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BATTLEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
Joseph Huddle, IT Specialty Program Coordinator
huddlejc@pwcs.edu 571.261.4771
Battlefield Information Technology
Summer Academic Camps for K-12
Don't have time to fit everything into your busy schedule
during the school year? Use the Battlefield Academic
Camps to enrich your knowledge this summer.
ILITE Robotics, along with the Battlefield staff, will host
several camps for high school students: 3-D Renewable
Art, Art with Printing, Math SAT Prep, Cyber Defense,
and Cyber Security by Northrup Grumman.
Spring 2015
2015 IT Awards
In April, gold and silver IT medals were presented to
seniors in the IT specialty program. The most outstanding
student in each IT area also received a plaque at the
ceremony.
Most Outstanding Student Award Winners
Computer Graphics
Computer Science
Database Management
Engineering
Multimedia
Networking
Photography
Web Development
Jessie Almquist
Ethan Villagran
Stephanie Hickman
Monica Karas
Kendall Ellison
Blake Pagon
Jeff Kelso
Linda Kil
View Class of 2015 IT Students Powerpoints from IT Night (18MB)
Additional camps will be offered for middle school and
elementary students including: Digital Art, Digital
Photography, Fun with Information Technology, Girls in
STEM, Lego Robotics with EV3, Programming with
Scratch, Renewable Technologies, STEM 1: Matter
Hackers, STEM 2: Imagination Infusion and Stop Motion
Animation. For a complete listing of all camps, see the last
page of the newsletter or visit www.BattlefieldSummerCamps.org
Industry Certification Exams
During May, students in the IT program will take a variety
of industry certification exams including Database /
Oracle, Networking / Cisco, and IT Web Tech / CIW.
Earlier in the year, many IT students participated in the
Workplace Readiness Exam.
Drawing by AP Art student Sabrina Drescher.
Sabrina has been selected to attend the Summer Arts
Residential Governor’s School.
Dr. Stephen L. Walts, Superintendent of Schools
The Prince William County Public School Division does not discriminate in employment or in its educational programs and activities against qualified
individuals on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, age, veteran status, or disability.
ILITE Robotics
Wins DC Regional Chairman’s Award and
Competes at World Championships
“Betaware 4” Wins Lockheed Martin
Programming Competition
Code Quest is a computer programming competition
consisting of 20 questions created by Lockheed Martin
engineers and computer programmers. Teams of two to
three students work together for 2.5 hours to answer the
questions
and
complete
the Quest.
In
April,
Battlefield's ILITE Betaware team of Teddy Todorov and
Eric Wolf earned first place in the advanced division, and
the team of Noah Reily and Samuel Toureau earned a
second place in the advanced division.
Congratulations to ILITE Robotics FRC team 1885 for
another stellar year. In late April, they competed in the
World Championships in St. Louis, having a strong
showing making it through the preliminary rounds to the
playoffs. ILITE video of World Championship.
The team qualified for the World Championships by
winning the Chairman's Award at the FIRST Greater DC
Regional. According to FIRST, the Chairman's Award is
the highest honor given at the FRC regional, recognizing
the team that best represents a model for other teams to
emulate and best embodies the purpose and goals
of FIRST.
ILITE FRC team members and mentors
relax at a competition
FTC Team 5772 Represents Battlefield HS
at the Eastern US Super-Regional
ILIITE Robotics Team 5272 won the Rockwell Collins
Innovate Award at the Virginia FTC State Championship
in March. Winning the prestigious award qualified the
team (Andrew DeFusco, Nathan Guo, Everett Michel,
Trent Parsons, Cameron Rhodes, Moeez Sheikh, and Sam
Web) for the Eastern U.S. Super-Regional Championship
which was held in Scranton, PA.
Also, congratulations to Amr Metwally for being named a
FIRST Dean's List Award finalist. The Dean's List Award
celebrates outstanding student leaders whose passion for,
and effectiveness at attaining FIRST ideals is exemplary.
The following videos represent a snapshot of
what ILITE Robotics team 1885 accomplished this year.
ILITE Robotics 2015 Chairman's video, showing
highlights of team outreach
George Mason University video on ILITE Robotics
and GMU graduates who serve as mentors
Artwork by AP Art student Matt Homnyum
BEST Club Provides Computers at Vaughan ES
The BEST Club has refurbished, and given away more
than 200 computers to families during the current school
year. In April, the students, along with their sponsor Mrs.
