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Langley High School is a high school within the Fairfax County Public Schools system. It is located in McLean, a census-designated place in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia.

History
Langley High School was established in 1965. The name "Langley" came from Thomas Lee in honor of Langley Manor, which was part of the home estate in Shropshire, England. Langley means "long open meadow". Thomas Lee was one of the first to envision the Thirteen Colonies as a separate nation whose capital should be on the Potomac between Great Falls and Little Falls. Keeping these things in mind (including the Anglo Saxon background) the school steering committee chose the nickname "Saxons" and the schools colors of forest green and old gold with white as a trim color in keeping with the traditional theme.

Demographics
Langley enrolled 2,018 students in the 2011-2012 school year. It's demographic breakdown is:
 * 71.5% White
 * 1.7% Black
 * 4.4% Hispanic
 * 19.1% Asian
 * 3.2% Multiracial.

It consistently has the highest percentage of White students of any high school in Fairfax County. The school's boundaries stretch from McLean in the east all the way to the border with Loudoun County to the west and, uniquely among high schools in Fairfax County, exclude any lower-income communities. During School Board elections in 2011, current Fairfax County School Board Chairman Janie Strauss took credit for having "prevented changes to the Langley High School boundaries" for 18 years and for having "fought off" attempts to move Langley students who lived in Great Falls, a high-income area of Fairfax County, to other schools closer to their actual residences.

Academics
The LHS academic program follows standard Virginia guidelines, requiring 24 credits for graduation. Additionally provided at Langley is the Advanced Placement (AP) program. Langley offers one of the most comprehensive AP programs available, featuring more than 20 AP level classes in every discipline. Significant courses include the school's Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra classes, as well as the only Russian courses offered in a Fairfax County Public High School outside of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.

Clubs
Langley has over 50 clubs of varying interests, including Model United Nations, Debate and Forensics, Key Club, UNICEF Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, It's Academic Team, and several sports and cultural appreciation clubs.

Music Department
Langley's music department consists of award-winning Band, Choral, and Orchestra programs. In addition to concerts, festivals, and competitions, the department performs in an annual in-school winter assembly for students and faculty.

The Band program consists of three bands: Percussion Ensemble, Symphony, and Wind Symphony. Langley also has an active Marching Band that performs at home football games.

The Choral program, under the direction of Dr. Mac Lambert, consists of five choirs: Treble, Women's Select, Concert, Chamber, and Madrigals. In March 2012, Langley Choirs traveled to Prague, Vienna, and Salzburg for an international music festival and competition. Dr. Lambert is the recipient of Langley's 2011 Teacher of the Year award.

The orchestra program, under the direction of Dr. Scott McCormick, consists of five orchestras: Freshman, Symphonic I, Symphonic II, Philharmonic, and Chamber. In April 2012, the orchestra traveled to Nashville, TN to compete in a music competition and record in the historic RCA Studio B.

Theatre Department
Langley's theatre department is chaired by Theatre Arts instructor, Ms. Phyliss Jaffe. Currently, the department produces a musical every other school year and one or more plays every year. The 2010-2011 season included productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Laramie Project, Twelve Angry Men, and Twelve Angry Women. The 2011-2012 season included productions of Grease and the Cappie-nominated production,The Crucible.

Langley High School participates in the Cappies Critics and Awards Program for High School Theater. Its 2009 production of Time's Square 2090, an original musical written by Wesley Brandt, who graduated from Langley in 2010, won four Cappie awards, Creativity, Best Ensemble in a Musical, Best Male Dancer, and Best Musical. Langley's critic team received nominations in 2002, 2010, 2011, and 2012, winning the 2002 award for Best Critic team. Most recently, Langley won the Cappie award for 2011 Rising Critic (Jamie Joeyen-Waldorf) and the 2012 award for Featured Actress (Kaity Hinojosa).

Science Fair
Langley High School actively participates in Science Fair events. Each year, first and second place winners from the school-hosted science fair are selected to attend the Fairfax County Science and Engineering Fair. The Fairfax County Science and Engineering Fair is an Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) affiliated fair, sending around 10 projects each year to the international fair. Notable winners from the past have included:
 * (2010) Dennis Won - Grand Prize Winner and Best of Category in Medicine and Health Sciences
 * (2012) Jason Cui - 4th Place Grand Prize in Medicine and Health Sciences

Other Activities
Langley's fashion department sponsors an annual fashion show that is held in Langley's auditorium. Student directors who are also Fashion Marketing students spend months planning the event, soliciting student models, creating publicity, and choreographing dances to go with each fashion scene. The event attracts sold-out crowds every year. Past show themes have included Walk Into The Wild, Once Upon A Runway: A Fashion Fairytale, and Stellar Fashion.

Langley's class of 2012 is currently in the process of sponsoring a Langley Lip Dub, which would include all students and clubs that are interested in participating.

Athletics
Langley plays in the AAA Liberty District of the Northern Region. The Langley sports teams are all referred to as the "Saxons" (or "Lady Saxons" for some women-only sports), and their primary rival is McLean High School. The Girl's Swim and Dive Team won districts in 05-06. The football team won the Northern Region and went to the state finals in 1993. The boys' wrestling team won the Liberty District Tournament the last 11 years straight (2001–2011). In addition they were Northern Region champions in 2007. The girls' Volleyball team, for the first time ever, went to the 2007 final round at the state championship tournament but was unable to pull out a victory over the previous year’s state champions, Deep Run High School. In 2009, Langley's AAA boys lacrosse team, coached by Earl Brewer, won the state championship, defeating Chantilly in overtime 4-3. They repeated as AAA State Champions in 2010 with a 12-5 victory over the Loudoun Valley Vikings and again in 2011 with a 17-8 win over the Chantilly Chargers again. The Girls Tennis won Districts in 2010, finished Northern Region runner-up and reached the state semifinals. They avenged themselves by winning the Northern Region title the following year, then going undefeated in 2012 to sweep the District, Regional, and State titles.

