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James Madison High School PTSA sponsors a raffle for a chance to win a 2005 Scion xA. Tickets are $35, and proceeds benefit the annual All-Night Graduation Celebration. Only 600 tickets will be sold, and the drawing takes place June 3, provided that a minimum number of 350 tickets are sold. Participants must be 18 or older. Taxes and fees for the vehicle will be paid by the winner. To order a ticket and see the official raffle rules, visit www.fcps.edu/MadisonHS. For more information, call Mary Mainland at 703-242-4655.
Club Phoenix Teen Center hosts a "summer jam" dance for sixth graders on Friday, June 10, from 3:30-6 p.m., at the center, 120 Cherry St., S.E. Free. Celebrate the end of the school year with a DJ, food and a dance contest. For more, call 703-255-6360.
Meadowlark Botanical Gardens offers Discovery Creek's Summer Nature Adventure, a day camp for boys and girls ages 4 to 11, from June 13 to Aug. 19. For more information or to register, call 202-337-5111 or visit www.discoverycreek.org.
The Oakton High School Dance Team offers a Junior Dance Camp this summer for rising first through eighth graders, from July 25-27, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at Oakton High School, 2900 Sutton Road, Vienna. The cost is $75 before July 1, and $84 after July 1. For more information and to download the camp flyer and registration form, visit www.ohsathleticboosters.org and click on '2005 Summer Camps'.
Volunteer Fairfax hosts its fourth annual Points of Light Youth Leadership Institute Aug. 8 to Aug. 12, at the Mason District Government Center. PYLI is a five-day institute open to high school students that teaches students an array of leadership skills including team building, project leadership, decision making and diversity training. For more, visit www.volunteerfairfax.org or contact Emily Swenson at 703-246-3460 or eswenson@volunteerfairfax.org.
The Oakton High School Class of 1995 celebrates its 10-year reunion on Saturday, Oct. 22, at the Hyatt Arlington Hotel, Arlington. For more, call 800-655-7971 or visit www.GreatReunions.com.
Marshall Road Elementary School participated in a Books from the Heart book drive, collecting more than 1,000 books for Hybla Valley Elementary School in Alexandria. For over three weeks, Marshall Road collected new and gently-used books for local elementary school aged children.
Rebecca Bellotto, a student at Madison High School, won a college-sponsored merit scholarship for screen writing.