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Oak Hill ❖ HerndonOak Hill ❖ Herndon
Herndon HighPerforms‘Brigadoon’News, Page 4
CelebratingThe Magic ofLift Me Up!News, Page 3
Schools UsingDiversity for
Student BenefitsFocus on Immigration, Page 8
Fiona and Tommy, played by HerndonHigh School seniors Molly Nuss
and Paul
Morgan, sing together during theschool’s production of
“Brigadoon.”
CelebratingThe Magic ofLift Me Up!News, Page 3
Schools UsingDiversity for
Student BenefitsFocus on Immigration, Page 8
Herndon HighPerforms‘Brigadoon’News, Page 4
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See Jeans Day, Page 7
T he Fairfax CountyChamber of Com-merce (Fairfax Cham-ber), in
partnershipwith the Fairfax-Falls Church Com-munity Partnership to
Prevent andEnd Homelessness, The Connec-tion Newspapers and Apple
Fed-eral Credit Union, has announcedthe Second Annual Jeans Day
to
Put the ZIP on Homelessness( h t t p : /
/jeansday2012.eventbrite.com).
On Jeans Day 2012—Friday,Dec. 14—businesses, county agen-cies,
non-profit organizations andcivic and faith-based groups inNorthern
Virginia will allow em-ployees or members to wear jeansto work or
gatherings in exchange
for a $5 contribution to EndHomelessness. Last year, morethan
100 employers, representing3,000 employees, participated inthe
initiative.
Twenty-two organizations, rep-resenting nearly 2,000
employees,have already signed up to partici-pate in Jeans Day 2012,
including:
❖ City of Fairfax Regional Li-
brary❖ CPS Professional Services,
LLC❖ Ernst & Young❖ Fairfax County Department of
Housing❖ Fairfax County Department of
Human Resources❖ Fairfax County Department of
Neighborhood & Community Ser-
vices❖ Fairfax County Juvenile & Do-
mestic Relations District Court❖ Fairfax County Office of
the
County Attorney❖ Fairfax County Office to Pre-
vent and End Homelessness❖ Fairfax County Retirement
Administration Agency❖ Fairfax-Falls Church Commu-
nity Services Board-Chantilly Cen-ter
❖ Helios HR❖ Holland & Knight LLP❖ The ILEX Group❖ Kositzka,
Wicks & Company❖ M&T Bank❖ The O’Reilly Law Firm❖ Reston
Association❖ Steve Gladis Leadership Part-
ners❖ Tysons Corner Center❖ Virginia Commerce Bank❖ WSP
Environment & Energy“We’re proud to partner with the
county, through the Office to Pre-vent & End Homelessness,
TheConnection Newspapers andApple Credit Union to provide
anopportunity for businesses andtheir employees to participate
inthe robust work to endhomelessness going on in our com-munity,”
said Fairfax ChamberPresident & CEO Jim Corcoran.“Northern
Virginia businesses stepup every day to support our com-munity in
many ways, but we’reespecially excited about this op-portunity
because it’s a chance foremployees to get involved di-rectly.”
“Now, more than ever, we needyou to get involved as we
moveforward with the Fairfax-FallsChurch Community Partnership
toPrevent and End Homelessness.Everyone is in need of some typeof
help at one point in time or an-other. Now, we need your help,and
Jeans Day is a great way foryou and your business to get in-volved
to prevent and endhomelessness in our community aswe know it,” said
Fairfax CountyBoard of Supervisors ChairmanSharon Bulova.
“In Fairfax County, it’s easy toforget that there are
homelessfamilies here, homeless children inthe schools, and that
many peoplewho are homeless here are actu-ally working, but don’t
makenearly enough money to affordhousing,” said The
ConnectionPublisher Mary Kimm. “The Con-nection is committed to
raisingawareness of homelessness andthe need to provide
permanentshelter, and to recognizing thegood works of individuals
and
Second Annual Jeans Day Campaignto End Homelessness launches.Put
the Zip on Homelessness
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News
Friday, Dec. 16 was an ex-tremely busy day as vol-unteers were
sortingfood and clothing and tweetswere going out seeking
addi-tional food items. Facebook wasupdated with requests for
morevolunteers to help. On Saturdaymorning at 8 a.m. LINK wasready
to receive the first of 800-plus families.
When the day ended shortlyafter 4 p.m., LINK and volun-teers had
served 801 families(4,300 people comprising2,066 adults and 2,234
chil-dren) food to last five to sevendays, fresh produce and
meatfrom Capital Area Food Bank.Volunteers made direct deliv-eries
to 11 homebound fami-lies; $21,930 was distributedin grocery card
gift cards;1,592 winter coats, 1,748 pairsof gloves and winter hats
and1,035 scarves and other win-ter items were distributed to320
grateful families.
Over 500 volunteers helpedin the week long pre-stagingand the
event day efforts for allprograms. Caring people wereneeded to
collect and pre-stagethe food and clothes at the threearea
churches. Volunteers coor-dinated the whole event, con-tacting
schools and social work-ers, comparing recipient listswith other
agencies, schedulingguest appointments, managing
the ever-changing volunteershifts, staffing the guest
regis-tration desk and providingSpanish translators.
Knowledgeable peopleworked with the school listing,and
maintained the web siteand the data collection process.Experienced
volunteers man-aged the task of getting pack-ers, bags, drivers,
addresses,and families all matched to-gether and ensured there
wasbreakfast and lunch at the breakrooms. Other volunteershandled
the grocery gift cardsor loaded guest vehicles withoverflowing bags
of groceries.
LINK will repeat the processon Dec. 15, but will replace
thecoats and clothing with newunwrapped toys. As of today,we need
about 3,800 new toysfor children newborn through16 years old. It is
a huge goal,but one I know we can meetand possibly exceed with
assis-tance from our wonderfulLoudoun and Fairfax commu-nity. We
also need more food tofill the empty shelves left
afterSaturday.
If you would like to help bycoordinating a food or toy
drivewithin your community, church,neighborhood or business,please
contact LINK [email protected].
—Mark Gunderman
L ift Me Up! therapeutic riding programhosted its annual gala on
Saturday, Nov.17, celebrating the organization’s 37thyear of
bringing the magic of horsebackriding to individuals living with
disabilities. The eventtook place at the BMW of Sterling, courtesy
of Tho-mas and Joyce Moorehead, who, for the last sevenyears, have
opened their showroom for Lift Me Up!’sprimary fundraiser of the
year.
The evening began with guests mingling at a cock-tail reception
that included hors d’oeuvres by RSVPCatering and a silent auction,
full of donations fromthe community, including the Washington
Redskins,Washington Wizards, local jewelers and restaurants,and
many more. Throughout the evening, threeyoung riders from the
program, Keira Kenny, CamronSaba, and Catalina Smith chatted with
guests andraised over $1,500 by selling raffle tickets for a
bas-ket organized by Maggie Johnston of the program’sboard of
directors.
Dinner entertainment included an elaborate magicshow and an
awards presentation where Great Fallsresident Tracy Kenny, and
volunteer Gordon Baker,were honored for their service to the
organization.
The evening also featured a live auction that in-cluded a Jorge
Adeler one-of-a-kind custom designednecklace donated by Adeler
Jewelers as well as anopportunity to view Dr. Lucas Collazo and his
Car-diac Surgery Team perform live open heart surgery.Following the
bidding, Keller Williams of McLeanpresented a check for over
$15,000 as the proceedsfrom the third annual McLean-Great Falls
Keller Wil-liams Cares charity golf tournament. The eveningended
with another gala tradition known as “StandUp for Lift Me Up!”
where guests raised an additional$28,000 for this program.
