Paul VI Catholic High School, located just outside of Washington D.C in Fairfax, Virginia, is one of four secondary schools in the highly regarded Catholic Diocese of Arlington’s school system. Paul VI is a college-preparatory high school of around 1,000 students. Paul VI sends its young men and women to some of the finest colleges and universities in the country while simultaneously pioneering a full immersion, award-winning scholastic program for students with special needs. Paul VI seeks to inspire and challenge each student in a small classroom setting.

This is the second year for Paul VI in the K12 Web Archiving Program. We've created the Webcrawlers Club to be part of this program. The club is student-run, with the school librarian serving as the advisor. The club meets every Tuesday, with members contributing new websites to be considered for inclusion into the program. We have club officers, including a Webmaster, and each of our three collections has a lead student who is in charge of content. Chosen sites are an eclectic mix recommended by Paul VI's students to represent the school. This year the AP Human Geography class also participated in the selection of websites. Our club members and students are proud to be the connection between the Paul VI community and the students of the future.

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Entertainment

We selected this category because as young adults we are very interested in entertainment. We use the websites we archived several times a day. As high school juniors and seniors, most of us can drive and have more freedom so we need the information in the entertainment websites.

• http://capitals.nhl.com/
  

  The Capitals are the ice hockey team for Washington D.C. In addition to the team's stats, this website contains information on individual players, the team game schedule,and pictures. The wesite also allows one to purchase tickets to Caps' games on line. On the days the Capitals are playing, the Metro is filled with people on their way to the game at the Verizon Center which is Downtown. You can tell the people going to game because they dress in their favorite player's jersey. Our school has a ice hockey team and many students are Caps fans.e

• http://dcsportsfan.com/
  

  This website introduces the news of local high school sports in D.C. area. It has the latest videos and interviews of the players. It also introduces player's name, game, and background. Our school has football, basketball, track and field, soccer, tennis, volleyball, LAX, and ice hockey teams in addition to club sports like Ultimate frisbee. We like to keep up on local sports news at our school.Go Panthers! e

• http://eonline.com./
  

  The website talks about the current Hollywood news and other celebrity related issues. It has videos and photos on celebrities. Teenagers in NoVA are always on the lookout for famous people because so many famous people visit the Capitol.It is possible to see famous people while waiting in line at Best Buy or other stores. e

• http://msn.foxsports.com/
  

  This website contains information on racecar driving, soccer, golf, Olympics, etc. There are scores, as well as videos of plays. In addition, you can play fantasy sports online! We chose this website because it keeps people informed and interested in the sports that are popular. Sports, especially basketball, were very important to our school because we won not only the WCAC Boys and Girls Title but also the City Championship for boys. It was the first time ever for our school and we were very interested in reading the sportsnews. e

• http://pinterest.com/
  

  Pinterest is a pin board-style social photo sharing website that Paul VI students use to create and manage personal collections of interest to them.

• http://snowboarding.transworld.net/
  

  Many of our students like to snowboard. Unfortunately, this year the weather was very warm around Washington DC. We did not even have one day off for snow this year. There are several places within a few hours where we can snowboard, like WISP, Seven Springs, and Wintergreen. Some students' families have second homes near ski areas. e

• http://www.ncsl-soccer.com/
  

  This website contains information on the MLS team, D.C. United, its individual players, its schedule, pictures, ticket sales, and much more!Our school has very competitive soccer teams for both girls and boys. We even have a Special Olympics soccer team and we host two Special Olympic topurnaments every Fall. Many of our students volunteer at the Special Olympics Soccer Tournament.We often see people wearing their favorite player's jersey. You can also use this website to join local soccer clubs. e

• http://www.nvva.com/wp/
  

  This website exemplifies the volley association in Chesapeake Region. It has the latest news on volleyball and ways to register for a club. Our school not only has a girls Volleyball team but also a guys Volleyball team. While volleyball is not as popular as football, baseball, softball and basketball, our classmates enjoy keeping up with the latest information on volleyball.e

• http://www.redskins.com/
  

  This website contains information about the Washington Redskins Football team. The website has information about the individual players, the game schedule, pictures, ticket sales, and much more! The team is very popular in our community because this football team represents Washington D.C. For many years, the Redskins were the only professional team in the D.C. area. We often see not only young people but also older people wearing their favorite Redskin player or the Redskins team jersey. e

• http://www.wagsl.com/
  

  This website offers information about WAGS, the girl's premier soccer league in the Washington DC area.It is very competitive league and many of our girl soccer players play on a travel team in the WAGS league. Its fun to see WAGS bumper stickers on cars. e

NOVA Teen Life

Nova is the nickname for our area, Northern Virginia. We picked websites relating to clothes, places to go with friends and family as well as sites related to our Cathlic high school, Paul VI. Even though our high school is located in Fairfax City in Fairfax County, some of our students are from different cities in NoVa as well as Maryland, Washington DC and even foreign countries, such as Korea. These sites show what it is like to live in Northern Virginia as teenagers.

