Students from across Northern Virginia were awarded plaques and scholarships recently in recognition of their academic achievements at the 23rd Annual Black Scholars Awards Ceremony sponsored by the National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. of Northern Virginia. The following Wakefield students were recognized: Yasmin Ibrahim, Welela Tarekegne, Walid Omer, Quashay Benton, Sloane Mebane, Keirra Duckett, Marcus Tucker, Meheret Endale, Melay Gebregziabher, Morgan Phelps, Muktaru Jalloh, Ibtsam Abdoush, Isryel Cruz, Javay Engelking-Scott, Jonathan Coons, Khadidjath Diawara, Dawite Ewnetu, David Bass, and Dagmawi Fasil.
Congratulations to
Marianna Lagenbeck for making it to the
DC Region Entrepreneurship Challenge. She is one of the top five young entrepreneurs in the DC area. Finals are Tuesday where she will find out if she is going to the NFTE National Competition. Congratulations Marianna! We are so proud of you!
To Shaivy Mukherji’s Teachers for Tomorrow students who took the Para Pro test. William Arevalo, Jasmine Kroyer, Lilian Portillo, and Charles Williams passed the exam. Three of them are certified to work as an instructional assistant in Virginia and Jasmine is certified to work in Arlington.
2012 National Spanish Examinations. This means that they scored between 60% and 74% higher than all other participants nationwide. The following students earned honorable mentions: Carlos Estrada, Eve Giordano, Maddie Krause, Maddie Magargee, Samuel Newby, Jasmine Pauldurai, Khaela Sanchez, and Williams Cubias. “Attaining an honorable mention for any student on the National Spanish Examinations is very prestigious,” said Kevin Cessna-Buscemi, National Director of the Exams, “because the exams are the largest of their kind in the United States with 143,641 students participating in 2012!”
Congratulations to the following Spanish Language students who attained national recognition for their excellent performance on the
Dare to Dream Gala
Alex Gilmore (3rd Place Business Plan), Layla Amarir (2nd Place Business Plan) and Maureen Naughton (Global Enterprising Educator of the Year) were honored at NFTE's (Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship) Dare to Dream Gala on May 2 in Washington, DC.
Congratulations!
- Diego Torrico who was selected to attend the Military Order of the World War (MOWW) Valley Forge Leadership Summit. The Leadership Summit "celebrates the United States Declaration of Independence, US Constitution, Bill of Rights and their relevance to our daily lives." Six APS cadets were selected based on their academic achievements, demonstrated leadership, and support to the mission of AFJROTC "developing citizens of character, dedicated to serving their nation and community
- Maureen Naughton who appeared in a Fox 5 segment about her Entrepreneurship class.
- Marwa Awad Bahr (House 2, Jay Calfee), Julia Simon (House 1, Jess Baker) and Rachel Hagy (senior, Kim Warshaw) were accepted for VA Junior Academy of Sciences presentations this year! All three students will have the opportunity to present at the VJAS conference at Norfolk State University.
- Joe Rubinstein’s Personal Finance students Kenis Zelaya, Andrew Figueroa, and Fransisco Iglesias finished 1st place in the GMU region and 3rd place in the state in a Stock Market Competition put on by the VA Council on Economic Education
- Katie Wheelock’s French IV students, Samantha Chavez and Lena Mobin, won first place in a contest sponsored by the French Embassy in Washington D.C. The contest, Dis-moi dix mots qui te racontent, (Tell me ten words that tell you a story), asked for students from around the world to illustrate one of ten French words on a 3x5 postcard. Their winning cards, illustrating the words SONGE (dream) and HISTOIRE (history/story), were on display at the French Embassy for the international celebration of the Francophonie. Each student received a letter of congratulations from the Educational Affairs Program Officer as well as a beautiful French poster featuring the word each chose
- Daniel Brown and Jhonny Maldonado were accepted into the Summer Residential Governor’s Schools for Academics. Daniel was accepted for Humanities and Jhonny for Arts.
Congratulations to Sloane Mebane for being selected as the winner of a National Achievement $2,500 Scholarship. The National Achievement Scholarship Program, which exists specifically to honor academically talented Black Americans, is conducted by National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC).
Congrats Music Department!
This spring our Music Department competed against bands, choirs and orchestras from all over the country at the Festival Disney music competition. Congratulations to all students and teachers!
- The Choir received a Superior rating and won Best in Class
- The Orchestra received an Excellent rating and won Best in Class
- The Symphonic Band and Indoor Guard received ratings of Excellent and the Jazz Band received a rating of Good.
Congrats Entrepreneurship Students - Congratulations to the following students who won the Wakefield Business Plan Competition in Entrepreneurship: 1st Place: CJ Hernandez; 2nd Place: Marianna Lagenbeck; 3rd Place tie between: Daniel Hill and Jimmy Adams; Honorable Mention: Zoe Hemenway. First and second place winners, CJ and Marianna, go on to NFTE Regional Competition. If they earn first place, they have the chance to win $10,000! Congratulations to all students who competed.
