From the Principal's Desk

Fairfax County Public Schools sent this bulletin at 02/21/2020 03:05 PM EST
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From the Principal's Desk

Dear Members of the Chantilly Community:

I’m very pleased to share that AFJROTC Teacher Colonel Tim Lambert has been named the Outstanding Teacher of the Year candidate for all of Region 5! I was pleased to join Mr. Scott Settar, Ms. Bonnie Wannett, CMSgt Al Clemmons, Assistant Superintendent Becky Baenig, and Executive Principals Eric McCann and Dave Jagels this week to surprise Colonel Lambert with this news. He is now a finalist for the Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award for the entire division that will be announced at the FCPS Honor Ceremony in June. Please join me in congratulating Colonel Lambert for this high honor. He is an exceptional teacher and an even better person.

I would also like to congratulate Ms. Mary Kay Downes on being chosen to receive the Charles R. O'Malley Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA). She is the sole recipient for 2020.  This is a discretionary award, it is not given every year. It is intended to be the CSPA's highest honor to an individual for quality of teaching.

The Award will be presented to Ms. Downes at the Awards Luncheon in March at Columbia University, in New York City. 

Scott

 

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Colonel Lambert receiving the award.

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Ms. Mary Kay Downes

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Eyes Up & Phones Down

On Tuesday, March 3rd Fairfax Communities of Trust will be sponsoring Eyes Up & Phones Down at the nZone in Chantilly.  The goal of the event is to raise awareness of the dangers of distracted and impaired driving among teens. 

As students arrive they will witness a mock crash scene and first responder response.  After opening remarks, students will rotate with their school group through multiple stations.  It is anticipated that volunteers from the police department and other community organizations will join with school groups to engage and interact with students throughout the event.  Our school SRO, Officer Jefferson, will also participate with our school group.

Stations:

  • Distracted Driver Safety Obstacle Course – Students with a driver’s license or permit will be able to experience distracted driving while navigating golf carts through a course.  Other students will be  passengers creating distractions for the driver.  In addition, driver’s may experience driving with impaired vision goggles or receiving text messages while driving.
  • First Responder Vehicle Display & DUI Experience – For students without a license or permit, they will be able to experience driving with impaired vision goggles while operating a peddled vehicle.  All students can engage in an impaired driver test while wearing impaired vision goggles.  Public safety officials will interact with students with specialty vehicles each may use.
  • Impaired Sports Activities – Students will participate in sports activities while wearing impaired vision goggles.  Volunteers from the FBI, Auxiliary Police, and Citizen Advisory Committee with engage students in discussions of impaired driving.
  • Preventing Accidents Through Education & Conversations – Several agencies will be simulating real-world driving situations to discuss with students.  This might include work-zone safety, transportation to a trauma center and what happens there, what to do during a traffic stop, what to do if the vehicle breaks down, and what can teens do to help their community.
  • Career Experience – Law enforcement, first responders, and public safety officials will share with students how they got involved in their career, why they are committed to protecting teens, the steps necessary to get into the career field, and opportunities for teens to learn more or get involved in specific careers.
  • Lasting Impacts Education & Conversations – Students will view 2 videos – A Sudden Change of Plans and Hero’s Heart and will then participate in a follow-up discussion.

The event will begin at 7:00 am and end at approximately 12:00 pm.  Due to space capacity, 50 students per school will be able to attend.  Bus transportation and lunch will be provided.  There will also be giveaways throughout the event. Please contact Mr. Kurt Sporkmann, CHS Driver's Education teacher, if you are interested in having your student participate.  Students can visit Mr. Sporkmann in the Driver's Ed room or email KASporkmann@fcps.edu. 

PTSA Community Yard Sale

Rent a parking space for the morning to sell your unwanted treasure!

Support CHS PTSA on April 18th from 8-12. Rent a parking space for the morning to sell your unwanted treasure in the school parking lot. Spaces start at $15.00.

Sign up at www.Chantillyhsptsa.org Questions?  Contact president@Chantillyhsptsa.org

Recognitions

All eleven of our National Merit Semifinalists have met the requirements to advance to Finalist standing in the competition. This is the largest number of semifinalists we have had in 15 years!  Congratulations go out to the following students: Rithika Balguri, Yifan Chen, Gayatri Chintala, Timothy Koh, Madeleine LeBeau, Angelina Lu, Thomas Maher, Anastasia Obernberger, Joshua Pak, Justin Park, Shreya Tripathy

A/B Honor Roll for second quarter

Chantilly High School has over 1300 students on the A/B Honor Roll for second quarter. Congratulations to all of these outstanding Chargers. Their names are posted on the bulletin board outside of student services. All recipients can pick up an Honor Roll sticker in the Student Services Offices.

Chantilly Academy students recently competed in the 2020 FCPS Regional HOSA competition.  Our students excelled and the following students received recognition:

Shriya Pothireddy (1st-Medical Spelling)

Divya Navayan (1st-Dental Terminology)

Sathvik Narayana (3rd-Dental Terminology)

Rebecca Doyle (1st-Job Seeking)

Aja Nguyen (2nd-Extemporaneous Poster)

Rachel Nguyen, Mekleet Melaku (1st-Career Health Display-Group A)

Emma Preede, Rebecca Doyle (2nd-Career Health Display-Group A)

Esther Tchuma, Dima Tambil (3rd-Career Health Display-Group A)

Bianca Campverde, Valeria Moscote (1st-Career Health Display-Group B)

Lila York, Lizzy Bayer (2nd-Career Health Display-Group B)

Bianca Campverde, Valeria Moscote (Overall 1st Place Career Health Display Winners)

 

Recent Student Successes

This is the next installment for the school year of what has 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.

  • Ana Adler-Griggs has been a wonderful addition to the staff at her job this year. She has helped several hundred travelers get to the correct destination and all with a smile. Ana also volunteered to present to potential STEP families and she was AMAZING!! Ms. Kirsten Hassan
  • Minami Brandt recently attained her driver’s license. Great job Minami - you are becoming more independent every day! Ms. Blair Kersh
  • Daniel Hanes has been working hard at his job in the community, each day. He is polite, reliable, and always follows his supervisor's instructions. When given feedback and goals, Daniel works hard to make progress on them and is doing an excellent job! Ms. Erin Foster
  • Justin Ischinger has a positive attitude and enjoys working at his job in the community. He works until he gets the job done. Justin doesn't complain and will ask questions for qualification. He has done an excellent job and we are so proud of him. Ms. Diane Dineen
  • Sandhya Kuruganty is a positive, cheerful student in my period 4 French 2 class. She is a junior in a class that is predominantly freshmen and sophomores. Her maturity and calm are a very helpful and positive element in a class of students where many are still figuring out how to manage the transition to high school. Thanks for your smiles and patient demeanor Sandhya! Ms. Mary Bea Bouchet

  • Brandon Le receives high praise from his supervisor and the STEP teacher who supervises the job site. He is a fast  on-the-job learner who enthusiastically completes his work quickly and accurately. Ms. Mariann Gibson

  • I'm so proud of Dakota Meny coming during CT to read a book in French with me! This shows such initiative and drive and really makes my day. Merci, Dakota! Ms. Elaine Gonzalez
  • I am so thrilled to nominate Eddy Sandoval for this award. Eddy is such a hard worker at his job site placement. He strives to do his best each and every day and always has a smile on his face. I’m so proud of how far he has come since the beginning of the school year! Keep up the great work, Eddy!  Ms. Meghan Chavez