Education
Teachers Take Back New Skills to the Classroom
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Last month, several Loudoun County educators took part in the Loudoun County Watershed Experience, a five-day, hands-on field-immersion program that provided the teachers with the opportunity to investigate the connections between human actions and water quality.
Loudoun Schools' Test Scores Up, Federal Rating Down
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Standards of Learning, or SOL test scores rose in 2010 for Loudoun County Public Schools, with 94 percent of students passing the English test and 91 percent passing the math test.
Education Briefs
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Selected education briefs for the week of Aug 18- Aug. 25
LCPS Changes Website Address
On Aug. 9, the Loudoun County Public Schools website changed to http://www.lcps.org.
Education Briefs
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Selected education briefs for Aug. 2-10, featured in the Loudoun Times-Mirror.
Several Loudoun County Students Honored with Scholarships
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Volunteer Loudoun, a group that provides information, referral and recognition of volunteer activities in Loudoun, recently selected its 2010 Student Volunteer Scholarship recipients.
New Leesburg School to be Named Douglass Elementary
Not to be confused with Douglass School located at 407 E. Market St. in Leesburg, the town's new elementary school, which is set to open for the 2012-2013 school year, will be named Douglass Elementary.
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.
Service Academy Appointments Announced by Virginia Congressman Frank Wolf (R-10th)
The 10th District Class of 2014 Service Academy appointments include three Loudoun County residents and students, Allyn Bennett of Sterling, a student at Deerfield Academy (MA) will attend the United States Naval Academy; Round Hill resident Ashleigh Hammer, a student at Loudoun Valley High School in Purcellville will attend the United States Air Force Academy; and Alex Maney of Ashburn and a student at Briar Woods High School will attend the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
Schoolhouse News
Four high school bands - Dominion, Park View, Stone Bridge and Loudoun County HS - were named Honor Bands by the Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association (VBODA) and Mark Davis, a senior at Briar Woods High School and member of the Virginia All-State Concert Band and the U.S. Army All-American Marching Band will perform at Carnegie Hall later this month.
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.
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