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Message from the PTSA President • Linda Baker

George C. Marshall High School I PTSA Newsletter I Winter 2017 1

Thank you for your content to your PTSA trimester newsletter!

Designed by Jennifer Smyth Church

Inside This Issue:Principal’s Letter . . . . . . .2

All Night Grad . . . . . . . . . .3

National Honor Society Induction; Marshall Powerlifting . . . .4

Science Fair Recap . . . . .5

Library Newsflash; Girls XC States Win . . . . .6

Winter Sports News . . . .7

Marshall Band . . . . . . . . . .8

Statesmen Theater . . . . .9

Orchestra News . . . . . . . 10

Marshall DECA . . . . . . . . .11

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We’re officially on the downward slope of the school year! Pardon the ski reference; I know this year hasn’t been ideal for winter sports

enthusiasts. Last year when I wrote this article, we were recovering from Snowzilla. Even though I love a good snow storm, I’m feeling thankful for the mild weather this season.

Spring sports are underway with scrimmages and games galore! Check out the GCM Master Calendar on the Marshall website. For students, Assess-ments are the name of the game for the foreseeable future. Besides IB and SOL test preparation, there are Choir, Band and Orchestra assessments — not to mention spring performances.

This newsletter is the PTSA’s opportunity to share the wonderful recent accomplishments of the Marshall student body and to tell you about upcoming events that may be important to you. Did you know that Marshall has a Powerlifting Team?! Me neither! (see page 5) Also, read about the academic achievement of our National Honor Society inductees and Science Fair winners (pages 4-5). Then keep reading to find out how our winter athletes excelled in track, wrestling, gymnastics, basketball, swim and dive. Congratulations to Heather Holt for her wins in two State track events and to Coaches Clifford Wong (track), Dan Hale (boys basketball) and Mike Trivi-sonno (girls basketball) — all Conference 13 Coaches of the Year! Finally, check out what’s happening with Marshall’s Band, Theatre, Orchestra and DECA too (pages 8-11).

There are many more accomplishments than we’ve covered in the following pages, so if you know of something noteworthy that we’ve missed, email the details to marshallptsanews@

gmail.com and we’ll be sure to include it in our next newsletter — the Spring issue, which comes out in early June.

If you’re looking for a way to get involved, the PTSA’s Hospitality Committee has events every month for the rest of the year, so be sure to watch the weekly PTSA Blast for opportunities to support these events.

Parents, if you have a rising freshman, sophomore, or junior, the Marshall PTSA needs you to serve as Secretary, Treasurer, or Vice President (VP), working with incoming President Phil Pedlikin. These are two-year positions, and the VP slot usually continues after two years as VP to be President for two years. Elections will be held at the May PTSA meeting. Please contact Kelly Sund for more information if a PTSA leadership role interests you. And it’s never too late to get involved in your child’s high school experience — we’re looking for parents of Seniors who would like to help plan this year’s Baccalaureate ceremony which takes place the evening before gradu-ation. Your most important hour this week just might be the one you give away!

Our next PTSA meeting will be held on Monday, March 13, at 7pm in the school Library. Please join us as we hear mid-year committee reports from each of our committees. Our PTSA meetings are open to all parents, teachers, and students. We have remarkable participation from our administration at every meeting. If you have questions, we’ll have answers. Our meetings are also a great place to get connected, to share your ideas, to learn from each other, to get involved, to make a difference, and to have some fun! I hope to see you on March 13! m

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Please know, we take course regis-tration very seriously and ask that you have several conversations with your child about their interests, current and future goals, and thoughts about courses and electives that interest them. Also, do not forget to explore our wonderful Marshall Academy as well. Our Governor’s STEM Academy offers many different selections includ-ing information technology courses, auto technology, cybersecurity, cosme-tology and criminal justice. We are lucky to live in Fairfax County where students are prepared to be successful 21st century citizens through course offerings which go above and beyond a standard minimum.

On the sports front, I was happy to be able to attend the Winter Sports Banquet and celebrate our student athletes’ many successes over the past season. Now that spring try-outs have concluded, I look forward to watching our students compete in the

current season. I am sure we will be successful! This is the final time we will compete at the 5A level in region and state competitions. Next year, we will compete in the 5A North Conference playoffs, then move to 6A for region and state contests.