Community support is at the heart of the program’ssuccess. More
than 300 volunteers comprising localhigh school students and adults
assist the studentriders and PATH- certified riding instructors
duringlessons offered seven days a week. Lift Me Up! servesover 100
riders of all ages, including local veteranswounded while serving
in the military.
Lift Me Up! is a 501 (c) (3) charity and a PATHPremier
Accredited Center. For more information,visit www.liftmeup.org.
Men from Fairfax and Loudoun volunteered togetherand managed the
constant traffic of shopping cartsas 50,000 pounds of
non-perishable groceries wereloaded into vehicles of families in
need from Ster-ling, Ashburn and Herndon. Christ the
RedeemerCatholic processed 55 families an hour, totaling 397carts
between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Working in parallel,Trinity Presbyterian
in Herndon handled 404 grocerycarts. Seventy-three walk-in families
were served atthe end of the day.
LINK Helps Hundredsof Families in Need
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Celebrating the Magic of Lift Me Up!Thirty-seventh
anniversarygala a spectacular night.
From left—Lauren Carbaugh and DebbieSaba, Lift Me Up!
supporters.
Part of the gala’s tradition is a rider testi-monial. This
year’s speaker was CatalinaSmith who gave an emotional
speechthanking Lift Me Up! for her ability to ridetoday.
From left—Jennifer Lucier,president of the Lift Me Up!board of
directors, TracyKenny, 2012 honoree andboard member, and
KeiraKenny. Great Falls residentTracy Kenny, and volunteerGordon
Baker, were hon-ored for their service to theorganization.
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By Alex McVeighThe Connection
For many cast members inthe Herndon High SchoolTheatre
Department, themusical “Brigadoon”wasn’t a familiar title to them.
Thestory of two New Yorkers whostumble upon a mystical
disap-pearing Scottish village featuresone of the young men,
Tommy,who falls in love with one of thetown’s residents, only to be
con-fronted by the fact that the townonly appears once every
hundredyears.
“It’s sort of a classic that nobodyknows about,” said senior
MollyNuss, who plays Fiona, the womanTommy falls in love with.
Nuss says she really enjoyed thereality of her character, who
de-spite being trapped in a villagethat only appears once a
century,has plenty of depth.
“She shows an entire range ofemotion throughout the play,
she’ssassy and fiery, but also very seri-ous. Her character is very
relat-able,” she said. “Throughout muchof the play, she seems to
wear amask, before coming out as shereally is.”
Senior Paul Morgan, who playsTommy, says he was familiar withthe
1954 film starring Gene Kelly,who is his favorite actor.
“The love songs are really great,they range from confusion,
toTommy finding a direction, onlyto lose it again,” he said. “From
aperformance standpoint it’s themost demanding role I’ve played,a
lot of singing and dancing, butit’s also the best role I’ve
played.”
NEW YORKERS Tommy and Jeff,played by senior Chris Hrozencik,
find themselves surrounded by atown full of people trapped in
thepast. Hrozencik’s character is asardonic drinker that tries to
keepTommy grounded, even as he be-comes more infatuated with
Fiona.
“He was definitely a fun charac-ter to play, he’s older and a
drunk,but there are scenes, particularlyat the end, where there are
comicmoments that also show the truereality of his character,” he
said.
Hrozencik isn’t the only actorwho plays a character vastly
dif-ferent from himself. Senior AmyFreeman plays Meg Brockie,
alovestruck woman who chases Jeff
for much of the play.“She’s so flighty and promiscu-
ous, it was fun to put myself intothe role, that’s what acting
is allabout,” she said. “I love the songat the end of the first
act, ‘The Loveof My Life,’ where she reflects onhow strange her
love life is. Andthe whole time she’s chasing Jeff,he’s so
dismissive, but she couldn’tcare less.”
The students stay true to theplay, speaking in thick
Scottishaccents throughout the play, andwearing the tartan attire
and pet-ticoats that are Scotland’s signa-ture.
Like most of Herndon’s musicals,this one features
accompanimentfrom a pit orchestra, also studentsat Herndon High
School.
“The orchestra helps add powerand emotion to the scenes,
andthat’s something we can draw onas actors,” Nuss said.
Senior Megan Overton, whoplays the role of Jean, said the
pro-cess of learning a completely newmusical was very
rewarding.
“Once we started doing re-search, seeing the movie andlearning
the songs, it was really afun process. Once it all starts com-
ing together, with the great cos-tumes and the set pieces, it
justadds a whole new energy,” shesaid. “We’re so lucky to be able
tohave the pit orchestra performing,a lot of schools don’t have
thatopportunity.”
“BRIGADOON” will be per-formed at the Herndon HighSchool
auditorium Friday, Nov. 30and Saturday, Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m.and
Sunday, Dec. 2 at 2 p.m. Tick-ets are $10. For more information,or
to purchase tickets, visitwww.herndondrama.org.
Herndon High Performs ‘Brigadoon’Theater department puts on
annual fall musical.
“From a performance standpoint it’s themost demanding role I’ve
played, a lot ofsinging and dancing, but it’s also the bestrole
I’ve played.”
— Senior Paul Morgan
Paul Morgan, in the role of Tommy, is haunted by the lossof
Fiona, during the Herndon High School production of“Brigadoon,”
opening Nov. 30.
From left, New Yorkers Tommy, played by senior PaulMorgan and
Jeff, played by senior Chris Hrozencik, dis-cuss the town of
Brigadoon in the Herndon High Schoolproduction of “Brigadoon,”
starting Nov. 30.
Fiona (played by Molly Nuss) and Tommy (played by Paul
Morgan)struggle with their feelings for each other during a scene
in HerndonHigh School’s production of “Brigadoon.”
The townspeople hold a funeral for one of their residents
duringHerndon High School’s production of “Brigadoon,” which starts
Nov. 30.
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Crime Solvers Seeking Suspects inHerndon-Area Car Vandalisms
Fairfax County Crime Solvers is seeking the public’s assistance
inidentifying the suspects responsible for damaging numerous
vehiclesparked in an apartment complex over the weekend. An
investigationdetermined that between 11 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 24
and 8 a.m. onSunday, Nov. 25, the suspects slashed the tires of at
least 64 vehiclesparked in the Dulles Greene Apartment Complex. The
vehicles were allparked on Astoria Circle; one car was parked on
Rock Hill Road, justoutside the complex.
Surveillance video shows three males entering the complex on
footthat night. One male was heavyset, wearing light-colored
clothing. Thesecond male was wearing dark-colored basketball
shorts. The thirdmale was wearing dark-colored clothing. Detectives
are releasing aphoto of these three males in the hopes someone may
have seen themin the area that night or may recognize them.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Solvers by
phoneat 1-866-411-TIPS (8477), e-mail at
www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org ortext “TIP187” plus your message to
CRIMES (274637). A $100 to $1,000cash reward will be paid for
information that leads to an arrest. Asalways, callers never have
to give their names or appear in court. Findus on Facebook.
Fox Mill Walks Raise $5,400 forReston Interfaith
The seventh annual Fox Mill Elementary School PTA Walk for
theHomeless was held Thursday, Oct. 25. A total of 254 walkers
raisedmore than $5,400 to help Reston Interfaith in their efforts
to endhomelessness in Fairfax County.
After being greatly moved by a report about the high numbers
ofhomeless families living in Fairfax County, a past student
Kristin Allgaier,with the help of her family, first organized this
walk for her school in2005. Although she has now moved on to Rachel
Carson, Fox Mill hasbeen committed to hosting a Walk at Fox Mill
each fall. Thirty-threepercent of homeless people in Fairfax County
are children. Fox Mill’sefforts bring attention to the power of
children helping children andprove that young people can make a
very large difference in their com-munity.
