category. And the big news of the day: a 1st Place in Microbiology and Best of Fair Award to Ava Mainieri - Arabinose Metabolism of Halobacterium sp NRC-1 This project qualifies to go the International Fair, Albuquerque NM, May 13-19, 2007. This is the first time in at least a decade that we have had a project get Best of Fair award at the States. Best wishes for international success, Ava! M. Romeo Regional Recap: Chemistry - Chris Moad Click here for complete results (and here for a list of all participants) M. Romeo Future Business Leaders of America Several exceptional Madison students competed at the FBLA State Leadership Conference (3/30-31); note: all of them had previously placed first at the Spring Regional Conference (3/6/07).
Jessica Clark and teammate Carrie Slye (Desktop Publishing)
Andrew Roesener (Business Calculations)
Victoria Do (Computer Concepts)
Jeff Horan (Business Law) - won 4th place in the State
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Gary Prakash and Patrick Hunt 1st place in the State for Multimedia Presentations! They will be representing Virginia at the FBLA National Leadership Conference in Chicago June 28 - July 2. Not only did they win 1st place, but received a 100% rating from the judges...a rare and difficult thing to do.
Please congratulate all these fine young men and women, and wish Gary and Patrick good luck in Chicago---what an incredible way to end their senior year!!!
Regional Conference: Dana Dingell, All-Virginia Band and Orchestra Congratulations to the 12 band and orchestra students who auditioned and were accepted to perform at the All-Virginia Band and Orchestra Event on April 12-14! Rebekah Carpio
David Choi
Susan Chong
Steven Cutri
Charlie Fraser
Max Friedfeld
Kyle Green
Rachel Jones
Linda Klimavicz
Sam Koff
Claire Smith
Virginia WuDistrict Orchestra Congratulations to the Symphonic and Philharmonic Orchestras for great performances at District XII Orchestra Festival (3/23-4) Both ensembles received straight Superior ratings from all of the judges!
Here are a few pic's taken by Mr. Gambarelli: and more pictures taken by students Ashley Pace and Kelly Mathews: Teacher recognition: Toss Cline Congratulations Toss Cline, who was awarded one of the national teacher excellence awards presented by the International Technology Education Association Conference in San Antonio (3/24-5). This latest award reflects his excellence in teaching and his commitment to technical education. His efforts in Robotics outside the classroom also reflects his commitment to helping his students excel. Winter Guard Please congratulate your JMHS Winter Guard students for earning 3rd place in their regional competition at C.D. Hylton High School in Woodbridge, VA. The Guard earned their highest score of the season (80.0) points, and is now ranked in the top 10 for the Atlantic Indoor Association Championships this coming weekend (3/31-4/1) in Raleigh, NC. Your guard members are: --Joy Schmidt Jazz Band, Madrigals and Women's Choir Congratulations to Madison musicians in the Jazz Band, Madrigals and Women's Choir. All three groups received top ratings of Superior in their respective district Festivals! Thank you to all the staff who were so very supportive as we hosted the District Choral Festival here at Madison. This is a huge undertaking and the students who worked 14 hours on Friday and 10 hours on Saturday (as well as performing) were a wonderful reflection on our Madison community. Please congratulate any of these musical students on this outstanding achievement. We are so proud of them and so grateful for your support. Claire Rowan and Michael Hackbarth Foreign Language Congratulations to Jake Beckhardt, Cat Galie and Shayne Ward who received 2nd place for their dramatic interpretation of Rhinocéros by Eugène Ionesco last weekend (Mar. 16-17) in the area Modern Foreign Language tournament at George Mason High School. Credit is also due to Amy Hui, Mary Herdman and Elizabeth Lopez who took the time to memorize and recite poems in French. 29 Madison students competed in Norfolk in the DECA state competition. Of those students, 11 of them made the stage and will compete at Nationals in Orlando, FL April 28th to May 2nd! Congratulations to the following students:
--Sarah Hinkhouse
District Band Congratulations to both the Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band for their outstanding performances at the District 12 Band Festival (3/10-11). Both ensembles received superior ratings from all of the judges earning them the highest possible rating of Superior!
