PRINCIPAL`S LETTER inside t his issue!

THE CHA RLOTTESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
KNIGHTLY
NEW S
ISSUE# 3:
JANUARY
2016
PRINCIPAL'S LETTER
Dear CHS famil ies,
Each new year br ings the oppor tunity to star t fr esh and m ake
new r esolutions, all w ith the goal of self-im pr ovem ent. For our
senior s, this is an exciting tim e of college acceptances and car eer
beginnings. For our under classm en, this is a golden oppor tunity
for r enew al and r efocus.
I hope you had a chance to attend our Cur r iculum Night ear lier
this m onth and lear n m or e about r equesting classes for the
2016-2017 school year. The pr ogr am of study can be found
online. It is intended to help you and your child to pr epar e for
the futur e, by descr ibing cour ses and oppor tunities for the next school year.
W hen discussing your child?s goals and futur e plans, please contact the guidance
depar tm ent at 245-2700 if you ar e in need of a paper copy of the pr ogr am of study. This
m onth and next, your child w ill m eet w ith his or her counselor to r eview and select the
appr opr iate cour ses for next year.
Use the planning guides w e sent hom e to help you m ap out your child's high school
car eer. We encour age our students to be active par ticipants in selecting their cour ses.
W hile doing so, please keep in m ind the im por tance of balancing academ ic,
extr a-cur r icular, and social r esponsibilities w ith those at hom e, in or der to build a
schedule that best fits your child.
Your child?s futur e is im por tant to us; w e ar e eager to assist you in any w ay w e can. Please
feel fr ee to contact us w ith any questions you m ay have.
I w ould also like to ask that you continue to talk w ith your childr en about social m edia
and the r esponsibility that com es w ith using it. As a school, w e talk to our students about
the digital footpr int they w ill leave behind and w hat they w ant it to say about them .
Our fir st delayed star t this m onth w as an excellent success. The futur e dates for the
delayed star t ar e 2/11, 3/10, and 4/14. Additionally, I w ould like to m ake note of a few
im por tant dates: Pr om is Satur day, Apr il 16, our sen i or s' l ast day is M ay 23, sen i or
cl ear an ce is M ay 25, and gr adu at i on is
Thur sday, June 2 at 7:00 PM at John Paul
Jones Ar ena. Please do not hesitate to
HELPFUL INFORMATION:
call if you have any questions.
WEBSITES TO KNOW
CHS SITE:
charl ot t esvil l eschool s.org/ chs
PROGRAM OF STUDY:
t inyurl .com/ CCScourses
Thank you for sending your child to
Char lottesville High School, and Happy
New Year !
Sincer ely,
Jil l Dahl
inside t his
issue!
- PAGES 2-3:
What 's New at CHS
- PAGES 4-5:
3rd Quart er Cal endar
- PAGE 6:
St udent Achievement !
- PAGE 7:
2nd-Quart er Honor Rol l
- BACK PAGE:
Spot l ight on t he Art s!
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WHAT's NEW AT CHS
her e's t he scoop: high - school publ icat ions
THE YEARBOOK
This t est is r equir ed
f or st udent s t aking a
dE cl ass
Year book Announcem ent: The
deadline to or der a year book is M ar ch
4.
The Vi r gi n i a Pl acem en t Test is needed if
a student plans on taking a Dual
Enr ollm ent class at CHS.
The deadline to or der a Senior Baby Ad
is Feb. 20. Both can be done online at
w w w.chainyear book .com .
Sign up and r eser ve your spot today:
h t t p://t i n yu r l .com /bah h k j t
VPT testing dates:
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hav e a spar e r oom?
l aissez l e bons t emps
r oul er !
THE NEWSPAPER
The Knight-Time Review is
online: w w w.ktr new s.com .
Inter ested in applying for next
year 's staff? Check the About Us
page on the w ebsite.
f r ee t ut or ing
M adison House, the volunteer center
for Univer sity of Vir ginia students, is
offer ing fr ee tutor ing for the second
sem ester. Please speak w ith your
child's teacher, if you w ould like a
r efer r al for your student.