Due to the fact that the walk was happening right before
Halloween,the children were invited to wear masks for the walk in
line with thetheme—“unmask homelessness” in your community. Prior
to the event,Fox Mill Student Council officers took a tour of
Reston Interfaith’s EmbryRucker Community Shelter in Reston, and
then shared facts abouthomelessness with the rest of the school.
Fox Mill Elementary Princi-pal Mie Devers and Assistant Principal
Brian Moose were also therealong with many of the teachers to show
their support for the walk.The children also had Fox Mill PTA
President Amanda Owens, AbbyKimble from Reston Interfaith and Clare
Tock from Fannie Mae cheer-ing them on.
Week in Herndon
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OpinionLearning in a Global CommunityStudents in Fairfax County
speak 160 languages.
This week our ongoing series aboutimmigration in Fairfax
Countytakes a look at county schools, andsome of the joys and
challenges ofhaving a diverse student body that speaks asmany as
160 different languages at home.
Find the series compiled online at
http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/Immi-gration/.
For the director of language acquisition inFairfax County Public
Schools, the 44 percentof students who speak a foreign language
athome present an opportunity to create lan-guage immersion classes
where half a kinder-garten is learning Spanish or Korean while
theother half is learning English.
For principals of some elementary schoolswhere more than half of
their students are notproficient in English, the need to have
studentsmeet benchmarks in a variety of subjects is arelentless
process. In addition to limited En-glish, immigrant students come
from variedbackgrounds, some with good basics in their
own languages and some with limited previ-ous education in any
language. The parents ofthese students are similarly varied.
Meanwhile, representation of Latino andAfrican American students
in Fairfax County’stop instructional centers for gifted students
lagsdramatically.
FCPS is conducting two criti-cal sets of public meetings
thisweek and next. The call for pub-lic input is not specifically
about
growing diversity in the schools, but relatedchallenges make
both the possible expansionof centers for the county’s most
talented stu-dents and the selection of a new superinten-dent of
schools that much more important.
A fast moving proposal to expand the num-ber of centers to
provide “advanced academic”services is the topic of meetings this
week. Themeetings will run from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday,Nov. 27, in the
Westfield High School cafete-ria; Wednesday, Nov. 28, in the Lee
High Schoolcafeteria; and Thursday, Nov. 29, in the Kilmer
Middle School cafeteria.Fairfax County Public Schools
Superinten-
dent Jack Dale will be retiring in June of 2013.The School Board
has hired a search firm,Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates,
whichwill be gathering community input. Many ofthe challenges
facing the new superintendentwill revolve around growing diversity,
and atrack record of open communication andachievement in this will
be key to success.
SUPERINTENDENT SEARCHCOMMUNITY MEETINGS❖ Dec. 3 - 7 p.m.,
cafeteria, South County HS, 8501
Silverbrook Road, Lorton, VA 22079.❖ Dec. 4 - 7 p.m., cafeteria,
Langley HS, 6520
Georgetown Pike, McLean, VA 22101.❖ Dec. 5 - 7 p.m., cafeteria,
Robinson SS, 5035
Sideburn Road, Fairfax, VA 22032.❖ Dec. 6 - 10 a.m. Gatehouse
Administration Center,
8115 Gatehouse Road, Falls Church, VA 22042Room 1600.
❖ Dec. 6 - 7 p.m., cafeteria, Annandale HS, 4700Medford Drive,
Annandale, VA 22003.
❖ Dec. 6 - 7 p.m., cafeteria, Groveton ElementarySchool, 6900
Harrison Lane, Alexandria, VA 22306.
❖ Dec. 7 - 1 p.m., Gatehouse Administration Center,8115
Gatehouse Road, Falls Church, VA 22042Room 1600.
Editorial
Immigrants and Today’s Faith ResponseFocus on Immigration
By John Horejsi, CoordinatorSocial Action Linking Together
(SALT)
The presence of increasing numbers ofimmigrants is a challenge
to the FairfaxCounty faith community commit-ments. The challenge is
to be a faith commu-nity with open arms.
Historically the churches in the United Stateshave been
immigrant churches. Who amongus cannot trace one’s ancestors back
to a coun-try outside the U.S.? The church’s care andconcern for
countless European immigrants iswell known. Today, we the faith
communityare called to welcome immigrants with simi-lar
hospitality.
The situation of immigrants is often desperate.Entering a
culturally strange and different land,and struggling financially is
as scary today as itever was in the past. Perhaps it is even more
sobecause of the quickened pace of American life.
Those who are fortunate to connect withhelpers are settled
within a few years. Othersremain in transition the rest of their
lives asfamilies struggle with complex adjustments.All face major
problems in housing, employ-ment, health care, legal assistance,
and a diffi-cult new language.
Immigrants frequently face the additionalobstacle of cruel
prejudice and racism. Non-immigrants often want to exclude them
fromthe benefits of a free country, yet are eager touse cheap and
reliable labor of immigrants.
The immigrants and other refugees keepcoming, not necessarily
because they want to,
but as one, fleeing from war and persecution,put it, because of
“the persistent advantage oflife over death.”
Presently, many Hispanics from CentralAmerica are located in
Northern Virginia. About65 percent are Salvadoran, 15 percent
Hondu-ran, and 10 percent each are Guatemalan andNicaraguan. The
faith community in NorthernVirginia has not been unaware of the
presenceand plight of these immigrant refugees.
Nationally, for more than 65 years, CatholicCharities agencies
have responded to the needsof people who come to this country in
searchof a better life. Thousands of refugees have
been settled. Over 90 percent of Catholic re-settlement services
are provided throughCatholic Charities, which is one of the keys
tothe future of migration ministry in the U.S.
In Northern Virginia, one of the responsesof the faith community
has been through HogarImmigrant Services, a program of
CatholicCharities. Hogar assists immigrants in partici-pating more
fully in their everyday lives. In-formation referrals, legal
information services,and educational opportunities are just someof
the aids. The aim is to help the NorthernVirginia immigrant
population become knowl-edgeable, participating individuals in
society.
Yet much remains to be done, especially inand by the faith
community. What are the el-ements of this challenge?
❖ Recognizing the contributions of the im-migrants to the
community;
❖ Providing a greater voice to the immigrantcommunity in
decision-making within the com-munity;
❖ Supporting programs designed to improvethe quality of life for
newcomers;
❖ Serving as advocates to create a favorablepublic opinion out
of which good things canhappen; and
❖ Seeking to raise consciousness for solidar-ity with the poor
and the stranger.
Our response must be to acknowledge byword and action that the
spirituality of the faithcommunity and the spirituality of the
immi-grant communities are interdependent.Through love, kindness,
service and advocacyfor each other both stand to gain.
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOLATTENDANCE AREASStudents who speak a
language
other than English at home
38,760 FairfaxCounty elementaryschool students (44percent) speak
alanguage other thanEnglish at home.
By Donna ManzThe Connection
The schools that feed intoGeorge C. MarshallHigh School are the
aca-demic home to children from allover the world. It’s not
surpris-ing, then, that Marshall is an in-ternational community, a
TysonsCorner United Nations, so tospeak. Many of the studentscome
for the prestigious I.B. (In-ternational Baccalaureate), butmost
are in the Marshall district,which embraces students fromTysons to
the far-reaches ofVienna. From Italian to Swahili,there is a myriad
of languagesnative to Marshall’s students,who represent more than
90nations.
“Marshall has an internationalstudent body from all walks
oflife, from the four corners of theworld,” said principal
JayPearson. “Our kids cross somany boundaries. We don’t re-fer to
it as ‘diversity,’” Pearsonsaid. “For our students, this isthe
norm. These kids are veryaccustomed to moving betweengroups of
students from every-where, so, there aren’t ‘cliques.’
“We are the face of whatFairfax County is in 2012.”
