Message from the Principal
Fairfax County Public Schools sent this bulletin at 04/12/2024 03:00 PM EDT
Greetings,
Spring has definitely sprung! I hope everyone enjoyed a restful spring break and is ready for the home stretch of the school year. Our students continue to amaze both in and out of the classroom. Let’s get this Saxon celebration started!
A huge shout out to Langley Band, Orchestra and Choir. All programs earned a “Superior” rating at this year’s assessments. As a result, Langley has once again been named a “Blue Ribbon School” as awarded by the Virginia Music Educators’ Association. Also, the Langley Band has also been named a “Virginia Honor Band” by the Virginia Band & Orchestra Directors Association.
Congratulations to the two Saxons who made it to the VHSL State Forensics Championship! Gabriel Elferrane finished in second place in Extemporaneous Speaking, and Alden Walcott came in third place in Storytelling.
The Langley Debate team took home their second consecutive VHSL Super Regional Championship last Saturday. Vishwa Rakasi finished first in Lincoln-Douglas debate, the team of Ahaan Shah and Sahil Gubbi took second place in Public Forum, and Lara De took 9th place out of 23 speakers in Congress. All four participants will move on to the VHSL State Championships on April 26-27 at James Madison University. Congratulations to these students!
I am thrilled to share that three Langley projects are headed to the National History Day State Contest! A round of applause for these wonderful students.
Anthony Aue and Nathan Lim
First Place, Group Documentary
The Impact of Nitrogen Fertilizers On Human Population
Maureen Mao
Third Place, Individual Exhibit
James Watt's Steam Engine ----- A Revolutionary Force
Oskar Sambandam
Third Place, Individual Website
How the GUI and Mouse of the 1984 Macintosh Changed World History
Congratulations to Edward Guo and Patrick Ying who qualified for the Math Olympiad.
Congratulations to the two of Langley’s eight Model Judiciary teams that were selected for the state competition in Richmond on April 23 where they will have the opportunity to argue appellate cases before Virginia Supreme Court Justices.
Way to go, Jordan Glover/Jacob Glover and Tanishka Bagade/Sanika Meka!
Langley Robotics was awarded the Excellence in Engineering Award at the recent Falls Church Robotics competition. We are proud of these students.
We salute the Langley Science Olympiad Team which placed 2nd overall in the State Science Olympiad.
Kudos to the students whose projects were selected for the FCPS Science Fair.
Shumvobi Mitra, Grand Prize Winner, ISEF Finalist (She will compete in the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in June)
Shriya Jaddu, First Place, Grand Prize Alternate, ISEF Observer
Ben Doan, First Place, Grand Prize Nominee
Lang Xiong, First Place, Grand Prize Nominee
Amy Key
Kriesh Tivare
Abhinav Chakravarthy
Zackery Gast
Isabella Anastas
Divya Gupta
Veera Anand
Rachel Ku
Eesha Kaushik
Efimia Tripathi
Hannah Weingast
Danna Jia
Allison Cheng
Abigail Davis
Matas Stanis
Oscar Anderson
Isha Joshi
Davanee Li
Jai Arora
Rishi Arumani
Anthony Starkov
Lindsay Nguyen
Naina Kumar
During spring break, over 50 choir students traveled to Europe. While there, they performed at Canterbury Cathedral and Old Royal Naval College in England. Also, they recorded at Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin, Ireland.
Please take a moment to listen to the beautiful song recorded during their session. Congratulations to Ms. Player and the incredible singers who participated in this once in a lifetime experience!
As you know, we are in the final quarter of the year. I ask that you please help your student(s) understand the importance of finishing strong. In addition to class assessments, many students will take SOL tests and AP exams over the coming month. We need each Saxon to do their best on these assessments. Thank you for supporting your student(s)’ academic success!
May each of you have a great weekend!
Fondly,