Host a Fr ench student! We ar e pr ivileged
to host another gr oup of Fr ench students
and their teacher s her e in Char lottesville!
f ood al l er gies at
school : TAKINGCARE
OF OUR STUDENTS
Out of concer n for the safety of all our
students, CHS has begun im plem enting
a new policy for food in the school.
Par ticular ly in question ar e citr us
spr ing br eak in
af r ica: SERVICE &
ADVENTURE IN GHANA!
If you'd like to join a gr oup of CHS
students and teacher s in Ghana this
spr ing, it's not too late!
We'll be going on safar i, spending
sever al days in a village w or king w ith
the com m unity, and explor ing the
fr uits, tr ee nuts, and peanuts.
Because som e of our students have
life-thr eatening aller gies to these foods,
w e have w or ked w ith the Thom as
Jeffer son Health Depar tm ent to cr eate
these new guidelines.
These visitor s fr om the Lycée Fer tet, a
vocational school near Besançon, Fr ance,
w ill be her e fr om Apr i l 26t h t o M ay 3r d.
They w ill be w or king on a joint pr oject
w ith autom otive students at CATEC, in
addition to enjoying som e visits locally.
A host fam ily's r esponsibilities w ill
involve pr oviding lodging, m or ning and
evening m eals, and w eekend
enter tainm ent.
Fam ilies inter ested in hosting one of
these students or teacher s should contact
Séver i n e Fr ém y (f r em ys1@
ch ar l ot t esv i l l esch ool s.or g), the pr oject
coor dinator w or king at CHS.
Take advantage of this w onder ful
oppor tunity to expand your hor izons and
contr ibute to the global com m unity!
Students m ay still br ing food to school.
We r ealize our students lead active
lives, and w e ar e cr eating safe ar eas
for them to fuel up dur ing the day.
cultur e and histor y of the countr y w ith
Please avoid sending any pr oducts to
local exper ts.
school that contain ci t r u s or n u t s.
Em ail al l en .r obi n son @
Thank you for your under standing.
ch ar l ot t esv i l l esch ool s.or g for details.
M ar ch 12th, 9-12 @ M edia Center
Apr il 30th, 9-12 @ M edia Center
spr ing int o spor t s!
The Spr ing Spor ts Par ent M eeting w ill be
M ar ch 2n d, at 6:00 PM in B Com m ons.
If you attended the Fall or W inter
m eeting or com pleted the online par ent
concussion education slides, it is not
necessar y to attend.
WHAT's NEW AT CHS
IN APPRECIATION
A big THANK YOU to ever yone in the CHS
com m unity w ho suppor ted the libr ar y at
the Bar n es & Nobl e book f ai r .
This year, w e ear ned $867.24 to spend
w ith Bar nes & Noble, and gener ous
donor s bought us m or e than 10 new
books.
CAN YOU DONATE?
GENERAL GI FTS: We w elcom e
t ax -dedu ct i bl e donations to suppor t the
good w or k of our teacher s and students.
To m ake a donation, sim ply w r ite a check
to "CHS" and m ail or deliver to our office
at 1400 M elbour ne Road, 22901. If you
w ould like to suppor t a par ticular
pr ogr am , w r ite a br ief descr iption on the
m em o line.
GRANTS & SCHOLARSHI PS: The PTO
adm inister s teacher gr an t s, sch ol ar sh i ps
for gr aduating students, and t each er
appr eci at i on events. In the 2014-2015
school year w e aw ar ded alm ost $6000 in
teacher gr ants and thr ee $1000
scholar ships to gr aduating senior s. Please
help to us to suppor t our teacher s and
students by par ticipating in the gr ocer y
car d pr ogr am or thr ough our dir ect
appeals. The CHS PTO is a 501 (c)(3)
not-for -pr ofit or ganization.
AN ENERGY CHECK- UP
THAT HELPS OUR SCHOOL
Getting chilly?
Stay com for table w ith a Hom e En er gy
Ch eck -Up per for m ed by LEAP. You'll get
an evaluation of your hom e's ener gy
efficiency, the advice of one of LEAP's
highly tr ained Ener gy Coaches,
en er gy-sav i n g pr odu ct s based on your
hom e?s needs (CFL light bulbs, sm ar t
str ips, pipe insulation and m or e!) -- plus a
checklist of additional ener gy-saving
m easur es for your hom e.
