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Kudos

• All-District Band members are selected :

  

  After successful auditions, 41 Jefferson students were selected to perform in the District XI All-District Band from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2 at W.T. Woodson High School. Students include seniors Ryan Feng, Anu Goel, David Heo, Andrew Jiang, Seung Yeon Ju, Alexia Kim, Isabella Liu, Keshav Mantha, Will Stalcup and Daniel Wang, juniors Kaylyn Buford, Caitlyn Carpio, Grace Chuang, Josh Chung, Brian Clark, Elise Favia, Bryan Higgins,
• All-District Band members selected (cont.):

  

  Jung Huh, Rachel Iwicki, Kyu Kim, Maria Kim, Jonathan Lee, Parag Shukla and Henry Tessier, sophomores Marie Anderson, Orchi Banerjee, Sam Cho, Maya Chung, Noemi Glaeser, Arthur He, Kiley Jarymiszyn, Brian Junttila, Ethan Lowman, Theo Richardson, Bobbie Sheng and Kai Smith and freshmen Aaron Geldert, Catherine Im, Jasper Treakle and Sara Warrington.

• Mayuga honored as Girl of Merit:

  

  Junior Christine Mayuga was named one of the 2013 Washington, D.C. Girls of Merit by Girls World Expo. The D.C. Girls World Expo event was hosted by the Washington Examiner on Jan. 5 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Mayuga was recognized for her work with the Special Olympics and Best Buddies, among other leadership and service activities.

• Rubik's Cube Club competes in Pittsburgh:

  

  The TJ Rubik’s Cube Club attended the Carnegie Mellon Fall 2012 tournament on Dec. 8 at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa. Team members included senior Chris Mercado, sophomore Alex Wendt and freshmen Devin Kim, Eli Lefland, Rushi Shah, Shirley Wang and David Zhao. Lefland, Mercado and Wendt qualified for finals in their respective events, and Lefland placed third overall.

• Golfers recognized in "2012: Fairfax County’s year in sports":

  

  Fairfax County Times staff writer Nathan Eilerson named freshman Nathan Chuwait and sophomore Julie Luo as part of the Times’ favorite high school sports stories in 2012. Chuwait and Luo were included for their accomplishments at the Northern Region golf tournament. The full article can be found here.