Fairfax County Public Schools named 64 students to the 2014 Virginia All-State Band, and 86 FCPS students have been named to the 2014 Virginia All-State Orchestra. Both groups will perform at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 5, at the new Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. Fairfax County Public School students from 22 high and secondary schools were named to the band or orchestra. Centreville High School: Alison Dettmer, Flute; Edward Chung, Violin; Joy Kim, Violin; Yehyun Kim, Violin; Joshua Pak, Violin; Jihun Yom, Violin. Westfield High School: Chandler Comer, Tenor Trombone; Daniel Park, Violin.

Fairfax County Public Schools won nine first place awards at the regional competition for National History Day, held recently at Mount Vernon High School. The two best entries in each category and in each age division have qualified to compete in the Virginia History Day contest on Saturday, April 26, in Williamsburg.

First place winners included: Zainab Calcuttawala and Swetha Kota of Westfield High School in Senior Group Exhibit for “Miep Gies Fights for Rights.” Maisha Hoque and Raisa Hoque of Westfield High School in Senior Group Performance for “Akbar the Great: How a Mughal Used His Rights to Fulfill His Responsibilities.” Hayley Seal of Westfield High School in Senior Individual Performance for “The Louisiana Purchase Song.”

Westfield High School student Monica Rudolph won the Newseum First Amendment Freedoms Award, sponsored by the Newseum, for her Senior Individual Exhibit, “Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, Leading the Way for Women’s Voting Rights.”

Second place winners included: Celina Paudel of Westfield High School for Senior Individual Performance.

Third place winners included: Jisun Lee, Sarah Lim, and Asmita Shah of Westfield High School, Senior Group Documentary; Sara Sturm, Kellie Cleveland, and Skye Koutstaal of Westfield High School, Senior Group Website.

Corey Darnell Bennett, of Centreville, graduated with a Master of Business Administration degree from Brenau University in 2013.

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