FIVE INVITED STUDENTSgathered in a roundtable discus-sion at
Marshall recently. Whatthey agreed on is that Americanschools are
less-intense aca-demically, less-academicallypressuring than
schools outsidethe U.S. In other countries, it is
academics-only that define yourfuture, a selected group of
studentssaid in the recent discussion withPearson and an
interviewer. In theU.S., the students said, you haveextracurricular
programs that en-hance the total person. What theU.S. does not
have, however, thatinternational schools stress, is anemphasis on
foreign language flu-ency.
English is a compulsory curricu-lum in many school systems
theworld over. Some students, such asKasthury Paramiswaran,
aMarshall senior from Malaysia,speak multiple languages, fluent
ineach. Kasthury’s family movedaround the world as part of
herfather’s job, and Kasthury masteredfour languages in her
journeys. Shesaid she still works very hard in herI.B. subjects,
getting “A”s in everyone of her classes. She is applyingto colleges
in the United Kingdomand the Netherlands.
Jia Loh, a Malaysian native whohas been in the U.S. for two
years,said the transition to schools herewas “hard,” even though
the aca-demic environment is less intensethan in Malaysia.
“I had to adjust to different cul-tures. It was hard to find
friendswho share my culture.”
Dalila Ferrara’s family movedaround Italy; her father is in
themilitary there. In the early 1990s,he was assigned to a U.S.
base inTexas and his experience there wasnot a good one. “He warned
me notto tell people I’m Italian,” Dalilasaid. “He told me not to
be proud
By Alex McVeighThe Connection
As Fairfax County has ex-perienced massivegrowth in its
interna-tional population, its ef-fects have spread to its
educationalinstitutions. Forty-four percent ofthe Fairfax County
Public Schoolsstudents come from homes thatspeak a language other
than En-glish, which includes 160 differentlanguages.
In 2006, the county came upwith the goal to eventually have
allgraduates be able to communicatein two languages. The county
cur-rently offers 11 different lan-guages.
“We highly value the diversity ofour population, because it’s
advan-tageous for our students to growup here, as global citizens,”
saidTeddi Predaris, director of thecounty’s Office of Language
Ac-quisition. “We believe it’s a hugeasset for our students in
their fu-ture endeavors.”
Approximately 28 percent of thecounty’s current population are
for-eign born, with Spanish, Korean,Vietnamese, Arabic, Urdu and
Chi-nese/Mandarin being the mostcommon languages spoken in thehomes
of elementary school stu-dents.
The county’s kindergarten two-way immersion program is onemethod
used by schools to takeadvantage of increasing diversity.The
program consists of half En-glish speakers and half who speakthe
immersion language.
“In this program, the teachersand students are language
modelsfor each other, and they spend halfthe day working at each
language,”Predaris said. “Our criteria for add-ing these programs
is having alarge enough population of thenon-English speaking group
tomake a 50-50 mix possible. This isone of the models we hope to
ex-pand in coming years.”
The county has five Spanish kin-dergarten two-way immersion
pro-grams, at Bailey’s, Braddock, LakeAnne, London Towne and Rose
HillElementary Schools. New this yearis a Korean two-way
immersionschool at Colin Powell ElementarySchool in
Centreville.
THE PROGRAM AT COLINPOWELL was designed to take ad-vantage of
the area’s large Korean
Schools Using Diversity for Student BenefitsImmersion, ESOL
programs aim to takeadvantage of area cultures.
“We highly value the diversityof our population, because
it’s advantageous for ourstudents to grow up here, as
global citizens.”— Teddi Predaris, director of the county’s
Office of Language Acquisition
Focus on Immigration
where they have little tono schooling. There’s al-ways a silent
period inthe beginning, but peri-ods like lunch and recessallow the
Spanish speak-ers to talk among them-selves, which helps openthem
up. Children learnmost of their languagefrom each other, so hav-ing
native speakers ofboth languages helpsboth groups immensely.Each
group of native speakersgets to be the language rolemodel for half
a day, with theother students learning from them.It really boosts
their confidence.”
COUNTY SCHOOLS also feature
Janet Funk, principal of GunstonElementary School in
Lorton,where approximately 300 studentscome from a home where
anotherlanguage is spoken, says everydayinteraction with new
cultures is animportant part of early education.
“Interesting conversations can beheard in the lunchroom,
especiallywhen students from other coun-tries bring their food from
home.Children are very interested inbringing their favorite foods,
whichnaturally flows to a discussion oftraditions and
celebrations,” shesaid. “With these informal discus-sions, the
students learn the impor-tance of accepting classmates forwho they
are. This supports ourgoal of cultural acceptance an col-laborative
interaction among ourschool community.”
But with such diversity comeschallenges, especially when itcomes
to Standards of Learningtests.
“Classroom teachers and ESOLteachers work diligently to help
thestudents learn the English lan-guage. Many of our students
fromother countries are still learningEnglish and are reading
belowgrade level expectations,” Funksaid. “These students receive
read-
ing instruction in the classroomsetting and the ESOL class-room.
They are receiving a‘double’ dose of reading ona regularly
scheduled ba-sis. However, when itcomes time to take theSOL tests,
they are re-quired to take the test on
grade level in a lan-guage in which they arenot proficient.”In
Virginia, SOL tests
must be taken in English,but in Texas, for example,
standardized tests can be taken inSpanish.
CHANGES to the state’s licensurerequirements this year have
alsocaused some difficulties. This year,the state required teachers
in el-ementary school programs to notonly be licensed in their
language,but also for elementary education.
“We’ve struggled this year due tothe new requirement,”
Charltonsaid. “We’ve had to use some long-term subs until as
recently as twoor three weeks ago before we hadenough full time
teachers that metqualifications. Now I think the uni-versities are
aware of the change,so it might be better in future years,but it
can definitely make it diffi-cult to find people.”
population. The Korean studentswho are in the program all
couldspeak a little English
“The program is a niche that fitsvery well in our community. For
thenative English speakers, it helpsthem understand more about
theculture of the people they sharethe community with everyday. It
gives everyone moreunderstanding of thepeople that walkthrough our
doorsevery day,” said
Principal LindaClifford. “Walking into aclassroom the other day,
I wasamazed at how many non-Koreanstudents were able to
understandKorean very well.”
Clifford said she hopes in futureyears that the school can
expandthe program beyond kindergarten,eventually to every grade at
theschool. The school also offers anafter school program to all
studentswho are interested in learning Ko-rean, and they even have
a pre-school program to teach immigrantfamilies about school
programsand other information they mightnot otherwise be familiar
with be-fore their children start school.
Students in the program atBailey’s Elementary take health,math
and science in their nativelanguage. As a magnet school, stu-dents
from across the county canapply, which the school uses mainlyto
fill its English-speaking require-ment.
“The native Spanish speakerscome to Bailey’s with a wide rangeof
English skills, depending onwhere they come from,” said As-sistant
Principal Rachel Charlton.“Some come from very rural areas
Another area of growth has beenthe county’s English for
Speakersof Other Languages program,which started 35 years ago
with300 students. Since then it has seena steady increase, with
15,000 infiscal year 2001 and 31,000 thisyear.
immersion programs in Japanese,German and French at
elementaryand middle schools.
See Curriculum, Page 10
Marshall High Is the Face of Fairfax County90-plus countries
represented bystudent population.
George C.Marshall
High Schoolhas a student
populationrepresenting
more than 90nations.
“Marshall has aninternationalstudent body fromall walks of
life,from the fourcorners of theworld … We arethe face of
whatFairfax County isin 2012.”— George C. Marshall High
School Principal JayPearson
Photo byDonna Manz/
The Connection
Viewpoints
What was your biggest concern or fearwhen moving to U.S.
schools?
