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Student Activities

 

 



Academic Organizations 

 

Broadcasting Club 

Students broadcast weekly sport events. 

 

Classics Club 

Students promote Classics in the modern world through service, social and scholastic 

opportunities. 

 

Clay Club/Empty Bowls 

Students create ceramic arts and sponsor the Empty Bowls service event. 

 

Creative Writing Club 

Students explore creative writing opportunities. 

 

Debate/Oration 

Students gather to develop public speaking and oratory skills. 

 

Lit Mag 

Students create and produce a magazine comprised of student literary work. 

 

Major Minors 

 

Model United Nations 

Students engage in research, public speaking and debate in preparation for Model UN 

Conferences. 

 

Newton’s Little Helpers 

Students provide peer tutoring for Physics classes. 

 

Open Mic 

Students coordinate monthly student performances during break. 

 

Programming Club/CyberPatriot 

This organization provides opportunity for students to engage in programming competitions such 

as CyberPatriot. 

 

The View 

The student-run newspaper publishes six times per year, with a staff comprised of writers, 

editors, photographers and videographers. 

 

Variable X 

Students provide peer tutoring for Math classes. 

 


 

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Writing Center 

Students(provide(peer(review(editing.

 

 

Yearbook 

Students(upport(the(yearbook(staff(and(provide(photographic(and(editorial(coverage(of(

school(events. 

 

Affinity Organizations 



 

All Cultures All People 

This inclusive student affinity group celebrates and promotes cultural diversity. 

  

Asian Student Union 

This student affinity group provides opportunity for Asian students and others to come together 

in the community and foster cultural awareness. 

 

Black Student Union 

This student affinity group provides opportunities for students of color to come together in the 

community, discuss current events and educational opportunities, and foster cultural awareness. 

 

Fellowship of Christian Athletes 

This organization encourages athletes to participate in Christian fellowship and bond over food, 

games, and Bible studies. 

 

Flint Hill Democrats 

Students work closely with local campaigns to elect Democratic candidates to public office, 

advocate for issues important to the party, and follow, live up to and model the principles of the 

party while remaining respectful of others’ views. 

 

Flint Hill Teenage Republicans 

This organization engages young Republicans in political awareness and activism. 

 

Multi-Faith Club 

This organization provides opportunities for students of different faiths to come together in 

community.  

 

Rainbow Alliance 

Students provide a supportive environment for LGBT youth and allies in a community of 

inclusion. 

 

 



 

 

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Service, Activism and Awareness Organizations 

 

Best Buddies Promoter Chapter 

Students coordinate with the National Best Buddies Organization to empower youth to become 

advocates for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. 

 

Clay Club/Empty Bowls 

Students create ceramic arts and sponsor the Empty Bowls service event. 

 

Environmental Club 

This advocacy group promotes active interest in environmental issues, influences school policy 

and organizes actions to support sustainability. 

 

FACETS 

Students raise awareness of and support for families who suffer the effects of poverty in Fairfax 

County. 

 

A Forever Home 

This organization provides volunteer opportunities to help dogs through the non-profit 

organization A Forever Home. 

 

Gadgets for Girls 

Students raise funds and gather gently-used technology devices to support Arya Anathalaya, an 

all-girls’ school in India. 

 

GVHD Club 

Students raise awareness and support for this rare form of cancer. 

 

Haiti Club 

Students raise awareness and support for communities in Haiti. 

 

Huskies for the Homeless 

This organization provides volunteer opportunities to support the Katherine Hanley Homeless 

Shelter. 

 

Operation Smile 

Students provide awareness of and support for Operation Smile. 

 

Relay for Life 

Students coordinate all efforts related to the Flint Hill School Relay for Life Team in preparation 

for the annual event held at George Mason University. 

 

SADD 

This organization provides local affiliation with Students Against Destructive Decisions. 

 

 



 

 

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SAGE (Students Advocating for Guatemalan Equality) 

Students spread awareness of and raise support for Guatemalan Equity. 

 

Save the Children 

Students raise funds and raise awareness to save a child in need. 

 

Save the Tigers 

Students raise funds for the Panthera Fund to benefit endangered tigers in the wild. 

 

Service Club 

Students support Flint Hill all-school service events, including Husky Dress fundraisers, Week of 

Thankful Giving, Giving Tree, Coat Drive and Blood Drive. 

