Apr 29
2009
Posted by: DMK
at 5:00 am
Students Honored at Pizza Reception
The following students were honored at the 3rd quarter Honor Roll "Pizza Reception" Ceremony held in Michael Hall on Thursday, April 23 during Lunch and Learn. Students who had all A’s were recognized at this ceremony, as well as students who had received scholarship nominations, who will represent George C. Marshall H.S. in further competition. Also, students who received the coveted Book Awards (from universities) or the Science Awards from the University of Rochester and Rensslaer University were honored.
The American Legion Boy’s State and Girl’s State Leadership Programs:
Boys: Josh Yazman, Navid Alavi, Jordan Rennert and Kayvon Nickbakshian
Girls: Theresa Hackett, Mallory Grant and Tenzin Namdol
The following are third quarter nomination scholarships. These students will represent Marshall in further competition:
The Colonel Charles E. Savedge Scholarship for a student who has excelled in student journalism: Elizabeth Stonehill.
The Robert C. Byrd nomination for a top academic student who also has done outstanding extra-curricular work: Sanjay Sethi
The Virginia High School League All State Achievement Award for students who earn a varsity letter in a sport or equivalent in an academic activity; have at least a 3.0 GPA, show leadership and personal achievement: Alex Blomme, Nicole Brown and Activities Participant Jordan Butz.
The Northern Virginia Athletic Directors, Administrators and Coaches Association Recognition Scholarship:
1. Male athlete: Bryan Whittington
2. Female Athlete: Amanda Crider
3. Athletic Trainer (planning to possibly pursue a career as an athletic trainer or health care): Lauren Hahm
4. 2-year letter winner in baseball: Kevin Nutter
The Virginia High School League also offers the Wachovia Citizenship Award for citizenship, academics and athletic participation, as well as service to the community and/or school: Kevin Williamson and Maralee Pepper
The Mark McGinly Award, named after a young man who was working at the Twin Trade Towers in NYC where he lost his life during the 9-11 attacks: Christopher James. The second part of this memorial scholarship goes to a student who has excelled in the Fine Arts category: Kiran Kestenbaum. The third part of this memorial goes to a member of the senior class who is going to attend a military academy: Kevin Smith.
The W. Harold Ford Scholarship Foundation recognizes a student from each FCPS high school who has expressed an interest in becoming an educator: Helen Shibut
The Laura Ashley Piper scholarship goes to a senior who has exhibited personal integrity, student leadership and service to the school & community: Allison Borda.
The Phi Delta Kappa is an educational honor society: Wen Kelly
Every year, there are universities who wish to acknowledge outstanding juniors by recognizing their accomplishment with the hope that they might consider seeking admission to their specific university. Often times, they will offer a special scholarship for admission cost reduction or waive admission application fees as an incentive for the student to apply for admission with them.
Hollins recognizes an outstanding female member of the junior class for her creative writing merits with the possibility of an engaging career in the field of English: Hannah Cooper-Hamlet
Mt. Holyoke Book Award: Meara O’Malley
Wellesley: Dana Hayes
Smith College: Theresa Hackett
Chatham University’s Rachel Carson Book Award: Marion Gottlieb
St. Lawrence University Community Service Award: Amy Attiliis
Randolph Macon University: Arian Khorshid
Dartmouth: Robin Crigler
University of Virginia: Annie O’Brien
Harvard Book Prize: Hannah Goldberger
Bausch & Lomb Outstanding Science Award: Ipsita Salim
George Eastman Young Leaders Outstanding Leadership Award: Jonathan Torre
Frederick Douglas and Susan B. Anthony Outstanding Student in the Humanities & Social Science Award: Ellen Chapin
Xerox Award: George Kontridze
Rensselaer Medal: Sarah Doan
Apr 29
2009
Posted by: DMK
at 4:39 am
PILLOWCASEGRAMS
Custom-made pillowcases for every special occasion and holiday, featuring a specially made pillowcase for George C. Marshall High School students -- a fundraiser for the All-Night Graduation Celebration!
Take a peek at our specially made GCM pillow with our school logo & colors!
HOW IT WORKS: Go to this site:
http://www.pillowcasegram.com/catalog_c292369.html
Order any pillowcase or pillowcases. When checking out be sure to put "GCMHS" in the comments section so they will know that it is a purchase from our school community. The pillowcases will be sent directly to the purchaser or to the person you request it to be sent.
