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Aram Azizyan

Friday, April 13, 2012

This Game's For Aram

Seneca Valley High School students host charity soccer game in honor of Aram Azizyan, a junior who passed away Feb. 14.

Seneca Valley High School students hosted a soccer game Thursday in honor of their fallen classmate, Aram Azizyan, a junior who passed away Feb. 14 after loosing a lengthy battle with illness. Two teams comprised of Seneca Valley students played half-hour games while their classmates sold  “Aram’s Army” T-shirts and wristbands with hopes of donating the proceeds to Aram’s family. Students presented Aram’s parents with flowers and a memory book during Thursday’s game. His parents said the outpouring of love and support from Seneca Valley has helped them get through a difficult time. Soccer, they said, was Aram’s favorite sport. “I hope he’s watching right now,” said Aram’s father Ruben Azizyan. “From the heavens,” said Aram’s mother, Zhanna…

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Remembering Aram

Seneca Valley junior Aram Azizyan passed away Tuesday, Feb. 14, due to complications from a liver transplant.

By the time the Seneca Valley basketball game began Valentine's night, pretty much everyone had heard about what happened to their classmate, Aram Azizyan. Azizyan, a junior at Seneca Valley High School, passed away Tuesday morning due to complications from a liver transplant, according to school officials. A memorial and funeral service were scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 17, at St. Mary's Armenian Church, 4125 Fessenden St. NW, Washington, DC; a funeral procession to All Souls Cemetery in Germantown was scheduled for noon. "Aram was a fighter," said Seneca Valley Principal Marc Cohen, who knew Azizyan as a student at Martin Luther King Middle School. "He really showed us how to face this kind of a thing." The Seneca Valley community …

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