A special thanks to all the students, parents and volunteers who put in countless hours of time to make the operation of a festival at JMHS a success. The festival would not have been possible without your efforts! Robotics Please join me in congratulating those students who participated in the NASA/VCU Regional FIRST Robotics Competition this past weekend (3/3) in Richmond, Virginia. The James Madison HS Robotics Club was ranked First out of 66 teams and made it to the semi-finals! Indoor Track State competition Congratulations to The girls 4x200 The State meet is at George Mason's Field house. All-Virginia Band Congratulations to the nine JMHS Band members that auditioned for All-Virginia Band on February 24 at James Madison University. ALL of these students were selected as 2007 All-Virginia band members! Rachel Jones and Rebekka Carpio were placed 1st chair in the state!
All-Virginia Orchestra Congratulations to the three orchestra students who auditioned this weekend at JMU and were accepted to perform with the All-Virginia Orchestra on April 12-14 at Christopher Newport University. Virginia Wu - violin Charlie Fraser - bass Kyle Green - violin These students had to first qualify to audition by being accepted into the Regional Orchestra. This is a fantastic accomplishment, congratulations to each of them! Science Fair Congratulations to the students advancing to the Regional Science Fair, which will be held at Robinson High School on March 16-18. M. Romeo Winter Guard Your JMHS Winter Guard brought home the First Place Trophy at the Feb 17 Atlantic Indoor Competition (hosted by TJHSST) - at the higher Scholastic A2 level! First competition of the season: Congratulations to our JMHS Winter Guard Team Members:
Elyse Bates
Karla Cornelio
Sara Greenwood
Jane Hegeler
Ping Lee
Laura Mattox
Maya Stevens
Katie Vo
Shayne Ward
Joy Schmidt
Math Department & Color Guard
Wrestling Regionals: Jake Oster (senior, 145), Ranyer Bravo (senior, 160), and John King (junior, HWT) placed in the top four of their weight classes at the Northern Region Wrestling Competition held on Feb. 16th and 17th. Ranyer and John each took 3rd place, and Jake placed 4th at the Regional tournament -- which puts them in contention for a state title at the Virginia State Wrestling Competition at Robinson HS on Feb. 23rd and 24th. Come out and cheer on your Madison Wrestlers!
Districts: Click here for picture Joe Bostick will travel State Swim Meet Congratulations to the 4 Madision swimmers who attended the Virginia State Swim Championship this past weekend in Virginia Beach. John Schnittker, Sean Fletcher, Rob Parker and Adam Pennington were the Mad Fab 4 who earned a 5th place team ranking out of 40 participating teams in the state of Virginia. A special congratulations goes out to Sean Fletcher who broke the state record in the 100meter butterfly event.
These young men exemplified the best of Warhawk sportsmanship.
Indoor Track Districts Our Warhawk Indoor Track and Field team traveled to Maryland last week and yesterday to compete in the Liberty District Championship. Swim and Dive Congratulations Madison Swim and Dive Team for a successful season of improved performances and record setting times at the Virginia Northern Region Championship Meet this past weekend. SEAN FLETCHER ('09), ROBBIE PARKER ('09), ADAM PENNINGTON ('10), and JOHN SCHNITTKER ('08) will be proudly representing the WARHAWKS in VA BEACH this weekend for STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. They will be leaving Thursday afternoon. Please let me know if there are any academic problems with these students.
They will compete on Friday and Saturday in the Boys 200 and 400 Free Relays as well as the 200 Free and 500 Free (John earned All American consideration for his times of 1:42.63 and 4:38.89 scoring 3rd and 2nd in the Northern Region), The 200 I.M. and the 100 Fly (Sean earned ALL AMERICAN status scoring 1st in the region in 100 fly with a time of 50.64 and 5th in the region in 200 I.M. with a time of 1:58.25), and the 50 Free ( Robbie earned 8th overall with a lifetime best time of 21.92 which is just 4/10ths of a second shy of All American consideration). There were a total of 24 teams and nearly 600 athletes competing at this exciting Championship meet. The complete results of the meet this past weekend as well as the summary of Madison's entire Swim and Dive Season for 2006-2007 may be found on http://www.warhawksports.org under Swim and Dive.
