Publications by Julia Stewart
Class of 2010 Scores Scholarships
More than 90 percent of the 3,631 seniors in LCPS Class of 2010 plan a future which includes more education after high school - either at four or two year colleges or other post graduate educational training.
Annual Camp Introduces Middle School Students to Monroe Technology Center
The camp introduces rising sixth to eighth grade students to MTC programs, “ through hands-on exploration and project-based learning workshops,” and allows younger students to explore the educational possibilities and opportunities open only to LCPS juniors and seniors during the school year.
A Last Look at the Class of 2010
Graduation ceremonies began Friday, June 18 – with the 341 seniors at Potomac Falls High School in Sterling and culminated with the Tuesday, June 22 graduation of 291 seniors in the Park View High School Class of 2010. Together the 3,631 LCPS Class of 2010 graduates secured $27.7 million in grants and scholarships. Graduation memories continued at respective All-Night Alcohol/Drug Free Graduation Celebrations sponsored by parent groups at the ten high schools.
New Leesburg Elementary School Named for Frederick Douglass
There have been two Frederick Douglass facilities in the Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) system. Douglass High School opened in 1941 in Leesburg and operated as the only all black high school in the county from then until 1968-69 and desegregation. Frederick Douglass Elementary opened in 1958 on Plaza Street near the former high school and today is a LCPS support facility. That building will be replaced with the new two-story Frederick Douglass ES and a planned 2012-2013 opening.
No Change for Woodgrove and Loudoun Valley High School Attendance Boundaries
Blue Ridge School Board member Priscilla Godfrey urged her colleagues to consider the “Unique situation for western Loudoun…48 years is a long time for one school to serve an area,” she said of LVHS. Catoctin School Board member Jennifer Bergel spoke in opposition, "Boundaries for LVHS and Woodgrove were completed in 2007.. with little fanfare…no discontent in western Loudoun. A survey would not be fair or prudent,” as Woodgrove will open in September for the 2010-2011 school year.
Loudoun School Board Honors 2009-2010 National Board Certified Teachers
National Board Certification is an “advanced teaching credential," which signifies “successful completion of a voluntary assessment program designed to recognize effective and accomplished teachers who meet high standards based on what teachers should know and be able to do,” according to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
LCPS Superintendent Hatrick's Salary Remains $232,680 Plus Car Allowance, Annuity and Life Insurance
Hatrick begins a new four-year contract as LCPS superintendent on July 1, 2010. The Loudoun School Board set Hatrick's salary at its 2009-2010 level of $232,680. Hatrick's car allowance was also frozen at the 2009-2010 level of $11,378.80; and the same contract terms as 2009-2010 apply to $25,000 toward a tax-deferred annuity and a $5,000 annual contribution to life insurance.
Loudoun High Schools Among Top 6 Percent in the Nation
All of the current high schools in the Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) system were ranked as among the best in the nation in Newsweek's Challenge Index, which identified 1,623 high schools, the top 6 percent of all public schools in the country.
Joint Supervisors/School Board Committee Wrestles With School Size
The renewed discussion was sparked by the school board’s decision earlier this month to decline supervisors’ additional request and funding for studies intended to examine the expansion of four high schools - Briar Woods, Broad Run, Stone Bridge and Tuscarora - -to enrollments beyond 2,000 students.
School Board Rejects Funding Modified High School Summer School Program
Sugarland Run School Board member Joseph Guzman found support for a modified high school summer school program from School Board Chairman John Stevens (Potomac) and Broad Run School Board member Robert Ohneiser, but a majority of the board remained unswayed. LCPS staff recommended against funding the program citing “alternatives available to high school students, the lateness of this decision, and the lack of available funds."
