Centreville: Stone Middle Students To Visit United Kingdom
Exchange program began in 2003.
With Spring Break around the corner for Fairfax County Public Schools, 19 students from Centreville’s Ormond Stone Middle School are gearing up for the trip of a lifetime: an eight-day adventure in the United Kingdom.
Heading to Eastern Super Regionals
FTC team 6700, the X-BOTS, a Robotics team of high-school and middle-school students from Northern Virginia, is heading to the FTC Eastern Super-Regional championships in Scranton, Pa., following a successful performance at Virginia State Championship on Feb 13 where they were awarded Inspire Award (3rd place), Won Kamen Division, were Championship finalists, and Nikhil Chintada won Dean’s List finalist award to represent Virginia at World Championships.
Chantilly Snapshot: Taking Their Show on the Road
Rocky Run Show Choir performs at the Sunrise senior living facility in a special Sunday performance.
Chantilly: Meet Westfield Principal Anthony Copeland
Decades of leadership prepared him for the job.
Westfield High Principal Anthony Copeland has a wealth of experience as a leader, both in schools and in the military. Before taking over the reins at Westfield in September 2015, he was an assistant principal at Lake Braddock Secondary and North Stafford High and an Army field artillery officer who served 20 years in the military.
Chantilly Snapshot: Police Honor Chick-Fil-A
Chick-Fil-A’s Peter Kim (left) receives a plaque from police 1st Lt. Matt Owens. The restaurant was honored during the Feb. 10 meeting of the Sully District Station’s Citizens Advisory Committee. Owens, the assistant station commander, said Chick-Fil-A donated food to the police officers working on New Year’s Eve and has partnered with the station on various community projects. The plaque recognized Chick-Fil-A for its “continued, outstanding support and dedication to the men and women of the Sully District Police Station.”
Baldassari Is Named Officer of Month
Acknowledged for his expertise, enthusiasm and professional demeanor, PFC Kevin Baldassari is the Sully District Police Station’s Officer of the Month for January. He was honored during the Feb. 10 meeting of the station’s Citizens Advisory Committee.
Centreville: Scanlon's Game-Winner Sends Westfield Back to State Final
Senior scores 26 points in semifinal victory over Woodside.
The Westfield boys' basketball team defeats Woodside in the state semifinals.
Centreville: Westfield Boys' Basketball Returns to Winning Ways
Bulldogs beat C.D. Hylton in 6A state quarterfinals.
Westfield defeated C.D. Hylton in the state quarterfinals on Friday.
Fairfax County: Commission Recognizes Outstanding Women in Government Work
Edwyna Wingo of the Chantilly area began her career with Fairfax County as a nurse in the Health Department on Sep. 1, 1965 and worked her last full day Oct. 1, 2011.
Snapshot: Centreville Garden Club
The new officers for the Centreville Garden Club are, from left, Sue Glover, vice president; Jennifer Thorpe, secretary; Georgie Evans, treasurer; Donna Heid, president. names in the paper. New members are welcome to learn the art of gardening and support civic projects. Visit centrevillegardenclub.blogspot.com.
Chantilly: Science Fair Project Creates Electricity from Wastewater
What if energy could be generated during the treatment of wastewater so that clean, renewable energy could be captured and used to dramatically reduce costs? This is the basic idea behind a winning science fair project that has earned a pair of Chantilly High School students a trip to the Fairfax County Regional Science and Engineering Fair.
Centreville/Chantilly: State of the Station
A look at local crime, traffic and community engagement.
Basically, the Sully District is a safe place to live, and the men and women of the Sully District Police Station are doing everything they can to keep it that way. That was the overall message presented by Capt. Bob Blakley, the station commander, and others during the annual State of the Station report to the community.
Rochefort: Officer of the Year
Wrote third-highest number of traffic tickets in the county.
PFC Brian G. Rochefort has been named the Sully District Police Station’s 2015 Officer of the Year. And although he couldn’t be present to receive his award, he was honored during the Feb. 10 meeting of the station’s Citizens Advisory Committee.
Chantilly: Hong Named Officer of Month
Someone who’s hit the ground running and quickly made an impression on his supervisors, Sully District Police Officer John J. Hong was recently recognized as the Officer of the Month. He was honored at the Jan. 13 meeting of the Sully District Station’s Citizens Advisory Committee.
Centreville: Westfield in Need of ‘Soul Searching’ After Loss
Bulldogs to face Hylton in state quarterfinals Friday at Robinson.
The Westfield boys' basketball team finished region runner-up.