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YHS School Calendar 04/18 7pm Spring Show, aud 04/19 2pm Spring Show Matinee, aud 04/19 7pm Spring Show, aud 04/21 7pm Mongolian Parents mtg, Faculty lounge 04/21 7pm Hispanic Parents mtg, cafe 04/21 PTA Meeting, Room 116 04/21 Report Cards mailed home 04/22 SGA Elections YHS Athletic Calendar 04/18 6pm JV Baseball (A) Falls Church 04/18 6pm JV Softball (A) Falls Church 04/18 6pm V Baseball (H) Falls Church 04/18 6pm V Softball (H) Falls Church 04/18 5:30/7pm B Soccer (A) Stuart 04/18 5:30/7pm G Soccer (H) Stuart 04/19 10am Crew Regatta at Occoquan 04/19 1pm Baseball (H) Loudoun Valley 04/21 4pm B Tennis (A) W-L 04/21 4pm G Tennis (H) W-L 04/21 5:30pm V Softball (H) Paul VI 04/21 6:00 pm G.LAX (A) Fairfax, JV only 04/22 6:00 pm JV Baseball (A) Stuart 04/22 6:00 pm V Baseball (H) STUART 04/22 6pm B LAX (A) Potomac School, JV only 04/22 5:30/7pm B Soccer (H) Lake Braddock 04/22 5:30/7pm G Soccer (A) Lake Braddock 04/22 6/7:15pm G LAX (A) Centreville 04/23 4pm B Tennis (A) Edison 04/23 4pm G Tennis (H) Edison 04/23 5pm V Softball (A) Stuart 04/23 5:30pm JV Softball (H) Stuart 04/23 6pm JV Baseball (H) Stuart 04/23 7pm V Baseball (A) Stuart 04/23 Track (A) Mt Vernon w/ ED, WK 04/24 6:00 pm V Softball (A) W-L 04/24 6pm B LAX (A) South Lakes, JV only 04/24 5:30/7 B Soccer (H) W-L 04/24 5:30/7 G Soccer (A) W-L Yorktown PTA Election of Officers April 21st At the PTA meeting on Monday April 21st the new 2008-2009 officers will be elected. Below is the approved slate and a brief bio of some of the candidates. Please come to the meeting on April 21st to vote and meet the candidates. President: Carolyn Marsh (2008), Pam Gavin (2009) VP Internal: John Duran VP External: Martha Herrmann Treasurer: Debby Fairweather Secretary: Helena Hutton Carolyn Marsh has a rising senior at Yorktown, Emily Marsh. Emily is active in YHS Theatre, Madrigals, Orchestra and Debate and as a result so is her mom. Her son Graham is a rising Freshman coming from Swanson and is a dedicated skateboarder and violinist. Carolyn is the current YHS PTA president and the Class of 2009 email coordinator. She was very involved in the PTAs at McKinley and Swanson. In her day job Carolyn is an Account Manager for IBM selling to the Federal Government She and her husband John, Westover Civic Association President, have lived in Westover for 22 years. Carolyn went to Virginia Tech and has a degree in Industrial Engineering. Pam Gavin is the mom of Curt Gavin, who will be a rising senior. She has been a parent in ACPS for 11 years, 7 of which she has served as an officer in 3 different school PTAs. In her day job, Pam is the Superintendent of the Senate Office of Public Records under the Secretary of the Senate (22 years), responsible for co-administration of the federal lobbying law, and the public availability of Senate campaign finance filings, the Senate Ethics in Government filers, and for the Senate Code of Conduct filings. She has been a member of the multinational Council on Governmental Ethics laws, and served on its board from 2001 to 2003. Pam has a B.A. from Kalamazoo College, and a M.A. from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. John Duran is originally from Pittsburgh, Pa., Graduated from Wabash College in 1965 with a BA in Physics. Graduated from Yale Drama School in 1974, with a Master of Fine Arts in Theater Architecture. Graduated from Marymount University in 1982, with a Master of Business Administration in Finance. Now retired from the Federal government. Last employed as Assistant Regional Director of the National Capital Region of the National Park Service. Prior to that, was General Manager of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. (This was to oversee the facility, and was equivalent to a park superintendent of a national park.) Married to Sally Joyce in 1980. They have 2 daughters, Andrea and Courtney. Andrea Duran attended Taylor Elementary, Williamsburg Middle, and Yorktown High Schools. Graduated from Yorktown in 2003 and from the University of Virginia in 2007, she is currently employed as a contract specialist for the U.S. Navy in D.C. Courtney Duran attended Arlington Science Focus Elementary, Williamsburg Middle, and Yorktown High Schools. She is currently in 10th grade at Yorktown, plays on the varsity girls volleyball team, and is the stage manager for the upcoming theater production of Peter Pan. John Duran was president of the Yorktown PTA when Andrea was a junior during the 2001-2002 school year. He also served