—Donna ManzKasthuryParamiswaran,senior,Malaysia
“I had a closegroup of friendsthere and I didn’tknow
anybodyhere,” on leaving Malaysia whenshe had made friends in
hernative high school. “I still workvery hard in my [I.B.]
classes.”
Dalila Ferrara,junior, Italy
“Actually, I wasreally happy tomove here. Myonly fear wasthat I
wouldn’t beaccepted. Thatdidn’t happen. My biggest dreamis to get
an MBA from Harvard.”
Millan Mbise,senior,Tanzania
“The culturalaspect. Forexample, inTanzania there islittle
interactionwith teachers. The teachers arestrict, classes are very
intense. It’snot like that here. I played varsitysoccer last year
and that helpedme a lot with the transition toMarshall.
“I figured out what I wanted todo with my life when I movedhere.
I want to be a pharmacist.”
Jia Loh,senior,Malaysia
“Mybiggest fearwas findingfriends. Stillfind it hard
to join cliques. Most of myfriends are internationalstudents.
I’m still workingon that part of the transi-tion. My dream is to
find ahigh-paying job I like,accounting or law.”
AmberHolder,senior,Panama
“Mybiggest fearwas that Iwouldn’t
have the same friendsthroughout my academiccareer. My dream is
toestablish a music educationsystem that would producemore diverse,
well-roundedmusicians, not just musi-cians who are skilled in
justone instrument.”
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By Michelle KainThe Connection
Garfield ElementarySchool in Spring-field, like all ofFairfax
County, hasa population that reflects awide range of
backgrounds.With 33 languages spoken, theschool’s ESOL (English
forSpeakers of Other Languages)program has had to expand.The school
has a first gradeclass of 60 students, 58 ofwhom are ESOL students
rang-ing from levels one throughfour.
Jane Cofie-Raczko, who hasbeen a teacher for the past 13years,
teaches one of three firstgrade classes in which all 20 of the
students haveEnglish as a second language.
The majority of these students are from Hispanicor Middle
Eastern backgrounds and common lan-guages include Spanish, Arabic,
Urdu, Farsi, Ko-rean, Chinese and Vietnamese. The
challengesinvolved with teaching these students depend ontheir
proficiency with the English language.
“For students who speak almost no English, itcan be difficult to
communicate to the studentsthat you want them to succeed and that
you arethere to help them. It can also be difficult to getthe
students to ask for help, mostly due to theirlack of confidence in
their speaking ability. Forstudents with a better knowledge of the
social lan-guage, it can be tough to give them a similarlystrong
academic language. Add the already diffi-cult material to learning
English for the first timeand it can be very challenging,” said
Cofie-Raczko.
“The success of the students with the curricu-lum and their
preparedness for middle and highschool depends on the schooling
they received intheir home country as well as when they
enrolled
Teachers discuss challenges of teaching English asa Second
Language.
We Are the World, at Garfield
of being Italian.” Dalila carriedthat warning with her when
sheentered Marshall. The dire warn-ing turned out to have no basis
ather new school. “When I tellpeople here I’m Italian, they
say,‘oh, I love Italy’ and then, I’m sorelieved. Yes, I am proud to
say I’mItalian here.”
In Italy, it was always school andstudying through late
evening,Dalila said. She had no social lifethere.
“When I came here, it was sucha relief,” she said. “I was so
happyI finally had time for myself.”
Millan Mbise, from Tanzania,was pleasantly surprised by
thedegree of interaction between stu-dents and teachers. Teachers
areless approachable than in the U.S.Millan, whose native language
isSwahili, grew up speaking English,
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‘Hidden Curriculum’up their native language.
“Studies show that bilingual stu-dents do better
academically.”
Bloom said the school helpsnewly-immigrated students
totransition by embracing the fami-lies as they enter the school.
Rela-tionship-building is how he refersto the partnership. “When
you es-tablish that relationship with newfamilies from other
countries, youget rid of a lot of hurdles. Whenyou do that, the
families feel val-ued and a part of the Freedom Hillfamily. We have
students learningfrom one another simply fromtheir exposure to each
other.”
The children of Freedom HillElementary School are so accus-tomed
to establishing relation-ships within the classroom, theydon’t
recognize barriers, Bloomsaid. “It’s a representation of
theworld.”
Bloom refers to the school’s di-at Garfield,” said Rozi
Khakpour, an ESOL teacherat Garfield Elementary.
Students who have attended Garfield from thestart get the
opportunity to develop oral languageat an early age through
programs such as Lunchand Bunch in which kindergartners with
Englishas a second language meet twice a week to havelunch and
practice this important skill.
The program, along with others, have provento be successful as
“students who have been atGarfield since kindergarten often exceed
in highschool and earn positions on the honor roll,”Khakpour
said.
“Another thing that has proven to be helpful,”said Kirsten
Howard, another first grade teacher,“is Garfield’s social
curriculum.” This social cur-riculum, which concentrates on
teaching studentscooperation, assertion, responsibility,
empathy,and self-control, has given students a greaterawareness
outside themselves and has helpedthem in middle in high school as
demonstratedby their willingness to take on leadership
posi-tions.
Mariana Del Cid-Quintanilla, Spanish,Parents from El
Salvador
Anmul Jan,Pashtu, Bornin Pakistan
Michael Opuni, Akah,Parents from Ghana(Michael born in US)
Yusuf Ouanina,Arabic, Morocco
Tracy Huynh, Viet-namese, Vietnam
Mohammed (Jafar)Abdulridna, Arabic, Iraq
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Jane Cofie-Raczko gives her first grade class thedetails
regarding their upcoming test.
Focus on Immigration
“There’s so much value in having aschool where children from all
overthe world can come together.”
— Scott Bloom, Freedom Hill principal
as well. English is compulsory inthe schools, and, Millan calls
it the“unofficial” language of Tanzania.
Millan is bused from Marshalldaily to Falls Church High
Schoolfor a class in “pharmacy technol-ogy.” He learned what he
wantedto do with his life while living hereand attending an
American school.He wants to be a pharmacist someday.
FREEDOM HILL ELEMEN-TARY SCHOOL feeds into theMarshall pyramid.
Like Marshall,Freedom Hill is the world in mi-crocosm. There are
more than 42languages spoken in the students’homes and the children
of Free-dom Hill represent more than 53countries. Some Freedom Hill
stu-dents are from diplomatic families,already bilingual or
multilingualwith English exposure. Others arenew to English. The
school,through its many ESOL levels,works with these students to
helpthem adapt to English.
“Within the realm of school, thekids are held accountable to
com-municate in the English language,”said first-year Freedom Hill
prin-cipal Scott Bloom. As the kids in-teract with their peers,
they pickup English.
“I like to think we also recognizethe importance of kids having
thatdual-language skill,” Bloom said.“We want them to learn
English,but, we don’t want them to give
versity as a “hidden curriculum.”“There’s so much value in
hav-
ing a school where children fromall over the world can come
to-gether,” Bloom said. “You set thestage for the children to share
theirhistory, backgrounds, culture, andexperiences. “There’s so
muchpower in bringing all these differ-ent cultures together that I
thinkit’s justified to call it a hidden cur-riculum.
“The kids don’t even knowthey’re learning from this
diver-sity.”
Marshall’s roundtable studentseager to discuss their new lives
allsaid that school life is more pres-sured in their native
countries withlittle opportunities within theschool system to learn
nonaca-demic things. Schools do not pro-mote extracurricular
activities asthey do here.
“Students are pushed by theirparents to excel academically
inMalaysia,” Kasthury said. “Many ofthese kids commit suicide.
They’retold, ‘if you’re not the best, you’llnever succeed.’”
Amber Holder has found a mul-titude of extracurricular
activitiesto engage in. In Panama, there wasonly a single option.