Evers, traveled to Vaughan Elementary and distributed
over twenty computers.
Families are shown how to assemble computers.
BEST club members assist with taking
computers to the cars.
Basic operations are demonstrated.
And occasionally students show their
excitement with a high five!
Students test out their new computers.
Dr. Stephen L. Walts, Superintendent of Schools
The Prince William County Public School Division does not discriminate in employment or in its educational programs and activities against qualified
individuals on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, age, veteran status, or disability.
Cyber Defense Teams
Coaches and Mentors: Gail Drake, Robb Karas, and
Daemon Morrell
Advanced from Regional Finals at the Platinum Level (top
25% in the nation)
Team 358: Monica Karas, Sophie Karas, Sara Roselius,
ErinGrace Drake, Taylor Sinclair
Team 498: Andrew DeFusco, David Haynes, Noah Kolos,
Ian Arakkal, Arnav Nanda
Team 1126: Robert Bierly, Dante Catacora, Nathan
Connolly, Adam Mazzu, Christian Saylor
Team 1127: Sanjeet Bagga, Connor Buckley, Nicholas
Lechner, Andrew George, Liam Connor
Team 1412: Connor Bushnell, Syndey King, Ian Lee,
ColinWhite, Daniel Zlatev
Team 1531: Kent Park, Nihar Bhat, Natalie Graser, Jacob
Surprenant, Kyle Greer
“Brownie Camera” by AP Art student Jeff Kelso
BATTLEFIELD IT SPECIALTY
PROGRAM
2014-15 AWARDS &
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Art
Hylton Performing Arts Exhibition: Showcased Artwork
by Tarik Holmes
PWCS Governor's School for the Visual Arts, Top 15
Semifinalists: Sabrina Dresher, Christina Greene, Michelle
Nguyen
Prince William County Service Authority “Water Arts”:
Best in computer graphics – Jeff Kelso, Tie for Best in
Show – Sabrina Drescher
BEST Club
The BEST club gave away over 200 refurbished computers
this school year.
Mujib Amir, Taha Amir, Samantha Armel-Davis, Ian
Arakkal , Conor Bloodworth, Dylan Bloodworth, Nathan
Carlston, Nathan Connolly, James Harris, Aayush Kharel,
Kevin Ramos, McKenna Roper, Zachary Sedlak
Sponsor: Mrs. Stephanie Evers.
A special thanks to Mr. Carl Binsted for his assistance.
National State Finals
Team 498: 4th place Virginia High School Division in the
National State Finals, 40th in the United States High
School Division in the National State Finals: Andrew
DeFusco, David Haynes, Noah Kolos, Ian Arakkal, Arnav
Nanda
Team 640: 1st Place State of Virginia High School Gold
Division: Xian Forbes, Andrew Lahann, Demay Thong,
Illia Stadynk, Matt Altavas
Team 1287: 1st Place State of Virginia ROTC Air Force
Gold Division in Nationals Final Round and 1st Place
Nationally ROTC Air Force Gold Division in the State
Regionals: Justin Fiorenza, Jack Daunt, Oscar Arias, Levi
Orndorff, Aldo Vidro
Special Recognition
Team 358: 1 of 7 female teams in the United States to
reach the platinum level of competition ranked nationally:
Monica Karas, Sophie Karas, Sara Roselius, ErinGrace
Drake, Taylor Sinclair
Team 1885:
Northern Virginia Regional: Finalist
Eastern Virginia Regional: Winner, PTC Design Award
and 3rd place Inspire Award
Virginia State Finals: 6th place
Nicholas Lechner, Noah Lechner, Nichalas Phomsouvanh,
Sam Toureau
Team 5262:
Northern Virginia Regional: Think Award
Eastern Virginia Regional: Winner, PTC Design Award
and 3rd place Inspire Award
Virginia State Finals: Finalist, Rockwell Collins Award,
Connect Award Finalist
Kian Mehrabani, McClane O'Brien, Reeya Rebena, Sam
