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Oakridge Elementary School, 1414 24th Street South, Arlington, needs after-school tutors on Tuesday and/or Thursday afternoons. Call Malcolm Tronic at 703-228-8820.
Attention parents of children ages 3-5 years old, children may qualify to receive free quality child care through CDI Head Start at Arlington. Head Start is a national child development program which has standards that specifically meet the needs of each child. Call 703-465-1116.
Kristin T. Reiland has entered first year studies at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, located in Lewisburg, WV. Reiland, daughter, of Peter M. Reiland of Venice, Fla., and Marilyn M. Lenart of Syracuse, N.Y. received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biotechnology from Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, N.Y. While at RIT, Reiland was a regular on the Dean’s List. She calls Arlington home and attended Liverpool High School in Liverpool, N.Y.
The National Merit Scholarship Program has recognized 14 Arlington students as semifinalists in the 52nd annual National Merit Scholarship Competition. Semifinalists are the highest scoring entrants in each state and represent less than one percent of the nation's seniors. The 14 students attend the system's high schools and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. The 12 National Merit semifinalists at Washington-Lee High School are: Patricia Sever, Sarah R. Weber, David G. Willard, Yorktown High School, Abbey Chung, Lauren A. Kuhlik, Anne K. Minoff, Jonathan O. Nardolilli, Elizabeth O’Neill, Chase R. Raines, Chelsea B. Sklar, Anna M. Sosdian and Chao Yin. The two students attending Thomas Jefferson High for Science and Technology are: Christian P. McGurik and Arjun Sreekumar
World-renowned violinist Midori recently presented a master class for orchestra students from T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria and the H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program in Arlington. The participating students were Louis McCracken, a 16 year-old junior at T.C. Williams High School, and Thomas Moran, a 16 year-old junior in the H.B. Woodlawn program in the Arlington Public Schools district. They each received a private lesson in front of the audience. Each presented a movement of a concerto, prepared over the course of several months with their private teachers. McCracken, who pursues private violin studies with Michael Faulkner, is a member of the Washington Metropolitan Youth Orchestra and recently was selected, through competitive audition, to perform in the Northern Virginia Senior Regional Orchestra. During the Master Class, he performed the first movement of Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 with T.C. Williams Choral Director Patricia Jarvis as his accompanist. Moran, the son of professional violinist Risa Browder, the Orchestra Director of H.B. Woodlawn, and John Moran, a professional cellist, performed the first movement of Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3, with Andrew Horowitz as his accompanist. Moran pursues private violin studies with Mary Ann Tortolano.