In other arenas, congrat-ulations to our DECA students who competed in Virginia Beach at the DECA state competition. Students earned four first place awards and ten students will be traveling to Anaheim, California for nationals. In addition to DECA success, a large group of FBLA students placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd at the regional level and many of them will move on to the state competition in April.

In performing arts, our theatre students are working very hard to prepare for our spring musical, Cry Baby. I can’t wait to see it! Also, our

Winter Color Guard has been doing extremely well competing all over the state of Virginia. I recently attended a competition at Mount Vernon High School in which our students placed first in their division. Our orchestra,

choir and band students are busily preparing for their annual assessments which will determine if our music department will once again be awarded the prestigious Blue Ribbon Award. We all wish our students and direc-tors good luck!

Finally, I have had the opportunity over the past many months to attend many concerts, sporting events and competitions. I am so very proud of each and every one of our students. Please continue to support your child, our school and our community.

Go Statesmen! m

—Jeffrey D. Litz Principal

Message from the Principal • Jeffrey D. Litz

Dear Marshall Families,

Iam so happy to be writing you this time of year! So many wonderful things are, and have been, happening at GCM! Where do I even begin?

First, school counselors are very busy registering students for the 2017-2018 school year. We continue to meet with individual students to help guide them in choosing the correct courses and the appropriate amount of rigor that will challenge them but not overwhelm. Later in the school year, Student Services will send home a draft of your student’s course choices for you to review.

Want to have your event or student activity featured in this newsletter? Send your text and photos to [email protected]!

This PTSA print newsletter will be released THREE times per year — late fall, late winter, and late spring — and is designed to celebrate recent events at Marshall and spread news about various clubs, classes, and activities.

Send article text (either Word doc or text in body of the email) plus any medium-to-high res images (1 MB+) to

[email protected] by below deadlines, and we will include it in the newsletter.Fall issue: Text deadline Nov. 15 (issue released early Dec.)

Winter issue: Text deadline Feb. 15 (issue release early Mar.)

Spring issue: Text deadline May 15 (issue released early June)


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The George C. Marshall Powerlifting Team that competed in the 2016

Holiday Classic Powerlifting Meet on December 10, 2016 in Haymarket, Virginia. The co-ed team consists of students from Marshall’s Personal Fitness class. Several of the girls on the team not only medaled in the event but also set new American records for their specific weight class and event. Coach Ryan Wood teaches safe training and competitive technique to execute proper lifts by his students. n Maya El–Hage set the American Record in the Deadlift

315 lbs. (weight class 198, 16/17 year old age group)n Christina Hall set the American Record for Deadlift

(WC 148/16/17 yrs.)n Cassidy Bennett set the American Record for Squat 210

lbs. and also Bench Press 120 lbs. (WC 148, 16/17 yrs.)

Congratulations to all the team members! Way to go! m

—Sandra Hall

On February 24, Marshall’s National Honor Society inducted over 100 new members from the Junior and Senior classes. The ceremony was led by NHS Vice President Neel

Simpson and Points Officer Mayita Muvavarirwa. Principal Litz provided opening remarks, followed by guest speaker Elizabeth Hurley, Environmental Sciences teacher at Marshall.

The National Honor Society was founded in 1921 to create an organization that would recognize and encourage academic achievement while developing other characteristics essential to citizens in a democracy. These characteristics are: scholarship, character, service, and leadership. Students who meet the GPA benchmark are invited to apply during the fall semester of their junior year.

Many thanks to the Advisor and Faculty Council: Barbra Brown, Kerry Longenecker, W.D. Miller, Marlen Penaloza, Nimel Theodore, and Alex West. mTHIS yEAR’S INDUCTEES WERE:

Marshall Powerlifting Team

National Honor Society Induction

Pictured from left to right: Coach Ryan Wood, Hannah Kubisch, Emma Knoke, Christina Hall, Cassidy Bennett, Andrew Tran, Maya El-Hage, Claire Sparrowgrove. The team is co-ed, Andrew Tran represented the men’s division.

