Friday, May 18, 2012
The Robinson Secondary School coach and alumni was remembered Thursday.
To those who did not know Barry Gorodnick, Robinson Secondary School would seem like an odd place for a memorial service. But Gorodnick, or “Coach G.” as students knew him, lived for the school where he had attended since the seventh grade. He was 47 years old when he died on Saturday, and it seemed like he had never left the place. “He loved it so much he graduated and came back here for another 24 years,” said Robinson principal Dan Meier, who gave an opening statement at the memorial service held in the school’s gymnasium on Thursday afternoon. “Barry was Robinson.” The memorial service brought out hundreds of people — Gorodnick’s family, his extended family, the Robinson community. The service welcomed comments from the school …
Friday, May 18 through Sunday, May 20, 2012.
Check out Patch’s list of local events to enjoy this Friday through Sunday, the third week of May. Classy Kids Consignment Family Movie Night on the Green 2012 Joint Service Open House and Air Show Spring Garden Day Kids to Parks Day Youth Arts Celebration Sunny the Shark’s Birthday Party at Paradise Play Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Lion Chef Invitational Alexandria Symphony Orchestra presents: A Cosmic Mystery All That Jazz Musical Revue Lake Accotink Sunset and Canine Cruises Cosmic Quest: Children’s Art Festival Burke Historical Society INPASS – WMYO Regional Winners Concert Library Programs: Nature Highlights:
Thursday, May 17, 2012
The students won first place in their category.
Robinson Secondary School students recently won first place at a statewide Technology Student Association State Leadership Conference. Andy Artze, Exxus Altimus, and Michael Sherburne won first place in their category, system control technology. The TSA conference judges middle school and high school students on innovation, design, and engineering. The category asks students to develop a computer-controlled model-solution to a problem. Teams analyze the problem, build a computer-controlled mechanical model, program the model, explain the program and mechanical features of the model-solution, according to the national TSA website. At the middle school level, Fairfax County Public School students won 10 first-place awards. High school …
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Barry Gorodnick lost his battle with cancer over the weekend.
Beloved husband, father, and Robinson Secondary School coach Barry Gorodnick passed away Saturday after a two-year-long struggle with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. He leaves behind his wife, Jen Gorodnick and three children Kaitlyn, 11, Taylor, 10 and Ryan, 7. Gorodnick’s family and friends had set up a fundraising page to help pay for treatments. On Sunday, the page was updated to inform supporters of his passing. “Thanks everyone for your support throughout Barry's illness. Jen and the kids really need us now more than ever. We will continue this fundraiser to honor him and help the Gorodnicks,” read a comment from Cathy Velis, who helped start the fundraising efforts. As of Tuesday, supporters had raised $55,000 for the family. Robinson …
The money has been raised, and artificial turf will be installed.
The fundraising efforts of several groups have joined forces to provide Robinson Secondary School with artificial turf for two athletic fields. Robinson’s Athletic Boosters raised $500,000 for the project, and the Braddock Road Youth Club contributed $400,000, according to Tom Lizardo of the Booster Club. "The total cost of the project including lights will be about $1.5 million," said Lizardo. Additional funding is being provided as follows: The final $150,000 was secured as part of the Board of Supervisor's third quarter review process. "Dranesville District Supervisor John Foust identified some additional monies that could be spent to help turf projects at schools throughout the county, and Supervisor Cook ensured Robinson was one of …
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School board will hold a work session on the budget Thursday
A week before the Fairfax County School Board is scheduled to approve a fiscal year 2013 budget, community members advocated Tuesday for closing achievement gaps, increasing funding for employee compensation and providing benefits to parent liaisons at a public hearing for next year's spending plan. Superintendant Jack Dale presented his adjustments to the $2.4 billion budget during a markup session Monday, which removes step increases for eligible employees and calls for a 2 percent compensation market rate adjustment (MRA). The payment changes come in light of this year's General Assembly legislation requiring public school employees who participate in the Virginia Retirement System (VRS) to pay a 5 percent employee contribution, which …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Superintendent Jack Dale proposes eliminating compensation adjustments in favor of meeting five-year state requirement within the next year
Though Superintendent Jack Dale presented his recommendation for adjustments to Fairfax County Public Schools' $2.4 billion advertised budget at a work session Monday, some school board members said they weren't satisfied his proposed changes fully met their priorities or produced a budget that best met the needs of the system. Dale returned to the board after the system's $1.68 billion transfer from the county Board of Supervisors, an amount 4.5 percent higher than what schools received last year but still short of the 8.4 percent increase board members asked for when they moved forward the approved advertised budget. Despite the school board's approval of the advertised budget in February, Dale and School Board Chairwoman Janie Strauss…
The deadline is June 1.
The application deadline for admission to the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology for the class of 2016 is June 1. All applicants have to also take the TJHSST admissions test on June 6 to be admitted. Students who moved into a participating school district (Fairfax, Fauquier, Arlington, Loudoun, or Prince William or the City of Falls Church) after Sept. 11, 2011 can apply. Additional information regarding eligibility and residency requirements for applicants can be found at www.TJAdmissions.org. Applications are also available at the Thomas Jefferson Admissions Office, 8115 Gatehouse Road, Suite 2600, Falls Church. The office is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Questions should be directed to the TJHSST Admissions Office at …
Sunday, May 13, 2012
A Cappies review of Lake Braddock High School's "The Arabian Nights."
This Cappies review by Hattie Clougherty of Chantilly High School is of the Saturday, April 28, performance of "The Arabian Nights" at Lake Braddock Secondary School. The Cappies is a critics and awards program, "through which high school theater and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews in local [media]." Student critics will vote on May 13 for the awards that will be presented at a formal Cappies Gala on Sunday, June 10. Top award honorees from the U.S. and Canada participate in the Cappies International Theater at the Kennedy Center during the summer. _____ The hollow thumping from Arabic drums rhythmically ushered in four lines of brightly clad storytellers …
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Lake Braddock Secondary School
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Saturday, May 12, 2012
A Cappies review of West Springfield High School's 'The Wizard of Oz'
This Cappies review by Laura Cermak of Oakcrest School is of the Friday, May 4, 2012, West Springfield High School performance of "The Wizard of Oz." The photographs are by student Catherine Ariale. The Cappies is a critics and awards program, "through which high school theater and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews in local [media]." Student critics will vote on May 13 for the awards that will be presented at a formal Cappies Gala on Sunday, June 10. Top award honorees from the U.S. and Canada participate in the Cappies International Theater at the Kennedy Center during the summer. _____ Over the rainbow, down the yellow brick road, to Oz! West Springfield …
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West Springfield High School
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Steve Wieder
1:50 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
This is great that Robinson gets the fields but disappointing that BRYC is a major donor as it will be painfully clear that they will control the use and leave little for any other organization. more ›