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JANUARY 3 – 9, 2019 | PAGE 17
BACK IN DECEMBER, George Mason High School’s wrestling team hosted a dual meet tournament. Notable placers included senior Bryan Villegas (left) and freshman Daniel Martinez. For more information, read the blurb found elsewhere on this page. (P�����: FCCPS P�����/ C������� C���� S��)
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S����� N��� � N���� Mason Inducts 50-Plus Nat’l Honor Society Members The week before Falls Church City Public Schools’ winter break, the George Mason High School National Honor Society Chapter inducted 57 new members. The new members have strong academic records which established eligibility for membership, and are leaders in many student organizations, serving the school and community through their activities. The new members will continue the work of NHS at George Mason High School. The new members are: Colter Adams; John Asel; Lauren
Baartz; Carolyn Baek; Devon Boldt; Henry Brorsen; Ethan Bysfield; Caroline Capozzi; Julie Connelly; Nicholas Costa; Ciara Curtin; Naomi Dang; Isabel Davis; Nina Dhunjishah; Erik Donnelly; Rachel Doornbosch; Evelyn Duross; Sigrid Edson; Kelly Fischer; Connor Fletchall; Sarah Fong; James Gogal; Sofia Heartney; George Hoak; Keenan Hom; Zachary Holmes; Fiona Howard; Isabella Hubble; Evan Jones; Grace Keenan; Brian Kennedy; Christopher Kim; Phillip Langford, Jr.; Victoria Lecce; Seid Lejlic; Elizabeth Loyd; Sonya Lu; Julianna Markus; Galindo Molina; Helen
Morris; Holly Nelson; Ciel Park; Caleb Parnell; Katharine Rasmussen; Emma Rollins; Tahaseen Shaik; Gabriella Stevens; Kaylee Stillwagoner; Stephanie Synnott; Chiara Tartaglino; Christian Teddy; Benjamin Updike; Daniela Valderrama-Avila; Elizabeth Wells; Acacia Wyckoff; Sameer Zaveri and Myra Zingg.
Mason Grads Return for IB Diplomas, Give Talk In the George Mason High School auditorium on Thursday, Jan. 3 at 10:18 a.m., the 40 students who earned an International
Baccalaureate diploma from the class of 2017 will be presented with their qualifications. Following the presentation of the IB diplomas, there will be a panel discussion led by diploma recipients to answer questions from current Mason students including current junior and senior IB Diploma candidate students.
Mustangs Wrestling Team Places 4th at Holiday Meet On the first Saturday of the winter break, and the George Mason High School wrestling team held its annual holiday tournament competing against seven other schools. Mason finished fourth out of eight teams, which was a respectable effort considering six of the Mustang starters were out. Even with their roster limitations, the Mustangs were still able to improve by one spot from last
year’s tournament at Mason. Congratulations go to the following third place medal winners: Bryan Villegas, Daniel Martinez, Jax Reitmeyer, Spencer Marcus, Nate Jaramillo and Nick Zaenger. Also, honorable mentions went to two fourthplace finishers: Graham Felgar and Ben Varner. The team travels to Madison County High School for their next meet on Saturday, Jan. 4.
Final Chance to Nominate Teacher of the Year The nomination period is open for The Falls Church Education Foundation Teacher of the Year Award. Residents are encouraged to recognize a teacher who has made a difference. The deadline is Friday, Jan. 4. FCEF will learn of the nominees in January. Contact teacherofyear@fccps.org with any questions.
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