on the Building Level Planning Committee (BLPC) for the first phase of the Yorktown renovation. Helena Hutton My son Charlie Peterson is a freshman at YHS this year and went to Taylor and Williamsburg. He has taken an enrichment course at the Career Center on Saturdays this school year and I think the Center is a real gem of APS. It's been a great way for him to explore an interest outside the classroom. I have a younger son still at Taylor, and our dog, Frazier, is my third "child." I am Political Affairs Director for Siemens and after taking a breather from volunteer activities for a couple of years am starting to again take on things I would enjoy doing outside work. Frazier has just been certified as a therapy dog so in addition to attending my kids' activities, he and I are visiting nursing home residents once a week. Debby Fairweather has two daughters at Yorktown, Julia, a junior, and Diana, a freshman. She has been the Yorktown PTA Treasurer this past year, and for the prior two years,was treasurer of the Williamsburg PTA. Both of her daughters are graduates of Jamestown Elementary School and Williamsburg Middle School. While at Jamestown, Debby was a member of the Building Level Planning Committee and a volunteer for the annual Jamestown Spring Fair. In addition to being PTA Treasurer at Willamsburg, she also ran the annual Williamsburg Election Day Bake Sale for two years. She is an active member of Mount Olivet United Methodist Church, serving on the Christian Growth Committee and the Mount Olivet Foundation Board of Directors. With 27 years of federal government service, Debby's background includes experience in federal budgeting, capital planning, and oversight of information technology investments. She currently works for the Treasury Department's Office of the Chief Information Officer as a capital planning desk officer concentrating on Internal Revenue Service programs. YHS to Honor New YHS Graduate Hall of Fame Members on May 23rd! Celebrate these special newly chosen role models (all YHS graduates) who will continue to be an inspiration to Yorktown students. The Yorktown Hall of Fame and Inspiration Committee invites you to a ceremony and reception to induct new members of the Hall of Fame on Friday, May 23, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the Yorktown theater. We invite all current students, faculty, families, YHS alumni, and Arlington residents. YHS dedicated the first class of Hall of Fame and Inspiration members in 2003. Their plaques and personal stories hang outside the YHS theater. Our new members, as graduates of Yorktown who have made outstanding and honorable accomplishments in their life's work, will join the original group. The new names will be announced in a press release on May 9, 2008. To see the current Hall of Fame members go to http://yorktownalums.org. The original members include astronaut David Brown (class of 1974, who was among seven astronauts killed on Feb. 1, 2003, when Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated on reentry to Earth’s atmosphere), Katie Couric of CBS News, and Olympic swimmer Tom Dolan. Outdoor Lab School Johnny Rockets fundraiser for the Outdoor Lab (April 22) is quickly approaching! Outdoor Lab gets 20% of proceeds. In Shirlington, 4251 Campbell Avenue (near library and Signature) lots of free evening parking in nearby lots. Mark your calendar! Open house coming up May 26, 2-6PM. Come see the progress of the new Lab Building! YHS National Honor Society The Yorktown National Honor Society is seeking community service opportunities for groups of NHS students. If you know of any such opportunities, please contact Maureen Caughran, PTA Internal Vice President. Maureen will forward the opportunities to the NHS faculty advisors. One example of a group community service opportunity is the current PTA-sponsored landscaping project with work days scheduled for NHS students in the spring and fall. Parents and Students: Be part of FTC panel on mobile phone use- Hello PTA Presidents. We are Stacey Ferguson and Phyllis Marcus, attorneys in the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Protection. On Tuesday, May 6, the FTC is hosting a town hall meeting on Mobile Commerce, during which we would like to hold a roundtable of teens and their parents on how kids use their mobile phones. Your names were provided by Debbie Kilpatrick, District Director, Northern Virginia District, and we're hoping for your assistance in recruiting a small group of parents and teens who would be interested