Einas Abu-El Hawa; Leen Abushaikha; Noah Adler; Jullanar Alwazir; Lasya Ampaty; Gemma Axelrad; Hiam Baidas; Medhaa Banaji; Matthew Barnhart; Olivia Barrand; Elsa Baumgartner; Carolyn Belt; Alexandra Brennan; Patrick Brinza; Elizabeth Canfield; Katherine Carniol; Maya Casey; Andrew Chin; Jin Hwi Cho; Emma Choi; Oliver Church; Grace Clarke; Jackson Coerr; Jennifer Cousin; Grace Cusack; Noah Daniel; William DeLong; Katherine Delta; Sofia Devin; Michelle Dirkse; Brendan Dudding; Samantha Eastman; Noor

Elbackush; Amelia Ely; Nicole Escobar; Jack Feenick; Kelley Ferguson; Martin Freeman; Demitrius Gamble; Simran Gera; Roshana Gmariam; Priya Goel; Abigail Greene; Shelby Hall; Stephanie Haner; Cara Henderson; Brenda Henriquez; Ashley Holt; Heather Holt; Damir Hrnjez; Sabrina Hsiao; Mikayla Huffman; Rishabh Jain; Shreya Jain; Leah Jeffrey; Sydney Jones; Jason Kehoe; Sloane Kelly; Tatiana Kennedy; Katie Kenny; Shreeyas Kumar; Julia Kun; Nico Lagendyk; Elena Lensink; Christopher Margiotta; Isabelle Maricar;

Brooke Martin; Grant Martin; Charles Mathews; Megumi Matsuda-Rivero; Carolina McCabe; Tulsi Mehta; Kristin Metzger; Brian Miller; Rachel Miller; Rahwan Moaz; Tyler Murphy; Mayita Muvavarirwa; Tanaka Muvavarirwa; Emily Neidecker; Angela Nguyen; Andrew Nicholson; Harrison Nixon; Margaret Norton; Micaela Ocampo; Roisin O’Dowd; Helen Oker; Kelcey Parks; Lauren Pelzner; Madelynn Pounder; Mary Purtill; Hana Qasrawi; Connor Quin; Boman Raskin; Rose Rasty; Neha Reddy; Shavonne Renfro-Cox;

Daniel Reuss; Abish Rimal; Zachary Risseeuw; Helena Ristic; Arodi Rodrigo; Yasaman Salahmand; Audra Scheinman; Ana Schlechty; Alexandra Schmid; Alexandra Schmitz; Isabelle Sexton; Nicholas Sherr; Hahneul Peter Shin; Neel Simpson; Morgan Smith; Emily Sorto-Argueta; Julia South; Gianmarco Starke; Bruce Stewart; Kiran Sullivan; Andrew Taylor; Katherine Taylor; Mia Toser; Giuliana Tosi; Itzel Trejo; Jared Valdes; Anisha Vanka; Niya Venkatraman; Nawate Wani; Margaret Warren; Holly Waters; Brady Watts; Ellie Wilcox; Miles Wilcox; Erin Williams; Alia Wilson; Maria Wuerker; Hisham Zahid; Robert Zechman; Clark Zimmerman


The annual George C. Marshall’s Science Fair was a HUGE success! For the first time since I’ve been here,

we held our fair on a Friday and only included IB Bio 1 and IB Physics 1 students. We were able to get about 90 judges from the community who were excited to participate in the event.

Over 220 students presented 180 research projects to 90 volunteer, science judges. Of these, the partnered project of Alex Schmid and Rishabh Jain and the project of Margaret Norton were awarded overall Grand Prizes in the Physical Sciences and Life Sciences, respectively.

Alex and Rishabh used bacteria to create a Microbial Fuel cell, and then varied the concentration of salt in each cell to determine how that impacted the overall power production. Margaret examined how different colored lights affect plant growth. These students had amazingly creative projects, and when combined with their enthusiastic presen-tations, brought them to the top!

Additionally, 18 other projects were awarded 1st place prizes, and several other projects were awarded 2nd place and Honorable Mention prizes.

Our Grand Prize winners will join the 1st place winners to represent Marshall High School at the Regional International Science and Engineering Fair held at Robinson Secondary School, March 17–19. Viewing is open to the public on Sunday, March 19, 1-3 pm.

