Kilmer Model UN Participates in Chantilly HS Conference

Congratulations to Kilmer's Model UN team who participated in the Chantilly HS conference this past weekend.  Delegates Raman Khanna and Numan Khan won Best Delegation; delegates Rohan Taneja and Nitin Sakhamuri won Outstanding delegation;  and delegates Daniel Xu and Zach Zimmerman were awarded Verbal Commendation.

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Kilmer Students Appear in Vienna Connection's Annual Children's Connection 2012 issue

The December 26, 2012 issue of the Vienna Connection, their annual Children's Connection, includes a the poetry and prose of a number of Kilmer Middle School students.

Read the Children's Connection 2012!

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Former Kilmer Student Nominated for Hollywood Music in Media Award

Former Kilmer student Rachel Brett cut her debut CD in 2011 and was nominated for a Hollywood Music in Media Award in the Pop Category for her original song "Liar."

While she did not win, the nomination is a huge honor. We send her our congratulations!


Find her web site at www.rachelbrettmusic.com

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District 12 Honors Orchestra

On Monday, November 12, 35 Kilmer students auditioned for the District 12 Honors Orchestra. The students listed below were accepted (out of the 525 that auditioned!) into this prestigious group and will be performing the first weekend on January. Please join us in congratulating them and the Kilmer Orchestra Director, Marci Swift, on this incredible accomplishment.

BASS
Leah Smith – 4th chair

CELLO
Hayun Chong – 3rd chair
Ellison Kang – 14th chair

VIOLA
Brian Anderson – 1st chair
Sieun Lee – 3rd chair Jordyn Park – 9th chair
Devyn Lee – 12th chair
Andrew Zhang – 16th chair

VIOLIN
Yonna Kim – Rank 6 – Violin 2 / 2nd chair
Hannah Yu – Rank 15 – Violin 1 / 11th chair
Grant Li – Rank 16 – Violin 1 / 12th chair
Kathleen Kim – Rank 17 – Violin 1 /13th chair
Joanne Lee – Rank 18 – Violin 1 / 14th chair
Dahway Lim – Rank 24 – Violin 1 / 20th chair
Melody Chiang – Rank 29 – Violin 2 / 7th chair
Sam Safadi – Rank 30 – Violin 2 / 8th chair
Timmy Chan – Rank 31 – Violin 2 / 9th chair
Joo Eun Kang – Rank 29 – Violin 2 / 17th chair

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Current and Former Kilmer Students Involved in American Youth Percussion Ensemble

The strength of Kilmer Middle School's music program is shown in the involvement of a number of current and former Kilmer students with the American Youth  Percussion Ensemble. This ensemble traveled to Indianapolis in March to perform as part of the Music For All Festival (full article in Vivace!, the American Philharmonic Orchestras' newsletter, issue 47, number 6, titled "Percussion Ensemble Performs at National Festival" ).

Kilmer alumnae involved in this performance were:
Stephen Creighton
Cliff Crawford
Grant Hoechst
Gwen Jeong

Current Kilmer students who are part of the American Youth Percussion Ensemble are Patrick Brinza and Derek Kartalian. This Percussion Ensemble is described by Kilmer Band Director Brett Dodson as "arguably the highest quality of its type in the nation."

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Kilmer Students Achieve WAY Above State on AMC 8

Over the past four years, Kilmer students have been over represented as compared students state-wide on the AMC 8, an annual math exam for eighth graders sponsored by The Mathematics Association of America.

Congratulations to our amazing mathematics faculty for these incredible results and to all Kilmer students past and present on their achievements on these tests.

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18 Former Kilmer Students Named National Merit Semifinalists

18 former Kilmer students were named National Merit Semifinalists for 2013. This is a testament to their own hard work and to the teaching and support of their current and former teachers.

Madison HS: Katherine Fowler, Jeremy Park

Marshall HS: Annmarie Brinza, Sarah Chapin, Isabel Gross, Nicholas Kemp

TJHSST: Allison Chou, Michael Cooper, David Gao, Shohini Ghosh, Clara Guo, David Guo, Benjamin Hsu, Seon-Yong Lee, Eric Lin, Ian McConnell, Brandon Pang, Seung Young Park

Our heartfelt congratulations to all of these students!

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