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What Summer Vacation?
School is finally over. It’s time for the lazy, care-free days of summer to begin. Or is it? Many high school students will spend their summers trying to complete various summer assignments for AP courses and trying to better prepare themselves for college. We might as well just continue going to… »
Valley Teacher Will Spend Year Abroad
As the school year comes to a close, students and teachers are giving much thought to summer plans, and, more importantly, next school year. With the opening of Woodgrove High School, many students and teachers will be in a new unfamiliar setting, but few will get to spend the school year in a foreign… »
Leesburg Celebrates the Arts
On Friday, February 26 and Saturday, February 27 Heritage hosted an art show for all of the schools that feed into Heritage, as well as the high school itself. At the event students were able to show off their hard work, which covered the halls and cafeteria.
A wide variety of art was on display including… »
Blizzard Blog
“I heard it’s going to snow three feet!” “Don’t jinx it!” Comments like these filled the hallways at Loudoun Valley throughout the week of the second and sixth in anticipation of the upcoming blizzard. On Thursday, students sat in their eighth block classes, anxiously awaiting the ringing of the final bell. … »
Volunteer and Make a Difference
As my junior year progresses, the pressure to get accepted to college is stronger than ever. With the college application process in the near future, my fellow students and I are striving to hold ourselves to certain standards that most colleges look for. The vast majority of colleges look not only for… »
AP Classes: Perils and Promises
This school year, students enrolled in Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) will have to pay for their own AP Exams, priced at $86. In previous years, LCPS has paid for each student to take the exam(s), however, due to budget cuts this year, students have to pay for it themselves, and for students taking… »
The History Club USO Dance
Each year, the Loudoun Valley History Club sends people flying through the air as they prepare for their annual USO Swing Dance, a dance set in the 1940’s to lift spirits before going off to war. “History clubbers” are taught East Coast Swing, a type of swing dancing in which the girls oftentimes find… »
Hatrick’s Leadership Evaluated
April 24, 2009
Edgar Hatrick, Superintendent of Loudoun County Public Schools, was both lauded and reviled this week.
The American Association of School Administrators chose Hatrick as its president elect for its year 2009-2010. Hatrick has belonged to the AASA for 22 years, serving on its Executive Committee and Governing Board.
“Ed is a veteran school leader… »
New Loudoun EduPlex… Too Expensive, Too Big, and Too Remote…
April 24, 2009
As a mother, teacher, and 12-yr Loudoun County taxpayer, I am appalled that Loudoun officials, namely the Loudoun County Public School Board, have recently contracted to purchase a 170-acre site in the agricultural district of Wheatland (between Lovettsville and Purcellville) for a future 4,000+ student elementary school, middle school, and high school complex…. »
DAR Honors Valley Students
April 24, 2009
Two Loudoun Valley High School students were honored by the Ketoctin Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution on April 7.
Katie Russo won the American History Social Science Fair Award for a project called “George Versus George,” which analyzed the part King George played in the American Revolution…. »
New playground for Waterford Elementary
April 10,… »
Loudoun Scores High Marks
April 10, 2009
In 2008, Loudoun County did a better job moving its high school students to graduation than any other district in Northern Virginia. Loudoun’s drop-out rate was only 3.3 percent, compared to 5.6 percent in Fairfax County and 11.1 percent in the City of Alexandria. State-wide the drop-out rate was nine percent last year…. »
Don’t Believe Everything You See
By Mark Dewey
April 10, 2009
Ting-Yi Oei, assistant principal at Freedom High School in South Riding, recently endured an ordeal that might serve as a cautionary tale about the ascendancy of image over text in modern culture. Is a picture really worth a thousand words anymore? Or has proliferation made them cheap and tawdry now? Both… »