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By Emma Jones,eighth grade,

Irving Middle School.

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2013 FCFTPresident’s Award

for Outstanding Advocacyfor the Employees of FCPS

The Fairfax County Federation of Teachers would like to thank all ofthe 2013 award winners listed above for their consistent advocacy,proactive communications, and support of our workforce over thepast year. We publicly acknowledge their efforts to make a differencein the lives of FCPS employees. Thank you for caring about us; itmatters and is appreciated.

Megan McLaughlin (Braddock District)Elizabeth Schultz (Springfield District)

Pat Hynes (Hunter Mill District)Patty Reed (Providence District)Sandy Evans (Mason District)

Dan Storck (Mount Vernon District)Tammy Derenak Kaufax (Lee District)

Ryan McElveen (At-Large)Janie Strauss (Dranesville District)

Pat Herrity (Supervisor: Springfield District)Kaye Kory (Delegate: 38th District)

Other Award Winners:Phyllis Pajardo (FCPS)Louise Epstein (FEC)

Michael Hairston (FEA)Erica Hendry (media)

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Children’s Connection 2013

WelcomeDear Readers:This week, the Springfield/Franconia/

Kingstowne/Newington Connection turnsover its pages to the youth and students.

We asked principals and teachers fromarea schools to encourage students to con-tribute their words, pictures and photos forour annual Children’s Issue.

The response as always was enormous.While we were unable to publish every piecewe received, we did our best to put togethera paper with a fair sampling of the submit-ted stories, poems, drawings, paintings,photographs and other works of art.

We appreciate the extra effort made byschool staff to gather the materials duringtheir busy time leading up to the holidays.We’d also like to encourage both schools andparents to mark their 2014 calendars forearly December, the deadline for submis-sions for next year’s Children’s Connection.

Please keep us in mind as your childrencontinue to create spectacular works of artand inspiring pieces of writing in the com-ing year.

The children’s issue is only a part of ouryear-round commitment to cover educationand our local schools. As always, the Con-nection welcomes letters to the editor, storyideas, calendar listings and notices of localevents from our readers. Photos and othersubmissions about special events at schoolsare especially welcome for our weeklyschools pages.

Our preferred method for material is e-mail, which should be sent [email protected], butyou can reach us by mail at 1606 KingStreet, Alexandria, VA 22314 or call 703-778-9414 with any questions.

Editor Kemal Kurspahic

By Aimi Nguyen, 7th grade, Key Middle School.

By Arman Alim, Springfield Estates Elementary. By Trevor Saldivar, 5th grade, Lynbrook Elementary.

By Alexa Lee, Mark Twain Middle School.

By Naomi Hill,8th grade,Irving MiddleSchool.


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Our Soldiers— Katie Ballou,

9th grade,

West Springfield High School

It is a winter morning in Texas,and the air is cool. My mouth isdry and my anxious fingersfumble with the zipper on mysweater. Music plays behind thechatter of the patient families.We stand on a huge field in frontof the First Calvary’s Headquar-ters at Fort Hood Texas. TheAmerican flag waves as ifAmerica can feel the excitementof the families. The smell of pinedrifts on the cool air and into mynose. The familiar smell com-forts me and calms my nerves.

A voice comes over the speakerand announces the arrival of thesoldiers we have been waitingfor. A bus pulls up and mystomach fills with anxiousbutterflies. We see booted feetfile off the bus and march intoformation behind it. All thefamilies are cheering andclapping. I can hear the lowrumble of the bus as it pullsaway, revealing the soldiers.They march onto the field and Icannot see their faces well, but Iknow they are searching for theirfamilies. The National Anthemplays and two mounted FirstCalvary Horsemen ride acrossthe field atop their horses. Wesay the Pledge of Allegiance andhave a moment of silence for thesoldiers who will never be ableto return home. During all ofthis, I am staring at one manwho is in the front row of thelined up soldiers. The man onthe speaker then announces thatwe can finally be reunited withour loved ones.

I run past my family and theother families. I look around. Iwas only a four-foot-eleven fifthgrader, so it is hard to look overthe top of the towering soldiersand their families. I then catch aglimpse of a man. I see only theback of him, but I know who heis. He is looking for something. Ilook at his hat and it has a veryfamiliar name on it: "BALLOU." Irun to the soldier and tap on hisshoulder. He turns around. Hisface lights up and he picks meup. I take in everything aboutDad: his Old Spice cologne, thefamiliar roughness of his uni-form, and his hugging arms.

“Katie,” his voice shakes and Ismile because I know that dadwill never leave again.



By Jhonas Perez-Leuchert, 2nd grade, FranconiaElementary.

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My Favorite ToyMy favorite toys are Legos. One

reason is that you can build withthem and take them apart. Sec-ondly, you can collect pieces calledmini-figures which are in Legosets. Mini-figures are fun to col-lect because you can make videoswith mini-figures. Finally, whatmakes Legos cool is that every yearthe makers of Legos come out withnew sets so you won’t run out ofsets to build. That is why Legos aremy favorite toy.

—Jackson Daughters,

4th grade,

Kings Glen Elementary

What Makes aGood Friend

What makes a good friend? Agood friend is always nice to herfriends. A good friend also reallydoesn’t care what game you play.A good friend is outgoing. A goodfriend helps people. Also, a goodfriend is always looking for morefriends if someone is lonely. Doyou think this is what a goodfriend is? I do.

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Field Trip toJamestown

Fourth Graders should all go ona field trip to Jamestown. If youdon’t go, then you will never learnmore facts about Jamestown. Youwill visit the river where the wa-ter made the colonists sick. You’llalso have so much fun atJamestown. You can explore theships. You’ll see all the things youlearned about like the fort. Mostimportantly, every Fourth Gradershould go because you will havean awesome time.

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Go to Work withYour Dad

I think every kid should go towork with their dad. You shouldgo to work with your dad becauseit is amazing seeing where yourdad goes every morning. It doesnot matter where you dad worksbecause at least your dad has a job.If you go to work with your dad,you get to spend more time withyour dad. So, every kid should goto work with their dad.

— Savannah Clark,

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A.J. GreenA.J.Green of the Cincinnati

Bengals is a very good footballplayer. He is very fast and tall. Hecan make plays over the playersthat are on the other team. A.J. canalso run for 81 to 100 yards on thefield. He can jump very high tocatch the ball in the air. He is prob-ably the tallest player in the NFL.He should be in the Hall of Fame.

A.J. Green is a great footballplayer.

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Washington,D.C.

Washington, D.C. is the best cityof all cities. First, it has an awe-some museum. The museumteaches you about animals, howtime began, and it shows you arti-

facts found in a digging site. It hasgreat traffic. You can get to placesfaster. You can do the kite festivalin the spring. So go to Washing-ton, D.C. You’ll be glad you did.

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The BestGift Ever

My family has always been therefor me and always cared about me.

I realize that my best gift isn’t avideo game or a bicycle; it’s myfamily who I am thankful for. Theyare the ones who buy me clothesand feed me food. My mom, dad,and brother are better than apresent. Instead of getting pre-sents for Christmas, I should givemy presents away. I already haveall I need.

— Joshua Bonar,

6th grade,

Franconia Elementary

Reflections

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A Gift I Always WantMy best gift ever was not my Xbox 360. My best

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