Students in the Arcola Elementary Chorus take a bow following their performance at the annual Cherry Blossom Festival.

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Fourteen students accompanied the choir on percussion instruments during their performance of "Allunde, Alluia."

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Students from the Arcola Elemenary School Chorus perform during "Allunde, Alluia," a Swahili lullaby.

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The fourth grade Arcola Elementary Chorus performs at the Cherry Blossom Festival near the Jefferson Memorial and Tidal Basin.

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Eighth grader Meaghan Rachal of Belmont Ridge Middle and fifth grader Sean Michael Bills of Emerick Elementary. Bills place second in the competition.

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Santos DeBarros shows off his smile after winning the Loudoun County Bee and earning a trip to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., on May 30 and 31.

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Santos DeBarros, a home schooled seventh grader from Waterford, approached the microphone for the winning world, psychokinesis.

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The three finalists of the 26th annual Loudoun County Spelling Bee held at Stone Bridge High School. From L to R, the winner is Santos DeBarros, a home schooler, eighth grader Meaghan Rachal of Belmont Ridge Middle and fifth grader Sean Michael Bills of Emerick Elementary.

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Sandy Thongdyyarath, Allison Engel and Farwa Umme listen to a jazz piece musicians from the Manhattan School of Music played during Monday's teleconferencing session.

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Adina Popa, a teacher at Potowmack Elementary School in Sterling, talks to her fifth-graders about Monday's teleconferenced lesson in jazz from the Manhattan School of Music. Potowmack Elementary is using teleconferencing to broaden students' exposure in different subjects.

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Dilpinder Chahal, back, and Arie Bradley listen during a teleconferenced lesson in jazz from the Manhattan School of Music at Potowmack Elementary School in Sterling on Monday.

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Christopher Silva, left, and Stephen Brager listen while instructors from the Manhattan School of Music explain jazz to them via teleconference.

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Jonathan Suh, left, orange shirt, is talking with James Kenney about the song that was being played. Arie Bradley, front right, joined the conversation. The song was the theme from "The Flintstones." In back, from left, is Christopher Silva, Stephen Brager, Ian Tabbara, Dilpinder Chahal and Sandy Thongdyyarath.

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Potowmack Elementary fifth-graders were eager to be chosen to answer a question asked by a group of musicians from the Manhattan School of Music via teleconference. The school is using teleconferencing to broaden students' exposure in different subjects.

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Fifth-grade students at Potowmack Elementary got a lesson in jazz from the Manhattan School of Music during a teleconferencing session Monday.

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Fifth-grade students at Potowmack Elementary got a lesson in jazz from the Manhattan School of Music during a teleconferencing session Monday.

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Teacher Amanda Greenland asked her first grade students to frame a contraction in a poem they were reading.

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First-grade teacher Amanda Greenland writes on the chalkboard during a reading and writing lesson at John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary School.

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First-grader Luke McCullah works on a reading exercise during a lesson at John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary School in Leesburg.

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John McGinnis uses his fingers to frame the letter his teacher, Amanda Greenland, asked her first-grade students to find during a reading and writing lesson at John W. Tolber Jr. Elementary School in Leesburg.

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