 

Students Opposing Slavery 

This organization raises awareness of human trafficking. 

 

Sweet Compassion 

Students research and support various philanthropic causes, raising funds via bake sales. 

 

World Water Aid 

Students raise funds and awareness to support the Dhan Foundation and Charity-Water. 

 

YATS (Youth Advocacy Against Teen Suicide) 

Students raise awareness and provide support. 

 

Special Interest Organizations 



 

Anime Club 

Students watch and enjoy various anime/publications. 

 

Chess Club 

Students interested in the game and strategy of chess gather. 

 

Fellowship of Fandoms 

Students with shared interests gather to watch and review popular films. 

 

Film Club 

Students review popular films for The View. 

 

Filming Club 

Students gather to share filming, production and editing best practices. 

 

Finance Club 

This organization provides opportunity for emerging entrepreneurs and innovators to explore 

areas of finance, marketing and new business development. 

 


 

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Games Club 

Students gather for video games and camaraderie. 

 

Ski and Snowboard Club 

Students with common interest in skiing and snowboarding gather. 

 

STEMbassadors 

This student affinity group is interested in advancing STEM. 

 

Table Tennis 

Students hold table tennis tournaments in classrooms. 

 

Truss Club 

Students build bridges and structures out of a variety of materials following the Truss 

engineering design. 

 

Student Governance and Leadership Organizations 



 

Athletic Advisory Council 

This(self:nominated(and(faculty:selected(student(leadership(group(prepares(and(plans(school(

spirit(events(at(athletic(events,(Homecoming,(Winterfest(and(Springfest.

 

 



Honor Council 

This(self:nominated(and(peer/faculty:elected(representatives(is(dedicated(to(maintaining(

and(upholding(the(standards(of(the(Honor(Code(within(the(student(body. 

 

Hosts and Ambassadors 

This(self:nominated(and(faculty:selected(student(leadership(group(welcomes(prospective(

students(and(families(to(our(community(at(Open(House(Admission(events(and(visits.

 

 



Peer Counselors 

This(self:nominated(and(faculty:selected(student(leadership(group(provides(peer(feedback(

and(counseling(to(Freshmen(and(Upper(Class(students(in(conjunction(with(the(Counseling(

Department.( 



 

Student Council Association (SCA) 

In(this(elected(leadership(position,(students

((become(involved(in(the(administrative(and(

operational(affairs(of(the(school.(The(SCA(is(responsible(for(coordinating(school(events(

including(dances(and(upholding(school(traditions(in(partnership(with(administration.(

 

 



 

 

 

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Student Support

 

 



Personal Advisors 

 

A student’s advisor is his/her primary advocate, monitoring all aspects of his/her experience and 



progress. The advisor is the primary liaison between students and teachers, and between parents 

and the school. Advisors work closely with teachers and the appropriate Class Dean if a student 

needs additional academic and/or other types of support. 

 

Each student in the Upper School is assigned to an advisor for Grade 9 and selects an advisor for 



Grades 10-12 in May of each subsequent year. Advisory groups are typically no larger than 12 

students and meet at the beginning of each day as well as once per cycle for a long advisory 

period. These longer meetings allow advisors to review the Morning Report, discuss upcoming 

events, or simply spend time learning more about the school experience of their advisees. 

 

Class Deans 

 

Class Deans are assigned to each of the four grade levels to provide an administrative presence 



devoted to the needs of those classes and individual students. Each Class Dean chairs bi-weekly 

grade level faculty meetings, working with the Upper School counselors and the individual 

faculty advisors of particular students to develop plans of assistance and support. Each Class 

Dean also works with the student leaders of his/her particular class to develop activities that 

build class community and encourage members of the class to exercise new forms of leadership. 

 

School Counselors 

 

The Upper School Counseling Department consists of two mental health professionals who 



provide confidential, thoughtful and continuing consultation and referral for families and 

students. Counseling services also include organizing psychoeducational programs for students 

and parent education forums throughout the year. 

 

Assessment and Referral 

Counselors work with students, families and faculty and staff to address social, emotional and 

behavioral issues that arise within the community. Counselors provide short-term counseling, 

mental health assessments, ongoing support, coaching and referrals to community and mental 

health resources. Consultation and collaboration with teachers, administrators, school counseling 

staff, specialty school staff, families and outside mental health professionals provide seamless 

service and support to students. Counselors are also members of the Student Support Team 

(SST), a multi-disciplinary team whose efforts focus on assisting and supporting students with 

specific challenges. 