The value of this package is estim ated at
up to $250 in goods, savings, and
pr ofessional advice. Because LEAP is a
Par ticipating Contr actor in Dom inion
Vir ginia Pow er ?s Hom e Ener gy Check- Up
pr ogr am , our pr ice to all clients w hom
sign up under this special CHS pr om otion
is only $20 -- $10 of w hich LEAP w ill
pledge back to Char lottesville High
School!
Get a low er ener gy bill.
- 3DELAYED STARTS
Beginning in Januar y, CHS has
im plem ented a once-a-m onth delayed
star t initiative. This m onthly delayed star t
w ill give staff m em ber s w ho teach the
sam e subject a chance to m eet together
for planning and collabor ation.
Det ai l s:
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M or e I n f or m at i on :
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Visit leap-va.org/checkup or call (434)
227-4666, or (434) 229-6399.
j oin t he par ent
t eacher or ganizat ion
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AP Human Geography cl asses
joined f orces wit h t he Girl s Learn
Int ernat ional Cl ub t o wat ch t he
f il m He Named Me Malala, in a
powerf ul expl orat ion of
human right s.
The CHS Par en t Teach er Or gan i zat i on
invites ever yone to par ticipate in som e
w ay in our PTO -- com ing to our m onthly
m eetings is a gr eat and easy w ay to stay
involved and to keep infor m ed!
We m eet the l ast Tu esday of each m onth
at 5:30pm in B Com m ons. Visit
ch spt o.w or dpr ess.com for m or e
infor m ation!
Delayed star t on Thur sday 1/14,
2/11, 3/10, and 4/14.
To m axim ize instr uctional tim e
in the w eeks befor e finals, ther e
w ill be no delayed star t in M ay.
Classes w ill star t at 10:05am on
delayed-star t days.
School w ill still end at 3:50pm on
delayed-star t days.
No ear ly m or ning/zer o per iod
classes on those days.
A super vised study hall w ill be
available fr om 8:30-9:45am for
students w ho need to ar r ive
ear ly.
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CHS has tim e built into the
calendar to allow for delayed
star ts. (This w ould not im pact
how w e m ake up snow days, for
instance.)
Scheduling conflicts (befor e,
dur ing, and after school) pr event
teacher s fr om collabor ating as a
depar tm ent on a r egular basis.
Incr eased collabor ation w ill
benefit students, since teacher s
can m or e r eadily shar e best
pr actices, offer subject-specific
tips, and coor dinate fr om cour se
to cour se (fr om English 10 to
English 11, for exam ple).
This w ill allow for gr eater
consistency acr oss sections of a
single cour se.
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Cal endar : SECONDquar t er
JANUARY
Sun
M on
Tue
Wed
T hu
Fr i
Sat
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Annual Diversity
Assembly: CH S
U -K nighted
31
Looking for more events? Try these calendars online:
> Athletics: blackknight athletics.org
> Band: cvillebands.com
> O rchestra: chsorchestra.org
> T heatre: theatrechs.org
FEBRUARY
Sun
M on
Tue
Wed
T hu
Fr i
Sat
1
2
3
4
5
6
12
13
Vox Populi: 1st
meeting in C227
7
14
8
15
5p School Board
9
16
10
11
7:30p Symphony
Concert @M LK
10:05a Delayed
Start
17
18
19
20
M odel U N heads
to Baltimore
conference
7p Dessert T heatre
7p Dessert T heatre
26
27
Snow M ake-U p
Day
21
28
22
23
24
25
8:45a Special
Education
Advisory Comm.
5:30p PT O M tg
5:30 CLASS
Advisory Comm.
7p Band
Pre-Assessment
Concert
29
7a Virginia Science
Olympiad
Cal endar : second quar t er
MARCH
Sun
6
13
M on
Tue
Wed
T hu
Fr i
Sat
1
2
3
4
5
4:30p ParentTeacher Conf.
6p Prospective
Student N ight
6p Spring Sports
Parent M eeting
5:30p School
Board mtg
ACT Registration
Deadline
7
8
9
10
11
7:30p Q uest
Advisory Comm.
