In this Issue

1.  From the Principal's Desk

2.  Virtual HBCU College Fair

3.  Credit Exam for World Languages

4.  Student Intern Opportunity

5.  Driver’s License Licensure Information 

6.  Recognitions

7.  Recent Student Successes

1.  From the Principal's Desk

Dear Members of the Chantilly HS Community;

First, please join me in celebrating Black History Month.  Chantilly HS is celebrating Black History Month throughout the month of February with events such as the HBCU College Panel, Northrop Grumman Guest Panel discussion, CHS Equity Team Meeting: Guest Speaker & FCPS author and the BSA Silent Student March.  Please contact Dr. Hogan for information on these events khogan1@fcps.edu. Additionally, there is the HBCU College Fair information available through the Chantilly Career Center or contact Ms. Greiner klgreiner@fcps.edu. 

We also recognize our outstanding Student Services team as part of National School Counseling Week. Sponsored by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA), National School Counseling Week highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career. We appreciate all that our school counseling team does for the Chantilly community.

Finally, I’m very pleased to share that the School Board has approved Superintendent Brabrand’s plan for the reopening of schools. I’m enthusiastic about having students back at CHS, and we are proceeding “full-speed ahead” with our plans. After so many months of uncertainty, it’s great to have concrete goals and dates. We will be providing the students and parents with lots of strategic information about the reopening of schools in the weeks ahead, including how to access parent and student town halls aimed at providing everyone a chance to ask questions.

Have a great weekend,

Scott Poole

2.  Virtual HBCU College Fair

The Alfred Street Baptist Church and The ASBC Foundation will present the largest virtual HBCU college fair in the nation on Saturday, February 20, 2021, from 8:00 AM-3:30 PM.  More than 70 colleges and universities will be present, and many will conduct on-site interviews, offer admission, and may waive application fees. 

The virtual platform's total capacity is 10,000 and includes representatives from all colleges and universities, students, and Festival staff, which requests only students register for the event.   The link to the ASBC HBCU Festival is https://www.alfredstreet.org/hbcu-fest/.  The cost for students is $5.00.

3. Credit Exam for World Languages

The 2021 Credit Exam for World Languages will take place in March 2021.  Students have the opportunity to earn up to three (3) credits, based on demonstrated proficiency on the exam. To register, students should email their school counselor directly no later than Monday, February 25. Late registrations will not be accepted. Details on the Spring testing window, including which languages are tested, are posted online here: Credit Exam for WL

4. Student Intern Opportunity

SAT Aces is a student-led initiative backed by the FCPS Student Equity Ambassador Leaders program aimed at connecting lower income students to SAT preparation resources. The predominant goal of this project is to develop a website that compiles SAT prep resources in a single, accessible location. As a part of the initiative, interns will be tasked with constructing the site, and later raising awareness for it. This project will mainly deal with web development and social media marketing, however all skillsets are welcomed. Interning for this project is an excellent opportunity for students to gain service hours and contribute to scholastic equity in the county. Sign up at:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Zanz59ji7MvpYqDbLCTVGwHZPwUjeOzWrdA43NHZRNI/edit?usp=sharing.

5.  Driver’s License Licensure Information 

Students in need of Driver’s License licensure information can find it on this document. More detailed information can be found on the Student Google Website under Drivers’ Education.

6.  Recognitions

This Fall, the Technology Student Association (TSA) ran virtual events for our students which got our organization up and running at the start of the school year. Chantilly has 56 registered TSA members and we had several recognitions that were announced in the last week.

TSA National Member of the Month for December 2020:  Shrinithi Sundararaman Velvizhi

The following students placed in the top 5 in the TSA Virtual Fall Events, this advances them to our state competition in May:

Essays on Technology (HS)

Extemporaneous Presentation (HS)

Prepared Presentation (HS)

Promotional Design (HS)

STEM Careers (HS)

Structural Engineering and Design (Toothpicks) (HS)

Structural Design and Engineering (HS)

The Track and Field team was supposed to compete in their Region Qualifying Meet on Saturday.  Unfortunately Fairfax County cancelled activities due to the cold.  The only events that got to compete were Pole Vault and High Jump.  Congratulations to these athletes:        

Sam Fitzhugh- 2nd Place- Pole Vault (11'0)

Meredith Green- 2nd Place (tie)- Pole Vault (7' 3")

Mackenzie Nicholson- 2nd Place (tie)- Pole Vault (7' 3")

Ryan Boehlert- 4th Place- High Jump (5' 2")

Zach Rosen- 4^th Place- Pole Vault (9’ 0”)

The Chantilly Swim & Dive Team competed in the regional qualifier/district invitational this past weekend.  Here are some of the highlights.  Top 6 finishes for swim automatically qualify for the region meet.  Top 10 finishes for dive automatically qualify for the region meet.