Please take time to congratulate our Swimmers and Divers. Thank you for your support. Coach Mike Hardy Wrestling The Madison Varsity Wrestling Team defeated Langley this past weekend and Marshall last night (1/31) to go 7-0 against district competition . They have a week to tune up before we compete in the Liberty District Tounament next Fri. and Sat. (2/9-10) at Marshall High School. The members of the Varsity Team are listed below. 103 Dylan Gilbert 9th Regional Scholastic Art Winners CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR JAMES MADISON WINNERS!
 THE GOLD KEY WINNERS WILL BE SENT TO THE NATIONAL COMPETITION IN NEW YORK FOR COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS!
As a new feature of the Scholastic Art Program, this year the Gold Key award winning artwork will be featured in the Fairfax Extra, Thursday edition, in addition to being displayed in the Scholastic Art Exhibition and being sent to New York for the national competition. Lorraine Grace, Oakton High School parent, and the newly formed Scholastic Volunteers of Fairfax have been working with Bob Samsot, Fairfax Extra Editor of the Washington Post, to publish this year’s Gold Key winning art work in the Fairfax Extra, Thursday edition, on occasion throughout the year. District Band Congratulations to the 28 JMHS band members that were selected for District Band:
Senior District Orchestra Congratulations to the following Orchestra students who auditioned for and were accepted in to the 2006-2007 District XII Senior District Orchestra:
There will be a concert at Oakton High School at the conclusion on the evening of January 13. Contact Dina Felts for more information. Madison: A Hometown School video Madison High School was featured on Cox Channel 21 in a 6-minute video called Madison: A Hometown School. The program focuses on Madison High School’s special relationship with the Town of Vienna. It is a segment on the current FCPS-produced news magazine, SchoolScene. See it online at: http://www.fcps.edu/DIT/streaming/ss4_hometown.asx Canned Food Drive The Madison community's tradition of generosity and good citizenship is alive and well with this year's record can drive results of 7,034 lbs. of food for Food for Others. Kudos to Mary Ann Barton and all the SGA students who worked hard promoting and collecting the items and to the SADD students who collected cans at the TJ football game, CAN Dance and helped box the donations. And a special thanks to all of you who went out of your way to help those disadvantaged and less fortunate in OUR COMMUNITY. Well done, Warhawks! Canned Food Drive Winners (and their average cans per student):
These classes will receive an IHOP breakfast on Tuesday, November 21 during 3rd pd. Ms. Karban with 32.3 cans per student will receive a deluxe doughnut breakfast on Nov. 21. The best part of all—many families in our own community will have much-needed food on their tables. Our total collection is in excess of 8,000 items! Thanks to each of you who helped the cause. --Mary Ann Barton Yearbook and Hawk Talk Honors The Virginia High School League (VHSL) evaluation service awarded: First place awards in the Yearbook Division to Montpelier, Madison High School (Gina Glassman, advisor); and Second place awards in the Newsmagazine Division to The Hawk Talk, Madison High School (Catherine Ferrick) Congratulations to both publications! News Release: District Chorus I am thrilled to announce that 21 students were recently accepted into the very competitive District Chorus! The two choirs (SATB and SSAA) will rehearse together over the next few months and will perform in a culminating choir event open to the public on February 9th. Should you see any of these singers, please congratulate them on this outstanding achievement.
