Atoms Athletics & Activities
Atom Nation,
What a week it has been for Annandale Atoms Athletics and Activities. The regular season portion of our winter seasons came to end last night with boys and girls basketball. Both teams now move on to the National District Tournament that begins Tuesday evening. Indoor track had many athletes set personal best at the District Championship meet with two athletes coming away individual district champions. Wrestling had a successful region tournament with two wrestlers qualifying for the state meet in Virginia Beach. Swim had a successful region meet with one swimmer moving on to the state meet for the first time in 7 years. Theatre One Acts performs Monday at Fairfax High School in the VHSL Regionals. What a time to be a supporter of Atoms Athletics and Activities!
Our athletic teams and performing arts continue their hard work and dedication to making the Annandale community proud! As we begin to wrap up our winter season and look forward to our spring seasons, we encourage our community to come out and show their support!
Go Atoms!
Annandale Activities Office
Atoms Athletics Highlights
Boys basketball finished the regular season with four straight wins to clinch the #3 in the upcoming district tournament. They will host Lewis Tuesday evening at 6:30pm
Girls basketball finished their season falling in the final two games vs the #1 and #2 seeds in the tournament. The team now travels to Mount Vernon Tuesday evening at 6:30pm
Wrestling competed in the Region Tournament Wednesday and Thursday. Marcelo Pozo and Jordy Lopez Funes qualified for the State Tournament in Virginia Beach next weekend.
Indoor Track had multiple district champions and many personal best performances. Miles Lanham and Noah Williams came away with District Championships in their respective events. The athletes now gear up for the Region meet this week.
Swim/Dive competed in the region meet last weekend with relay teams and individuals coming away with their best times of the year. Colin McGee finished third in the breaststroke and qualified for the state meet next weekend.
We have officially finished our fall seasons with many of our Atoms student-athletes earning postseason All-District and All-Region recognition. These student-athletes worked hard and their achievements should be acknowledged! Check out the recipients using the link below:
Annandale Atoms Fall All-District/Region/State Recognition
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We would like to recognize members from our Orchestra program who were selected for District Honor Orchestra this fall.
Shalini Vlcan - Viola
Jazzy Tang - Viola
Thein Phan - Viola
Jenna Saykhamphone - Bass
Melanie Lam - Violin
Individual Achievements
Over the last week, we've had some individual achievements by many of our student-athletes. The picture above is just a few of those achievements and we will continue to highlight those achievements as we move into the spring season.
Going from top to bottom: Picture of the Atoms Swim/Dive team at the Occoquan Region Meet; Noah Williams winning the Shot Put District Championship; Miles Lanham with his District Championship Medal for the 300m and Triple Jump; Pierro Vero Cortez with his medal, qualifying for him the region meet in the 55m hurdles; Marcelo Pozo on the podium after finishing 3rd in the 120lb weight class in the region tournament; Boys swim relay team at the region meet. Far left is Colin McGee who qualified for the state meet next week in the breaststroke; Jordy Lopez Funes on the podium after qualifying for the state wrestling tournament; Girls 200 Free Relay team at the region meet; Girls 4x400 Relay after finishing second at the District Championship Meet.
Spring Tryout Dates and Information
We a little over one week away from spring sports getting under way. The first three days of tryouts are posted below. Before a student-athlete is allowed to tryout they must have three completed items. A VHSL physical, completed activity registration, and insurance. You can find more information by clicking on the link below.
If you have questions, please contact the Annandale Activities Office (703)-642-4170
Gear up with Official Atoms Spiritwear
Gear up for another action-packed season with official Atoms gear. You can dress in team-spirited garb on game day and every day with the largest selection of Annandale Atoms apparel at the official Atoms Store. Cheer on your Atoms with t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, and more.
Our online Atoms Shop has items for any occasion. Visit spiritwear.atomsboosters.org to see the latest Atoms gear.
From the Boosters
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There’s Still Time to Purchase Your Atoms All-Season Athletics Pass
The Atoms Booster Club’s All-Season pass provides you general admission access to all regular season home football, baseball, basketball, soccer, field hockey, lacrosse, volleyball, and wrestling events. With more than nine sports showcased, you can save BIG with the all-season pass!
Visit membership.atomsboosters.org for more information or to purchase your all-season pass online.
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Atoms Athletics Booster Meeting
Looking to join the Atoms Athletics Booster Club and be a part of raising funds and supporting Atoms Athletics?! Then come out to our next booster meeting!
Monday, March 6
6:00pm
Driver's Education room (Enter through Door 10)
We need your help!
The Atoms Athletic Booster Club needs your help with concession stand coverage. When the concession stand is open the booster club makes money and anytime a parent represents a sports program, that program receives a percentage of the sales! Please consider helping out and signing up below for one of our home events.
Boys Basketball:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F48AAA72FA6F5C61-ahsboys
Coaches Corner
Check out what our Atom's Coaches are saying about their programs! Each week our coaches will give a recap, provide a look ahead, or recognize a student-athlete.