4p School H ealth
Advisory Board
14
15
10:05a Delayed
Start
16
17
12
VPT Testing for
DE Classes
9a Sat. Academic
Intervention
18
19
10a
ArtConnections
Celebration
7p M usical: AIDA
20
21
22
3p M usical: AIDA
27
23
24
4p ArtConnections
O pen H ouse
28
29
30
25
26
End of 3rd Q uarter
Grading Period
31
7p All-City Choral
Festival
CAP- TIVATING
ARTISTS
Do you have ar t or photogr aphy fr om your
CHS student that you'd like to shar e?
Send an em ail to
al l en .r obi n son @ch ar l ot t esv i l l esch ool s.or g,
and w e'll tr y to include it in the next par ent
new sletter.
M s. M ildonian sends us these
fascinating glim pses of ar tists
at w or k .
A pr il 1st: Snow M ake- Up D ay
A pr il 2nd: Spr ing Break Begins!
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st udent ACHIEVEMENT
STUDENTS TEACHINGSTUDENTS;
PHOTOGRAPHY ON DISPLAY
Par kside Functional Skills photogr aphy w ill be displayed at
the annual VSA Visual Ar t Show. This year the show w ill be
held at Car ver Recr eat i on Cen t er fr om M ar ch 19th to M ay
6th. M s. W ilson's Photo II class cam e over to teach the
Par kside students how to use a cam er a and pr ovided
suggestions on the photo shoots.
NATIONAL HONORS SOCIETY PUTS
MUSIC TOGOOD WORK
On Januar y 6, 2016, the CHS chapter of the National Honor
Society held an induction cer em ony for 39 junior s and
senior s. The NHS r ecognizes junior s and senior s w ho have
dem onstr ated excellence in scholar ship, leader ship,
char acter, and ser vice.
The keynote addr ess w as deliver ed by M s. Laur ie Jean
Seam an fr om the Sex u al Assau l t Resou r ce Agen cy
(SARA). SARA w ill be this year 's r ecipient of the NHS
annual Ser en ades f u n dr ai ser held dur ing the w eek of
Valentine's Day.
new cl ub's AIM: LURE POLITICS FANS
OF ALL STRIPES
Ar e you sick of one-sided political debates? Do you w ant to
discuss cur r ent events and par ticipate in the com m unity?s
political pr ocess? Vox Popu l i m ay be the club for you!
We ar e a club w hich seeks to cr eate an envir onm ent of
bipar tisanship and toler ance in our school, and w e ar e
open to students of any or no political affiliation. We w ill
m eet for an inter est m eeting on M on day, Febr u ar y 1st
after school in r oom C-227.
WORKING TOGETHER: Nia
Kitchin, a senior, led an art
collaboration between CHS
students and young artists at the
Blue Ridge Juvenile Detention
Center. Nia's work was profiled in
C-Ville Weekly.
This striking piece can be fully
appreciated by visiting the CHS
art gallery. Called "Art in
Between," it's Picasso's
"Guernica" brought to new life in
a patchwork of pieces by
students from both schools.
CONVERSING ABOUT CHANGE: CHS English 10 students discuss
their proposals to change a policy -- either at Charlottesville High
School, or in the city of Charlottesville. As part of their project,
tenth-graders wrote an essay, then summarized their main points
during a presentation at the 2015 Gallery Walk. They talked to
teachers, administrators, city councilors, school-board members,
and fellow students.
SECOND QUARTER HONOR ROLL
Con gr at u l at i on s t o
al l CHS st u den t s
w h o ear n ed on l y
As an d Bs i n t h e
2n d qu ar t er ! We
appr eci at e t h e
w or k you do.