Cost: Standard pillowcase- $23.95
Queen size is 29.95 -- they are 20" w x 36 inches long.
King -- $39.95 - 20"w x 44 inches long
Deadline for orders: Saturday, May 16
Questions: Please contact Sue Gooding at 703-903-8951
Apr 22
2009
Posted by: DMK
at 3:34 am
Marshall’s Model UN Club at Georgetown University
At the final competition of the school year, Marshall’s Model UN Club team took top honors at the April 17-18 National High School Model Arab League Conference at Georgetown University.
The conference was attended by 240 students from 10 Mid-Atlantic schools, including Georgetown Prep, The Madeira School, Washington International School, and Montgomery Blair High School. Representing the Kingdom of Jordan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia, Marshall’s 30-member delegation won the Best School Award and the Best (country) Delegation Award; and two members of its delegation – junior Annapurna Yeleswarapu and sophomore Olivia Baskerville -- were named to leadership positions for the 2010 National High School Model Arab League Conference at Georgetown.
In addition, four Marshall students – seniors Alex Blomme, Tarun Desai, Lauren Hahm and Emily Moonan -- chaired committee sessions, with Miss Hahm honored as an outstanding chair.
In judging that included written position papers, research and oral presentations, Marshall students representing the Kingdom of Jordan were honored as the conference’s best delegation from among the 21 countries represented in the Arab League. The Jordanian delegation consisted of Hannah Goldberger, Brandy Allen, Olivia Baskerville, Marion Gottlieb, Saera Khan, Zuhayr Ahmed, Yomna Sarhan, Noha Zeitoun, Ali Amirghassemi, and Annapurna Yeleswarapu.
Winning top individual awards as outstanding delegates were: juniors Hannah Goldberger, Noha Zeitoun, Rumen Hutchinson, Noha Zeitoun, and Thomas Antony and sophomore Zuhayr Ahmed. Meriting honorable mention were: senior Saera Khan, junior Simrun Soni, sophomore Ashton Garriott, and freshman Ali Amirghassemi. Also contributing to Marshall’s success at the Model Arab League were team members Brian Donahue, Iriat Faisal, Bruce Ferguson, Phil Grudier, Wen Kelly, Brian Potter, Johara Alangari, Maha Hassan, Zareen Raza, Anita Palmer, Adam Treece, Mazin Ali, and Thamanna Nishath.
The MUN Club’s next conference will be the training conference, “My First MUN VI,” hosted by Marshall’s MUN Club on September 26. Sign up forms for that conference will be included in the back-to-school packet picked up by parents in late August.
Apr 17
2009
Posted by: DMK
at 9:28 am
Marshall High PTSA and Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions Offer Complete Preparation for the SAT
Two SAT prep classes will be starting at George Mason High School, one on April 19, the other on April 23
Learn score-raising strategies from expert teachers in a dynamic, structured setting—plus get the realistic practice and personalized feedback you need to maximize your score.
12 sessions total: 8 two and one-half-hour instructional sessions and 4 practice tests.
This is the last chance to prep for the June SAT exam. Find details in the online flyers at:
http://www.gcmptsa.org/forms/April_SAT_Class.pdf
http://www.gcmptsa.org/forms/Kaplan.pdf
Apr 16
2009
Posted by: DMK
at 7:51 pm
Community Shred on May 2
Acacia Federal Savings Bank -- a proud business partner of Marshall High School -- is hosting a free Community Shred on Saturday, May 2, from 8 a.m. - noon at their office across the street from GCM. This is a safe and environmentally friendly way for you to destroy your sensitive personal paperwork free of charge.
You are invited to bring up to five standard sized boxes of any material you'd like shredded. No credit cards or computer disks, please. There is no cost to you, and the documents are shredded on site upon delivery.
No appointment is necessary. Just show up at Acacia Federal's office at 7600 Leesburg Pike (right across Rt. 7 from Marshall) between 8 a.m. and noon on Saturday, May 2.
Apr 16
2009
Posted by: DMK
at 7:23 pm
The Sixth Annual Marshall Football Golf Tournament will be held on Sunday, May 17, 2009 at 1 PM at Penderbrook Golf Club. For more details, see the flyer HERE.