Congratulations to all students involved, and a special thanks to all the science teachers who spent countless hours working with students and organizing the event. A big thank you to all our volunteer judges, our administration for all their support, and our PTSA for the providing refreshments.

A list of all the winners and their projects can be seen below, but all IB1 Physics and IB1 Bio students should be congratulated for a job well done. Feel free to ask any of them to explain their projects to you!

Thanks for all your support. m

—Dr. Nimel Theodore, Physics

Marshall’s Annual Science Fair Report

Pictured above, Grand Prize winners: Alex Schmid, Rishabh Jain and Margaret Norton

Physical Sciences 1st place winners:

Alex Schmid, Shreya Jain,

Claire Heiden, Dahway Lin,

Oliver Church, Mikayla Huffman,

Claire McShane, Sofia Devin,

Emily Carson, Rachel Slafsky

Life Science 1st place winners:

Margaret Norton, Gemma

Axelrad, Rose Rasty, Grant

Martin, Quinn Lipetz, Sam

Eastman, Micaela Ocampo,

Niya Venkatraman, Sabrina Hsiao

Physical Sciences 2nd place winners:

Gannon Palm, Katelyn Vergara-

Crespo, Laura Echevarria,

Graham Mathews, Fiona Rickels,

Connor Freeman, Demitri

Gamble, Charan Vemuri,

Daniel Reuss, Nicole Beymer,

Nico Lagendyk, Juan Jose

Paez-Chaves

Life Sciences 2nd place winners:

Helen Oker, William DeLong,

Orkhun Ismayil, Holly Waters,

Neha Reddy, Julia Kun, Megumi

Matsuda-Rivero, Pamela Paz,

Jack Feenick, Sarah Cole,

Noah Daniel, Teddy Daniel

Physical Sciences Honorable Mention:

Shreeyas Satish Kumar, Martin

Hanapole, Ana Schlechty,

Trevor Ennis, Ethan Hoadley,

Noah Adler, Aymeric Busidan,

Reza Mirzaiee, Tenzin Dhondup,

Andy Athawale, Priya Goel

Life Science Honorable Mention:

Elizabeth Canfield,

Angela Nguyen, Damir Hrnjez,

Numan Safsaf, Maya Casey,

Alexandra Brennan,

Clara Cebral-Marani,

Hana Qasrawi, Vivan Almazan


Author visitWe have an author coming as part

of the NoVa Teen Book Festival.

M-E Girard, author of Girl Mans Up,

will be in the library on Friday, March 10 from

3-4pm to talk with students about writing, her

book, and anything else the students want to talk

about! We hope that you and your student will

be able to attend. In addition to the after school

time, M-E Girard will be spending some time with

our Creative Writing class and will be interviewed

by a member of the GCM Rank & File staff.

Thank you, PTSA!Thank you to the PTSA for a generous grant!

We’re adding 5-6 new releases each month to our

collection despite having our county budget fully

committed by the end of the January. We are also

working to acquire YA titles in Arabic and Farsi,

languages spoken by nearly 10% of our student

body but with no representation in our collection.

We appreciate you granting our wish!

FREE YA Book FestivalNoVa TEEN is a FREE book festival celebrating

Young Adult (YA) fiction. It’s a day-long event

packed with books, authors, and activities at

Washington-Lee HS in Arlington. Book lovers of

all ages are welcome to join on Saturday, March 11!

Visit novateenbookfestival.com for more

information and to register.

Overdue Book NoticesIn an effort to save paper, we send overdue book

notices directly to your student via their FCPS

Google email. Please encourage them to check

that account. m

Happy Reading! —Krissy Ronan and Elizabeth Toledo

Marshall HS Librarians

LIBRARy NEWSFLASH

www.gcmhslibrary.com

On January 27, a special banquet was held to honor the Girls’ Cross Country team that won the states title in November — the first

Marshall team to win a states title since 1976! After the banquet, the team, coaches, parents attended the boy’s varsity basketball game against Edison

(which they won) and during half time, there was a ceremo-ny to honor the team and pass out States Championship rings to each team member, Coach General, Coach Ritchey and Coach Haugh. A banner commemorating the state title was also unveiled in the gymnasium. m

The winning states team: (l to r): Head Coach General, Coach Haugh, Coach Ritchey, Ava Bir, Natalie Bardach, Logan Murtha, Heather Holt, Kelly Batsford, Tatiana Kennedy, Sophie Tedesco, Jenna Robbins, Hannah Smith, Layan Qasem, Rachel McFaul.

