Carlos D. Seward ๐
            
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              Principal @ South Lakes High School โข Jeremiah 29:11
              
              Commonwealth of Virginia
            
            
              
              Joined June 2014
            
            
           Congratulations to our Girls Cross Country Team for capturing the 2025 Northern Region CHAMPIONSHIP today at Burke Lake Park! Outstanding achievement, ladies! 
          
                
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             Attending the 1st Annual South Lakes High School Choir Fall Cabaret at Redโs Table. This event features an amazing dinner, singing from our students, and a fun karaoke session that both students, and adults are participating in. #LetsGoSeahawks
          
          
                
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             Congratulations to South Lakes High School teacher, Marco Rando, for being named the ArtsFairfax Educator of the Year! The work that Mr. Rando facilitates with our art students allows for amazing learning opportunities and creations of beautiful public art in Reston. 
          
                
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             Attending the Virginia High School League Fall Membership Meetings in Richmond. The gentleman to the left of the picture is Dr. Timothy E. Johnson. He was my high school principal over 25 years ago; and he is still going strong! years Great man right here! Appreciate you, TJ! 
          
                
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             Enjoying a Wednesday evening watching our South Lakes High School Cheerleaders perform in the Concorde District Tournament! So proud of how well these young ladies represent themselves and Reston! 
          
                
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             Enjoyed a great Senior Night with our girls varsity volleyball team. These six seniors are leading our team on an incredible run this season; one of the best in program history! Ladies, congratulations to yo for living the dream in the blue and green! #LetsGoSeahawks
          
          
                
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             On Tuesday evening, I attended the FIRST EVER Girls Flag Football game in South Lakes history! Thanks to the generous support of the Washington Commanders, high schools across Northern Virginia have been sponsored to create teams and increase access to Americaโs favorite game. 
          
                
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             Out here with my South Lakes High School Army JROTC participating in the 41st Annual Army Ten-Miler here in beautiful Downtown Washington, DC! The cadets challenged me to run with them, and i happily accepted! Letโs do this! 
          
                
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             Homecoming 2025 has been a great success! From out fun-filled pep rally, to our parade through the community, to winning the football game, and finally; a dynamic dance, it was joy to see the excitement and smiles on the faces of students. 
          
                
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             As I work the front entrance of our South Lakes High School Homecoming Dance, I got a surprise visit from Colonel Bullard. He dropped off my official race shirt and race number for the 41st Annual Army Ten-Miler, to be ran in Downtown Washington, D.C. tomorrow morning! 
          
                
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             Congratulations to Marco Rando on being the recipient of the 2025 ArtsFairfax Educator of the Year Award. It was cool to watch him be interviewed by the media as part of a video montage being out together. The award ceremony will be later this month. #LetsGoSeahawks
          
          
                
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             Being Principal of South Lakes High School is an honor, privilege, and such a great joy! Thank you to our SL Leadership students for this great banner! #PrincipalAppreciationMonth
          
          
                
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             Thank you to Rustic Love for your fantastic partnership with the PTSA Food Pantry. Rustic Loveโs mission is to help ease food-insecurity, with a recent focus on helping chronically underfunded local school food pantries. 
          
                
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             Cameron attended the Cox Centennial Celebration of 100 years of Black PhD Mathematics, hosted by Dr. Talitha Washington of the Office of the Provost and the Math department of Howard University. He enjoyed the nearly two hour symposium, and then we took a tour of โThe Yard.โ 
          
                
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             Itโs Homecoming season at South Lakes and in Reston! Get informed with our upcoming spirit days. Also, purchase your tickets today! #LetsGoSeahawks
          
          
                
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             HISTORY BEING MADE! This is a snapshot of the first ever practice of the newly created South Lakes High School Girls Flag Football team. This initiative is in partnership with the NFLโs Washington Commanders, as they promote excellence in sports and a love for the game! 
          
                
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             As someone who has watched a lot of womenโs basketball and coached it at the middle and high school levels back in the day, I can truly say that Aโja Wilson will go down as the most prolific basketball player, ever! #SheGotGame
          
           How sturdy are your shelves Aโja Wilson? A look into Aโjaโs trophy case over the years ๐ #KiaMVP | #WelcometotheW
            
            
                
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             The rhythm and sounds of the South Lakes Drum Line as the march to join the rest out our โSpirit of Restonโ musicians always gets me movinโand groovinโ on Friday nights! #LetsGoSeahawks
          
          
                
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             Congratulations Ayush Tripathy for being named a 2026 National Merit Semifinalists. More than 16,000 high-scoring students from across the nation were named Semifinalists, representing less than 1% of U.S. high school seniors. We are proud of you, Ayush! 
          
                
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             This past week, members of the Class of 2026 got together early in the mornings for fellowship at their Senior Sunrise event. Special thank you to class sponsors, Ms. Davis & Ms. Girdy; class administrator, Val Winter, & admin assistant, Kelly Stiehl, for their support! 
          
                
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