Apr 16
2009
Posted by: DMK
at 7:04 pm
PTSA Donations
If you made a cash donation to the PTSA last fall and did not receive a receipt recently, either in the US Mail or by eMail (depending on your designation of choice), please contact Julie Tutwiler at 703-573-9567 or bhenning5@cox.net. Please include your name and your student's name.
The eMail receipts came from GCM PTSA Membership with a Subject line of "GCM PTSA Donation Receipt". Many eMail addresses were rejected on the initial mailing, so if you changed your eMail address since September or October, please let us know. If you are unsure whether you requested a receipt or not, please let Julie know and she can check and send you one if you would like.
Apr 2
2009
Posted by: DMK
at 8:43 pm
REGIONAL ENGINEERING & SCIENCE FAIR RESULTS
Congratulations to the 40 students representing Marshall High School at the 54th Annual Fairfax County Regional Science and Engineering Fair this past weekend at Robinson Secondary School.
22 projects went on to this regional science fair and brought home the following recognitions:
19 Corporate and Professional Organization Awards (to include monetary awards, scholarship awards, and savings bonds, invitations to present at associations, reception invitations, certificates of merit, books, subscriptions, and even a week at the coveted Space Camp/Aviation Challenge!)
Grand Prize Winner (yes, we did it again, or should we say, the Gerners did it again):
Engineering: Materials and Bioengineering (that what it says on the website anyway)
Adaptive Tip Sails for Wind Induced Drag Reduction
Joseph A. Gerner
*Marshall will be sending Joseph A. Gerner to Reno for the International Science and Engineering Fair. He will be joined by 7 other individual grand prize winners from other schools and 3 team grand prize winners. He does not need to compete in the state competition.
Grand Prize nominees:
Computer Science
Text Summarization Using Multilayer Neural Networks: Syed Hassan, Farhang Hooshmandnia, Arian Khorshid
Engineering
Electrical and Mechanical Body Changes to a Die-cast Car on Wind Resistance
Gavin Campbell, Michael E. Conway
Physics and Astronomy
A Magnetic Levitation Presentation
Olivia K. Baskerville, Eian G. Burgess
Plant Science
Competition Among Lentils and Mung Beans
Silvia Cho, Yura Kim, Camille A. Lorenzana
First Place Winners:
All grand prize winners and nominees from above plus:
Biochemistry
Effect of Bitter Melon on Glucose Concentration
Mai S. Abdel-Ghani
Environmental Analysis
The Effect of Greywater on Plants
Gabriel A. Ritter
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Organic Compost Growth on Lettuce
Amir Noorbakhsh
Effect of Plant Growth Regulators on Vigna Radiata
Christine L. Grilliot, Ipsita Salim
Second Place winners:
Earth and Planetary Science
Investigation of Aerosol Optical Scattering
Ellen Chapin, Theresa Marie Hackett, Juliana Yahn
Energy and Transportation
Width of Channel on Wind Speed Produced by OWC
Jordan B. Rennert
Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical
Green Insulation: Is It Really Eco-Friendly? Rebecca Groisser, Brigitte Lee Tondreau
The Effect of Angled Blades on Wind Turbines
Carmen M. Mann, Anita Palmer
Environmental Analysis
The Effect of Compost Materials on Heat Generation
Nicholas A. Ritter, Sean P. Ryan
3rd Place winners:
Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical
The Effect of Blade Pitch Generated Energy and RPM
Mark R. Bergenholtz, Ryan Walter
Mathematical Sciences
The Effect of Different Card Counting Techniques
Navid R. Alavi, Don D. Choi
Honorable Mention:
Environmental Management
Green Roofs: Effect on Home Insulation Value
Abby H. Schneider
Physics and Astronomy
Relationship Between Vandegraff Size and Charge?
Tahsin Chowdhury
For a complete list of winners, see the link: http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/sciengfair/
ALL FIRST PLACE WINNERS advance to the Virginia State Science & Engineering Fair which will be held on April 4, 2009 at the Johnson Center of George Mason University, Fairfax Virginia, with set-up on Friday, April 3, 2009.
Congratulations again to all the students who participated in the regional science fair AND to all the teachers in the Science Department for all their support and hard work in making this year another notable one in science!