Congrats AP Economics Students - Congratulations to AP Economics students Julian Douglass, Mia Mladenovic, and Richard Tan who have qualified to participate in the Virginia Council of Economics Education (VCEE) Statewide Economics Championship Challenge on Friday, April 20th at Virginia Commonwealth University. They qualified as a team based on their combined scores from an online challenge they recently completed. Their team, appropriately named "The Sophomores," was one of only 12 teams statewide to qualify for the finals. Congratulations also belong to their teacher, Mr. Pat Kelly. The team will be recognized by the School Board at the April 12, 2012 School Board meeting.
CONGRATULATIONS to the Wakefield Madrigal Singers who earned an overall rating of “Superior” in both performance and sight-reading. Congratulations are also due to the Wakefield High School Singers for achieving an overall rating of “Good” in performance and an “Excellent” in sight-reading. This is an amazing accomplishment for a combined group of beginning and intermediate singers.
CONGRATULATIONS: Three students won Awards in the
Scholastic Arts Competition at the
National Level:
- Alec Jackson - Gold Key, photography "Fallen"
- Juan Lopez - Gold Key, photography "Sky Wheels"
- Christina Navas - Silver Key, photography "Driving in my Car"
Congratulations to Jina Davidson for her successful work with these students!
Congratulations to... Sarah Heisey who represented Wakefield well at the GLYSEN sponsored youth forum on bullying.
Yun-Chi Maggie Hsu who was interviewed by one of College Summit’s major funders, Venture Philanthropy Partners (VPP) for their most recent newsletter.
Congratulations to the 2012 Inductees of the National Honor Society: Mohanned Abdelaziz, Amine Amarir, Leo Biette-Timmons, Madeline Brophy, Meghan Brophy, Daniel Brown, Ariel Cadby-Spicer, Ana Claure, Isryel Cruz, Ariana DeCastro, Khadidjath Diawara, Dawite Ewnetu, Yoel Fessahaye, Isabella Gallegos, Isabel George, Corey Grant, Caitlyn Graves,Emily Hambridge, Carrie Hellem, Mehdi Huseynov, Leyla Izquierdo, Peyton Johnson, Bilal Khan, Mia Mladenovic, Lena Mobin, Cloe Moloney, Sofia Navas Sharry, Walid Omer, Rebekah Peterson, Kristen Pettaway, Jessica Ramirez, Brian Rodewald, Anvar Sarbanov, Sutisha Simluang, Roberto Solano, Richard Tan, Hermella Tessema, Isaac Vargas Stevez, Richard Veizaga, Alexandra Viricochea, Dylan Voldal, Murphy Wilt, Tesay Yusuf.
CONGRATULATIONS to the following Wakefield students who were recognized from among all the entries for their contributions to the Arlington County Foreign Language Anthology. Gold winner: Rezwan Ahmed - Poetry; Silver winner: Desire Martinez; Bronze winners (equal amount of merit points): Shannon Green for Correr, Alexa Moore for Estatua - Poetry
Congratulations - It's Academic
4th in the State!
The academic team didn't disappoint this weekend. It finished fourth in the state behind only Thomas Jefferson, Maggie Walker (Richmond) and Western Branch from Chesapeake.Wakefield lost its opening game to Western Branch, but then defeated Osbourn (Manassas) and Ocean Lakes (Virginia Beach) to advance to the quarterfinals. There, the Warriors were eliminated by last year's champion, Maggie Walker.
Congratulations to the team: seniors Rasheeq Ahmed and Dawite Ewnetu, and juniors Alec Jackson, Julie Ryland, Sam Matzner, Brandon Corts, Amine Amarir, and Sib Quayum, all of whom played and contributed. Special thanks to team adviser Bob O'Donnell!
Ms. Maureen Naughton
2012 Global Enterprising Educator of the Year
Congratulations to Maureen Naughton who has been selected by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) to represent NFTE DC as a 2012 Global Enterprising Educator of the Year Winner, presented by MasterCard Worldwide.
Maureen and former Wakefield student Khalid Khalifa (2012 Global Young Entrepreneurs Winner, sponsored by Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses!) will be honored at NFTE’s annual celebration, the Dare to Dream Awards Dinner, on Wednesday, April 18th, 2012 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. At the dinner we will also be recognizing the 2012 Global Young Entrepreneurs along with special honorees Ernst & Young, LLC, Wes Moore and Joy Thomas Moore.
Congratulations Henry Majano!
Congratulations to Henry Majano who is a 2x Regional Champion at 132 lbs! Henry will advance to the VHSL State Wrestling Tournament at Robinson High School beginning Friday, February 17! Henry now has under his belt again this season the following: National District Champ, NOVA Classic Champ, & Regional Champ! He begins his quest for the State title.
