In this Issue

1.  From the Principal's Desk

2.  Recognitions

3.  Parent Town Halls

4.  The Purple Tide

5.  Recent Student Successes

Freshmen Welcome Day

1.  From the Principal's Desk

Dear Members of the Chantilly Community:

“Everyone needs a house to live in, but a supportive family is what builds a home.”  Anthony Liccione                                                                                                                                                                                      

After being separated from students for almost a year, this week felt like we are preparing for a family reunion on Tuesday. The level of enthusiasm and excitement in the building is palpable. While there are glitches to figure out, teachers and staff are really looking forward to interacting directly with students once again. Tuesday night’s football game—a 25-0 win over Edison—and today’s orientation for 9^th graders (see picture) reminded me just how much I enjoy working in high school. There is lots of good news to share this week, and it’s inspiring to celebrate so many student successes.

Here we go!

Scott Poole

2.  Parent Town Halls

In case you were not able to join us on Wednesday, here is the link for the 10th and 11th grade Parent Town Hall

3.  Recognitions

The National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships. Three CHS seniors made it to the Finalist round and will now be considered for National Merit Scholarship awards to be offered later in 2021. Please congratulate them on this huge honor!

Janice Guo

Dylan “Sage” Threadgill

Haoyu “Cindy” Wu

Congratulations to our Wrestlers who competed in the State Tournament this weekend.  Kellen Meymarian and Xavier Gonzalez both placed 6^th in the state. 

Congratulations to all the Chargers who participated in this year's Northern Region Winter Track Championships! After a difficult schedule, here are the results:

Boys- 2nd Place (75 pts) (best team finish since 2014)

Girls- 3rd Place (62 pts) (best team finish ever (tied with 1986/99))

 The following athletes have earned All-Region Honors, placing in the top six:

(*- qualified for states)

- Trosoadas Davenport- REGIONAL CHAMPION- 55m Dash (6.64)*; REGIONAL CHAMPION- 300m Dash (35.32)*; 5th Place- Long Jump (19’ 8.5”)

- Katherine Kinnier- REGIONAL CHAMPION- Shot Put (32’ 0”)*

- Timothy DePalma- 2nd Place- 500m Dash (1:08.22)*; 5th Place- 300m Dash (37.01)

- Sam Fitzhugh- 2nd Place- Triple Jump (41’ 5”)*; 3rd Place- Pole Vault (10’ 6”)*

- Julia Rodrigues- 2nd Place- 3200m Run (11:57.70)*

- Aaron Aldridge- 3rd Place- 55m Dash (6.75)*

- Kylie Dougherty- 3rd Place- High Jump (5’ 0”)*

- Brendan Kelly- 3rd Place- Shot Put (41’ 9.75”)*

- Elizabeth Wu- 3rd Place- 3200m Run (11:58.17)*

- Carson McClintock- 4th Place- Shot Put (39’ 5.75”)

- Ava Miller- 4th Place- 1000m Run (3:15.19)

- Mackenzie Nicholson- 4th Place- Pole Vault (7’ 3”)

- Kaitlyn Purvis- 4th Place- 500m Dash (1:22.94)

- Zach Rosen- 4th Place- Pole Vault (9’ 6”)

- Meredith Green- 5th Place- Pole Vault (7’ 3”)

- Girls 4x200m Relay- REGIONAL CHAMPIONS (1:49.63) (Kiera Davenport, Kylie Finney, Kaitlyn Purvis, Kendra Bush)*

- Boys 4x200m Relay- REGIONAL CHAMPIONS (1:33.19) (Aaron Aldridge, Trosoadas Davenport, Samuel Fitzhugh, Timothy DePalma)*

- Girls 4x400m Relay- 2nd Place (4:17.20) (Meredith Green, Ava Miller, Kaitlyn Purvis, Kendra Bush)*

- Girls 4x800m Relay- 6th Place (10:27.70) (Julia Rodrigues, Caroline Poole, Ava Miller, Elizabeth Wu)

Congratulations to our Science Olympiad teams who participated in the Regional event on February 6^th and received the following awards:

Anatomy & Physiology:

2^nd – Rishi Sarraff and Willa Xun

Astronomy:

2^nd – Andy Liang and Siddhant Nair

4^th – Prahalad Ramakrishnan and Ilanchezhian Palpandian

5^th – Rithwik Erabelly and Suhas Jujjavarapu

Chemistry Lab:

4^th – Sree Katragadda and Nitin Aluru

Circuit Lab:

5^th – Siddharth Krishnan and Shawn Thapa

Designer Genes:

4^th – Gitika Gorthi and Suhas Jujjavarapu

Detector Design:

5^th – Alex Pyo and Nihar Xavier

Digital Structures:

1^st – Thomas Chia and Elliot Do

Disease Detectives:

5^th – Siddhi Surawkar and Anchita Shukla

Dynamic Planet:

1^st – Rithwik Erabelly and Meghana Vasireddy

3^rd – Sahana Kumar and Andy Liang

Forensics:

6^th – Willa Xun and Niyathi Shah

Fossils:

3^rd – Srija Upadhyay and Sahana Kumar

Helicopter: 

2^nd – Nihar Xavier

Machines: 

2^nd - Pranav Kanapuram and Aaryaman Bhute

Ornithology:

1^st - Siddharth Krishnan and Anisha Rangi

3^rd - Aasa Dommalapati and Srija Upadhyay

Vehicle Design: 

3^rd – Rithwik Erabelly and Alex Pyo

5^th – Tanish Dora and Siddharth Tibrewala

Water Quality: 

1^st – Siddhi Surawkar and Niyathi Shah

2^nd – Meghana Vasireddy and Siddharth Krishnan

Write It, CAD It: 

1^st – Nihar Xavier and Alex Pyo

Varsity Football played Edison and won 25-0 to start their season.  Their next game will be March 5 @ Centreville. In a great team performance, the Defense pitched its first shutout since 2011.

Some highlights are here: https://twitter.com/jakerohm/status/1364436251697414153?s=20

The Chantilly Swim Team completed their season yesterday at the State Swim Meet.  The following Chargers placed at the meet:

Boys Results:

Justin Lee:  200 IM (2nd Place) & 100 Breast (3rd Place)

Ryan Seo:  200 Free (7th Place)

Josh Thomas:  500 Free (5th Place)

Girls Results:

Carly Lahr:  100 Fly (9th Place) 

The Chantilly Forensics team captured the Super Regional title on Wednesday.  Congratulations to Ms. Barbara Clougherty and the team!  The following students placed and qualified for the Forensics State Tournament next month:

Extemporaneous Speaking:

Second Place: Jack Wolff

Impromptu:

Fourth Place: Haoyu Cindy Wu

Original Oratory

Second Place: Nayana Celine Xavier

Storytelling

First Place: Sujay Khona

Humorous Dramatic Interpretation:                                                                                                          

Third Place:  Diya Kohli

Prose Interpretation:

Third Place: Lila York

Poetry Interpretation:

Second Place: Maura Pelczynski

Humorous Duo Interpretation

First Place: Sydney Schneider & Tyler Hicks

Second Place: Garrett Jones & Trevor Belsky

Serious Duo Interpretation

Second Place: Julien DaSilva & Nitish Kommoju  

Third Place: Alyssa Dausch & Hannah Moghaddar  

As we celebrate Scholastic Journalism Week and Student Press Freedom Day, JEA has awarded Chantilly HS our seventh consecutive JEA National FAPFA award. Congratulations to Ms. Mary Kay Downes, Ms. Kristine Brown, Mr. Luc Nguyen and the journalism students! 

4.  The Purple Tide

From Chantilly’s news magazine, the latest posts include seniors’ reactions to college acceptances. Discover how students express their love for heritage in Black History Month. Also, explore the true meaning of Hinduism in contrast to controversial textbook portrayals in our opinions column.

For more daily news in the Chantilly community, visit our website at chantillynews.org.

5.  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.

• Jonathan Angel-Velasco has been giving 110% to his STEM Design projects. He asks for help when needed and attends office hours for extra help. Keep up the good work, Jonathan! I am very proud of your efforts!  Ms. Susan Chudovan
• Cameron Gregory has grown so much this year, despite the challenges of Distance Learning. He engages in classroom discussions, activities, and games. In his recent presentation in Cybersecurity Fundamentals, he taught our class about the dangers of various types of malware and various ways protect our computers. Ms. Catherine Casares
• Carlos Navarro-Montanez has been a stellar student this year in Introduction to Marketing. His assignments always go well above the expectation and are impeccably done. Carlos has a creative, innovative, business mindset and a passion for marketing. He will one day be a CEO for a business! Thank you, Carlos, for being a student I can count on and for asking great questions! Ms. Jennifer Piotrowski
• I would like to recognize Neha Periyapatna for all the positive energy that she has brought to not only her peers, but also to the staff at Chantilly Academy. Neha is in the Medical Assistant class and also serves as an Academy Ambassador. She is always willing to go the extra mile to help future students understand Academy classes and it is inspiring the way she lights up talking about her future career pathway in the medical field. We really appreciate Neha! Ms. Bonnie Wannett
• Mia Thompson has demonstrated a strong work ethic since the first day of classes. She is a student who sets goals for herself and as evidenced by her recent acceptance to Howard University's Direct Admit Nursing Program, she is reaching those goals. She actively participates in my virtual classes daily. I am proud of her and of her accomplishments. Ms. Cindy Holland
• Victoria Turtiainen has recently done well on quizzes and tests in the challenging dental radiology unit. She is attentive in class and is completing all of the supportive assignments. I appreciate her diligence in preparing for the National Radiology Exam. Ms. Jennifer Howe
• For a research project, Abigail Zalles created a very professional Google Slides Deck. We recently presented the projects, Abigail did a wonderful job! A lot of students read every slide word for word, but Abigail knew the information very well and she only focused on important information. Furthermore, she expanded on the information and kept the presentation moving. Great job Abigail! Mr. Patrick Loftus

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