Here, shesaid, she’s involved with themarching band, the literary
maga-zine and other programs. “InPanama, you have to find oneplace
to fit in. But, here, you canfit in in many places.”
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THURSDAY/NOV. 29The Early History of Reston—
Translating the Dream toReality. 7-9 p.m., at the Jo AnnRose
Gallery at the RestonCommunity Center, 1609Washington Plaza,
Reston. A panel ofearly Reston-marketing expertspresent a program
on the origins ofReston, the nation’s first large-scaleplanned
community. 703-709-7700,[email protected]
orwww.restonmuseum.org.
FRIDAY/NOV. 30Reston Lions Club Annual Citrus
Sale. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., at the club’strailer at Lake Anne Village
Center,1609 Washington Plaza N, Reston.Fresh Florida navel oranges,
pinkgrapefruit, tangelos and gourmetpeanuts, Vermont cheese and
OhioBuckeye Chocolates available;purchase proceeds benefit sight
andhearing programs in Reston-Herndonarea (eyeglasses hearing aids
alsoaccepted for recycling).www.RestonLions.org.
Artist-led Creativity Challenge. 7-10 p.m., at GRACE, 12001
MarketSt., Suite 103, Reston. Work in teamswith limited materials
to designunique, nature-based creationsinspired by artworks in the
currentCAIRNS: Works by Pam Rogersexhibit; beverages and light
snackincluded. $10 per person formembers and residents of
SmallDistrict 5; $20, non-members/non-residents.
www.restonarts.org/AdultPrograms.htm.
Towne Square Singers’ HolidayConcert: Decembers Past. 7:30p.m.,
at Elden Street Players’Industrial Strength Theatre, 269Sunset Park
Drive, Herndon. Encoresof favorite musical numbers fromholiday
shows of the past 30 years,sung loud and clear for all to hear.$12.
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SATURDAY/DEC. 1 Reston Lions Club Annual Citrus
Sale. 8 a.m.-6 p.m., at the club’strailer at Lake Anne Village
Center,1609 Washington Plaza N, Reston.Fresh Florida navel oranges,
pinkgrapefruit, tangelos and gourmetpeanuts, Vermont cheese and
OhioBuckeye Chocolates available;purchase proceeds benefit sight
andhearing programs in Reston-Herndonarea (eyeglasses hearing aids
alsoaccepted for recycling).www.RestonLions.org.
Holiday Homes Tour of Herndon.10 a.m.-4 p.m., at various homes
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Winter Open House. 11 a.m.-2 p.m.,at Herndon Fortnightly
Library, 768Center Street, Herndon. Glass harpistJamey Turner plays
while shopperslook for crafts from the Council forthe Arts of
Herndon; refreshmentscourtesy of the Fortnightly Club andFriends of
the Herndon Library. 703-437-8855 or
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Amadeus Concerts: Gloria. 4 p.m.,at the Reston Community
Center,2310 Colts Neck Road, Reston.Sacred and secular holiday
seasonalfavorites make a varied, festiveconcert.
$30.www.amadeusconcerts.com.
The Reston Chorale: The Wonderof the Season. 4 p.m., 7:30
p.m.,at RCC Hunters Woods, 2310 ColtsNeck Road, Reston. Gloria
presentedwith chorus, organ, brass andpercussion—the 90-vocie
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youth under15, free. 7003-436-1111 orwww.restonchorale.org.
Global Campfire 2012. 4-6 p.m., atthe Walker Center Fire Ring
onSoapstone Road between Glade andLawyers Roads, Reston.
Anawareness event featuring groupsing-along, camp games,marshmallow
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Global Camps AfricaFounder Phil Lilienthal; bring chairs,blankets
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Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides. 4-9p.m., at Reston Town Center,
11900Market Street, Reston. Enjoy carriagerides through Reston Town
Centerwith pick up location on MarketStreet next to Talbots and
allproceeds benefitting local non-profitorganization. $5; children
under 5free.
Holiday Tree Lighting and Sing-Along. 5-6 p.m., at the corner
ofLynn and Elden Streets, Herndon.Come for carols, a tree lighting
and avisit from Santa. 571-323-5301
orwww.dullesregionalchamber.org.
Greater Reston Chamber ofCommerce 30th AnniversaryCelebration.
7-11 p.m., at TheSheraton Reston Hotel, 11810Sunrise Valley Dr.,
Reston. The entirecommunity gets down tocommemorate three decades
ofservice and leadership in the Dullescorridor with the help of
valetservice, South Lakes High School’sstring quartet, dance band
DiamondAlley, a silent auction, photo boothand an open bar with Ice
Luge;sponsorships available. $135-175.703-707-9045 or
http://www.restonchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=947.
Towne Square Singers’ HolidayConcert: Decembers Past. 7:30
p.m., at Elden Street Players’Industrial Strength Theatre,
269Sunset Park Drive, Herndon. Encoresof favorite musical numbers
fromholiday shows of the past 30 years,sung loud and clear for all
to hear.$12. 703-787-7300 or www.herndon-va.gov.
SUNDAY/DEC. 2 Reston Lions Club Annual Citrus
Sale. 10 a.m.-3 p.m., at the club’strailer at Lake Anne Village
Center,1609 Washington Plaza N, Reston.Fresh Florida navel oranges,
pinkgrapefruit, tangelos and gourmetpeanuts, Vermont cheese and
OhioBuckeye Chocolates available;purchase proceeds benefit sight
andhearing programs in Reston-Herndonarea (eyeglasses hearing aids
alsoaccepted for recycling).www.RestonLions.org.
Herndon Holiday Arts and CraftsShow. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at
TheHerndon Community Center, 814Ferndale Ave., Herndon. A
tableauxof 100-plus arts and crafts, vendors,unique gifts, holiday
decorations andhandmade items.
703-787-7300.www.herndonfestival.net.
Towne Square Singers’ HolidayConcert: Decembers Past. 2p.m., at
Elden Street Players’Industrial Strength Theatre, 269Sunset Park
Drive, Herndon. Encoresof favorite musical numbers fromholiday
shows of the past 30 years,sung loud and clear for all to hear.$12.
703-787-7300 or www.herndon-va.gov.
MONDAY/DEC. 3Speaker Series: Stevern Pearlstein
of the Washington Post. 8 p.m.,at the Northern Virginia
HebrewCongregation, 1441 Wiehle Ave.,Reston. The economic and
businesscolumnist, Pulitzer Prize-winner andRobinson Professor of
Public Affairsand International Relations at GMUspeaks on voter and
our currenteconomic policy.www.nvhcreston.org.
“The Voter’s Have Spoken: WhatIs Our Economic Policy Now?”talk
given by Steven Pearlstein atNVHC. 8 p.m., at Northern
VirginiaHebrew Congregation, 1441 WiehleAvenue, Reston. Steven
Pearlstein,2008 Pulitzer Prize winner for hisoutstanding economic
commentaryand Robinson Professor of PublicAffairs and International
Relations atGeorge Mason University, will be thethird speaker of
NVHC’s Fall SpeakerSeries. www.nvhcreston.org.
FRIDAY/DEC. 7A Christmas Chaos. 7:30 p.m., at the
Industrial Strength Theater, 269Sunset Park Drive, Herndon.
Whenthe Royal Shakespeare Company failsto show up for their
performance ofA Christmas Carol, a fearless band ofhapless actors
and technicians try topull together their own production ina matter
of hours. $15, generaladmission; $10, children 10-and-under.
www.eldentstreetplayers.org.
SATURDAY/DEC. 8Holiday Model Train Show. 10 a.m.-
5 p.m., at Herndon Municipal Center,777 Lynn St., Herndon. The
W&ODcaboose opens for tours and theHerndon Depot Museum
ferriesvisitors around the museum on tours.571-323-5304.
