From the Principal's Desk
I hope you had a great week. I would
like to highlight just a few bits of news. As part of last night’s FCPS School
Board meeting, Chantilly HS was recognized for receiving the 2018 Virginia
Board of Education Excellence Award. Among other achievements, the award is
for public schools in Virginia that expand opportunities for learning and
achievement as evidenced by progress on multiple indicators of school and
student performance. I want to extend my continued thanks to everyone at
Chantilly for ensuring that our students continue to achieve at a high level.
I’m also pleased to report that our new morning tardiness policies and
protocols are making a positive difference. During the first two days of
our trial period this week, we averaged 98 tardies per day; by the second two
days, we dropped the average by almost 50% to 45 per day. Special thanks to our
new Dean of Students, Laura Totoro, for leading this initiative. As mentioned in
previous messages, we are starting our Recent Student Successes program
that highlights students for demonstrating growth in academics, behavior, or
citizenship. Please see the segment below to find this week’s nominees from the
English Department. Finally, I encourage everyone to sign up for the Asha-Jyothi 5K
this Sunday. Please see details below and remember that all proceeds raised by
Chantilly HS participants will go to help Needy Illiterate Children Education
(NICE).
5K Run/Walk on
September 16th at Fairfax Corner at 8 a.m.
We
are pleased to share that we are partnering with a non-profit named
Asha-Jyothi (https://www.asha-jyothi.org/ )
to sponsor an annual 5K Run/Walk on September 16th at Fairfax Corner at 8
a.m. All proceeds that we raise will go towards NICE (Needy Illiterate
Children Education), an initiative designed to liberate and educate children
subjected to child labor in India. To sign up, participating students and/or their families just need to go
to the following page on their website: https://www.asha-jyothi.org/5K-registration-form/?event_id=8135 and use the school coupon code chs-aj5K while signing
up. A discounted price of $10 (regular price $25) will be given to students
from Chantilly High School with the coupon. Thanks for your support!
Senior Portraits
The remaining 156 senior portraits will be taken by
Lifetouch the week of September 24 here at school. Appointment cards were mailed home, and students should
check with their sub school or senior English teacher if they have lost their
appointment card, or need to be rescheduled sometime that week. ID cards will be issued and the portrait will appear in
the 2019 Odyssey yearbook. Lifetouch customer service number is 410-644-7700.
Free Student Bus Pass
Program
High School Students can get where they need to go – FAST and FREE!
Did you know that your student can now sign-up for a Free Student Bus Pass
SmarTrip card and ride the Fairfax Connector and City of Fairfax CUE bus from
5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., 7 days a week, for free? Students will need to
have a parent’s/guardian’s approval to sign up. We will be sending
out a message when the new passes are in and ready for distribution. Existing yellow passes are good through
October 31.
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/connector/student-pass
Semifinalists in the 2019 National Merit
Scholarship Competition
We
congratulate the following Chantilly HS students who are semifinalists in the 2019 National
Merit Scholar Scholarship Competition:
Kartik Chugh
Lindsay D.
Jones
Kayla G. Kim
Anisha Loganathan
Justin S. Wang
Daniel Zhao
Recent Student Successes
This is the first installment for the school year of what
will become a weekly segment aimed at recognizing students for demonstrating
recent improvement or achievement in academics, behavior or citizenship. At the
end of each recognition, you will see the name of the nominating teacher or
staff member. On a rotating basis, departments will nominate students. I plan to meet with recognized students each
week to congratulate them in person.
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Asrith
Biradavolu consistently contributes to our class culture with his positive
attitude and his signature Asrith originality which sparks up every activity.
He is always focused, generous, kind, and can be counted on to see something in
a unique way, thus enhancing our understanding of whatever is being studied. Ms. Molli Atallah
- I am proud of Annie Huang for demonstrating poise and confidence in her speech
and debate class. She is starting to find her voice and to share her ideas with
her classmates. Ms. Barbara
Clougherty
- So proud of Hayden
Lumpkin for jumping right into Creative Writing- for taking risks, for
sharing your writing, for your refreshing sense of humor! Ms. Nikki Lehman
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John (J.P.)
Miner LOVES to read! All our students were asked to write roughly 200 words
about their favorite literary character as a writing sample. J.P inquired if
425 words were too much to write about Halt O'Carrick from "Ranger's
Apprentice." I just love questions like that and support his love of
reading! Ms. Mary Kay Downes
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Kylene
Zrenda brings a welcome sense of calm to our class. She's engaged and
friendly and chooses her words well. I know that when she speaks up, it's
something she's thought through and something that we'll all benefit hearing. Ms. Julianne Abruzzo
In the Community
Community Meeting
Scheduled to Introduce the Sully Community Center Project
A community
meeting has been set for October 1, 2018, beginning at 7 PM, at the Sully Governmental
Center (4900 Stonecroft Boulevard, Chantilly, VA 20151) to discuss the
construction of the new Sully Community Center. Fairfax County is proposing to build the new Sully Community Center on
a 5-acre site at the intersection of Wall Road and the Air and Space Museum
Parkway in Chantilly – near Highlands Park. The roughly 30,000 square-foot
facility will serve as a multi-generational facility for the surrounding
communities and will be the new and permanent location of the Sully Senior
Center (currently operating in leased space in Chantilly). The center will be
home to a broad array of services, programs, and activities for individuals of
all ages and abilities. The project is currently in the initial
stages of design and is scheduled to be completed in 2022.
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