Greater Falls Church School Bulletin Board

Congressional Schools of Virginia Holds 65th Graduation Exercises

Mr. James McConville of the Annandale Rotary Club presented the Rotary Medal for Citizenship and Leadership to Catalina Tresky. In addition, 17 of the 21 graduates were honored with the President's Education Award for outstanding academic achievement.

The following students received 8th grade diplomas: Richard Allridge, Natalia Almada, Evan Boyer, Alyssa Cole, Charles Ellison, Christian Gore, Robert Greene, Karin Hung, Abhi Kapuria, Phil Jaworski, Tayson Nguyen, Vy Nguyen, Jonathan Pine, Zachary Pine, Rebecca Pfister, Leslie Spotswood, Vincent Stoutjesdijk, Neha Taneja, Nicole Tawney, Catalina Tresky, David Wall.

The following students received the U.S. President's Gold Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence: Natalia S. Almada, Evan Boyer, Alyssa A. Cole, Charles D. Ellison, Robert W. Greene, Karin T. Hung, Phillip R. Jaworski, Abhi H. Kapuria, Tayson D. Nguyen, Rebecca Pfister, Jonathan H. Pine, Zachary T. Pine, Leslie E. Spotswood, Catalina R. Tresky. Those who were awarded the U.S. President's Silver Award for Outstanding Educational Achievement are Neha Taneja and David Wall.

The Congressional Schools of Virginia is a non-denominational private day school which enrolls approximately 450 children from pre-school through 8th grade. Its 40 acre campus is located at 3229 Sleepy Hollow Road in Falls Church.

4 F.C. Students of 20 Admin Interns Graduate from LEAD Fairfax Program

LEAD Fairfax is a Fairfax County Public Schools program designed to attract, develop, and support the next generation of educational leaders in the school system. The program was established in response to a study revealing that up to 70 percent of the school system's current leadership may need to be replaced by the 2006-07 school year.

Among the 20 interns who will complete their program on June 11, are the following Falls Church students: Heather Cox from Jackson Middle School; Regina Nash of Marshall High School; Timothy Paper of Westgate Elementary School; and D. Kim Price from Lemon Road Elementary School.

To date, approximately 80 percent of former LEAD Fairfax administrative interns have assumed leadership positions within FCPS, including three principalships, 45 assistant principalships, and four specialist positions.

Nearly 1,900 FCPS employees-including administrators, cluster directors, principals, assistant principals, teachers, and support employees-have participated in LEAD Fairfax since it began in January 2002. The program has expanded to include three community cohorts-the Fairfax County Hispanic Leadership Alliance, the Hughes Middle School-Reston Community Cohort, and the Westlawn Elementary School Leadership Cohort.

The program is funded by a renewable grant by the Wallace Foundation and is held in partnership with the Gallup Organization, the Center for Creative Leadership, the Institute for Educational Leadership, Linkage Incorporated, Global Learning Associates, the Association for Supervision Curriculum and Development, Stand By Systems, CaseNEX, Aha! Process, and Knowledge Management.