Message from the Principal

Greetings Saxons,

I hope spring break provided everyone an opportunity to rejuvenate and recharge. As we have entered the final quarter of the school year, we encourage our students to put their best foot forward to finish the year strong! Our students have been busy over the past few weeks showing their Saxon Shine so let’s start our celebration!

Congratulations to the following students who competed in the FCPS Regional Science Fair and were recognized for their submissions.

Third Place
Stephanie Ma, Connor Oakes -The Effect of Various Aspects of Windmill Design on Amassed Energy
Teddy Kim -Golf Push Cart Electric Generator

Honorable Mention
Arwen Jones -The Effect of Pollution on the Level of Oxygen Produced By Plants
Jenna Cai -Developing an Alerting Device to Prevent Hot Car Deaths
Shaan Sabharwal -The Effect of Different Materials on Frequency-Dependent Sound Absorption
Alisha Luthra- Using Artificial Intelligence to Assess Individual's Lung Health and Calculate Probability of COVID Infection

Congratulations to the Langley musicians selected to participate in All State Music activities. These tremendously talented students are commended for this distinguished achievement.

All Virginia Bands Participants
Justin Bahr
Melanie Chuh
Beth Johnston
Muriel Wallach
Amanda Yo, Austin Zhang

All- Virginia Chorus Participants
Brandon Edgerly
Maggie Worden
All-State Chorus 1st Alternates
Leland Hao
Shriya Iyer
Ryan Jones

All-Virginia Orchestra Participants
Otto Janke
Alyssa Kim- 4th year participating in 1st violin section
In addition, Alyssa was selected to lead the orchestra as Concertmaster, which means she was the top-rated violinist in the entire state of Virginia!

Langley’s Science Olympiad team competed in the State Science Olympiad before spring break and finished 2nd overall in the State!
Individual Award Winners
1st place:
Josh Jones and Bright Liu in Astronomy
Zach Baker in Digital Structures
2nd place:
Josh Jones and Kwanwoo Park- Chemistry Lab
Kwanwoo Park and Luke Flaxman- Circuit Lab
Samantha Ritchie and Erika Li- Fossils
Josh Jones and Emily Wu- Machines
Kwanwoo Park, John Rieling, and Sankrith Ramani- Protein Modeling
Rupa Siva and Victoria Li- Water Quality
Rupa Siva and Kacy Lee-Write It CAD It
3rd place:
Rupa Siva and Victoria Li-Disease Detectives
Rupa Siva, Victoria Li, Kacy Lee- Experiment & Data Analysis
Samantha Ritchie and Zach Baker- Vehicle Design

Congratulations to our phenomenal student athletes on their outstanding accomplishments!

Langley Golf- Liberty District Champions
Kelly Chinn-Individual Liberty District Golf Champion
Langley Girls Cross Country- Liberty District Champions

Field Hockey Senior Night

Field Hockey Rotary Cup Champions!
1st District Team Field Hockey
Hannah Abele
Sophia Perkins

Saxons are Liberty District Volleyball Champions!
Liberty District Volleyball Player of the Year – Amelia Kim
Liberty District Volleyball Libero of the Year – Lauren Sung
1st District Team Volleyball
Amelia Kim
Nina Kernan
Ijenna Mere
Lauren Sung

This is National Library Week. Thank you to Mr. Clark and Ms. Ortiz for their ongoing support of our students and staff!

We celebrate our assistant principals: Mr. Biernesser, Ms. Moore, Mr. Robertson and Mr. Sykes during National Assistant Principals Week!

March was National Athletic Trainers’ Month. We send a huge thank you Ms. Bigles, our athletic trainer. Thank you for all you do to support our Saxon athletes.

Thank you to the volunteers and those who donated during the Langley HS & Cooper MS - PTSA Food Drive. More than 2000 food items were donated to Share of McLean.

May each of you have a fabulous weekend!

Wishing you wellness,