• http://ultimate-guitar.com/
  

  In PVI guitar class, we buy guitar in "ultimate guitar tabs archieve". It contains many kinds of guitars. Our school offers guitar classes on different levels and we also have guitar recitals so that this website isvery useful. e

• http://wishyouwellfoundation.org/
  

  This is a family foundation created and run by David and Michelle Baldacci. The name Wish You Well is taken from one of David Baldacci's early books. The foundation is devoted to promoting family literacy. Every year Paul VI students collect hundreds of new or gently used books to be distributed by Wish You Well.

• http://www.abercrombie.com/
  

  Hotmath is a useful website which helps to solve math problems. Math teachers in PVI suggest using this website for questions that we can't figure out. The website gives you the individual steps one at a time for each problem rather than giving you the entire solution at once. Its good to get help for the next step because then you sometimes remeber how to do the rest of the solution. It helps to use Hotmath because if you can't figure out how to solve a problem, you don't have to wait for someone to give you help. It is password protected because it is a subscription service. e

• http://www.apple.com/
  

  Apple has a lot of electronic device including phone, mp3, and computer. Many students in PVI use iphone, ipod, and imac. The Apple website is popular because students can check out the latest Apple products. Everyone seems to have an Ipod and many students have I phones. e

• http://www.cappies.com/nca/
  

  This website provides information about Cappies. This program trains High School Theater and journalism students to attend shows at local high schools and write theater reviews. The reviews are published not only in local papers but also in local editions of national papers such as the Washington Post. There is an annual award ceremony for the "Cappies" at the Kennedy Center, which is amazing. The website is useful because it not only explains the Cappies program but also lists the performance schedules and has pictures from the plays. e

• http://www.chipotle.com/
  

  Chipotle is one of the most popular restaurants among teenagers in Northern Virginia. This restaurant is located near our school, so students who have cars go there often after school to hang out. The food is not expensive and is delicious. e

• http://www.foodforothers.org/
  

  Every year before Thanksgiving, our school does a week long food drive to benefit Food for Others. Each advisory (PVI's name for homeroom) competes against each other to bring in more canned food then any other Advisory. Food for Others not only distributes free food directly to the needy in Northern Virginia but also enthusiastically provides the assistance for our unemployed and low-income neighbors. This website brings out the positive energy inside people, leading them to volunteer and provide for the needs of others. This year, PVI donated 17,500 pounds of food to Food For Others, our best year ever. e

• http://www.Forever21.com
  

  Forever 21 has one of the most fashionable clothing lines for high school students. Because PVI has a diverse ethnic student body, many students enjoy shopping at the Forecver 21 stores. The clothes are fashionable and reasonably priced, two important features for PVI students. e

• http://www.hollisterco.com/
  

  Hollister is one of the most popular clothing store in Northern Virginia. NoVa teenagers enjoy fashionable clothing. On the dress up or down day at school, you can see many students wearing Hollister clothing. At Paul VI, students wear uniforms so we enjoy every chance we get to wear clothes from Hollister or other fashionable stores.e

• http://www.marchforlife.org/
  

  March for life is against abortion and gives a pro-life message. This March/Rally is supported by the Catholic Diocese and many students in PVI participate. The March protests the Supreme Court decision Roe v Wade which allows for abortion. e

• http://www.oprah.com
  

  This website is about Oprah Winfrey and her tv show. It provides information not only about Oprah but also about fashion, health, current news and blogs. It gives her photo, and links to videos and her TV shows. This website is a great expression of the positive influence Oprah has on our society and the world. Students like Oprah and are interested in the kind of information posted on her website. e

