We finally made it to Spring Break! Whoo hoo! So good to see the experience some of our seniors had on different field trips this week. Here are some images from the Newseum trip to learn more about Civil Rights.
Also, a HUGE CONGRATULATIONS goes out to Sarah Golemon-Mercer for winning a place at the State Science Fair April 8 & 9 at Virginia Military Academy.
Congratulations to our senior HOSA students who participated in the medical competition this past weekend at the Virginia HOSA State Conference in Williamsburg, VA. We had 21 students compete in various medical events with 1000 other HOSA students. The following students seniors received first place honors:
Francy Cabera-Paz: 1st Place in Medical Law & Ethics
Jacqulyn Handley, Francy Cabera-Paz, & Betty Getaneh: 1st Place in Parliamentary Procedures
Lastly, we can’t help but take a moment to celebrate the amazing performance of our track stars at the New Balance National Championships last weekend. So proud of our senior stars!
Upcoming Events
March 21-25th: Spring Break!!!!
Spring Sports Schedule link (with some Senior Night’s highlighted!)
March 28-April 1st: Spring Spirit Week
March 29th: Seniors report at 11:35 due to school-wide ACT testing (Blocks 4 and 6 ONLY) AND Alexandria NOVA Campus visit for Pathways and GPS students 8:30-11:30 AM
March 30th: Northern Virginia Regional College Fair (Info Link)
April 4th: Placement testing at NOVA (Testing link)
April 10th: College 101 Family Workshop at 5:00 PM (link)
April 14th: Accepted: Now What? Senior Parent Presentation to Assist with College Decision Making Process @ 8:15 AM in the College and Career Center
April 21st: End of 3rd Quarter AND Professional Career Fair 3-5 PM (link)
April 22nd: Snow make up day (Regular School Day) AND Annual Seniors vs. Junior PowderPuff game (Hana is certain that Seniors will win!!)
April 22nd is also the JROTC Ball JROTC Miltary ball flier
April 27th: AVID Breakfast for Dinner/Senior Recognition 4-6PM
May 2-13: AP Exams (more info link)
May 23 – June 10: Senior Experience Internships
June 10th: Prom at the Waterford in Springfield
June 13th: Senior Experience Presentations
June 18th: Graduation (meet at TC at 7:00AM) then onto…
Don’t Let Deficiencies Keep You From Celebrating Senior Year
If you haven’t seen this excellent video about taking care of your deficiencies, take a look by clicking here and see our senior star Colson Jenkins learning a valuable lesson before it’s too late in senior year! Your counselor also has a copy of your Deficiency report if you would like to review it.
Mental Health Care for Spring Break
Take time to relax and unwind during the break in preparation for the final stretch of senior year.
Earn FREE Money For College Through Scholarships throughout Spring Break
The list of available scholarships keeps growing, and the deadlines are getting closer. Please use some of your break to complete and submit applications. Stay tuned to Mrs. Feldman’s Twitter feed for new scholarship (@TC2College) and see the most recent Scholarship newsletter for March/April (link). Another scholarship has come our way for students in the LGBT community. Feel free to take a look at this flier with more information for this scholarship that is due by April 15th. LGBT scholarship info
Speaking of scholarships, one of our very own is in the process of raising money to provide a scholarship for one of our very own. Katherine Claggett has a booming business, and would appreciate your support. The Educated Babysitter LLC is providing Easter Bunny visits in homes in the DMV area during spring break! It is $25 per family, unlimited pictures with you own camera or phone. All proceeds go to book scholarships for the Academy of Finance graduating seniors!
Way to go Katherine!!
Senior Experience Updates
Thanks to Ms. Hetzer for an excellent overview of Senior Experience on Thursday. The presentation and resources are now available on Blackboard. You can find it by logging into Blackboard and going to > TC Williams Students > School Counseling > Senior Experience. Take a look, and be sure to reach out to Mrs. Hetzer if you have any questions.
Have You Completed the Senior Survey Yet?
Many members of the senior class has completed the Post Secondary Plan survey that was sent to your ACPS email account earlier this month. If you have not had a chance to do so, please take five minutes to complete this important survey to help your counselor work with you to finalize your post secondary plan, and share timely information to make sure you don’t miss any key deadlines. Thank you to those of you who have completed the survey, we have received some excellent data to help this senior class with life after high school! Much more to come!
Have a wonderful, relaxing, and safe Spring Break! See you on March 28th!