Monday news and notes
Hayfield’s cheerleading squad finished 4th in the Occoquan Region competition over the weekend, the team’s highest finish in more than a dozen years. (Hayfield Cheer image)
Richmond Highway widening meeting
VDOT is holding a community meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Mount Vernon High School to discuss the recently released environmental review on the Richmond Highway widening project. The review, which is mandated by the federal government for projects of this scope, looks at how the area surrounding the nearly three-mile construction zone from Hybla Valley to Fort Belvoir is expected to be affected by the project.
$100K raised in name of former Waynewood student
Community members in the Fort Hunt and Mount Vernon areas have come together to raise $100,000 to fight childhood leukemia. The fundraiser was part of the LLS Light the Night Walk, an annual event held earlier this month in Washington D.C. Michael Erlandson, a former Waynewood Elementary School student who now lives in Colorado, inspired the fundraising effort. Erlandson was diagnosed with leukemia in kindergarten, but is now cancer-free as a 5th grader.
Read more in the Mount Vernon Gazette.
Fort Hunt student on Time cover
A second grader at Fort Hunt Elementary School has made the cover of Time magazine. Havana Chapman-Edwards first gained attention earlier this year when she was the only student at her school to walk out of class as part of a national protest against gun violence. Since then Champman-Edwards has participated in other protests and was recently selected as one of 245 people to appear on Time’s cover of a special issue on gun violence.
Read and watch more on WJLA.com.
Cobbs catch and run
Hayfield graduate Brian Cobbs had the longest reception of his season so far in Maryland’s 63-33 trouncing of Illinois on Saturday. Cobbs’ 35-yard catch and run was one of two receptions he had on the day, the first for the true freshman since the Terrapins’ season-opening win against Texas.
See the play on Cobbs’ Twitter.
Vote for Twain student
Starting today you can vote for a Mark Twain Middle School student who is a semi-finalist for the WTOP Junior Reporter Contest. Emily Cator, an 8th grader at the Franconia Road school, is one of the semifinalists in the contents. You’re eligible to vote for Cator once a day until Nov. 9.
Learn more (and vote!) on WTOP’s website.
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