Jingle on Lake Anne. 11 a.m.-2 p.m.,at the Lake Anne Plaza,
1609Washington Plaza, Reston. Rain orshine, the holiday arts and
craftsmakret, petting zoo, cookiedecorating station,
caroling,children’s crafts and other activitieswill go on in the
name of Christmasjoy—Santa also plans to visit at
noon.www.lakeannaplaza.com.
Entertainment
Hot Anger Stained Glass, byMary Ellen Mogee
Color: Bold &Vibrant
Andrea Cybyk, Mary Ellen Mogee andM. Jane Johnson, local
abstract artistwho make vibrant, energetic abstractworks of art are
exhibiting together.Their show opens Tuesday, Dec. 11 andruns
through Saturday, Jan. 20. An art-ists reception, on Sunday, Dec.
16 from3-5 p.m. provides a chance to meet theartists at the Post
Gallery, ArtSpaceHerndon, 750 Center St., Herndon. 703-956-6590 or
www.artspaceherndon.org.
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Sports
Marshall’s Haight Competes inRegional Championships
Marshall junior Mackenzie Haight, who earned all-state this
year, com-peted at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships
South Regional onNov. 24 in Charlotte, N.C. He finished 49th with a
time of 15:46 in the seededboys’ race. The top 10 finishers
qualified for nationals on Dec. 8 in San Di-ego.
Haight finished 10th at the VHSL state meet with a time of 15:52
on Nov.17 at Great Meadow.
Chantilly senior Sean McGorty won the Foot Locker regional meet
withcourse-record time of 14:28.
In the girls’ race, three Northern Virginia harriers qualified
for nationals.Lake Braddock senior Sophie Chase won the event with
a time of 17:05. WestSpringfield junior Caroline Alcorta placed
eight with a time of 17:19 andOakton sophomore Allie Klimkiewicz
was ninth with a time of 17:29.
Athletes from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana,Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas,Virginia and West Virginia competed in the
meet.
Herndon Field Hockey Players HonoredHerndon sophomore forward
Sofia Palacios earned first-team All-North-
ern Region honors for the 2012 season. Senior
defender/midfielder SarahBetti and sophomore midfielder Taylor
Stone were named second team all-region.
Betti, Palacios and Stone also received first-team All-Concorde
Districthonors for the 2012 season.
Junior midfielder Rachel Delmontagne, senior defender Annie
Kelley andjunior goalkeeper Sarah Suter and junior midfielder
Katherine Wilson werenamed to the second team.
Herndon Boys’ Basketball Home OpenerThe Herndon boys’ basketball
team will face West Potomac in its home
opener at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 30.
Langley Boys’ Basketball Season OpenerThe Langley boys’
basketball team will face Centreville for its season
opener at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 29 at South Lakes High
School. Thefollowing night, Langley will face Oakton at 5:30 p.m.
at South Lakes. TheSaxons’ home opener is Dec. 14 against South
Lakes.
South Lakes Boys’ Basketball to OpenSeason
The South Lakes boys’ basketball team will open the 2012-13
season witha home game against Oakton at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday,
Nov. 29. The fol-lowing night, the Seahawks will host Centreville
at 7 p.m.
Marshall’s Mackenzie Haight, seen at the VHSL statemeet,
competed at the Foot Locker Cross CountryChampionships South
Regional on Nov. 24.
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Sports Briefs
Herndon Connection Sports Editor Jon Roetman703-224-3015 or
[email protected]
Oakton Football Wins NorthernRegion ChampionshipCougars beat
Westfield forfirst region title since 2008.
By Jon RoetmanThe Connection
After a 6-0 start, the Oakton football team’s2012 season nearly
derailed during a four-game losing streak. Doubt started to creepin
after a 49-28 defeat against Centrevillein the regular season
finale on Nov. 2. The Cougarsfinished fifth in the six-team
Concorde District andwent a month without tasting victory. Oakton
man-aged to qualify for the playoffs, but how long wouldthe Cougars
last?
“To be honest, we did lose the faith,” Oakton se-nior Andy Boone
said. “I think we lost the faith whenwe lost to Centreville,
because that was such a heart-wrenching loss. … They just ran all
over us [and]we couldn’t do anything in the second half on
of-fense. It felt like some of the guys were down andwe just didn’t
know what to do. Some of the kidswere getting ready to go back to
basketball season.”
Oakton would enter regionals as a low seed, mean-ing the Cougars
would face a tough opponent in thequarterfinals.
“First, we thought we were going to play Westfieldand all the
kids on the team were bummed,” Boone said.“We thought we were going
to be out of the playoffs.”
Instead, No. 7 Oakton was matched against No. 2Lake Braddock,
the team which knocked the Cou-gars out of the 2011 playoffs. With
a chance for re-venge as motivation, Oakton won, 20-13, on Nov. 9—
the Cougars’ first win in 35 days. The followingweek, Oakton edged
No. 3 Centreville, 14-13, in thesemifinals on Nov. 16.
On Nov. 24, Oakton traveled to face top-seedWestfield with the
region title on the line. While theCougars might have been
intimidated by the unde-feated Bulldogs at the start of the
postseason, a con-fident Oakton team took the field on Saturday
andbrought home a banner.
OAKTON DEFEATED WESTFIELD, 23-16, in theDivision 6 Northern
Region football final at WestfieldHigh School, continuing a
considerable turnaroundfor the Cougars. Oakton rebounded from a
four-gamelosing streak to beat the top three seeds en route tothe
Cougars’ first region championship since 2008.
“Just looking back on our season,” quarterback KyleDowner said
Saturday, “it’s amazing how we got here.”
Downer had another big game for Oakton, carry-ing 18 times for
119 yards and a touchdown, andcompleting 4 of 10 passes for 53
yards and twoscores. He also intercepted a pass on defense.Downer’s
3-yard touchdown run with 37 secondsremaining in the second quarter
gave the Cougars alead they would not relinquish.
Oakton led 13-7 at halftime and, after a scorelessthird quarter,
took a two-possession lead on Brian Burns’31-yard field goal with
9:08 remaining in the fourth.Burns missed an extra-point attempt
earlier in the game,but head coach Jason Rowley didn’t lose faith
in hiskicker, saying the missed PAT was a result of the wind.
“I’ve got all the confidence in the world in Brian,”Rowley said.
“He did a great job today.”
Burns’ field goal gave Oakton a 16-7 lead. Westfieldfumbled on
its next offensive play and Oakton’s
Daniel Mansfield scooped up the ball and returnedit to the
Bulldogs 10-yard line. Four plays later,Downer connected with Boone
for a 4-yard touch-down on fourth-and-goal, helping give the
Cougarsa 23-7 advantage with 6:31 remaining. Westfieldwould score a
touchdown and add a late field goal,but it wasn’t enough.
Boone finished with four receptions for 53 yardsand two
touchdowns. He also had 22 rushing yardson three carries.
“It feels like a relief,” Boone said of winning theregion title.
“I’ve been in probably nine champion-ships in my life and I’ve
never won one before, sojust to win a championship feels amazing —
just thatweight lifted off your shoulder.”
Westfield defeated Oakton during the regular sea-son, 28-14, on
Oct. 19. The Cougars totaled 401 yardsof offense, but had trouble
finishing drives. Oaktonran 19 plays after reaching the Westfield
30-yard line,but managed just one touchdown. The Cougars’
otherscore came on a 35-yard run.
ON SATURDAY, Oakton scored four of the five timesit had the ball
inside the Westfield 30, including threetouchdowns.
“It was all about finishing drives,” Rowley said. “Itfelt like
in the first time we played them that we couldget the ball to the
30 and then we’d get stifled andcouldn’t put the ball in the end
zone. Since that game,we’ve really talked about finishing drives on
offense.”
