GC Marshall 45th Anniversary Celebration

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GC Marshall Celebrates
45th Anniversary

George C. Marshall High School in Falls Church, Virginia, will commemorate its 45th anniversary with a week-long celebration for students, families, and the community April 12-19, 2008. The theme for this event will be "Appreciate the Past, Celebrate the Present, and Embrace the Future."

We will kick off the festivities on Saturday, April 12, with an evening gala featuring our keynote speaker, the Honorable Thomas R. Pickering, former Ambassador to the United Nations (Russia, India, Israel, El Salvador and Jordan). The evening will include a special dinner prepared by Chef Ciaran Devlin of The Five Star Café, a student-designed cake featuring our mascot, the Griffin, created by Food Network's Ace of Cakes; GCM Booster Club's Hall of Fame inductees, first Statesmen of the 21st Century awardees. Entertainment will be provided by the Marshall's String Quartet.

Throughout the week students from George C. Marshall High School and Kilmer Middle School will participate in instructional opportunities focused on leadership and honoring General Marshall. Rachel Thompson, Director of the Marshall Immersion Seminar Program of the George C. Marshall International Center, will speak to students in their history classes. There will be an essay and art contest and a tour of Dodona Manor, Leesburg home of General Marshall. As our culminating event, we will have a 5K fun race for the community on Saturday, April 19.

George C. Marshall HS is the only school in the United States named for General Marshall, author of the Marshall Plan, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. We are very proud of this honor and our intentions for this week-long celebration are to educate our community on this remarkable man and to commemorate 45 years of our history by highlighting the many accomplishments of the school and the community.

Evening Gala:

When: April 12 at 6:30 p.m.

Where: Marshall HS

Cost: $25 per person

Cocktail Attire

Limited space available

By now, we hope that you have received an invitation to the gala. Although March 28 was listed on the invitation as the RSVP deadline, we would greatly appreciate it if you would let us know as soon as possible. This will facilitate our planning for this exciting event. You can RSVP returning the reply card found HERE to the high school office by mail or in person, to the attention of Marlene Felder.