12t h GRADE
August Alber t
Aver ill Angle
Talis Basham
Susan Belew
Thom as Bir le
Em ily Blow
Lindsey Br anch
M adelyn Bunn
David Car aw ay
Tar iq Car r ington
Nicolas Dam iani
Anna Davis
Kunga Deyang
Sam uel Dr eyfus
Zofia Fer ki
Gr ace Gilber t
Juliet
Halvor son-Taylor
John Hays
Sachi Hilliar d
Laur a Holt
Justice How ar d
Helen Hylton
M ichael Inlow
Rachel Jones
M egan Kim pel
Kellyn Kusyk
Clair e LeBlond
Saoir se Lee
Joseph Longo
Char les M anning
Kendall M ar tin
Cynthia M ealy
Ser ena M eintzschel
Lakier a M ills
Daniel Neale
Thien Nguyen
Banks Nor thington
Eam on O'Br ien
Adam Olszesw ki
M axw ell Patek
Sar ah Payne
Ther esa
Petr oni-Conaw ay
Joshua
Pr ess-W illiam s
Bethany Reitsm a
Sam uel
Rim m -Kaufm an
Em ily Robinson
Wendell Santiago
Jane Scott
Nathan Shuster
Ar iana Sm ith
Ar iel Sm ith
Kr istina Spr ouse
M ar y Stelow
Olivia Stone
Sujata Tam ang
Em my Tim ber lake
Glen Walker
Jenna War r en
W illiam Wer ner
Rachel W hite
Hannah W instead
Caton Yang
11t h gr ade
Helen Atkins
Seam us Bar tels
Andr ew Beling
Elizabeth Beling
M egan Bir d
Gr ace Br echt
Eleanor Br ight
Addie Br ow n
John Buchholz
Cam er on Ciam botti
John Cooper
Car oline Cox
Lucas Cr itzer
Ian Cr opley
Geor gia Cr um
Sonam Detso
Sophie Dukes
Anna For d
Eleanor For e
Zachar y Gr eenhoe
Sean Har low
Byr on Har r is
Batula Hassan
Gabr iel Her ndon
Aidan Hockett
Naom i Holm es
Lukas Houpt
Edw ar d Jackson
Clair e Jenkins
Cather ine Johnson
Tow ns Josey
Kathr yn Kayton
Gr aham Keeley
Julia Kenner
Saad Khaleefa
Chloe Koehler
David Kr iete
Hollis Ledlow
Fr ancis M acCall
Destinee M cDonald
Ava M cDonough
Stefani M itr ovic
Benjam in M olina
Liam O'Br ien
Patr ick O'Shea
Santiago Padr on
M ollie Pepper
Quincy Pinkston
Jor dan Pr ax
Joseph Riley
Caleb Rose
Aidan Rour k
Elsa Schenck
Cather ine Sm ith
Stella Sokolow ski
Pascale Star osta
Gabr iella Szabo
Lydia Tew ksbur y
Leon Thom as
Em ily Thor ne
Santina Ur r utia
Kather ine Webber
Zoe Webster
Jonah Wer m ter
Jor dan W illiam s
Ellen Yates
10t h GRADE
M oham m ad Abbasi
Char les Am acker
Elizabeth Bam bur y
AnnM ar ie Bar field
Em ily BastiaanBeatley
Anna Ber nstein
Rabina Bhandar i
Rosem ar y
Boatner -Doane
Hannah Bostic
Cam pbell
Br ickhouse
Anna Br ow n
Geor gia Br ow n
Katelyn Davis
Car m en Day
Nakiya Dow ell
Ow en Fer nandez
Tilden Fer nandez
M ar gar et Fitch
Helen Gehle
Vir ginia Gibson
Ow en Gilm or e
Sar ah Gunter
Aleena Haidar i
Waheda Haidar i
Em m a Hale
Sar ah Hale
Fr e
Halvor son-Taylor
Tabar ek Hayyaw i
Lar r y Hender son
Lucas Higgins
Isabelle Holw ay
Isaac Kenner
Nadiya Khaydar i
Sam antha Kidd
Victor ia Kr em er
Elizabeth
Kr om kow ski
Beau LeBlond
M air e Lee
Jennifer Lopez-Ruiz
Char lotte
M acDonald
W illiam M er r icks
Jam es Nachbar
Per r i Nelson
Stephen New m an
Chloe Nor r is
Kiar a Olatunde
Ter r an Or ion
Leah Patek
Gabr iele Pr ice
Risa Pur ow Ruder m an
Dem etr ius Ragland
Shar on Reitsm a
M ir iam Rom er o
John Rudder