Spelsberg, Theodore Todorov, Richard Wagner
ILITE Betaware Programming Team:
Coach: Mr. Brian Meermans
Lockheed Martin – “Code Quest” Competition
1st place, Adv Division – Teddy Todorov and Eric Wolf
2nd place, Adv Division – Noah Reily & Samuel Toureau
2nd place-Va Tech High School Programming Competition
Ian Cabacungan, Nicholas Gill and Ethan Villagran
Team 5264:
Shenandoah Virginia Regional: Finalist
Virginia State Finals: Think Award Finalist
Roland Bell, Ashley Castell, William Chisholm, Sarah
Ung, and Jacob Wescott
Team 5272:
Northern Virginia Regional: Finalist
Eastern Virginia Regional: Finalist
Virginia State Finals: Finalist, Rockwell Collins Finalist,
Advanced to Eastern US Finals
Moeez Sheikh, Andrew DeFusco, Nathan Guo, Everett
Michel, Trent Parsons, Sam Webb
Team 6820:
Northern Virginia Regional: Winner
North Central Virginia Regional: Winner
Virginia State Finals: Semi-Finalist
Emily Shaw, ErinGrace Drake, Nicholas Leuenberger,
Adam Stevenson
Robotics – FTC ILITE Robotics Teams
Coaches: Professor Gail Drake and Mr. Brian Shepard
Team 194:
Northern Virginia Regional: Think Award and Finalist
North Central Virginia Regional: Winner and Inspire
Award
Fahim Ahmed, Christopher Aitken, Jason Lew, Ethan
Villagran
Dr. Stephen L. Walts, Superintendent of Schools
The Prince William County Public School Division does not discriminate in employment or in its educational programs and activities against qualified
individuals on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, age, veteran status, or disability.
Robotics - FRC ILITE Robotics Team 1885
Coach: Professor Gail Drake
Battle of Baltimore Competition, 1st Place Champions
University of California, PA Regional Competition:
Imagery Award, Quarter-Finalist
DC Regional Competition: Chairman’s Award, Safety
Award, Semi-Finalist, World Championship Qualifier
Dean’s List Award: Amr Metwally
Mentors and Coaches: David Boyd, Jacob Cohen, Gail
Drake, Jesse Knight, Jacob Laverty, Larry Laverty, Jamie
Lechner, Dennis Luban, Kevin Leuenberger, Lakshmi
Meyyappan, Greg Morton, Chris O’Connor, Mike Powell,
Jonathan Rezadoost, march Sciarino, Brian Shepard,
Robert Udicious, Rebecca Wescott, and Edward White
Sponsors:
ASCO, Alternate.io, ACFEA, Amazon Web Services,
Araxid, Auroa Flight Sciences, Azos, Battlefield HS, Data
Tactics, Freedom Information Systems, Solutions in
Cadence Strategic, Live Nation, Lockheed Martin,
Macedon Technologies, Microsoft, Northern Virginia
Community College, PWCS, Progency Systems, US
STEM and Wanderstock Photography
SkyRobotics
Kelsie Ainslie, Nihar Bhat, Lauren Ainslie, Emma Boyd,
Daniel Christopher, Justin Fiorenza, Amr Metwally,
Colleen O’Dowd , Richard Kil, Sydney King, Will
Laingen, Nicholas Lechner, Natalie Leuenberger, Whitney
Miller, Kent Park, Tim Polnow, Matthew Rao, Juan
Segura, Luke Sheakley, Matthew Tschida
Sponsors: AIAA and Aurora Flight Sciences
Mentors: Gail Drake, Ray Fiedler, Brian Meermans, Brian
Shepard, David Shuler
2015 IT Gold Medalists
Kyle Albert, Jessie Almquist, Matthew Asper, Emma
Boyd, Alejandro Calicho-Mamani, Maria Contreras, Conor
Dewey, Robert Drummond, Emily Gomez, Sean Haering,
David Haynes, Stephanie Hickman, Nicholas Hilden,
Matthew Homnyom, Rebecca Howe, Misha Jones, Monica
Karas, Jeffrey Kelso, Linda Kil, Timothy Kim, Andrew
Lahann, Natalie Leuenberger, Jason Lew, Hyejune Limb,
Eric McGillivray, Alex Medovar, Natalie Morrow, Arnav
