Loudoun Ranks High in Educational Excellence

Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009

Governor Timothy Kaine announced today that 162 Virginia public schools have earned the 2009 Governor’s Award for Educational Excellence. With 17 public schools on the list, Loudoun County has the second highest number of awarded schools in the state, second only to Fairfax County with 31 schools. Read story »

PHOTO GALLERY: Liberty Elementary Opens Doors for First Time

Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008

Loudoun County students went back to school today, and three schools opened their doors for the first time. Read story and 1 comment »

School Board Seeks Say in Book Policy

Review Panel Would Have the Last Word

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Loudoun County School Board members would be notified of a superintendent’s decision to restrict student access to a book and would have the option of reviewing the case, under a proposed change that drew support Tuesday night from a board committee. Read story »

Video Setup Tears Down Class Walls

Interactive Lessons Available from Afar

Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008

Two dozen fifth-graders watched intently as a musical trio explained the basics of jazz on a big screen at Potowmack Elementary School this week. Chins in hands, they appeared engaged in an activity many fifth-graders are good at: watching television. Read story and 1 comment »

'Tango' Touches Off Library Dispute

Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008

A children’s book about two male penguins that hatch and parent a chick was pulled from library shelves in Loudoun County elementary schools this month after a parent complained that it promoted a gay agenda. Read story »

Through the Eyes of a First-Grader

Elementary School Teacher Reaches Out to Diverse Classroom

Monday, Feb. 11, 2008

It's a few minutes past 7 a.m. and Ceci Albecker is in her Guilford Elementary School classroom in Sterling. She's at her desk going over her day's game plan, a list that reminds her just where she and her 18 first-graders left off when yesterday's school day ended -- and what's on tap for today. Read story »

Smart's Mill Science Teacher Wins Award

Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008

Patricia Herr, an eighth-grade science teacher at Smart's Mill Middle School, received the Agnes Meyer Award at Tuesday's school board meeting in Ashburn. Read story »

8 Loudoun Schools Win Excellence Award

Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008

Eight Loudoun County public schools were among more than 30 schools in Northern Virginia and 89 statewide on Thursday to win a governor's award for excellence through a new state rating known as the Virginia Index of Performance. Read story and 1 comment »

For Children, a Head Start On the Road to Fitness

Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008

After a long day of math drills and science lessons at Sugarland Elementary School, 10-year-old Jacob Wilson likes to hit the gym. There, he vents a little bit of stress while pumping iron and sweating on an elliptical trainer. Read story and 1 comment »

County to Require Seat Belts on New School Buses

Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008

From now on, every school bus that Loudoun County buys will be equipped with a safety feature missing from most school vehicles in the Washington area: seat belts. Read story and 5 comments »

Students Take Quicker Steps to Literacy

Program Targets Achievement Gaps

Sunday, Dec. 23, 2007

Two dozen first-graders in a Leesburg classroom recently sorted through laminated paper squares on their desks, arranging red squares printed with consonants and blue ones stamped with vowels until they spelled a word: T-H-E-R-E. Read story »

Fauquier Elementary School’s Principal Honored

Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007

When Joy Seward moved to Fauquier County 16 years ago, one of the reasons she began working for the public school system was to be on the same schedule as her two children. Read story »

Saving? It’s Elementary, My Dear.

Children Deposit Allowance as Branch Bank Opens at School

Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007

Eight-year old Mackenzie Dorsey stopped by the gymnasium at Potowmack Elementary School in Sterling recently to open a bank account before heading to her third-grade class. Read story »

Lingering Academic Gap Riles NAACP

Black and Hispanic Students Demand Attention, NAACP Says

Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007

In one of the wealthiest counties in the country, minority advocates are urging the Loudoun County School Board to redouble efforts and resources to boost achievement of black and Hispanic students to the level of their white classmates. Read story and 6 comments »