Senior Leah Roth (right) and the four time VHSL State Champion Mustang Girls soccer team are in action tonight in the Region B Final against arch-rival Clarke County.

At stake tonight is not only the Region B trophy, but home field advantage as the girls begin their quest next Tuesday for an unprecedented 5th consecutive state title.

NOTE: Tonight's game has been pushed up to 5:00 p.m. to get ahead of possible strong thunderstorms predicted for the area this evening.

In the event the game has to be rescheduled entirely, it will take place on Saturday, time to be determined.

In the event the game is interrupted by storms, 40 minutes (one-half) must have been played in order for the game to be official.

Monitor @gmhssports on Twitter for any changes.

Department chair, English teacher, FEA sponsor, rhetoric club sponsor—these are just a few of the hats Mrs. Karin Tooze wears at George Mason High School.  But this teacher is adding another hat to her collection, the Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher award, presented by the Washington Post.  She was awarded this prize at a ceremony at the Post last week.  Lasso reporters Maria Infante and Dominick Banks were on hand to record the event and interview those closest to Tooze.

A student named Alex passed his final exams at the top of his class in his school in rural Uganda this year. In a letter, Alex wrote to the GMHS HOPE club about Christmas on his side of the world. It’s very similar to the holiday season we recognize here in Falls Church. Families prepare their best clothes, he explained, and time is taken to do a lot of cooking in advance. It just comes to show how connected people are, even when living in different worlds.

This year of Alex’s secondary education was one of six which will be sponsored by the Arlington Academy of Hope through HOPE, an organization which seeks to, as founder John Wanda puts it, provide children in Uganda with the same opportunities and education that he knew in the United States, one where “children can sing when they want to sing and dance when they want to dance.”

HOPE is finishing big this year with the Piece of Hope Block Party this Memorial Day from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Spectrum Park on Broad Street. HOPE members have talked with businesses in the area such as Panera and Mad Fox, and the block is ours for a festival to spread the message of hope.

Admission is free, and there’ll be plenty of games, face painting, prizes, and live music by school bands for participants to enjoy.

The HOPE Club would like to encourage everyone to come, as well as make a last minute call for interested volunteers. If you’re interested in helping set up for the event, fundraising, face painting, drawing caricatures, running a booth, cleaning up, and helping to make the event a fun and engaging experience, please talk to Mrs.  Holly Herrington, or HOPE Club members Alex Valentino, Christina Holman.  You can also submit any questions to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Check out the HOPE group on Facebook. HOPE would also like to ask for donations of any cool prizes such as theatre or concert tickets that could be given away at raffles.

The talented students of George Mason once again took the stage to show off their hidden talents last week during the Spring Show. The show took place May 10, 11, and 12. Watch the video below to see some highlights from Thursday, May 10.

 

Since the first week of school, students enrolled in Supervised Study Hall have been allowed to visit the library to use the computers and get work done. May 1, however, a new policy went into effect that changed the policy for study hall students using the library.

The new policy prohibits study hall students from going to the library during all blocks except for block 3. Block 3 study hall is permitted to only send five students per day.  Meanwhile, Open Study students are still permitted to use the library as needed.

This policy change was put in effect to help cap the number of students the librarian must to supervise throughout the day.

During the typical school day, “the library staff is supervising an average of 170 students which does not include students from Mustang Block or from class visits,” said librarian Lisa Myklestad.

Of these 170 students, 20 of them come from supervised study; five from each block.

After the policy change, Supervised Study Hall blocks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are not permitted to allow students to go to the library. It was determined that these students do not need to use the library during these blocks because there are 21 desks and 7 computers in rotation for student use in the study hall room. However, five students are still permitted to use the library with a pass during Block 3 because study hall during this time is held in the Mustang Café.