Girls Cross Country States Title Banquet

A large photo now hangs in the

back entrance atrium honoring

the team.


to Marshall’s WINTER Sports Teams!congratulations

BOyS BASKETBALL – Congratulations to Dan Hale, Coach of the Year. Also to Defensive Player of the Year–Jordan James; Conference First Team– Jack Foley; 2nd Team–Ryan Robinson; Honorable Mention–Robert Guenther, Joseph Lampman, Markel Harrison

WINTER INDOOR TRACK – Girls Team Won Conference 13 &

5A North Regionals! 3rd at States!Heather Holt won 1600m at States (3rd time!) and 1000m (state record). Boys’ team had a strong showing too at Regionals and Girls’ 4x800 Relay will compete at Nationals. Coach Clifford Wong Conference 13 Coach of the Year!

WRESTLING – Conference 13 Champions!Congratulations to Esau Alvarez who placed 1st at Conferences, 6th at Regionals and top 8 at States. Many other team members placed at Conference and Regionals.

Congrats to Coach of the Year, Mike Trivisonno, and Player of the Year Clara Ford! Way to go! Also 2nd Team Kylie Hardin, Kristen Tillman.

SWIM & DIVE – Boys and Girls Conference Runners Up! Congratulations to Boys Swim Team,

ranked 3rd in Northern Region! Also to John Hurley, Conference Champion in 50 Free, and Aaron Tingley

Conference Champion 100 Back; Congrats to Regional Divers: M. Warren, E. Sahlgren, L. Colwell, I. Castagnaro

GIRLS’ GyMNASTICS – Conference 13 Champions! Champion

Kiran Sullivan. Also Regional Qualifiers: Lindsey Price, Sydney Galura, Grace Cusack, Jemalyn

Dacanary, Carla Castegnaro, Kiran Sullivan

GIRLS BASKETBALL –


There has been a lot of exciting things happening with Marshall Band! Marshall Senior Jack Grimm played

with the state jazz band in November. Grimm is the first Marshall student ever selected for the All-Virginia Jazz Ensemble, and he debuted as the first chair trombone in the ensemble, no less.

In other band news, 21 GCM band students performed with the District Band the first weekend of February (more than Madison, Oakton, Chantilly, or Herndon High Schools), five of them as first chair in their sections.

Congratulations to these talented Marshall musicians:

Oboe: Shannon Prescott

Bassoon: Christina French, first chair

Clarinet: Cristina Catterton Maddie Choi Chaewon Kim

Bass Clarinet: Justin Choi

Alto Sax: Joe Kwartin, first chair Abby Shusterman

Tenor Sax: Jenny Gil Adiao

Baritone Sax: Justin Kaley, first chair

Trumpet: John Laszakovits Chris Margiotta

French Horn: Nathan Liu

Trombone: Jack Grimm, first chair Srikar Chittari

Bass Trombone: Diego Stine, first chair

Euphonium: Daniel Cho

Tuba: Miles Devlin Ellie Wilcox

String Bass: Alex Stenseth

Percussion: Patrick Hufnagel

Pre-Assessment ConcertThe band is rehearsing now for its Pre-Assessment

Concert, which can be considered a dress rehearsal for the State Assessment on March 17-18. If the symphonic band can get a Superior (equivalent to an A) rating from all judges at the State Assessment, our band will have earned the distinction of being a Virginia Honor Band for the fourth year in a row. The band already earned unanimous Superior ratings at the Marching Assessment in October, which is the first half of the two-part Honor Band selection process. All are welcome to attend the Pre-Assessment Concert at 7 pm on March 9, to support the band in its drive for excellence.

