(703)765-0300

Tag: student

Home » student

Music Concert Won By Chantilly High Senior

Chantilly High senior Ethan Luvisia has won first place in the Rotary District Youth Music Contest. The 18-year-old pianist represented the Rotary Club of Centreville & Chantilly (RCCC) and his award-winning piece was “Étude Op. 10, No. 12 in C minor.” Also called the “Revolutionary Étude,” it’s a solo piano work composed by Frédéric Chopin, circa 1831. Ethan was declared the RCCC’s winner on March 16 and then performed the Chopin piece virtually for its members on March 30. Continue reading

Tutoring Company Launched By Local College Student

In the wake of the coronavirus and its impact on students' learning in Fairfax County Public Schools, a 2019 alumnus of South Lakes High School in Reston and second-year engineering student at Georgia Institute of Engineering recently founded S4S Tutoring. Sessions are due to launch Mon. Jan.11, 2021. "All I could think of was there were kids who might be falling behind and just needed a little bit of extra help," said founder and CEO of S4S Tutoring, Benjamin (Bennie) Tignor of Reston. Continue reading

Fairfax County School Girl Tackles Stereotypes On Wrestling Mat

Brianna Ta studies at one of the most sought after high schools in the D.C. area, Thomas Jefferson High School, in Fairfax County, Virginia. She maintains a 4.2 GPA and wants to continue in the field of computer science. But when 16-year-old Brianna Ta isn’t hitting the books, she is on the wrestling mat squaring off against boys and girls alike, as crowds shout her name from the bleachers. “It’s just great when you’re wrestling, and they’re just cheering you on,” Ta said. Continue reading

Fairfax County Students Develop App To Help Veterans

Some of the Fairfax County high school students have developed an app geared towards veterans. This app will help veterans searching for services. The app is called the Clinical Trial Selector. The purpose of this app is to give veterans and folks on Medicare access to clinical trials. The application is developed by Ethan Ocasio, a high school junior at The New School of Northern Virginia, Neeyanth Kopparapu and Shreeja Kikkisetti in about six months. Continue reading

Oakton High School Held Fifty-First Commencement Exercises

Oakton High School Class of 2019 Officers, Student Government Officers, and Guest Speaker Sandy Reynolds gather before the start of the Fifty-first Commencement Exercises held at George Mason University EagleBank Arena on June 6
June 6 was a special day for the community of Oakton High School. Students were accompanied by teachers, friends, family, administrators and distinguished guests at the Fifty-first Commencement Exercises of the school. Almost 670 young adults attended the ceremony wearing burgundy caps and gowns at the George Mason University EagleBank Arena. All of them were ready to start their next big adventure. Continue reading

Student At Lake Braddock Secondary School Selected For Congress- Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) Scholarship

Lake Braddock Secondary School
Daniel Hillenburg who is a rising junior at Lake Braddock Secondary School is to be awarded the prestigious Congress- Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) Scholarship for the 2019-2020 academic year. Daniel is one of 250 American high school students from across the United States to be selected for this program. This has been announced by CIEE, the leader in international education and exchange. CBYX is a bilateral exchange program co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and German Bundestag (Parliament). Continue reading