in participating in our roundtable. The event will be held downtown, in the FTC's conference center at 601 New Jersey Avenue, NW, just around the corner from Union Station and the Red Line. We plan on holding the roundtable in the late afternoon, from 4:30-5:00pm, so that it does not conflict with the school day. We know that your children are so busy with after-school activities, but this event presents a fun opportunity for children to "speak their minds" about cell phone use, and for parents to learn (perhaps for the first time?) what their children are doing with their mobile handsets. We are looking for approximately 8 parent-teen pairs to participate. We assume that SSL (or comparable) credit might apply for students' participation in this roundtable. Please let us know as soon as possible whether you are interested in participating. Thank you so much for your time and attention to this exciting event. Sincerely, Phyllis Marcus and Stacey Ferguson Division of Advertising Practices Federal Trade Commission pmarcus@ftc.gov; sferguson@ftc.gov Housing needed Arlington Sister City Association is seeking a host family for a female exchange student from Reims, France, for the 2008-2009 academic year. This student will study at an Arlington public high school for the year. If you’re interested or if you need more information, please contact Barbara Duckworth at duck72@verizon.net, or 703-522-7155. Tuckahoe Elementary School’s Home & Garden Tour: The 8th Annual Tuckahoe Home & Garden Tour will be held on Saturday, April 26, 2008, from 12:00 - 5:00. Come tour 8 gorgeous and innovative renovations that exemplify the North Arlington and Falls Church style! House styles cover colonial, federalist, arts & craft, and contemporary, including one with an amazing renovated artist’s studio. All proceeds from this popular event benefit Tuckahoe’s Elementary School’s PTA and Discovery Schoolyard, a nationally recognized outdoor learning curriculum. Please go to http://www.apsva.us/tuckahoe to download a ticket order form, and for more information about the tour and Tuckahoe’s award-winning Discovery Schoolyard. Advance tickets are $20.00, purchased by mail or in person at Tuckahoe Elementary School, 6550 North 26th Street, Arlington, VA 22213, during school hours. Tickets on the day of the tour are $25.00 and will be available at Tuckahoe starting at 12 noon sharp. Free trees!
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FRESHMAN NEWS LETTER FOR JANUARY 22, 2008 |
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Greetings, all! Last big week before the end of the quarter on Jan. 25. Here are a couple of items of interest to pass, including the fact that the neighborhood’s favorite sushi restaurant supports Yorktown (item 2)!
(1) Course selections
(2) Sushi-Zen Restaurant Fundraiser for
Yorktown
High School Orchestra:
(3) Crossroads:
The College Admissions Process
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Attention all thespians:
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Items of note from the PTA Meeting Construction: As they tear down the auditorium wing and begin work on the newest section of Yorktown, Dr. Pasi encourages everyone to take a deep breath and embrace the experience! Dr. Pasi says he is committed to ensuring that the construction does not impact the teachers or take away from Yorktown’s mission of academic excellence. The PTA also asks parents to consider talking to their kids about leaving their cars at home and taking alternative modes of transportation to school … (here’s a thought – and my own kids would be REALLY mad if they knew I even said this -- but ‘back in MY DAY,” Seniors were the only ones allowed to drive to school (but there was no street parking…) Can you imagine having such a rule like that today! Ha! I guess we can’t exactly pass a rule like that, because there is no “senior parking lot,’ but it sounds good!
(5) Spirit Week next week!
Tuesday
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I am writing to nominate Neil Guttler
for YHS Teacher of the Year. I don't expect that you will receive
many letters for Neil (not that I haven't been campaigning among my
colleagues!) in that the population of students he serves is small
and tends not to be involved in school affairs. But if we judge the
teacher of the year by the impact he has on young lives there is no
better candidate than Neil Guttler. ______________________________________________________________________________
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