Support Marshall Band!Speaking of support, the band appreciates all who have

already contributed to its uniform fundraiser. If you saw any football games or marching competitions this Fall, you have seen the new uniform hats, paired with black t-shirts because we have literally outgrown our old uniforms. The full new uniforms will debut next Fall, and we’re still trying to pay for them. So, please watch for the band out in the community, playing music in front of local businesses, on May 6. Drop some money in an instrument case, and feel good about yourself for helping our poor children get a new (uniform) coat. Tax-deductible online donations through Paypal are also happily accepted at marshallband.org. m

—Kelly Sund GCM Band Parents Organization

Marshall Band: Musical Firsts!Marshall Band member Jack Grimm, playing trombone at Viva Vienna.


Congratulations to Statesmen Theatre’s One Act Cast and Crew

The Statesmen Theatre’s One Act production, Emil and the Detectives, was truly unique, featuring 27 cast members,

a live pit band of seven musicians, an original score written by Marshall students Jack Grimm and Justin Kaley, a tech crew of seven, portable set pieces of life-sized trains that revolved center stage and one stuffed goat! It was a winning combination!

On January 21, Statesmen Theatre won second place and also of note, actors Patrick Brinza and Will Hemmingson

were named to the Conference 13 All Star Cast. Marshall was invited to compete again on February 4th at the Regional One Act Competition. Once again, Will Hemmingson was named to the Regional All Star Cast. Two other high schools won that day, but, by all accounts, the Marshall cast and crew delivered a stellar performance!

Little Women Wrap UpWith sold-out performances on three of the five nights, and

not a dry eye in the house, the Statesmen Theatre production of Little Women: The Musical was a total success. On opening night, the audience was treated to a cake in celebration of Little Women author Louisa May Alcott’s 185th birthday. The intimate atmo-sphere of a minimalist stage and a “Readers Theatre” style presenta-tion, delivered a warm, funny and stirring rendition of this timeless classic. m

Statesmen Theater News

Emil and the Detectives

Spring Musical Cry-Baby – March 30-April 2

The Marshall production of Cry-Baby is one of the first to be put on stage since the play

left Broadway and it promises not to disappoint. This jumping, jiving Tony-nominee is a rebellious teen comedy event! Based on the cult classic 1990 John Waters film, Cry-Baby takes place in 1950s Baltimore where the conservative squares face off against the leather-clad delinquents in this rocka-billy musical. The story centers on two star-crossed lovers — Wade “Cry-Baby” Walker and square rich girl, Allison. Cry-Baby is the coolest boy in Baltimore, a bad boy with a good cause — truth, justice, and the pursuit of rock and roll. Fueled by the rhythms of rock and roll, Allison turns her back on her squeaky clean boyfriend Baldwin to become a “drape” (a Baltimore juvenile delinquent) and Cry-Baby’s moll. Don’t miss it!

—Nyka Feldman, Vice President, Statesmen Theatre Boosters

LITTLE WOMEN

To learn more, visit the Statesmen Theater website www.statesmentheatre.org


Upcoming Events to hear your GCM Statesmen Orchestras: March 10-11: (THIS WEEKEND!) District 12 Orchestra Assessment at Madison High School:

• Symphonic Orchestra – Friday, March 10, performs at 12:40pm• Philharmonic Orchestra – Friday, March 10 performs at 7:00pm• Statesmen Sinfonia – Saturday, March 11 performs at 4:55pm

June 6: Spring Concert and Awards at GCMarshall, 7pm

There are 28 graduating seniors this year!

June 19: Sinfonia Performs at Marshall’s Baccalaureate Service

Marshall Orchestra Updates

All-District Honors OrchestraCongratulations to the following 13 Marshall

Orchestra members for being accepted into this year’s All-District Honors Orchestra! They participated in the All-District Honors Orchestra event at Washington-Lee High School on January 6-7, 2017.

Lilly Zarandazchi, Katie Treichler, JooEun Kang, Alia Wilson, Olivia Even-Vaca, Isabelle Maricar, Anisha Vanka, Brian Miller, Devyn Lee, Andrew Song, Alex Stenseth, Calvin Smith, Thea Prevalsky, Also congrats to Tanaka Muvavarirwa for making 1st alternate on bass!