Zachar y Russell
Her ber t Ryan
Em ily Sabin
Olivia Santiago
M illicent Schlegel
Taylor Shefski
M aia Shor tr idge
Dyshe Sm ith
Anna Str atos
Soyata Subba
Ann Sum m er s
Char lotte
Tom linson
Anna Tr an
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Zoe Weather for d
Ezekiel Weiss
Jonah Weissm an
9t h gr ade
Kr istina Abr aham
Ahm ed Al-Door i
Denis Alvar enga
M ejia
Jakob Antes
Gabr iela Ar ano
Saucedo
John Ayala
Dakota Bailey
Eliot Baker
Steven Bar ker
Olivia Bear m an
Rachel Beling
Susannah Bir le
Anna Bon-Har per
Em ily Caffas
Sahar a Clem ons
Ian Clickner
Br yn Cor nelius
Kahcy Cousins
Annabel Coyle
Jasper Cr um
Devon Cum m ings
Yakob Debaer e
Chr istopher Dukes
Julia Duxbur y
John Em er y
Cole Fair child
Alexandr a Fer guson
Eliot Fer ki
Sophia Gr eenhoe
Nick Gr iffin
Ow en Guiffr e
Jack Har dley
Kater in Her nandez
Cassie Her sm an
Logan Houpt
Nian Huang
Ulysses Ingene
W illiam Inigo
Jeannine Kam ar iza
Lena Keesecker
Eve Kendr ick
Kaniyah Key
Weedor Kollie
Khin Tu Laing
Chloe Landr y
M ar gar et Lather
Kyle Lehner t
Sydney Lew in
Bikash M agar
Lola M anning
Talia M ar shall
Chet M ar tinussen
Jasm ine M cCr ay
Evelyn M cKenney
Kennan M cLar en
Kevin M er chancano
Nazar eno
Adam M or eland
Anna M yer s
Rugazur a
Ndayishim iye
Sam uel Ndiho
Fr ances New m an
Daniella Nker e
Eddy Nker e
Julienne Nker e
M ylene Nker e
Joyce Nyazir aje
Jam es O'Br ien
Leela Paudel
Elke Payne
Kelsey Payne
Leila Pear ce
Clar a Pugh-Seller s
Jack Rabinow itz
Cavit Rezai
Yelda Rezai
M olly Riddler
Davida
Rim m -Kaufm an
Noah Robinson
Isabella Rom ber ger
Sophia Rubin
Joshua Rugum ayo
Khym i Russell
Stella Russell
Jam es Ryan
Sar a Sam adi
Asher Saunder s
Gr etchen Schlegel
Nicholas Sifr i
Jane Slaughter
Sum m er sett Sm ith
Alejandr a Sullivan
Daniel Szabo
Isaac Vik
Joseph Von Stor ch
Niedia Washington
Dom inique Water s
Kather ine Wells
Luka W im er
Benjam in
W inckler -Olick
Alyce Yang
THE CHS KNIGHTLY NEW S: BA CK PA GE
SPOTLIGHT
ON THE A RTS
por t r ait s of
our school
On December 1st & 2nd, Commercial
Phot ography II-2 and Phot o 4
independent st udy st udent s cont ribut ed
t heir t ime and t al ent s t o t he CHS
communit y t hrough a Hel p Port rait
inspired event .
During bot h l unches, f ree port rait s were
avail abl e f or st udent s and st af f . These
were t aken in our phot ography st udio,
which was set up in A commons.
Part icipant s received a f ree 5X7 print
and email ed digit al f il e of t heir
phot ograph.
awar d- winning
phot ogr aphy
Ava McDonough's phot ograph
"Angel " was sel ect ed t o be
incl uded in The 2015 Drexel
Universit y High School Cont est
Exhibit ion. Drexel Universit y wil l
be exhibit ing t he work at t heir
phot ography gal l ery in
Phil adel phia, l ocat ed at t he
Phot ography Facil it y on 33rd &
Arch St reet s, f rom February 6
t hrough March 4, 2016.
ACTING!
A scene f rom Harvey,
t he CHS Theat re
Depart ment 's f al l pl ay.
"Angel"
Ava McDonough