Message from the Principal

Greetings Saxons,

During these final weeks of the 2023-24 school year, Saxon Country is a great place to be. Our students are finishing strong. Here’s the latest update from our classrooms, fields, competitions, and stage!

Congratulations to the Langley Latin students who participated in this year's National Latin Exam, 19 of whom won awards for their performance.

 

Summa Cum Laude with Gold Medal

Jayden Lee, Latin III

Daniel Park, Latin I

 

Maxima Cum Laude with Silver Medal

Sreeja Vemuri, Latin IVH

Molly Barrie, Latin III

Evelyn Chalmers, Latin II

Belle Walke, Latin II

Danica Cizek, Latin I

Sabrina Kim, Latin I

 

Magna Cum Laude

Kai Sastry, Latin IVH

Gauri Pillai, Latin II

Bryce Broadwell, Latin I

Amber Jin, Latin I

 

Cum Laude

Jacob Fitzmaurice, Latin III

Andrew Hwang, Latin III

Klaus Kizelewicz, Latin III

Ethan Osurman, Latin III

Matthew Han, Latin II

Jenny Mears, Latin II

Lily Zhang, Latin II

 

The Langley Debate Team is Class 6 VHSL State Champions! Leading the way for the Saxons was Vishwa Rakasi, who finished first in Lincoln-Douglas debate. The team of Ahaan Shah and Sahil Gubbi took second place in Public Forum debate, and Lara De finished in 20th place in Congressional debate. We are so proud of these students!

We salute Langley Model UN on winning the Best Large Delegation award (equivalent to First Place) at the Thomas Jefferson High School Model United Nations competition. Additionally, many of our students won individual awards, including seven first place titles.

Congratulations to the Langley Best Buddy chapter. They recently participated in the areawide Friendship Walk held in Washington, DC.

Congratulations to Jacob and Jordan Glover, Tanishka Bagade and Sanika Meka who were selected by the Virginia Bar Association and the YMCA to participate in a state-wide moot court competition.

We salute the fifty-two Langley Russian students who took part in the annual Olympiada of Spoken Russian at George Mason University.

Here are the Gold medalists:

 

Level 1: Celine Akel, Farhan Ali, Vikhyat Duddilla, Maxim Ehle, Tanish Reddy Gottimukkula, Shirya Gubbi, Ameya Haldankar, Ida-Sofia Ketola, Arjun Krishnamurthy, Akshay Malhotra, Annika Nyquist, Sophia Robertson, Ava Starzewski, Anupa Vinod

 

Level 2: Philip Prifold, Lakshmi Reddy 

 

Level 3: Lanka Chinmayee, Vishva Rakasi, Maya Alemblaseril, Kaylee Pechenek, Victoria Starykh, Victoria Yatsenko

 

Level 4: Alexander Arends, Cleia Jones, Sonya Morrisroe, Emir Abdygulov, Margaret Kolodina, Alexandra Shakula, Anthony Starkov 

Thanks to members of Saxon Stage for sharing their theatrical talents with residents of local retirement residences.

 

On Tuesday, Langley’s Swim and Dive and Ice Hockey teams were recognized by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors for their state championship wins. We congratulate members of these teams on this esteemed recognition!

 

‘Tis spring Senior Night season. We congratulate seniors in the following sports...

 

Baseball 

 

Boys Lacrosse 

 

Girls Lacrosse 

 

 

Boys Soccer 

 

Girls Soccer 

 

 

Softball

 

Girls Tennis 

 

As we conclude this year’s Teacher Appreciation Week, I would like to personally thank each member of our instructional staff for all they do for our students. Teachers are the heart of our school. We are truly fortunate to have such caring educators working with our students.

Thank you to PTSA for providing lunch for the staff today. It was a wonderful way to top off the celebratory week.

 

I wish each of you a great weekend. Happy Mother’s Day to the moms, grandmothers, aunts, and special women who make a difference in the lives of others!

 

Fondly,