State Champs…Again!
State Champs…Again!
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Potomac’s Speech and Debate team swept the Virginia NSDA State Qualifying Tournament this past weekend, winning their fifth consecutive state speech championship. Twelve students qualified for the June national tournament in Phoenix, AZ, and 17 of 25 Potomac entries were place winners. State individual championships went to Hannah de Souza ’25 in Program Oral Interpretation, Isabella Sequar ’24 in Original Oratory, Taylor Burris ’25 in International Extemp, and Meredith Vorndran ’25 in U.S. Extemp. This was a repeat championship for Meredith. The team also scored four runner-up placements. View the full results. Congratulations to the entire team and our Speech and Debate program!
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![Potomac Honors Two Recipients with Generosity of Spirit Award]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1732663081/potomac/sbryn5s9euqlhvdee6w2/DSC_1379.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1732663081/potomac/sbryn5s9euqlhvdee6w2/DSC_1379.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1732663081/potomac/sbryn5s9euqlhvdee6w2/DSC_1379.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1732663081/potomac/sbryn5s9euqlhvdee6w2/DSC_1379.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1732663081/potomac/sbryn5s9euqlhvdee6w2/DSC_1379.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1732663081/potomac/sbryn5s9euqlhvdee6w2/DSC_1379.jpg","width":2000}])
Potomac’s Generosity of Spirit Award is given annually at the Thanksgiving Assembly to a faculty or staff member who exemplifies Potomac’s core values, demonstrates “generosity of spirit,” and inspires others through their actions. This year, the award was presented to two highly respected and tenured members of our community.
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Thanks to COO Ross Davis, a retired Air Force Lt. Col., for joining our Middle and Intermediate Schools Veterans Day Assemblies. Read remarks that he shared with our seventh and eighth grade students.
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The Potomac School honored Ms. Sharyn Stein, Intermediate School math teacher, with the 2024 Bill Cook Award for Excellent Teaching during the school’s Opening Assembly on September 6.
![Potomac School Awarded $1.8 Million Multi-Year Grant in Support of its Financial Aid Program]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1715868481/potomac/xtszrj1tyenyo6aliwde/TCEIPressRelease.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1715868481/potomac/xtszrj1tyenyo6aliwde/TCEIPressRelease.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1715868481/potomac/xtszrj1tyenyo6aliwde/TCEIPressRelease.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1715868481/potomac/xtszrj1tyenyo6aliwde/TCEIPressRelease.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1715868481/potomac/xtszrj1tyenyo6aliwde/TCEIPressRelease.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1715868481/potomac/xtszrj1tyenyo6aliwde/TCEIPressRelease.jpg","width":2000}])
TCEI has awarded Potomac a $1.8 million multi-year grant that will make a Potomac education accessible to more families and enhance socioeconomic diversity within our school community.
![Two Potomac Students Earn National Merit Scholarships]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1715622302/potomac/aqzqxgjtmctz6nbrxkzl/ScreenShot2024-05-13at14211PM.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1715622302/potomac/aqzqxgjtmctz6nbrxkzl/ScreenShot2024-05-13at14211PM.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1715622302/potomac/aqzqxgjtmctz6nbrxkzl/ScreenShot2024-05-13at14211PM.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1715622302/potomac/aqzqxgjtmctz6nbrxkzl/ScreenShot2024-05-13at14211PM.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1715622302/potomac/aqzqxgjtmctz6nbrxkzl/ScreenShot2024-05-13at14211PM.png","width":1254}])
Seniors Audrey Rentzepis and Max Zeldes were among the winners in the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Both have been awarded a $2,500 National Merit Scholarship supported by National Merit Scholarship Corporation’s own funds.
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Emirati astronauts Hazzaa AlMansoori and Sultan Al Neyadi visited The Potomac School ahead of meetings in Washington, D.C. Students in grades K-8 heard firsthand accounts of their space missions.