Boys

• 200 Medley Relay:  4th place (Ben Nguyen, Justin Lee, Sky Lan, Adrian Coray)
• 200 Freestyle:  2nd place (Ryan Seo), 4th place (Josh Thomas), 11th place (Richard Kim), 12th place (Vikram Balaji)
• 200 IM:  1st place (Justin Lee), 7th place (Adrian Coray), 10th place (Sky Lan), 15th place (Alex Pyo)
• 50 Freestyle:  10th place (Kerry Xiao), 14th place (Ryan Brown), 15th place (Sam Earle), 16th place (Ethan Lee)
• Dive:  1st place (Matthew Bray), 9th place (Wesley Green)
• 100 Fly:  4th place (Sky Lan), 9th place (Richard Kim), 12th place (Jake Li), 15th place (Vikram Balaji)
• 100 Freestyle:  5th place (Ryan Seo), 7th place (Adrian Coray), 13th place (Kerry Xiao), 16th place (Ryan Brown)
• 500 Freestyle:  1st place (Josh Thomas), 10th place (Matthew Kweon), 11th place (Will Breslin), 20th place (Ethan Lee)
• 200 Free Relay:  5th place (Kerry Xiao, Ryan Seo, Sky Lan, Josh Thomas)
• 100 Backstroke:  6th place (Ben Nguyen), 13th place (Matthew Kweon), 15th place (Will Breslin), 16th place (Adam Gilbert)
• 100 Breaststroke:  2nd place/new team record (Justin Lee), 14th place (Alex Pyo), 15th place (Sergey Patsuk), 17th place (Will Murphy)
• 400 Free Relay:  3rd place (Ryan Seo, Adrian Coray, Josh Thomas, Justin Lee)

Girls

• 200 Medley Relay:  3rd Place (Lillianne Fish, Lucy Blazquez, Carly Lahr, Leah Mozeleski)
• 200 Free:  4th place (Carly Lahr), 8th place (Katie Tsai), 12th place (Megan Kim), 13th place (Sofia Creeks)
• 200 IM:  7th place (Miranda Schuman), 10th place (Victoria Santino), 14th place (JoJo Ellis), 18th place (Lauren Radcliffe)
• 50 Free:  4th place (Ellia Kweon), 6th Place (Leah Mozeleski), 12th place (Skylar Small), 14th place (Sarah Yoon)
• Diving:  9th place (Leah Mozeleski), 14th place (Alyse Madsen)
• 100 Fly:  1st place (Carly Lahr), 9th place (Miranda Schuman), 16th place (Sarah Yoon), 20th place (Zaria Stovall)
• 100 Free:  5th place (Ellia Kweon), 8th place (Skylar Small), 9th place (Katie Tsai), 11th place (Victoria Santino)
• 500 Free:  3rd place (Lucy Blazquez), 6th place (Megan Kim), 12th place (JoJo Ellis), 15th place (Lily Nguyen)
• 200 Free Relay:  4th place (Leah Mozeleski, Skylar Small, Katie Tsai, Ellia Kweon)
• 100 Backstroke:  9th place (Lillianne Fish), 12th place (Lauren Radcliffe), 13th place (Taylor Swope), 19th place (Lily Nguyen)
• 100 Breaststroke:  5th place (Lucy Blazquez), 9th place (Sofia Creeks), 15th place (Kimmy Howard), 20th place (Natalie Farello)
• 400 Free Relay:  3rd place (Victoria Santino, Carly Lahr, Katie Tsai, Ellia Kweon)

Girls Varsity Basketball (12-1, 6-1) finished the regular season as Co-District Champions! Congratulations to Coach Regan and the team.  They beat Oakton last night 42-14 to finish the regular season.  The Girls will go into the Regional Tournament as a #2 seed due to a coin flip and will play at HOME on Monday vs. Washington-Liberty at 7:00.

Boys Varsity Basketball (2-12, 1-7) completed the regular season with a loss to Westfield 49-61.  They will play in the Regional Tournament on Monday at Yorktown with a 7:00 start. 

COVID has brought change to all sorts of events this year, however science and inquiry persevere. The annual Chantilly Science Fair occurred on February 3rd, albeit virtually, the students still presented their data to judges and demonstrated their learning throughout the process. Congratulations to all students that participated.

7.  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 meet with recognized students each week (virtually) to congratulate them.

• I'm inspired by Shreya Chandra's desire to learn and master the material. She took a lot of initiative on the recent lab we were doing and helped me troubleshoot to figure out where I made mistakes when writing the lab. I really appreciated her patience. Mr. Corey Porter
• Amanda Diaz Jimenez is a motivated student who has adapted very well to distance learning in Environmental Science. She asks questions and is willing to help other students. She offers to help students who are struggling, and she is seen as a leader by her peers. Ms. Anne Crismon
• Summer Dvorak does an amazing job of being present in class and actively participating. She has great determination and a great work ethic, as she is dedicated to achieving the best grades she can in all her classes. I enjoy working with her daily. Ms. Kristina Plaugher
• Judy Ho is such a joy to have in class. She is always smiling and happy and willing to participate online, demonstrates cool things she is doing at home, and her love of school is contagious. She completes all of her classwork and homework and goes above and beyond with each assignment. Thank you, Judy! Ms. Katy Smallwood
• Jessica Lopez-Jovel is an absolute joy to have in class. She actively participates and does her best in every class. I'm so proud of you, Jessica!! Ms. Leslie Wallace
• Sydney Schneider is a burst of positive energy in every class. She is a joy to work with and it is amazing to watch her continue to grow as a performer and a person! Mr. Andy Shaw
• Despite not taking physics previously, Kunsh Singh achieved one of the highest grades on our recent test in AP Physics C. His hard work, diligence, and dedication to his studies are not unnoticed! Ms. Whitney Faries
• Haby Thiam has been a joy to work with since Day 1. Her digital portfolio is a well-crafted combination of visual artwork and verbal reflections, often full of anecdotal commentary that allows you to follow her creative process. She is honest, witty, and willing to persevere through challenges. Ms. Colleen Dollinger
• Christine Tsai is the role model for getting it done! She consistently is on task, highly knowledgeable and on point in AP Biology. She participates in class and is always ready to learn. Ms. Karen Molloy
• Nilufer Yavuz is an outstanding student. She takes her academics very seriously and is a great self-advocate. Nilufer asks great questions and really seems to enjoy learning about the ocean. Keep up the great work! Ms. Michele Gates

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