May 2017: TJ BioCode Competition – 1st & 9th Place
TJ BioCode is a bioinformatics-centered programming competition. Six Nysmith students participated in the contest at Thomas Jefferson High School last month: Brantley Gilliard (Team Watson), Auguste...
View ArticleMay 2017: Summer Scholarship Winner
Congratulations to sixth-grader Brantley G., who was awarded a Virginia Association for the Gifted Student Summer Scholarship! Brantley won the $625 scholarship to attend the Northwestern University...
View ArticleMay 2017: 1st in Nation in 2016-2017 WordMasters Challenge
A team representing Nysmith School recently earned Highest Honors in the 2016-17 WordMasters Challenge™—a national vocabulary competition involving nearly 150,000 students annually. The fourth grade...
View ArticleMay 2017: 1st Place at American Computer Science League Contest
Vikram B. and Anand A. represented They Nysmith School at the American Computer Science League contest in Los Angeles, CA, in May 2017. They were awarded 1st Place for Computer Theory.
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June 2017: 7th Place in Nation in National History Bee
The National History Bee National Championship took place in Atlanta, GA, June 1-3, 2017. It is the final stage of the National History Bee competition. Each competitor participates in several Buzzer...
View ArticleJune 2017: Wins at World Robot Olympiad
On Saturday, June 10, 2017, The Nysmith School hosted the World Robot Olympiad. Three Nysmith 5th graders were on the top two teams in the Elementary Division: Disha B., Kinnari C., and Ishnoor B. In...
View ArticleJune 2017: “Alex Misiaszek spreads healing sound of music”
Michelle Marsh of WJLA/ABC7 came to Nysmith to interview eighth-grader Alex Misiaszek about his dedication to community service for their “Inspire” series. Alex has combined his passion for service...
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Aug. 2017: Nysmith Named Best Preschool and Best Kindergarten
PoshSeven readers have once again voted The Nysmith School a best private school in Northern Virginia! In the PoshSeven 2017 “Best of Suburbia” survey, The Nysmith School was award First Place in both...
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Sept. 2017: NYSMITH TEAM ADVANCES IN WORLD ROBOTICS OLYMPIAD!
On September 9th, sixth graders Disha B., Ishnoor B., and Kinnari C. competed at the World Robotics Olympiad. The competition was help at North Carolina State University, with over 40 other robotics...
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OCT. 2017: NYSMITH SCHOOL SWEEPS 1ST-5TH PLACE AT HOLY TRINITY DEBATE TOURNAMENT
OCT. 2017: NYSMITH SCHOOL SWEEPS 1ST-5TH PLACE AT HOLY TRINITY DEBATE TOURNAMENT Nysmith students swept 1st-5th place at the Holy Trinity Public Forum Debate Tournament in Washington, DC on Saturday,...
View ArticleMay 2017: Nysmith Student Achieves Perfect Score on National Latin Exam
Nysmith seventh-grader Anand Advani achieved a perfect score on the 2017 Introduction to Latin National Latin Exam. Only 299 students out of over 15,000 who participated in the entire United States,...
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NOV. 2017: NYSMITH VICTORIOUS AT DEBATE TOURNAMENT
Nysmith students competed and won at the Meridian Public Forum Tournament on November 4th, 2017, affirming or negating the following resolution: The United States should require universal background...
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DEC 2017: Regional Win for Robotics Team
The Water Ninjas, an all girl robotics team, consisting of two NYSMITH students, Pari Rana (6A) and Amal Woolridge (6C) – along with three other girls from Loudoun county, took part in a regional...
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JAN. 2018 Debate Team Sweeps High School Competition
This weekend, the Nysmith Debate team competed in the Broad Run High School Invitational Tournament affirming/negating the resolution, Spain should grant Catalonia its independence. Competing against...
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JAN. 2018 Science Olympiad Team Wins 11 Medals!
The Nysmith Science Olympiad Team performed fabulously at the Regional Tournament in Charlottesville yesterday! They came in 3rd out of 15 participating schools and 5th out of 20 participating teams...
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JAN. 2018 Nysmith Robitcs Team Helping The Community
The Nysmith Smash Bots team competes in the VEX IQ Robotics Challenge and includes the following 3rd Graders: Arjun, Dario, Helena, Kevin, Nathaniel, Sia and Sina. The team is doing GREAT this...
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FEB. 2018: SMASHBOTS WIN VEX IQ ROBOTICS CHALLENGE
The Nysmith SmashBots team competed in the VEX IQ Robotics Challenge over the President’s Day Weekend. Congratulations to the following third graders who won 1st place in both the Robot Skills and...
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APR.2018: VEX IQ ROBOTICS COMPETITION
Congratulations are in order for 7th grader Matthew Li and his Vex IQ Robotics team – Rising Phoenix, coached by Matthew’s father, Yun Li. The Rising Phoenix team won this...
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April 2018: Debate Team Win
This past weekend, the Nysmith School Debate Team competed in the Maret Invitational Public Forum Middle and High School Tournament. Nysmith teams were once again victorious! Debating the topic,...
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Strategies for a More Productive Homework Routine
The beginning of the school year may seem like a strange time for homework fatigue to already be setting in, for kids and parents alike. However, it may truly be the most difficult time of the year...
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