Kilmer Student and Kilmer's PTA President Speak at the White House

On Tuesday, February 25, 2014, First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled a new wellness proposal targeted at school-aged children.

Sam Hammermaster, 8th grader at Kilmer Middle School, was asked to speak at this media event at the White House regarding healthy fitness and nutrition changes that are happening in Fairfax County Public Schools.

Sam's mother, Kilmer PTA President and Executive Director of Real Food For Kids which advocates for healthy school means, has been working to impact wellness within the school system.

This was an incredible opportunity for the the Hammermaster team and a moment that made the whole Kilmer community proud!

More info on the First Lady's initiative is available from Edweek.com.

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Two Kilmer Students Named to 2014 Middle School Honors Chorus

Fifty-four middle school students from Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) have been named to the 2014 Virginia American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Middle School Honors Chorus. The group will perform on Saturday, April 27, in Harrisonburg. Ten FCPS students were selected as alternates.

Two of the fifty-four students selected are Kilmer Middle School students: 8th graders Brendan Dudding and Will Morrison will be part of the April 27 performance!

Congratulations to Brendan, Will, and to Kilmer's fantastic Choral Director, Mr. Kevin Sapp forh is instruction, support and guidance.

Read the full press release from FCPS.

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Kilmer's FLL Team Wins 1st Place!

Kilmer’s First Lego League (FLL) Team won 1st place Grand Champions Award at the VADC FLL State tournament at JMU, December 7 & 8.  They will go on to represent Virginia and DC in the World Festival, an international competition, in St. Louis in April.

Congratulations to the team!

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Former Kilmer Students Sing at School Board Meetings!

Liz Carlson, currently a junior at Marshall HS, will perform the National Anthem at the School Board Meeting this evening, Thursday, September 12, 2013.

Last month, another former Kilmer student performed the same honor: Vanessa Estaniel, a freshman at Marshall HS sang the National Anthem.

Kudos to both young women on their success!

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Kilmer Teens are in The Washington Post's KidsPost

Pallavi Bhave and Joyce Tian appeared in this past Sunday's KidsPost for their Food Allergen Detector (FAD) idea. Check out the full article!

Read more about Bhave and Tian's national science contest winning idea.

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Kilmer Scores Big in Two National Math Contests!

This year, Kilmer Middle School had a tremendous number of students who qualified to take the American Mathematics Contest (AMC 10) for 10th grade students and below.  Eighteen of our Mathletes scored over 90 points on the AMC 10 test, three Kilmer Middle School students scored among the top 2.5% in the nation by scoring over 108 in the AMC10 contest.  Kilmer student Ravi Kodali scored among the top 1% in the nation by scoring over 117 in the contest.

Three Kilmer students also took the American Invitational Mathematical Examination. Kodali received a score of 12 out of 15 on this test, the second highest in Virginia and second highest in the world for 8th grade. He was one of 235 students nationwide who qualified for the USA Junior Mathematical Olympiad (USAJMO).

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Al Levinson, Former Kilmer Student Honored at Marshall HS

Congratulations are in order for another former Kilmer student.  Yesterday at the Marshall High School awards ceremony Al Levinson was honored as the Outstanding Engineering Student of the Year.   Al will be attending Virginia Commonwealth University in the fall.  

Way to go, Al!

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