Tag: Annandale High School
Annandale High School hosts summer sports camps for kids
Looking for fun activities for your child this summer? Annandale High School is offering a variety of summer camps for elementary and middle school students led by AHS coaches. These camps are available: Multi-Sport Camp – June 20-23, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. For students entering grades 2-9. $120. Includes basketball, kickball, volleyball, soccer, and touch football. … Continued
Registration open for Annandale High School basketball summer camp
Registration is now open for the Annandale Atoms Basketball Camp for rising fourth to ninth graders. The camp runs from July 10 to July 14, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Annandale High School. “Every camper will have the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of basketball drills and competitions as well as learn new skills,” … Continued
Incident involving a BB gun at Annandale HS
There was an incident involving a BB gun at Annandale High School this morning. Principal Shawn DeRose sent an email to the community at 10:47 a.m. stating, “during the transition between first and second block, a BB gun fell out of a student’s backpack. The BB gun was seen and confiscated by a staff member … Continued
Annandale teacher volunteers at refugee center for Ukrainians
After volunteering to help Ukrainian refugees, Annandale High School teacher Meredith Hedrick has a better understanding of the issues students face in her English-as-a-second-language classes. Hedrick, the ESOL department chair, worked with World Central Kitchen May 6-17 in a Polish border town, where she helped distribute food and other supplies to newly arrived Ukrainians fleeing … Continued
AHS hosts summer sports camps
Looking for fun activities for your child this summer? Annandale High School is hosting summer sports camps for rising second-graders through rising 9th graders led by Annandale coaches. The five-day camps run every day 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Register here. Here are the camp offerings: • Multi-Sport Camp – June 13-17 at Holmes Middle School. Basketball, … Continued
Eight alumni to be inducted into the new FCPS Hall of Fame
Educate Fairfax has announced the first group of distinguished alumni to be inducted into the Fairfax County Public Schools Hall of Fame. The eight alumni include a graduate of Annandale High School and a graduate of Falls Church High School. Educate Fairfax, formerly known as the Foundation for FCPS, raises funds for programs and supplies … Continued
Former AHS principal led an exemplary life
Former Annandale High School Principal Donald Clausen died March 21 from a brain tumor. He was 78. Clausen served as principal from 1994 to 2004. The school’s Clausen Hall is named for him. The following information is from his family, by way of Annandale High School’s A-Blast. Clausen was born and raised in Cedar Rapids, … Continued
School news roundup
School board seeks stay in TJ ruling – The Fairfax County School Board filed “a motion for stay pending appeal” on March 5 in response to the decision by a federal judge invalidating the admissions process for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. Judge Claude Hilton of the U.S. District Court ruled that … Continued
Public invited to Monopoly Tournament at Annandale High School
Come show off your Monopoly skills at a tournament hosted by the Annandale High School Parent Teacher Association. The Monopoly Tournament is Saturday, Nov. 13, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at Clausen Hall in Annandale High School. Everyone is invited. Register here.
Suspect at large following shooting near Annandale High School
A shooting Friday evening in the 7700 block of Suraci Court in the Wedgewood Apartments disrupted a football game at Annandale High School. The Fairfax County Police Department reported the shooting on Twitter at about 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 22, noting one man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. The FCPD later downgraded … Continued
Annandale HS and Parklawn Elementary School welcome newly arrived Afghan refugees
Annandale High School Assistant Principal Sarah Eqab, English for Speakers of Other Languages Department Chair Meredith Hedrick, and AHS students from Afghanistan with backpacks and school supplies they’re donating to newly arrived Afghan refugee students. The following article is a lightly edited version of a piece written by the news department at Fairfax County Public … Continued
Annandale High School band members seek community support on Tag Day
The Annandale High School marching band. [Band Boosters] Tag Day, the annual fundraising event for the Annandale High School band programs, is this Saturday, Sept. 11. As COVID-19 has upended so many things, it’s also having an impact on Tag Day. Instead of knocking on doors to ask neighbors for donations, band members will hang … Continued
Youths invited to sports camp at Annandale High School
The Annandale Atoms Athletic Boosters are hosting a youth sports camp for rising 2nd to 9th-graders at Annandale High School July 19-22. The camp features an Olympics theme, and campers have an opportunity to win medals. The camp will use nearly of the Annandale athletic fields, from the gyms to the baseball field, to the … Continued
Boy Scout helps Annandale HS students build computers
Frost Middle School students assist Ian Wallace in leading the desktop-building workshop at Annandale High School. [FCPS] Eight students in Annandale High School’s English as a Second Language program have new computers they built themselves, thanks to budding Eagle Scout Ian Wallace. According to a feature story on the Fairfax County Public Schools website, Wallace, … Continued
School news roundup
Students in the Environmental Club at Woodson High School (above) raise vegetables for local food pantries. Belvedere Elementary School has a similar program. These school news items and photos are from Fairfax County Public Schools. Back to school – The vast majority of students plan to return to in-person learning for the 2021-22 school year, … Continued