 

 

 



 

 

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Parent Education 

The Counseling Department develops, organizes and facilitates psychoeducational programs for 

students, parents and faculty based on the social and emotional needs of the school community, 

as a whole. 

 

The Learning Center 

 

In The Learning Center, Learning Specialists offer personalized attention and specialized 



academic help to students who learn differently. Learning support is available to students with 

documented learning differences that impede their academic progress. 

 

Each student who receives direct support from the Learning Center is assigned to a Learning 



Specialist who serves as his/her academic coach. Students meet with their coaches on a regularly 

scheduled basis for one-to-one, 30-minute sessions, which take place during free periods. In their 

initial meetings, academic coaches help each student craft a personal coaching agreement to set 

goals, outline action steps and create a plan for accountability. Coaching sessions keep students 

on track and allow them to quickly address obstacles that interfere with progress. While the focus 

of coaching is primarily academic, it weaves in other commitments the student may have such as 

athletics, fine arts and service learning. 

 

Study sessions are available to all students, whether or not they use the Learning Center. Held in 



classrooms and staffed by both a Learning Specialist and a classroom teacher, students receive 

structure and academic support to help them complete the action steps they have identified.  

 

Extra Help 

 

All students and teachers have a daily extra help period that occurs 2:30-3:30 p.m. – occurs after 



the official end of academic classes, but before athletic practices and other extracurricular 

activities begin. During this time, students may visit classroom teachers for additional content 

support. 

 

College Counseling 

 

College counseling is a comprehensive effort at Flint Hill. The College Counseling Office 



provides important support and guidance to families, while the academic and extracurricular 

programs of the school build the foundation students need to succeed and continue to grow and 

meet the demands of college life. Appropriately timed and developmentally designed, the college 

counseling program addresses student needs throughout the Upper School experience, most 

intensely during the junior and senior years.

 

 



Grade 9

 

Students should begin developing a strong academic foundation by developing effective study 



skills, good homework habits and initiating relationships with faculty. Students should choose 

courses that reflect their interests and strengths, while balancing their ability to achieve their best 

and be challenged. Any academic deficiencies should be addressed so that the student can 


 

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continue to progress in each academic discipline.

 

 



Students should continue to develop existing extracurricular and personal interests and/or 

explore new opportunities – focusing on quality rather than quantity. While some believe there 

are “right” activities, what is most important to colleges is not what a student does; rather, it is 

whether a student invests him/herself in the community – school and beyond – and to what 

degree. 

 

 



Families are introduced to Naviance – Family Connection, the school’s college counseling 

website, which includes components that help students identify potential areas of academic and 

career interest and ultimately provide insight into their prospective college choices. 

 

 



Grade 10

 

Sophomores take the PSAT for practice in October and the ACT Aspire, a practice ACT, in the 



spring. The administration of the PSAT in tenth grade is purely for practice and exposure to the 

test. The scores earned on both the sophomore and junior year PSATs do not become part of the 

official testing record forwarded to colleges, and have no bearing whatsoever on the students’ 

application process. PSAT results from the sophomore year are not considered by the National 

Merit Scholarship Program. By exposing sophomores to the ACT via Aspire, Flint Hill increases 

student awareness of the standardized test that has become a very popular option for both our 

students and students nationally. 

 

Sophomores are introduced to the college search process through The GPA Game. In small 



groups, students learn about the various components that comprise a college application and their 

relative importance in the application review process. Through an interactive and fun exchange, 

students gain a more comprehensive understanding of the impact of each component in the 

decision-making process employed by college admission officers when they determine whom to 

admit. 

 

Grade 11 



Junior year is important in a student’s Upper School experience. The developmental changes that 

often occur between Grades 10 and 11 are significant, and students are often more focused, 

mature and motivated. They can begin to see beyond Upper School and have more definite ideas 

about what they want for themselves. Everyone matures at a different rate, though, and, while 

some juniors are very focused at the outset of the school year, some are not so until the end of 

eleventh grade, or even the beginning of senior year. Despite these different rates of maturation, 

junior year is the correct time to introduce the specific aspects of the college search. 