BOYS BASKETBALL, Jerome McAvoy:
The Boys Basketball program is rolling. The Varsity team has won in a row against Justice, TJ, Mount Vernon, and finished off the regular season by beating #2 Edison. With the win over Edison, the team clinched the #3 seed in the upcoming National District Tournament and will play at home Tuesday evening vs Lewis! Our seniors are healthy and playing their best basketball off season. Our freshman and JV teams played hard down the stretch of the season and their growth and development is a reason why this program has a bright future!
GIRLS BASKETBALL, Kenny Gregory:
The Varsity Girls team have gone 1-2 with a strong win vs Justice last week with Susan Aburish and Ava Sewall leading the way. Ava broke her single game record with an astounding 37 points vs Thomas Jefferson. The team finished the regular season falling to Edison Friday night. We move on to District Quarterfinals Tuesday at Mount Vernon.
WRESTLING, Josh Damico:
The Grappling Atoms competed in the Regional Tournament this past Wednesday and Thursday. Qualifying for the state tournament in VA Beach next week was Senior Marcelo Pozo with a 3rd place finish at 120 lbs and Sophomore Jordy Lopez-Funes with a 4th place finish at 157 lbs. Also winning matches were Sophomores Dom Vejcik (150 lbs) and Sebastian Jaldin (144 lbs). The young team improved on its finish from last year and gained valuable experience that will serve them well heading into next season.
Good luck Marcelo and Jordy!
INDOOR TRACK, Phil Harris:
We had a lot of personal improvement’s this weekend and some big performances from District champion Miles Lanham winning the 300m (breaking the meet record) and the triple jump and Noah Williams winning the Shotput qualifying for the National championship.
Other regional qualifiers are Piero V. 55h , Keira Dalrymple 1000m, Evan Burita in the 55 dash, Ali Elfaki and Joelle Brew Riverson in the Shotput.
The girls 4x800 relay placing 2nd in thrilling race in Coach Harris’s return and boys 4x200 relay took home 3rd place. The most outstanding effort today has to go to Pamela Moura. Advancing to regionals in the 300m/ long and the triple jump which she also qualified for the Nationals Championship.
SWIM/DIVE, Carmen Lucas:
Swim & Dive competed in the Occoquan Region last weekend with dive Friday morning, swim prelims Friday night, and swim finals Saturday night. Divers Nathan Tran and Morgan Milman competed and took 6th and 13th in the region respectively. 16 of our swimmers competed Friday night, 7 of whom were in individual events. At finals, our relays and swim finalists put in one more shot for their seats in the region and chance at states including Colin McGee in 200 IM and 100 breast, Finn Sample in 100 free, and Noah Popp in 100 back.
Congratulations to Colin McGee on placing 3rd in the region in 100 breast and qualifying for States! We’ll be in Hampton for States on Saturday, February 18.
Go Atoms!
Director's Cut
Get a behind the scenes look at our Performing Arts as they share recaps, a preview to performances, or what is going on their classes!
PERFORMING ARTS
In the Spring, AHS Performing Arts will be embarking on their Spring Trip to Florida, getting the opportunity to work with two college performing arts departments along the way. Donate at tinyurl.com/SpringTripDonate to support students getting to go on this trip!
BAND, Director Tyron Barnes:
"Congratulations to the following band students for winning their audition to participate in the All-District Band for District 10:
Shane Gomez-Trumpet
Tyler Perez-Euphonium
Vincent Vuong-Bass Clarinet"
CHOIR, Director Pat Vaughn:
As the second quarter wraps up, the Choirs at Annandale are beginning preparations for our State Assessment in March, our District Chorus event to be held on February 9-10 and our Singing Valentines which will be delivered on Tuesday, February 14. Singing Valentines will go on sale the week of February 6 in all lunches.
ORCHESTRA, Director Annie Ray:
Orchestra Concert – Thursday, February 16
This is your reminder that we have our third Orchestra concert of the year on Thursday, February 16 at 7:00 pm.
All students are required to attend our concerts for a SUMMATIVE grade. Please note that students must have supplied written notification from a guardian of any absences a minimum of three weeks prior to the concert in order to receive an alternative assignment – this deadline is Monday, February 6.
A reminder that all playing tests can be retaken up to 100% score on Flip up until the concert day. All information for retakes can be found on Schoology in the blue retake folder. Make sure to submit the Mrs. Ray Change My Grade Google Form pinned to the top of Schoology to notify me that it is ready for grading!
Our dress code for the concert is concert black! We will be wearing our Orchestra polos. Please make sure your student has a pair of black dress pants (NOT leggings or jeans), black socks, and black dress shoes to go along with the uniform. If your student needs assistance with obtaining any of these items, we are more than happy to help!
The call time for Philharmonic is 6:00, and for everyone else 6:15. Boosters will be checking students into their rooms as they arrive. Unexcused tardiness will result in a grade reduction.
- Philharmonic - unpack in Orchestra room and go straight to stage – 6:00 on stage
- Symphony - unpack in Band room - 6:15 on stage
- Sinfonia – unpack in Band room - 6:30 on stage
- Classical – unpack in Guitar room - 6:45 on stage
Bake Sale – Thursday, February 16
Our Pre-Concert Bake Sale is back by popular demand! Last concert, we raised over $600 on delicious treats and that money is being put to great use with sectional coachings, classroom materials, food and fun for the students, as well as end of the year scholarships and awards. Support by signing up to bring items here so we know what holes to fill in our menu.