After a scoreless first quarter, Oakton took the leadwhen Downer
hit Boone with a 21-yard touchdownpass with 7:30 remaining in the
second. Trailing 7-0, it didn’t take Westfield long to respond.
DevonBurns returned the ensuing kickoff to the Oakton30-yard line
and running back Dalaun Richardsoncarried the ball into the end
zone on Westfield’s nextplay from scrimmage.
Oakton countered with an 11-play, 80-yard drive,capped by
Downer’s 3-yard touchdown run. Westfieldwouldn’t score again until
quarterback Chris Mullinscrossed the goal line on a 1-yard sneak
with 1:31remaining in the fourth quarter.
Richardson rushed for 117 yards and a touchdownfor
Westfield.
With the victory, Oakton advanced to the state play-offs. The
Cougars will host L.C. Bird at 4 p.m. onSaturday, Dec. 1 in the
semifinals. L.C. Bird, the Cen-tral Region champion, is
undefeated.
Oakton quarterback Kyle Downer threwtwo touchdown passes and ran
for a scoreagainst Westfield in the Division 6 North-ern Region
football final on Nov. 24.
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Faith
By Rabbi Leibel FajnlandDirector of Chabad of
Reston-Herndon
T he holiday ofChanukah is set tobegin. The menorahlighting,
parties,dreidel games and gelt-giving willonce more be in full
swing. Andthough last year we promised theworld not to treat
ourselves to toomany latkes and jelly donuts, thistime around, once
again we willhave to start some weight loss pro-gram to shed the
extra pounds assoon as the holiday is over.
Although for many of us, thatabove would be an accurate
por-trayal of the standard time-testedcelebration of Chanukah,
Chabadmysticism teaches us that this year,as in every Chanukah
holiday (andever holiday for that matter) ofevery year, there is a
newChanukah light, a new never re-vealed before energy that
perme-ates all of us, empowering us toreach yet loftier heights in
thespirit of Chanukah, in the triumphof light over darkness.
Have you ever eaten a dough-nut and wondered where the holewent?
Ah yes, this riddle hasplagued carb lovers for years. Yetthe answer
still evades us.
A similar question, though lesspopular, has been asked by
greatthinkers of the past: When onelights a candle in a dark
room,where does the darkness go? The
answer given is that darkness hasno existence of its own. It is
a non-entity. It is simply the absence oflight. Once a candle is
lit, the dark-ness disappears. It doesn’t go intothe closet, or to
the next room. Itsimply disappears.
On Chanukah we light candles.We start with one candle, enoughfor
the initial expulsion of dark-ness. Each day we add a candle,going
a step further in brighten-ing our lives, until the light
reachesits ultimate goal: to completelydispel the darkness.
Every year on Chanukah we cel-ebrate the great triumph of
theMacabees, led by the brave Judahthe Macabee, over the
mightyGreek army which had invaded theHoly Land of Israel,
threatening toprevent the Jews from practicingtheir traditions.
After a courageous fight, theMacabeean army, small and weak
as they were, prevailed with thehelp of G-d, over the enemy.
Thevictory is a symbol of a small glim-mer of light being
triumphant overa great darkness—which at thetime seemed to be in
command.With the notion that darkness isbut the lack of light, the
victorywas easily attainable.
In a world where G-dliness—and goodness for that matter is,say,
not on the top of everyone’sprioritized agenda, one may feelat
times that darkness is, in fact,prevailing. It may seem that
themundane is sometimes takingmore precedence on our daily livesand
directing our everyday activi-ties. To combat the darkness, wemust
remember it is but an ab-sence of light. We must light thatsmall
candle, bring that little bitof G-dliness, or goodness, backinto
our lives and the worldaround us.
Once we begin with the tinyflame within us, the process of
rid-ding the world of darkness willincrease, until we will be able
tobask in the ultimate light of good-ness, decency and harmony.
It is my hope and prayer that allour combined efforts to
publicizethe message and inspiration ofChanukah—of light over
might,decency and freedom over dark-ness and oppression, unites
allpeople and brings us one stepcloser to an age where there is
onlypeace and respect among of all ofG-d’s children.
Rabbi Leibel Fajnland is the di-rector of Chabad of
Reston-Herndon. He can be reached [email protected].
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A Chanukah MessageFix the darkness.. . make light.
FAMILY MENORAH WORKSHOPJoin us for a fun Chanukah experience at
the Home
Depot. Make your own menorah with tons of differentmaterials.
Make your own dreidel. Enjoy Chanukah treatsand much more. Sunday,
Dec. 2, 2:30-4 p.m., at the HomeDepot, 1651 Reston Pkwy.,
Reston.
OUTDOOR CHANUKAH FESTIVALWitness the lighting of a giant ice
menorah by a special
guest. Enjoy live family entertainment, prize drawings,
hotchocolate, Chanukah donuts, latkes, chocolate gelt and
dreidels, Chanukah family film, and lots of holiday cheerfor the
whole family.
CHANUKAH STORY HOUR ANDOLIVE PRESS WORKSHOP
Join us at Reston Regional Library for Chanukah storytime. Have
your kids spellbound as they make their ownoil at our famous Olive
Oil Workshop. All little artists cantest their skills with a
Chanukah craft. Enjoy Chanukahtreats and much more, Thursday, Dec.
13 from 4:15-5:15p.m., at the Reston Regional Library, 11925
BowmanTowne Drive, Reston.
All events are free. Reservations are available
atwww.chabadrh.org.
Community Chanukah Events
Faith Notes are for announcements andevents in the faith
community, includingspecial holiday services. Send
[email protected] is Thursday.
Vajrayogini Buddhist Center,Brown’s Chapel, 11450 Baron
CameronAve., Reston, holds monthly classes forthe general public.
Gen Kelsang Varahi,an American Buddhist nun, will teach‘Living
Meditation: Meditation for Re-laxation,’ teachings and
guidedmeditations that teach students how torelax their body and
mind. $12.
www.meditation-dc.org or 202-986-2257.
Trinity Presbyterian Church,651 Dranesville Road in Herndon,
hasSunday Worship Service at 8:30 a.m.and 11 a.m. Nursery and
childcare areavailable during worship services. Youthand Adult
Sunday School is held Sun-days from 9:40-10:45 a.m.703-437-5500
orwww.trinityherndon.org.
Floris United Methodist Church,13600 Frying Pan Road in Herndon,
has
worship services at 8 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 11a.m. and 5 p.m. on
Sundays, with aLatino service on Saturdays at 7 p.m.703-793-0026 or
www.florisumc.org.
St. Anne’s Episcopal Church,1700 Wainwright Drive in Reston,
holdsSunday services at 7:45 a.m., 9 a.m.,11:15 a.m. and
contemporary service at5 p.m. Nursery, Sunday School andAdult
Education available. MorningPrayer on Monday at 9:30, Holy
Eucha-rist Wednesday at 8:15 a.m.703-437-6530 or
www.stannes-reston.org.
Faith Notes
HUMANE SOCIETY OF FAIRFAX COUNTYHours: Monday-Friday 10-4 and
Saturday 10-3 • 703-385-PETS
Adoptions: By appointment only. • www.hsfc.org
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Every year between Christmas and NewYear’s, The Oak Hill/Herndon
Connection turnsits pages over to the contributions of
localstudents. We are seeking artwork,photography, poetry,
opinions, short storiesand reflections. We welcome
contributionsfrom public schools, private schools andstudents who
are home schooled.
E-mail to: [email protected], or mail
(.jpg and text fileson disc only) by Dec. 5, to 1606 King
St.,Alexandria, VA 22314. Please be sure toinclude the student’s
name, age, grade, schooland town of residence along with
eachsubmission. For information, call 703-778-9410.
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