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...liberal-arts education has taken on a queer form indeed at Harvard College. A student may arrive here from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Va.—among the best secondary schools in the nation—ready to study mathematics. He ambitiously prepares a plan of study that allows him to earn an honors degree, a foreign language citation, and a Phi Beta Kappa key, all before his 22nd birthday...
...volleyball team (11-8, 6-2 EIVA Hay) ended its successful turnaround season last night, falling 3-1 (29-31, 33-31, 19-30, 26-20) in the first round of the EIVA playoffs to George Mason (12-15, 5-7 EIVA Tait Division) at the Field House in Fairfax, VA. The eighth-seeded Crimson was led by co-captains Brady Weissbourd’s 23 kills and junior Gil Weintraub’s 56 assists...
...Making its first post-season appearance since 2005, Harvard (11-7, 6-2 EIVA Hay Division) will take on fifth-seeded George Mason (12-15, 5-7 EIVA Tait Division) at the Field House in Fairfax...
...Fairgrade is "cautiously optimistic," says the group's president, Megan McLaughlin, a former Georgetown University admissions officer whose three sons are ages 8, 11 and 13. Her husband is a Fairfax County high school grad, and McLaughlin says her in-laws recall fighting the current grading system before it was implemented in 1981. McLaughlin and others are cautious because the details of the new grading system still need to be ironed...
...Gibson's foes argue that when you're talking about some of the best schools in the country, regular statistical rules don't apply. In 2007, for instance, Fairfax County's Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology produced 158 semifinalists in the prestigious National Merit scholarship competition - more than any other high school - and boasted the highest average SAT score in the country. Yet out of 432 seniors that year, according to McLaughlin, only 16 graduated with straight A's. "They happen to attend a school that has a large percentage of bright, high-performing students," she says...