Orchestra Merchandise – Ongoing
Our long-anticipated Orchestra Merchandise store is LIVE and can be found at tinyurl.com/AHSOrchMerch . We have a ton of items ready to go (with more in the line-up!) with several items able to be personalized.
Pictures from the Orchestra Pizza and Pizzacoto events can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10RBlwD9OZZnubHMypmulD3FgpbO_Vztu
Supporting Orchestra - Benevity
PLEASE check your corporate policies, many companies filter donations for employees through an entity called Benevity. ANNANDALE HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA BOOSTERS is now registered with Benevity.
Benevity is a company that can help turn your volunteer hours into Donations for Orchestra!!! Please check with your corporate HR to see if your company uses Benevity. If your company does use Benevity, they may either match donations you make to the Orchestra Boosters, or you may simply need to record hours that you participate in orchestra events and your company may provide money to the Orchestra Boosters. (Some companies TRIPLE donations to charities made through Benevity and others offer a certain dollar amount of donation for time you're already spending participating in Orchestra events)
We know that Google, Visa, UPS, Starbucks, Booz Allen Hamilton, Microsoft and Netflix offer these options, but many mor in the area may as well.
THEATRE, Director Katie Brunberg:
Annandale Theatre Company starts rehearsals this week for the Spring Musical, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical. We are so excited to get to work with our 26 person cast and 20+ person tech crew. The Spring Musical brings together students from all grades and experience levels, some with years of experience and some stepping into the spotlight for the first time. Be sure to come see it all come together, May 4th-7th.
VHSL Regional One-Acts – Theatre students are competing this Monday, February 13th, in the VHSL Regional One-Act competition after taking 2nd at the district level with their play Burglars, Bunglers, and Neighborhood Thieves by Daniel Munson. You come support them for free in the Fairfax HS auditorium 2/13 at 7:15pm. Doors will close at 7:15pm sharp, so don’t be late! The show runs approximately 20 minutes.
Theatre 2/3/4 Students just started their 6 week residency program with the Shakespeare Theatre Company which will culminate in a showcase of their work on stage at the Shakespeare Theatre in DC.
Depending on when you sent it out, we may have something to report about the improv competition Friday 2/10, but I won’t know until Saturday how the kids do…
Congratulations to One Acts on finishing second place!
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Theatre 3 & 4 students took 2nd place at the VHSL One-Act Sectional this past weekend with their play, Burglars, Bunglers & Neighborhood Thieves. They will be advancing to Regionals. Congratulations to Tim Hurd, Casey Visscher, Kaya Thomas, Sammetta Worzie, Hang Minh Nguyen, Sandy Rocha, Mars Crowley, Hárū Hernández, and Ms.Brunberg. The team performs on Monday, February 13 at Fairfax High School.
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Athletic Training Wrap
Our Athletic Trainers, Ryan Hughes and Kathy Ayers, work really hard behind the scenes of our Athletic events and they would like to share some tips and advice they give the student-athletes at Annandale High School everyday.
TIP OF THE WEEK
Bundle up when leaving practice. Do not go outside after practice with long pants and long sleeves!
Skip The Line With ETIX
Order your gameday tickets ahead of time and skip the line at the gate. Use the link below to access the Annandale schedule and order your tickets. Game tickets go on sale the day before the event
ETix Calendar
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Live Streaming
Please note that for the last year and a half, Fairfax County Public Schools paid for a countywide subscription for all schools and their communities. Unfortunately, FCPS will no longer be paying these fee. All of our events that take place on our stadium field and in our gymnasium will continue to be streamed live on the NFHS Network, but will now have a pay wall that the consumer will need to pay for.
Prices - $11.99 per month or $79.99 for an annual subscription.
For more information...
NFHS Network - Sign Up
Live Stream
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Weekly Schedule
February 13-February 18
Tuesday, February 14
National District Tournament Quarterfinals - Varsity Boys Basketball vs Lewis - 6:30pm
National District Tournament Quarterfinals - Varsity Girls Basketball @ Mount Vernon - 6:30pm
Wednesday, February 15
National District Tournament Semifinals - Varsity Boys Basketball vs TBD (Dependent on Tuesday results)
National District Tournament Semifinals - Varsity Girls Basketball vs TBD (Dependent on Tuesday results)
Thursday, February 16
Occoquan Region First Round -
Varsity Boys Basketball vs TBD (Dependent on Tuesday results)
Occoquan Region First Round -
Varsity Girls Basketball vs TBD (Dependent on Tuesday results)
Friday, February 17
National District Tournament Finals - Varsity Boys Basketball vs TBD (Dependent on Tuesday results)
National District Tournament Finals - Varsity Girls Basketball vs TBD (Dependent on Tuesday results)
Occoquan Region Second Round -
Varsity Boys Basketball vs TBD (Dependent on Tuesday results)
Occoquan Region Second Round -
Varsity Girls Basketball vs TBD (Dependent on Tuesday results)
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