Cross Country Regionals The girls did well at the Cross Country regional meet. Jade Zaharoff was our top finisher with a 27th place finish in the region. Laura Collier beat her best time by 18 seconds. Congrats to all on a fine season! --Coach Chasse Leadership Award Congratulations to Joseph Bostick. He was nominated along with 20 other FCPS students for the College of William and Mary Leadership Award, which recognizes students who demonstrate leadership both in the classroom and in their communities. Complete news release at: It's Academic The It's Academic Team won their game this past Saturday (10/28) and will now wait until the second round begins in March. You can watch the It's Academic show on Saturday, November 11th, on NBC at 10:30 AM. Cross Country Districts The cross country team did well at the district meet. The girls placed third in the district, led by Jade Zaharoff and Brigid Byrne, finishing in 7th and 8th place respectively. The team advances to the regional meet next Thursday (11/2). Matt McKeen ran 16:49 to set a personal record. State Golf Tournament Congratulations to both girls representing Madison at the Girls State Golf tournament. Sophia Montenegro (soph) placed 17th in a field of 73 players, and Christine Curley (senior) placed 4th in the State after losing an exciting rain soaked 3 hole playoff, taking All State Honors (adding to her accomplishments of All-District and All-Region golfer). Christine will more than likely be attending Georgetown University on a partial golf scholarship next fall. There was a nice article in the sports section in the 10/18 Washington Post. Congratulations to both these Student Athletes. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/17/AR2006101701568.html State Choir Honors Congratulations to Senior Choral Department member Jacqueline Giroir. She was selected from hundreds of singers from all over the state of Virginia to be a part of the most elite choir in all of Virginia. Senior Emily Martin was chosen as an alternate. The Honors Choir will perform at the Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia as part of the Music Teachers State Conference. Should you see them, please congratulate these students on this outstanding achievement. Congratulations to the JMHS Marching Band for their outstanding performance at the USSBA Yamaha Cup at Giants stadium Saturday (10/7) evening. The band received awards for best in class: The band additionally received the following placements in the overall competition (48 Bands - No Classification) Total Score: 87.25 - 3rd Place (87.35 tie for 1st place) This was the biggest competition on the Eastern Coast to this point in the year - quite an impressive accomplishment! Way to go Marching Band!
Marching Band Awards Congratulations to the JMHS "Pride of Vienna" Marching Band for their outstanding performance and victory at the USSBA Northern Virginia Regional at Herndon High School. JMHS won the 5-Open division with a total score of 80.25 and received the best-in-class awards for Visual Performance, Musical Performance, General Effect, Color Guard, and Percussion!! Go Warhawks! The Marching Band will be competing again next Saturday (10/7) at the USSBA Yamaha Cup at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Performance time will be 10:20pm. Video Link to Saturday's performance (Quicktime needed): National Achievement Scholarship semifinalist Congratulations to Stephanie Leger. She was one of fifteen students from Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) named 2007 National Achievement Scholarship Program semifinalists in an academic competition for Black American high school students conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). newsrelease National Merit Semifinalists Congratulations to Matthew Brenyo, Meghan Brown, Emily Shroder, Hannah Skop, Claire Smith, Didi Teng, and Joseph Zwicker. They were 7 of 208 FCPS students named National Merit semifinalists. See full press release: Senior Regional Orchestra Congratulations Band and Orchestra students who were accepted into Senior Regional Orchestra!!! On Monday (9/25) evening several Band and Orchestra students auditioned for Senior Regional Orchestra. This is an event where students from all over our region audition to perform with an elite orchestra. A well-known conductor is hired to rehearse these fine musicians and at the end of the event they perform a concert. The following Band and Orchestra students auditioned and were accepted into the 2006 Senior Regional Orchestra: Kyle Green – Violin This is the largest representation of students from James Madison HS in some time! Thank you for supporting your students in the Performing Arts Department! The event will take place November 10-11, 2006 at West Potomac HS with a concert in the early evening on November 11. Orchestra Festival Congratulations to the Madison Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra has been accepted to perform at the Orchestra America National Festival in Indianapolis in March 2007. Dina Felts is the orchestra director. Full press release: Remembering Mark McGinley A Fraternity of Loss
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