Applications for New Students of Current Families Due November 15

Current families and/or faculty and staff members who would like to apply for admission for the 2014-2015 school year for any of their children who are not currently enrolled at Burgundy are encouraged to do so by November 15. Visits for these students will be scheduled in early December. Our online application may be accessed here or on our website under "Admission" in the "Applying to Burgundy" section.  Please feel free to contact Lori Adams (loria@burgundyfarm.org or 703.842.0464) if you have any questions or need assistance with the online application. 

Board of Trustees: Call for Nominations
The Board of Trustees is a dynamic volunteer group of Burgundy parents, alumni and supporters that is charged with ensuring the long-term stability and financial viability of Burgundy. Each year the Burgundy community has the opportunity to elect several new members to the Board while ensuring an important degree of year-to-year continuity among existing Trustees. If you are interested in or have questions about service as a Trustee, or if you know of someone who might be interested, please contact Dave Wales, Chair of the Committee on Trustees (dpwales@jonesday.com or 202.531.1112). 

Q. What has been the most fun piece of preparing for this production?

A. Probably figuring out my costume because I have a six-fingered glove on my right hand. I think Deborah sewed the extra finger on, and it worked! It's also been fun working with the machine, making it function, and getting the lines down (and listening to Aubrey [Ankele] scream).

Q. What is the most interesting aspect of the story?

A. How Westley comes back to life and how Inigo Montoya finds Count Rugen after all those years. It's not normal, it's kind of like a fairy tale.

Q. Why should friends and family come see The Princess Bride?

Because it's a really good show. Everyone is doing a really good job, and it's coming together really well. And a lot of people know the story, and they should come see our version of it. 

Seven Burgundy students (Russell Broman '14, Kevin Cafeo '15, Thomas Heist '15, Hannah Miller '15, Thea Mills '14, Antioch Sanders '14 and Nick Sansone '15) attended the Thomas Jefferson (TJ) Intermediate Math Open, held this year on November 9 at Glasgow Middle School while TJ is under renovation.

The annual event is an opportunity for math students to learn a variety of new skills and problem-solving strategies, meet other students from around the area, and take part in a friendly mathematics competition as part of a team of students. Competition categories included team, power, guts, and orienteering.  Following an individual round, Burgundy students were divided among seven different teams (among a total of 30 teams), and competed in "power," "guts" and "orienteering" rounds. Hannah Miller's team (pictured) earned third place among the 30 teams, and Nick Sansone received a red ribbon in the individual rounds for students in pre-algebra.

Congrats to all of our participating math students!

The Burgundy Blazers Varsity Soccer team extended their winning streak to two seasons! The Blazers moved to the finals after a decisive 7:1 semifinal win over Edlin School on Monday, and they crowned the 2013 undefeated season with a 4:2 championship win over Capital Hill Day School (CHDS) on Wednesday. On a cold November afternoon, at Bishop Ireton High School's turf field, the Blazers took an early 2:0 lead, but CHDS fought back to tie the game at 2:2 early in the second half. Late in the game, a shuffle in front of the goal scored another point for Burgundy, and the Blazers quickly added their fourth goal from a lob kick, taking advantage of the CHDS goalie being too far ahead as he tried to support his team's offense.

The Burgundy team played offensive soccer throughout the season, backed up by a powerful defense. During the regular and playoff season, our kids scored 41 goals, conceding only 14. Most importantly, these talented and determined athletes formed a great TEAM. The 2013 Blazers team was comprised of 12 eighth-graders (Abbas Ali, Russell Broman, Tomas Camacho, Robbie Carter, Beata Corcoran, Peter Devlin, Jonah Horowitz, Mason Mailloux, Lily Morton, Antioch Sanders, Ethan Steinberg and Spencer Wigodsky), six seventh-graders (Hammatt Babin, Hannah Miller, Alex Moore, Logan Murphy-Redd, Nick Sansone and Weston Smith), and four sixth-graders (Riley Casagrande, Clara Corcoran, Sofie Drexler and Eliza Marcus). Congratulations to all players, and thanks to parents and Burgundy fans!

Burgundy's next student recital will be on Thursday, December 5 at 7:00 p.m. in the Loft, and all students are invited to sing or play instruments -- with friends or family members or on their own. Please email the name of your piece to Cathy Manley (cathym@burgundyfarm.org) before Monday, November 25 to participate.

Washington Post Magazine highlighted Burgundy's progressive education model in the November 3 "Education Issue." Click here to open a PDF of the article, or click here to access a digital version of the insert. 

­Many thanks to all of the teachers, parents and students who helped make this past week's Veterans Day Open House a great success. As many of you know, our Open House events are the best way to showcase our campus and curriculum to prospective families and drive the admission process. It takes support from our entire community to make them happen.

Something that's not immediately apparent is how our Veterans Day Open House also provide a growth and learning opportunity for our entire 8th Grade class. Some of these students assist with campus tours while others provide childcare for our visiting families. This tradition of using our eighth-graders, Burgundy's student leaders, at our November Open House is one for which I am sincerely grateful. This event could not happen without their assistance. Their participation also reflects Burgundy's mission to educate the whole child. The experience hones their communication skills -- their ability to think on their feet and to articulate their opinions. It is also a demonstration of their compassion and their service to others and to their school. All of these skills and qualities represent the outcomes that Burgundy seeks to instill in each and every student. These skills will continue to serve these students well, and well beyond high school and college -- indeed for life. 

If you participated last year in the eScrip program and haven't renewed your Safeway Club Card, contributions to Burgundy have stopped! However, it's not too late to renew now. eScrip has made the renewal process as quick and easy as possible:

1. Have your Club Card number available. If you don't have it handy, please call Safeway at 1-877-723-3929 to request your card number.
2. Visit www.escrip.com 
3. Click on "YES! Renew"

Once you've renewed your participation, a portion of your Safeway purchases will benefit Burgundy's Annual Giving Fund. Thank you for taking the time to show your commitment to Burgundy by participating in the eScrip program.