Pinnacle Academy

 May 11th was Pinnacle Academy’s 2010 2nd Annual Talent Show. It was in the auditorium, and started at 4:00 pm. Every class got to show their talent on stage, including class plays, songs, and shows. There were also individual acts like Emre Demiroz, who recited 100 digits of Pi, And Nurbanu Simsek from 7th grade who solved the Rubik's Cube in about 3 minutes. Everyone had fun and it was the best talent show ever! The talent show gave every single student a chance to show their talents on stage. There was a lot of people, and it was a huge hit.

On Saturday April 24th, Pinnacle Academy had an international children’s festival. Children and parents came to watch, and show us cultural dances. Kids from kindergarten thru 7th grade performed. There was face painting, moon bounce, popcorn, cotton candy, and a bake sale. There was Pinnacle Academy’s Folk dance group Arvin, and Pinnacle Kolbasti attended in the dance show. The second graders performed a play called “The 12 Angry Sheep.”  There was African dance, Indian dance and more. It was a very fun time for kids!!

The 2nd Turkish Language Olympiad Washington, D.C., took place on Sunday with the participation of many American students who put their Turkish skills to the test in the various categories of the event.

7th Grade student Selin Altintas was awarded first place and student 7th Grade Nurbanu Simsek was awarded third place by the jury in the Turkish as a native language poetry competition and a team called Pinnacle Kolbasti was awarded second place in the same category's folklore competition. The team performed a folkdance from Turkey's Black Sea region.

Students from Pinnacle Academy spent their spring break learning and having fun.14 students from grades 5.6 and 7 participated in this year`s spring camp. They camped 5 nights in one of VA`s many vacation homes in Massanutten. The kids were supervised by Mr.Gunes and Mr.Bozkurt.

 The camp program included study time, reading time, and activity time. Activities included Go-carting, basketball, mini golf, soccer, football, and much, much, more. After returning from outdoor activities indoor activities took place. Indoor activities included ping-pong, indoor soccer and more! At the end of camp students left happily, experiencing both fun and education, they are waiting for next year’s spring camp with excitement.

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Congratulations to Seventh-grader Mehmet Aslan for winning the first annual. Pinnacle Academy Spelling Bee. He out spelled the classroom champions from kindergarten through seventh grade. Good job to all those who competed. We look forward to another exciting competition next year.

Pinnacle Academy PIng Pong Club has organized Ping PongTournament between 4th thru 7th graders is over on Wednesday.
3rd Place Yunus Gurel, 2nd Place Mehmet Karaduman and the winner is 1st Place Dylan McDermot. First top 3 students awarded by Ping Pong Club.

14th Feb 2010 Sunday - Breakfast and then Special Awards Judging

15th Feb 2010 Monday - Preliminary Judging - Stress Free Zone ( Trip to Postal Museum)

16th Feb 2010 Tuesday - National Finals - Corporate Displays and Evaluations - Special Awards Ceremony

Pinnacle Academy has been recognized at the Federal and State levels!

Mark R Warner, U. S . Senator from Virginia,  and Chapman Petersen, 34th District Virginia State Senator, recognized Pinnacle Academy's most recent accomplishment with letters of recognition.

Click here to download the Mark R Warner's letter

Click here to download the Chapman Petersen's letter

WASHINGTON — Solar panel roofs, wind-powered community centers, cork brick homes and cable trains made from Lego pieces are scattered around Yeshilist, a city created from the imaginations and research of four seventh grade students.

The Pinnacle Academy students presented Yeshilist to a panel of judges on Jan. 23 and won the Washington-area Future City Competition, allowing them to compete in the national finals next week.

 Each year during National Engineers Week, Future City holds a competition in which seventh and eighth graders complete a four-part project that allows them to create their own sustainable communities.

 The four different requirements of the competition are a virtual city created using the game SimCity 4, a research paper, a 3D city model, and a live question-answer session in front of competition judges.

 The goal for this year’s competition was to have students build an affordable community for those who lost their homes in a disaster or financial problems.

 The Pinnacle Academy students didn’t have much trouble finding inspiration for their community. They’re concept came from the heart.

http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/390/news.aspx?id=156160

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