Tag: youths
Girl Scout invites public to workshops on upcoming election
Dandashi Girl Scout Fatimah Dandashi invites the public to attend a free workshop on Oct. 21 or Nov. 4 on civic engagement with the goal of educating voters about the 2017 state and local elections. Dandashi is a member of Troop 4150, based in Mason District. The first workshop is Oct. 21, 10 a.m.-noon, at … Continued
School news: Snowplows and robots
Sleepy Hollow Elementary School Principal Eric Johnson performs with students at the back-to-school assembly. An occasional series highlighting programs and activities at schools in the Annandale/Mason District area. The information and photos here are from Fairfax County Public Schools and individual schools. Voting at Stuart – People who live within the JEB Stuart High School … Continued
Stuart Tag Day is Sept. 16
The Stuart marching band. If you live in the JEB Stuart High School attendance area, members of the school’s music programs hope you will be generous when they knock on your door on Saturday asking for a donation. Your tax-deductible donation on Tag Day enables the Music Department to pay for uniforms, instruments, equipment, special … Continued
Support the Annandale High School bands
Members of the Marching Atoms. [Band Boosters] Tag Day for the Annandale High School bands is happening next weekend, and the Band Boosters and student musicians hope the community will be generous. Band members wearing the Marching Atoms uniform will be knocking on doors and playing at local grocery stores Sept. 9 and 10 to raise … Continued
New baseball field dedicated to Ivan ‘Pudge’ Rodriguez
Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez speaks at the dedication of the ballfield named for him. [Vivianne Couts] Several local students were late for the first day of school Monday, but they had a good excuse: They are members of the Mason District Little League and attended the dedication of a new baseball field at Mason District Park, … Continued
American Legion Post donates flagpole for new Little League field
American Legion members and MDLL parents put up a flagpole. A flagpole donated by American Legion Bicentennial Post 1976 in Annandale was installed at a new baseball field used by the Mason District Little League at Mason District Park Aug. 17. The Washington Nationals’ Dream Foundation donated funds to the MDLL for the new … Continued
Bradlick Plaza will display art by Poe students
Bradlick Plaza Poe Middle School students are bringing some art to Bradlick Plaza, the shopping center at the corner of Backlick and Braddock roads. Six artworks by eighth-graders will be converted to 4 foot by 6 foot mini-billboards and installed on a vacant wall in the breezeway between Gold’s Gym and the vacant store formerly … Continued
A former underdog swim team finishes the season with a big win
The Barracudas celebrate a big win. The Broyhill Crest Barracudas, the swim team based at the Broyhill Crest Recreation Club in Annandale, achieved what had been thought to be impossible – It finished the season with a 5-0 record, winning first place in their division of the Northern Virginia Swim League. The award was presented … Continued
Summer Reading Adventure program under way
School might be out, but the reading continues. [FCPL] The Fairfax County Public Library’s Summer Reading Adventure program, running June 23-Sept. 2, is aimed at encouraging children to keep reading all summer long so, they’ll be ready to succeed when the new school year starts. The program includes rewards and incentives to make reading fun. … Continued
Supervisors honor soccer champions from Annandale Boys & Girls Club
The Xtreme 98 team is honored by the Supervisors meeting (first row, from the left): John Berlin, Tiffany Linser, Emily Schoka, Anna Heilferty, Mason District Supervisor Penny Gross, Mariana Hershner, Jessica Berlin, and BoS Chair Sharon Bulova. Annandale Boys and Girls Club’s Annandale United FC 98G (known as Xtreme 98) was honored June 6 at … Continued
Youth art inspires dialogue on community
Students display the art they created in the Youth Re-Imagining Community initiative. “Most people think we’re different, but we’re all human.” That’s the message Susy Virgas, a 9th-grader at Falls Church High School, wanted to convey with her artwork – and it’s also one of the key themes that emerged from a community dialogue May … Continued
Sponsors, food vendors sought for Taste of Annandale
Staff from the Annangol Korean BBQ restaurant at the 2016 Taste of Annandale. The Taste of Annandale, a community festival in the heart of the community on Oct. 14, offers owners of restaurants and other businesses a great way to showcase what they have to offer and draw new customers. Several thousand people came to … Continued
Youths are creating a vision of community through art
Some of the students involved in the GMU art project with Officer Kathleen O’Leary (center). Local residents are invited to a community dialogue and pop-up art exhibit on the theme “Youth Re-imagining Community” May 3 at the DarAl-Hijrah Islamic Center in Seven Corners. The event, hosted by the Fairfax County Department of Neighborhood and Community … Continued
Missing teen sought by police
UPDATE: Samantha has been found in the Annandale are, FCPD announced just after 5 p.m. on March 22. She is in good health. – Police detectives are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 17-year-old Samantha Esteves Almeida. She was last seen on the grounds of Inova Fairfax Medical Campus around midnight on March 21. … Continued
Missing teen could be in danger
[Story updated, see below] Fairfax County Police detectives are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 17-year-old, Venus Lorena Romero Iraheta, 17, of Beauregard Street in Alexandria. Venus left her home voluntarily on Jan. 15, with a black and red backpack full of clothes. Her mother reported her missing that day and Venus was entered … Continued