| J.E.B. Stuart High School | |
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| Address | |
| 3301 Peace Valley Lane Falls Church, Virginia 22044 |
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| Information | |
| School type | Public, high school |
| Founded | 1959 |
| School district | Fairfax County Public Schools |
| Principal | Pamela Jones |
| Staff | approximately 180 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,859 (2008) |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Red, white, and blue ██ |
| Mascot | Raiders |
| Feeder schools | Glasgow Middle School |
| Rival schools | Falls Church High School |
| Athletic conferences | National District Northern Region |
| Website | http://www.fcps.edu/StuartHS |
J.E.B. Stuart High School is a high school in Fairfax County, Virginia named after the famous Confederate cavalry leader J. E. B. Stuart. The school is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools district. The school has a Falls Church address but is not located within the city limits of the City of Falls Church.
The school has been featured in National Geographic magazine,[1] and has received national recognition by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the International Baccalaureate program. President George W. Bush chose to speak there about education during the 2004-2005 school year.
In 2006, then-principal Mel Riddile, former Director of the teen drug rehab Straight, Inc.,[2] was chosen as the principal of the year by the National Association of Secondary School Principals.[3] Riddile moved to T. C. Williams High School in neighboring Alexandria City at the end of the 05-06 school year. Assistant Principal Pamela Jones took his place and is the current principal.
The school's music department has also gained prominence in recent years, being named a Blue Ribbon School for music by the Virginia Music Educators Association in 2003, 2006, and 2008. The band was named a Virginia Honor Band by the Virginia Band & Orchestra Directors Association in 2000, 2004, and 2006-2009. The band commissioned composer John Mackey to write a piece, which the band premiered on May 8, 2009 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the school. The school's top choir, the Madrigal Chamber Singers, were selected to perform at the Virginia Music Educators Association's annual conference in 2006 and 2008. Stuart has also hosted District X Band auditions annually since 2004, hosted the District X Orchestra event in 2005, and hosted Senior Regional Orchestra Auditions in 2007 and 2008.
Recently, the school has begun to form links with Birkdale School in Sheffield, England, following on from a teacher exchange, and in October 2007 a group of pupils traveled from England to visit the school.
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The sport rowing team went to the Scholastic Rowing Association of America Championships in 2007 and 2006. The men's quad received third place at States in 2007 and 2006. The lightweight four received second at Matthews Regional Regatta. In 2008, the lightweight double team won second, and the men's light four also placed second. They qualified for the 2008 National Championship in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. In 2009 the Raiders had a remarkable year, with Seniors Abby Voss and Tarek Khulaidy winning the woman's and men's single events, and Seniors Nathan Bent and Francis Kinney, junior Jacob Derzon and Sophomore Alex Trakowski winning the men's quad event.
The boys cross country team, which won districts in 2005, received second place in 2006. The girls cross country team won second in districts in 2007.
The boys swim team won districts in 2005 and 2009, and the girls team was runner-up in 2005.
The boys tennis team won the district in the 2008, going undefeated and only losing one match within a match (meaning they won 8-1 opposed to 9-0) to Edison High School.[4] The team went on to play Fairfax High School in the first round of Regionals, but lost 1-5 (the doubles matches were not played).[5] The boys won the district again in 2009,[6] going undefeated, but lost 3-6 to Langley High School in the first round of Regionals. Junior Justin Shane won the singles State title in 2009, and was runner-up for doubles along with his partner, Daniel Santos. The team won the district for the third straight year in 2010, again going undefeated,[7] but lost to W.T. Woodson High School in the first round of Regionals by a score of 3-6.
In the 2008-2009 season, the Boys Basketball team went 19-7,[8] one of their best records in recent history. They made it to the second round of the Regional playoffs, but lost to defending AAA Virginia State champion, T. C. Williams High School.[9]
In the 2008-2009 season, the Boys Swim and Dive team took first place at the National District Championship meet.[10]
The varsity football team, after a decade of losing, rose from the ashes in 2010 to qualify for the Northern Region playoffs, and finish third in the eight-team National District. In 2012, the team narrowly missed the playoffs, finishing in third-place with a record of 6-4. Chris Kirby, Tony Konjevoda, and Leo Guedes were all voted First-Team All-National District. Kirby also led the Northern Region in rushing with 1620 yards.
In the 2008-2009 school year, Stuart High School's student body was 40.76% Hispanic, 27.53% White, 18.10% Asian or Pacific Islander, 10.00% Black, and 3.61% other.[11]
During the summer, the rising senior class used the portion of Peace Valley Lane, which is across from the school to paint their names. This tradition is usually done at nightfall to avoid cars from running over the student's work or the students themselves. Behind the baseball fields, the symbolic "S" rock formation was turned into the graduating class's year. In the 2008-09 school year, principal Pamela Jones decided to get rid of most of the rocks, due to students changing the rocks to different numbers or letters. She has also claimed that students were making obscene drawings and/or hate symbols. Another tradition that most rising seniors look forward to is the privilege to leave class 15 minutes early, which gives seniors the chance to get a head start to go to lunch before the underclassmen arrive. In the 2009-2010 school year, the senior class was stripped of both the ability to leave class early and the ability to paint the street because of actions taken predominantly by underclassmen.
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