All-State OrchestraCongratulations to the following four Marshall

Orchestra members for being accepted into this year’s All-Virginia Orchestra! Brian Anderson (1st in State), Sieun Lee (Viola), Andrew Chin (Violin), and Annika Hsu (Violin). The All-Virginia Orchestra event will take place April 6-8 at Colgan High School, Manassas, Virginia. The Orchestra concert will perform on Saturday, April 8 at 2:45 pm — free and open to public! All American program with Anthony Maiello conducting.

Visit from Marine String Quartet The President’s Own Marine String Quartet will be

performing at GCM Marshall on Monday, March 13. The orchestra’s will listen to select pieces and participate in a question and answer after the performance to enquire about the musician’s and pieces played. m

—Rafay Hassan, Marshall Orchestra Parent Association (MOPA) president

Above, the Marshall Orchestra members who were accepted into the State Orchestra (from left to right): Sieun Lee, Annika Hsu, Andrew Chin, and Brian Anderson

Support your GCM Orchestra! VISIT: gcmorchestra.org

Marshall’s Sinfonia Orchestra


Marshall DECA Report

George C. Marshall High School & Academy Students Earn Recognition at Virginia DECA’s State Leadership Conference 2017

A total of 4,000 Virginia DECA Marketing students competed at this year’s annual Virginia DECA State Competition in Virginia Beach

March 3–5, 2017. 50 George C. Marshall High School and Academy DECA students represented our chapter at this year’s annual Virginia DECA State Competition with another exceptional performance! See the chart below for results.

Please visit our GCM DECA Twitter Page to see the conversation from this year’s conference. Follow GCM DECA on Twitter at GCM_DECA. m

—George C. Marshall DECA Chapter Advisors: Ms. Rogers Mrs. Harmony Mrs. Livick

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Above, Claire Heiden, President of VA DECA

Pictured at left, ICDC (Anaheim, CA) 2017 Qualifiers from Marshall DECA.

Claire Heiden Food Marketing Series 1st Place

Maya Casey & Business Law and Ethics Team Helen Oker Decision Making 1st Place

Logan Murtha & Buying and Merchandising Thando Muchemenyi Team Decision Making 1st Place

Bryan Valdes Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling and Consulting 1st Place

Gelia Kebede Principles of Finance 3rd Place

Connor Cryan Restaurant and Food Service Management Top 9

Laith Samamreh Hotel and Lodging Top 9

Jack Feenick Hotel and Lodging Top 9

Name of Student Event Place/Honor


President – Linda BakerVice President – Phil Pedlikin

Treasurer – Maureen QuattrockiSecretary – Lucia Fan

Academic LettersMarilu Plata

Activities BoosterJoan Sahlgren

All Night GradJulie Heiden

Baccalaureate— OPEN —

Band BoosterRose Ellen Eastman

BeautificationAmy Anderson

Choral BoosterAnne Motz

CommunicationsPolly Colwell

Susan Skaggs

Jenny Thompson

County Council • Legislation Rep

Julie Heiden

Directory— OPEN —

FundraisingChristine Kenny

Grocery RewardsAnne Allen

HospitalitySarah Shamlal

Patti McCaleb

International NightNancy Garcia

Annie Klockner

Liaison KilmerDianne Gurdak

Liaison Longfellow— OPEN —

Liaison ThoreauKelly Sund

MembershipBarb Perlowski

NewsletterJennifer Church

Orchestra BoosterRafay Hassan

ParliamentarianJulie Heiden

Public RelationsJoanne Paul

ReflectionsLeigh Riverbank

Special Education— OPEN —

Teacher WishlistZhen Brayman

Theatre BoostersBill Hemmingson

Nyka Feldman

VolunteersDebbie Tosi

Web CuratorPolly Colwell

CLASS PARENT REPS: 2017 (Seniors)

Julie Heiden

2018 (Juniors)Joanne Paul

Kerry Walton

Kate Feenick

2019 (Sophomores)Faith Boettger

Dianne Gurdak

Kathy Brown

2020 (Freshmen)Rachel Stott

Ciaran Lusick

Beeda Lee-Pawlak

Liz Margiotta

2016–17 Marshall PTSA Board Members

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