AAA CONCORDE DISTRICT

The 'AAA Concorde District' is a high school conference in the state of Virginia that includes public schools exclusively from Fairfax County. AAA is the largest enrollment class and also typically the most competitive level in Virginia high school sports.
The Concorde District schools compete in the AAA Northern Region with the schools from the AAA Liberty District, the AAA National District, and the AAA Patriot District.

Contents

Facts About the District

Member Changes

Strengths

Athletics

Academics

2006-2007 District Champions

State Champions since 2002-2003

Member schools

Former Concorde Members

Facts About the District

The Concorde District was founded in 1993 as part of an attempted realignment of the Northern Region. The charter members of the district were Centreville, Chantilly, Herndon, Jefferson, Oakton, South Lakes, and Woodson High Schools, all of Fairfax County. All seven schools at the time were among the largest schools in the Northern Region at the time, playing Division 6 football.
Fairfax is currently the smallest school in the Concorde with about 2,100 students, and Westfield the largest at around 3,200. Robinson enrolls well over 4,000 students but has only about 2,800 from grades 9-12, because it houses 7th and 8th graders in addition to the high school.

Member Changes

In 1997, Potomac Falls High School of Loudoun County opened and joined the Concorde District due to its proximity to its member schools, but was not competitive because its size which was well below the AA/AAA cutoff, and also because it was a new school. Potomac Falls moved to the AA Northwestern District in 1999, and Woodson High School moved to the Liberty District, reuniting it with crosstown rival Fairfax which dropped the Concorde to six schools.
In 2000, Westfield opened and joined the Concorde, making it the second newly established school to join the district. South Lakes left the Concorde in 2003 to the Liberty due to declining enrollment, and Jefferson was allowed to play in the National District for football while remaining in the Concorde for other sports. In 2005, Jefferson moved to the Liberty, while Fairfax moved to the Concorde.

Strengths

Athletics

The Concorde District is considered by most around Virginia to be one of the Commonwealth's top athletic conferences. The district is best known for football, where Oakton (2005); Westfield (2003); and Centreville (2000) have won AAA Division 6 Football championships so far in the 2000's. Robinson won the AAA Division 6 game in 2001, and made its most recent appearance in the championship game in 2004, but was not in the Concorde at the time. Oakton, Robinson, and Chantilly were in the top 10 in the standings for the AAA Wachovia Cup for Athletics, based on their performance in all sports in the 2005-2006 year.

Academics

Academically, the Concorde District schools are among the strongest in the nation, offering advanced placement and IB classes. All of the Concorde schools average over 1100 on the SAT and a large number of their students go to prestigious colleges and universities. Chantilly won the AAA Wachovia Cup for Academics, and Westfield was the runner up based on academic activities in the 2005-2006 year. In 2007, all schools in the Concorde District made the top 200 on the Newsweek Top Public High Schools list, with Oakton at 99, Centreville at 107, Chantilly at 125, Fairfax at 149, Robinson at 150, Herndon at 153, and Westfield at 170. The ranking is determined based on a ratio of students taking AP or IB classes to the number of graduating seniors.

2006-2007 District Champions

'Fall Sports Champions'

★ 'Cheerleading: Chantilly'

★ 'Boys Cross Country: Oakton'

★ 'Girls Cross County: Robinson'

★ 'Field Hockey: Oakton'

★ 'Golf: Chantilly'

★ 'Football: Westfield'

★ 'Volleyball: Centreville'
'Winter Sports Champions'

★ 'Boys Basketball: Herndon'

★ 'Girls Basketball: Oakton'

★ 'Girls Gymnastics: Herndon'

★ 'Boys Swimming: Robinson'

★ 'Girls Swimming: Robinson'

★ 'Boys Indoor Track: Centreville'

★ 'Girls Indoor Track: Westfield'

★ 'Wrestling: Westfield'
'''Spring Sports Champions'''

★ 'Baseball: Robinson'

★ 'Boys Lacrosse: Robinson'

★ 'Girls Lacrosse: Oakton'

★ 'Boys Soccer: Westfield'

★ 'Girls Soccer: Centreville'

★ 'Softball: Centreville'

★ 'Boys Tennis: Robinson'

★ ''Girls Tennis: '' (05/11/07)

★ 'Boys Track: Oakton'

★ 'Girls Track: Westfield'

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★ italics means the champion hasn't been named yet

State Champions since 2002-2003

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Virginia State Championships
Year	Sport/Competition	School
2003	AAA Football Division 6	Westfield
2003	AAA Girls Cross Country	Herndon
2003	AAA Girls Swimming and Diving	Jefferson
2004	AAA Boys Cross Country	Jefferson
2004	AAA Boys Outdoor Track	Westfield
2004	AAA Creative Writing	Chantilly
2004	AAA Girls Swimming and Diving	Jefferson
2004	AAA Scholastic Bowl	Jefferson
2005	AAA Boys Cross Country	Oakton
2005	AAA Football Division 6	Oakton
2005	AAA Scholastic Bowl	Jefferson
2006	AAA/AA Boys Lacrosse	Robinson
2006	AAA Boys Swimming and Diving	Robinson
2006	AAA Boys Tennis	Robinson
2006	AAA Creative Writing	Chantilly
2006	AAA/AA Girls Lacrosse	Oakton
2007	AAA Boys Swimming and Diving	Robinson
2007	AAA Boys Tennis	Robinson
2007	AAA/AA Boys Lacrosse	Robinson
2007	AAA/AA Girls Lacrosse	Oakton

★ includes schools only when they were in the district

Member schools

Former Concorde Members

★ Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (now in the Liberty District), played 1993-2005

★ Potomac Falls High School (now in the Dulles District), played 1997-1999

★ South Lakes High School (now in the Liberty District), played 1993-2003

★ W.T. Woodson High School (now in the Liberty District), played 1993-1999