• http://www.poetryoutloud.org/
  

  This website is an official website for the contest called Poetry Out Loud. It includes videos of latest contests and performances, schedules for upcoming contests and numerous poems. Our school is one of the participants and this is the 4th year we have participated in the competetion. This year, one of the PVI students went to States. She was one of the two contestants from NoVa. e

• http://www.shopfairoaksmall.com/
  

  Fairoaks Mall is a large shopping mall in Fairfax, where our school is located. It has teenagers' favorite shops such as Abercrombie, Hollister, and Forever 21. Since it is the closest mall to our school, a lot of students go there after school on Friday to hang out. e

• http://www.thenorthface.com/
  

  The North Face is probably the most popular store among students in our school. Almost every student has at least one jacket from The North Face and they love to get new one for their birthdays or Christmas. Since we wear uniforms to class, we like to wear trendy and expensive clothing over the uniforms on the way to school and home. In NoVa, just about everybody wears The North Face jackets. e

• http://www.tyof.org/
  

  Paul VI offers an instrumental program for students for both band insturments and strings. Some of our students also qualify to participate in the Fairfax Youth Orchestra. The orchestra gives performance throughout the year.

• http://www.uggaustralia.com/
  

  Uggs are PVI (our school) girls' favorite footwear. We usually wear uniforms, but in winter, whenever we have dress-down day, more than half of girls match their clothes with different kinds of uggs. This website gives information on different styles of Uggs. e

History

We decided to archive sites with historical information because some of our club members are interested in what we know about the past and the different ways of learning and studying past events.In our high school, we are required to take at least four years of history starting from pre-history up until the present day. In addition, many of our students take Advanced Placement courses in European and American History. We really liked the idea that our choices in websites will give future students of history insight into our interests and the information available to us in 2012.

• http://www.americanhistory.org/
  

  This website is about Mitt Romney. Romney is running for the Republican nomination for President.Students at Paul VI, especially 12 graders taking Governmentclass, are interested in the Republican primaries and the the Presidential elections. Many people in the world focus on Romney and his policies. Our school runs a mock election every four years during presidential elections. Our Government teachers want us to be familiar with the election process including the primaries. e

• http://www.barackobama.com/
  

  This website provides information about Barack Obama, the current president of the United States. This website is useful not only for the students in Northern Virginia but for everyone in the USA and the world to get to know Barack Obama. Many 12th grade students from Paul VI High School visit this website as a source for projects for Government class. e

• http://www.history.org/
  

  This website contains information about Colonial Williamsburg museum. It also contains general history of the colonial times. We study Virginia History in 10th grade and many of us have visited Williamsburg on field trips in elementary school because Williamsburg was once the capital of Viriginia.Williamsburg is a cool place to visit because the College of William and Mary is located there. Every year several of our seniors are accepted to William and Mary. Williamsburg is about two hours away from Paul VI High School. e

• http://www.historytravel.com/
  

  The website provides a variety of information about traveling around such historical places as Japan, South America, North America, Europe etc. This website also give regional information about religion, location, history. Most of the students in our Webcrawlers Club are from Asia and have had experience traveling around the world. Some of the PVI students come from families that have lived in different parts of the world with the Government or the Military so they are interested in places they have lived or wish to visit. e

• http://www.mittromney.com/
  

  This website is about Mitt Romney. Romney is running for the Republican nomination for President.Students at Paul VI, especially 12 graders taking Governmentclass, are interested in the Republican primaries and the the Presidential elections. Many people in the world focus on Romney and his policies. Our school runs a mock election every four years during presidential elections. Our Government teachers want us to be familiar with the election process including the primaries. e

• http://www.ricksantorum.com/
  

  This website contains information on one of the contenders for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Students are required for their government classes to become involved in election campaigns. Rick Santorum referenced his Catholic faith during his campaign and because of that the statements he made were of particular interest to were of interest to Paul VI students.

• http://www.vahistorical.org/
  

  This website provides Virginia history. The VHS is located in Richmond but we can access their databases for information related to our 10th class on Virginia history. This website is one of the most visited and valuable sites for the students of Paul VI high school who are interested in Virginia history. When we need historical information about Virginia history, this website is a great starting place. e

• http://www.whitehouse.gov/
  

  The website is provided by U.S. government to give primary information of servies issued by the White House. Since our school is located only 12 miles from Washington DC, we feel like national news is our local news. Many of our students' parents work directly or indirectly for the Federal Government. In fact,sometimes teachers in PVI take students fieldtrips to the White House, Library of Congress and Congress. e