DECA
Ten McLean students brought home awards from their DECA State Conference. These students take a test and have one or more role play scenarios in their events. They were awarded top 10 medals for one or both.
INDIVIDUAL EVENTS:
Matthew Johannsen - Top 10 in Test (Business Services Marketing)
Sydney Wang - Top 10 in Role Play (Hotel & Lodging Management)
Caitlin Kelley - Top 10 in Role Play (Human Resources Management)
Zoe Mallus - Overall Finalist (Human Resources Management)
Lily Cooper - Overall Finalist; Top 10 Role Play & Test (Quick Services Restaurant)
Maya Pandey - Top 10 in Role Play (Principles of Hospitality & Tourism)
Kellen Truz - Top 10 in Test (Principles of Hospitality & Tourism)
TEAMS:
Camron Khaliq & Adam LAMPAL - Overall Finalist; Top 10 in Role Play (Hospitality Services)
Kate Conklin - Top 10 in Test (Marketing Campaign- Service)
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Front row: Mason Davis, Camron Khaliq, Adam Lampal. Back row: Kellan Truz, Sydney Wang, Lily Cooper, Maya Pandey. Not pictured: Matthew Johannsen, Caitlin Kelley, Zoe Mallus, and Kate Conklin.
Science Fair
The Fairfax County Regional Science & Engineering Fair was held the weekend of March 15 - March 17 at Robinson Secondary School. Participants from McLean are pictured below. The following Highlanders won either Corporate and Professional Organization Awards or Category Awards.
CORPORATE AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION AWARDS:
Mikhail Mints - 1st Place, Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
Spencer Huang - Honorable Mention, Certificate of Merit
CATEGORY AWARDS:
Abrar Syed - First Place/Grand Prize Nominee in Physics & Astronomy
Mikhail Mints - First Place in Earth & Environmental Sciences
The-Vinh Tran-Luu and Aymen Omara - Third Place in Energy: Chemical
Ava Macomber - Third Place in Materials Science
Spencer Huang - Third Place in Biomedical Engineering
Front row: Abrar Syed, Aymen Omara, Ava Macomber. Back row: The-Vinh Tran Luu, Spencer Huang, Mikhail Mints.
NOVA Region PTA Essay Contest Winner
Layla Zaidi was a first place award-winner in the 2019 NOVA Regional PTA's Citizenship Essay Contest. The essay topic was, "What Do I Stand For?"
Pictured: Layla Zaidi
McLean Science Olympiad Team
The McLean Science Olympiad team took 7th place overall at States. They medaled in:
- Dynamic Planet and Fossils, an Earth Science Competition in which the team tested various characteristics of the Ocean and fossil remains
- Herpetology, a Biology competition where students identified and evaluated characteristics of amphibians and reptiles
- Sound of Music, a physics/music theory competition where the team built a stringed musical instrument, played a song and took an exam on music theory
Left to right: Audrey Yin, Gloria Sun, Aaron Yu, Ethan Li, Ji Sun Lee, and Lora Zhou
Fine and Performing Arts
District Band Assessment
Congratulations to our Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band students for earning Superior Ratings from all four adjudicators at the Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association State Assessment!
 Pictured: McLean HS Wind Ensemble
 Pictured: McLean HS Symphonic Band
All-State Orchestra
Students auditioned amongst hundreds of highly skilled student musicians from all over Virginia at James Madison University in February and were accepted to perform in a special concert during the first weekend of April with students from around the state at the Dominion Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Richmond, Virginia. Musical selections will include “The Neighbor’s Dance” from The Three-Cornered Hat by Manuel de Falla, Rhapsody for Orchestra by Yuso Toyama, Suite Versailles by Brian Balmages, and select movements of a Sibelius Symphony.
 Left to right: Eshan Parkash, Robert Haldane, Maxence Mouries, Steve SeungGu Han
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