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 On Tuesday, May 12th Mr. Pereira was accompanied to the awards ceremoncy by his wife, parents, sister, colleagues, students and GWCS parents.Mr. Pereira has been awarded the 2008-2009 Agnes Myer Outstanding Teacher Award through The Washington Post. This award is made even more significant as it is awarded to only ONE private school teacher in The Washington Post readership area. At the beginning of the year, Mr. P. chose “Excellence” as the GWCS value that he represents, and now it is officially confirmed.

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36 GWCS community members trekked into downtown Washington on Wednesday, May 6th to participate in the 4th Annual Great Strides Cystic Fibrosis Walk. And although they got caught in a downpour halfway through the walk (not Patrick Maton or Blake Colling-Hottell, they ran the entire course!) students, teachers, parents and alumni alike persevered to raise money and awareness for this great cause. In the end, the community raised over $2,000 to help find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis.

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GWCS received the 2009 Friends of Trees Award from The Fairfax County Tree Commission, part of Fairfax County's Urban Forest Management Division, for their back-breaking work removing English Ivy from indigenous trees in King's Park Park. A group of dedicated GWCS volunteers have been removing the invasive ivy, which hugs and unlitmately strangles the trees, from the park for the past three years. With Earth Day on April 22 and Arbor day on April 24th, this is the time to praise the hard work the students and staff do to preserve the natural beauty of our community. The award will be presented at the Fairfax County Arbor Day Festival held at Northern Virginia Community College's Annandale Campus on Saturday, April 25th at 1:00 pm. Come out and celebrate this hard earned and well deserved award with GWCS.

Mr. Pereira has been awarded the 2008-2009 Agnes Myer Outstanding Teacher Award through The Washington Post. This award is made even more significant as it is awarded to only ONE private school teacher in The Washington Post readership area.   At the beginning of the year, Mr. P. chose “Excellence” as the GWCS value that he represents, and now it is officially confirmed.   Mr. Pereira will be honored in a ceremony at The Washington Post on May 12 th , and after that date we will have a community celebration to recognize his achievement. Thank you to all the parents, alumni and students who wrote letters on Mr. Pereira's behalf.  Congratulations, Mr. P., for representing excellence in our community!