Mark Twain Middle School

4700 Franconia Road
Alexandria, Virginia 22310
Phone: (703) 313-3700 Fax: (703) 313-3797
Attendance:(703)-313-3700
Principal: Aimee Holleb

Tiger Pride!

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Chick here to check out the new Drama Site!

Annual Leadership Conference for Middle School Boys took place Saturday April 19th at Herndon Middle School

On March 1, the following students represented MTMS at the annual Girls Future Professionals Conference held at George Mason University. Students were Anaisa Demonteverde, Evelyn Zelaya, Rebecca Del-Castillo, Stacy Darpoh, Zoe Callaham, Elizabeth Romero, Tracy Chau, Nohemi Berrios, Tiara Dorsey, Aliyah Stewart, Elena Portillo, Jocelyn Salguero, and Madjesty Williams. Thank you to counselor intern Nicole Maniglia and Director of Student Services, Stephanie Gray, for supporting this opportunity!

MTMS Special Olympics Silver Medal Winners

Congratulations to MTMS students who earned awards and honors at the Springfield-Franconia West Lions Club Sponsored “International Peace Poster Contest.” Students created posters that visually communicated the contest theme "Peace Around the World." Congratulations to First Place Winner: Kathleen Tran, Second Place Winner: Kyra Fontaine; and Honorable Mention to: Mario Claros, Carlos Custodio, Maria Karelina, Irma Gabriela Lazo, and Micheline Saxby. Thank you to art teacher, Carol Zeitlyn, for her leadership with this opportunity!

Women’s Choir Performed at the Virginia Music Educator’s Association Conference in the Fall and for ambassadors in Washington, DC in the winter!

Student: Paul Wolfteich was selected for the Senate/Page Program for the State of Virginia!

WordMasters: Congratulations to the WordMasters Team who achieved top scores in the country! MTMS scored in 11th Place! Special Kudos to Rishav Adhikari who earned a perfect score. He was one of only 20 students in country to score perfect score. Team Included: Michael Wattenberg, Tim Mai, Olivia Hansell, Sam Huber, Jonathan Fabella, Genny Francis, Dekia Dortch, Saad Khawar, Meron Belayneh, and Carolyn Motley. Thanks to English Teacher, Hillary Lewis for supporting these students.

Mark Twain student Carrie Sun won a Silver Key at the Scholastic Art Competition!

Students selected for District Chorus from Mark Twain:
Ashley Hastings, Juliette Cross, Gilda Nimoh, Brooke Johnson, Serena Muchoney, Isabella Ness, Dominique Rowinski, Kedryn Berrian, Alana Whitman, Genny Francis, Jena Lockard, Annalisa Sheldahl, Robin Maline, Genesis Canicosa, Sura Srirangarajan, Drew Quinlan

Students selected for the District 10 Honors Band who performed in February at Hayfield Secondary School: Jasmine McCormick, Brenna Casey, Niara Lezama, Thomas DeAnda, Scott Henrehan, Maureen Iredell, Jessica Sheldon, Harrison Riehle, Dymond Cooper, Megan Chaplin

Students selected for submission for the National Art Scholastic Competition: Francine Alvarez, Genesis Canicosa, Ye Kyaw, Mariah Mclean, Tuyet Pham, Ichinkhorloo Sukhdavaa, Sara Sylvia, Johnathan Thai, Michael Wattendorf, Carrie Sun, Ella McElroy, Hala Hassan, Kyle Gaestel, Cindy Tran, Jose Marquez, Hung Nguyen, Amy Castillo, Michael Kim, Edmar Martinex, Joselin Cruz, Derrick Gomes, and Jasmine "Fareeda" Nasser.

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