Nanda, Calvin Nisson, Trevor Parsons, Hailey Pfister,
Lauren Reheuser, Juan Segura, Allan Shipman Jr., Nathan
Sim, Illia Stadnyk, Timothy Toureau, Samuel Webb,
Katherine White, Daniel Yoo, Daniel Zlatev
IlITE Team 1885 members competing at the World
Championships in St. Louis:
Aliyah Desautels, Andrew Jorquera, Cameron Bell,
Christopher Aitken, ErinGrace Drake, Ethan Villagran,
Hana Komine, Aaron Gill, Stephanie Hickman, Stephen
Hill, Theodore Todorov, Matthew Homnyom, Jacob
Wescott, Jason Lew, Jordan Shaw, Juan Sergua, Justine
Marie Suegay, Kian Mehrabani, Emily Shaw, Julia Burks,
Amr Metwally, Michael Kelly, Monica Karas, Sara Ung,
Navya Annapareddy, Nicholas Lechner, Noah Lechner,
Noah Reilly, Peng Zhang, Pravinshankar Mahadevan,
Reeya Rabena, Roland Bell, Kristen Giesler, Saam Rezaei,
Samuel Spelsberg, Sara Roselius
2015 IT Silver Medalists
Samikshaya Adhikari, Ian Arrakkal, Samantha ArmelDavis, Wesley Bacon, Vladislav Belov, John Buggy,
Christopher Castor, Chanelle Chatman, Kamryn Cullen,
Karleen Daley, Julie Dang, Samuel Drzal, Kendall Ellison,
Elizabeth Gangemi, McKinley Groves, Nathan Guo, Nolan
Hill, Alexis Kirby, Alexander Manning, Sophia
McDaniel, Tiffany Mott, Abigail Murray, Corrine Murray,
Deja Nell, Evan Oosterveld, James Otwell, Britney
Poinvil, Sara Radhi, Kevin Ramos, Jordan Robson, Sayed
Rohani, Sara Roselius, Zachary Sedlak, Kimberly Tibbs,
Leah Turner, Michael Valdez, Hannah Wells, Colin White,
Seychelle XRichardson, Madalyn Young
2014-2015 Senior IT Certificates
Andrew Arlint, Andrew DeFuscon, Omar Dirie, Xian
Forbes, Dylan Gum, Emily Kriss, Camerone Mims, Leon
Ngamsanith, Demay Thong
2015 Battlefield Summer Academic Camps
Please click on the camp name for additional information
Date
Camp
Age Group
Cost
Time
June 22-26
Register
3-D Renewable Art
9th-12th
$210
12:30-3:30
June 22-26
Register
Art with Printing
9th-12th
$210
8:30-11:30
June 22-26
Register
Digital Art
7th-8th
$150
12:30-3:30
June 22-26
Register
Lego Robotics with EV3
K-4th
$190
9:00-12:00
June 22-26
Register
Lego Robotics with EV3
4th-6th
$190
1:00-4:00
June 22-26
Register
Renewable Technologies
6th-8th
$190
9:00-12:00
June 22-26
Register
STEM 1: Matter Hackers
1st-3rd
$150
1:00-4:00
June 22-26
Register
Stop-Motion Animation
7th-8th
$120
8:30-11:30
June 24-26, 29, 30 Register Cyber Defense
6th-12th
$150
1:00-4:00
June 29-July 2
Register
Girls in STEM
6th-8th
$190
9:00-12:00
June 29-July 2
Register
Lego Robotics with EV3
K-4th
$175
9:00-12:00
June 22-July 2
Register
STEM 2: Imagination Infusion
4th-5th
$150
1:00-4:00
July 13-17
Register
Cyber Security(by Northrop Grumman)
9th-12th
$50
9:00-2:00
July 27-31
Register
Fun with Information Technology
5th-6th
$120
9:00-12:00
July 27-31
Register
Fun with Information Technology
7th-8th
$120
1:00-4:00
July 27-31
Register
Digital Photography
6th-7th
$150
9:00-12:00
July 27-31
Register
Digital Photography
8th-9th
$150
1:00-4:00
July 27-31
Register
Programming with Scratch
7th-9th
$120
9:00-12:00
Aug 3-7
Register
Math SAT Prep
9th-12th
$125
9:00-12:00
Aug 3-7
Register
Math SAT Prep
9th-12th
$125
12:30-3:30
Questions? Mr. Joseph Huddle huddlejc@pwcs.edu
571.261.4771
Dr. Stephen L. Walts, Superintendent of Schools
The Prince William County Public School Division does not discriminate in employment or in its educational programs and activities against qualified
individuals on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, age, veteran status, or disability.