 

In October, juniors sit for the PSAT. This administration of the test is used as the qualifying test 



for the National Merit Scholarship Program; only results from a student’s third year of high 

school are considered. Students whose selection index (the sum of the three subscores) exceeds 

the cutoff for Virginia (as determined by the National Merit Program), are named National Merit 

Semi-Finalists. Students whose scores exceed a nationally-designated level are named 

Commended Students. Each year the cutoff for semifinalist status can vary; it has ranged 217-

220 for Virginia. Typically, the cutoff for commended status has been 200-203. 

 

 


 

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Each year the College Counseling Office sponsors an evening program for juniors and their 

parents to initiate the college search process. This program, the Junior Family College Night, 

occurs in early November and features an overview of the College Counseling Program, as well 

as a panel discussion with Flint Hill parents who are veterans of the college search process. 

Families receive their copies of the Flint Hill College Planner, which provides advice and 

helpful perspective on how to approach the college search. 

 

Throughout the spring, beginning in early February, junior families meet individually with their 



College Counselor for the Family Conference. The Family Conference provides the opportunity 

for students and parents to ask individual questions and for the College Counselors to provide 

tailored advice regarding standardized testing, senior year course selection and colleges of 

interest. Our discussion regarding course selection takes each student’s performance and areas of 

interest into account, in order to create a program of study that challenges the student, helps 

make him/her both competitive and prepared for admission consideration in a specific field of 

study (if appropriate), and allows him/her to achieve his/her best performance. 

 

Each spring the College Counseling Office sponsors the annual College Conference for Juniors, 



which brings admission officers to school to meet in small groups with juniors to discuss various 

aspects of the college search and application process. Topics include making the most of campus 

visits, presenting oneself well in an interview, expert application tips and researching colleges. 

 

During the late winter and spring, juniors participate in junior seminars, small group sessions 



about different aspects of the college search process. Topics include an introduction to 

researching colleges and making the most of campus visits. 

 

Grade 12 

While everyone is aware of the importance of junior year, many do not realize the role of the 

senior year in the college search and in a student’s preparation for college-level work. Students 

are encouraged to choose classes that both challenge them – indicating to colleges their desire to 

push themselves academically – and prepare them for college-level work. 

 

Each summer the College Counseling Office publishes a series of deadlines designed to provide 



the framework for a successful college search. Our “summer mailing” provides students with a 

calendar of deadlines by which different components of the college application process should be 

completed to insure success. The College Counselors support students throughout the application 

process, providing feedback and advice. 

 

During the first weeks of school, the College Counseling Office sponsors the Senior/Parent 



College Night when the College Counselors review the process for submitting applications and 

provide insight into the application process. Additionally, senior families also receive their senior 

guide to the application process, a comprehensive review of the necessary steps of a successful 

application process. Each of Flint Hill’s College Counselors has worked as a college admission 

officer prior to joining the Flint Hill community. This experience informs our College 

Counseling Program and the support and guidance we provide to families. 

 

 


 

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Beginning in mid-September, college representatives from approximately 100 schools visit Flint 

Hill’s College Counseling Office. Seniors should watch the morning report and review the list of 

visitors online, and should plan to attend the sessions of the college in which they are interested. 

Seniors may miss class to attend these sessions, but must sign up by the end of the school day 

before the meeting and must obtain the permission of their teachers if missing class. 

 

Throughout the course of the year, the College Counselors conduct senior seminars, small group, 



after-school sessions designed to help students manage the demands of the college application 

process and be well prepared to make the transition to college life. Topics may include: 

 

• You Only Get One Chance to Make a First Impression – How to Best Present Yourself on  



  

Your College Application 

• It’s a Crazy Year – How to Manage Your Stress 

• So, Tell Me about Yourself – Be Prepared for Your Alumni Interview 

• College is Expensive – Find Money to Go 

• I’m Not Motivated – I Think It’s Senioritis 

• I Have $12 in My Bank Account and It’s Only March – Money Management for College 

• Nice to Meet You – Let’s Share a 12’x12’ Room for a Year – Roommates and Social  

  

Adjustment in College 



• 973 Class and I Can Only Take 40 – Academic Planning for College 

 

The goals of the College Counseling Program are to ensure that families feel confident in their 



approach to the college search and that students have good college choices. Flint Hill students 

have access to well-informed advice and support, creating confidence and inspiring a thoughtful 

approach to the next step in their educations.

 

 



 

 

 



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