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🌱 What a Great Falls consultant says to start by junior spring.

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  • What a Great Falls consultant says to start by junior spring.

Also on today's calendar: Taproom Theology: When Scripture is Weaponized, Wrestling with Difficult Passages and 14 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call cheese that isn't yours? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Very warm, with a high of 83 and low of 61 degrees.
  • Wednesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 87, low: 64. 🌶 Hot!
  • Thursday: Cooler with some sun, with a high of 66 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Northern Virginia Admissions Officers Share What Students and Parents Need to Know Before Applying to College (northernvirginiamag.com) — A Great Falls–based college consultant joins other Northern Virginia experts to lay out when local students should start applications, testing, and financial aid forms so senior year feels less overwhelming. Their guidance stresses beginning Common App work and essay planning by junior spring, asking teachers early for recommendations, and registering ahead for popular SAT and ACT dates.
   

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Herndon

  • Voodoo Brewing to bring ‘tasty beer,' pub food to Herndon this month (ffxnow.com)

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  • Almost All Vienna Schools Earn VA's Highest Rating In New Assessment Results (patch.com)
  • Juvenile With No License Pulled Over After Driving Dangerously On Vienna Roads: Police (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call cheese that isn't yours?" — Nacho cheese! (Thank you Lorille C. for sending it in!)
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