Langley High School's mascot is the Saxon, in honor of McLean, Va's predominantly Scottish heritage. Conversely, their rival, McLean High School's mascot is the Highlander. The mascot was given the name "Otto" in 2010, named after Otto the Great (It was affectionately called Otto by the student body at least as early as 1990).

State champions and runner up finishes
Langley has won 31 AAA state championships, which are:
 * Boys Lacrosse 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
 * Girls Tennis 1979, 1980, 1986–88, 1991, 1992, 2012
 * Boys Tennis 1986-88, 1991, 1992, 1994
 * Girls Swim and Dive 1998-2001, 2011
 * Boys Golf 1983, 1984, 2001, 2011
 * Girls Cross-Country 1983, 1984
 * Girls Gymnastics 2004
 * Softball 1992
 * Boys Cross-Country 1979

Langley has 16 runner up finishes, which are:
 * Girls Cross-Country 1982, 1985, 1986, 1991
 * Girls Tennis 1994, 2002
 * Boys Tennis 1993, 1998, 2012
 * Girls Indoor Track 1984, 1987
 * Boys Cross-Country 1966, 1978
 * Girls Volleyball 2007
 * Boys Soccer 2004
 * Girls Gymnastics 2002
 * Girls Soccer 2001
 * Division 5 Football 1993
 * Girls Outdoor Track 1984
 * Boys Golf 1982
 * Girls Field Hockey 1980
 * Boys Swim and Dive 2010

Regional championships

 * Wrestling 2007
 * Girls Volleyball 2007
 * Football 1991, 1993
 * Boys Lacrosse 2009, 2012
 * Boys Golf 1983, 1984, 2000, 2011
 * Boys Tennis 2012
 * Girls Lacrosse 2010
 * Girls Tennis 2002, 2011, 2012

District championships

 * Men's Wrestling 2000-11
 * Girls Volleyball 2005, 2007
 * Coed Cheerleading 2007
 * Girls Swimming 2006, 2007, 2011
 * Girls Tennis 2010-12
 * Boys Soccer 2005, 2006, 2011
 * Boys Swimming 2003, 2008, 2009
 * Boys Basketball 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2008–11
 * Boys Golf 1998-02, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010–11
 * Boys Lacrosse 1997, 1998, 2003, 2008–12
 * Girls Lacrosse 2006, 2007
 * Football 1993, 2000, 2004
 * Girls Softball 2004, 2006, 2007
 * Outdoor Track and Field 2000
 * Girls Gymnastics 2007
 * Girls Indoor Track and Field 2011

Langley has received two sportsmanship awards, one in AAA girls soccer in 2001 and one in AAA girls volleyball in 2007. In addition, Langley won first place in the Wachovia Cup standings in 1991-1992 for athletics.

United States Congressional Baseball Game
In 1977 the Congressional Baseball Game was forced to play the annual game on Langley High School's baseball field due to two previous rain outs on Memorial Stadium.

Notable alumni

 * Bruce Allen, Executive Vice President of Football Operations and General Manager of the Washington Redskins
 * Michael Arndt, 1984, Academy Award-winning screenwriter, Little Miss Sunshine
 * Dale Dillon Lips, 1970, President of Dillon Advisory Services, Owner of Amazing Tee's US LLC
 * Jack Biddle, 1979, Venture Capitalist, Novak Biddle Venture Partners
 * Neesa Hart, 1985, Award-winning bestselling author, Congressional Medalist, and Children's Theatre producer
 * Paula Cale, 1988, actress
 * Andy Gavin, 1988, Author
 * Kimberly Lohman Suiters, 1988, TV News Broadcaster, Author
 * Steve Czaban, 1986, radio personality
 * Lauren Graham, 1984, actress, Gilmore Girls, Because I Said So, Evan Almighty, Bad Santa, Guys and Dolls on Broadway, and most recently the NBC hit show Parenthood.
 * Michael J. Hicks, 1980, economist
 * Matt Kaufmann, 1970, computer scientist and winner of the 2005 ACM Software System Award
 * Richard Leigh, 1970, songwriter.
 * Cynthia Leive 1984, editor-in-chief, Glamour magazine
 * G. David Low, astronaut
 * Timothy C. May, cypherpunk and former chief scientist at Intel, attended his freshman year.
 * Billy Abner Mayaya, activist
 * John Molo, 1971, musician, drummer for Bruce Hornsby and the Range, John Fogerty, et al.
 * Vijay S. Pande, Stanford professor and director of the Folding@home Project
 * Joan Roberts, 1970, actress
 * Lauren Roman, 1993, actress, All My Children
 * Juliet Huddy, 1987, The Morning Show
 * John-Paul Lee, 1997, CEO and founder of Tavalon Tea
 * Jeremy Stoppelman, 1995, CEO and co-founder of Yelp
 * Jack Abraham, 2004, CEO and founder of Milo.com (acquired by eBay), eBay Director of Local
 * Lauren Shehadi, 2001, reporter CBS Sportsline
 * Jay Sborz, 2003, pitcher for Detroit Tigers and Atlanta Braves. Non-graduate.
 * Remy Munasifi, Stand-up comedian and musician
 * Evan Weissman, 1997, playwright/actor with Buntport Theater
 * Rick Wormeli, one of the first Nationally Board Certified teachers in America and the recipient of Disney's American Teacher Awards 1996 Outstanding English Teacher of the Nation
 * James Underhill