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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Kilmer Voices of Now Cast Put on INCREDIBLE Show!

On May 17, 2013, Kilmer's Voices of Now cast performed an autobiographical show called "Moving Target" about setting, striving for and reaching goals. It was an amazing show; the full performance is available on YouTube. Students will do an encore performance at 7pm on Friday, May 31 at Kilmer MS -- don't miss it!

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Two Former Kilmer Students Earn Awards at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

Two former Kilmer Middle School students were among the winners at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair ("the premier global science competition for students in grades 9-12") held May 12-17, 2013 in Phoenix, AZ.

– Third Award in Animal Sciences: Supraja Chittari of George C. Marshall High School, ‘The Effect of Turmeric on the Memory Curves of Planarians.”

– Fourth Award in Medicine and Health Sciences: Jason Cui of Langley High School, “A Novel microRNA-based System for Cancer Management and Monitoring.”

Our commendations to these students!

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Kilmer 8th Grader Awarded Honorable Mention in the 2013 DuPont Challenge Science Essay Competition

Raman Khanna, 8th grade student at Kilmer Middle School, has just been chosen as the recipient of an Honorable Mention Award in the 2013 DuPont Challenge Science Essay Competition. The honorable mention award comes with s a $200 U.S. Savings Bond prize. Over 9,000 entries were received and we are incredibly proud of Raman's accomplishment.

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Drew Bonner, Former Kilmer Student, Receives Award from VHSL

Former Kilmer student Drew Bonner, now a senior at Fairfax High School, was recently awarded the Andrew Mullins Courageous Achievement Award by the Virginia High School League (VHSL). for his continued involvement in baseball and basketball while facing the progressive, life-threatening disease Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Bonner earned four letters in baseball and three in basketball as team manager at Fairfax after DMD limited his ability to participate on the field. He is a member of the National Honor Society and Future Business Leaders of America and maintains a 4.2 grade point average. Bonner is also an active member of Boy Scout Troop 1970, an Eagle Scout, and the most decorated scout in his troop. He is an active regional participant in the Jerry Lewis Telethon for Muscular Dystrophy. He will attend the University of Virginia to study computer science.

View the complete press release.

A recent article from The Washington Post also celebrated Drew's commitment to the Fairfax Rebels baseball team.

We are so proud of Drew for his hard work and dedication and wish him the best as he becomes a Virginia Caviler!

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