Potomac Fall fans taunt the Dominion fans and players.

Photo: Joel Richardson, Washington Post

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Phil Rosenthal teaches an etymology course at Park View High School.

Photo: Courtesy of Phil Rosenthal

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Potomac Falls students Samantha Haas, 16, and Megan Ahart, 16, dance during the game.

Photo: Leah L. Jones

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Christi McCarthy, left, Teague Nicholsen and Bennet Layman perform during Heritage High School's recent production of "Mulan Jr."

Photo: Courtesy Heritage High School

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Santos DeBarros, champion of the Loudoun County Spelling Bee, and Sean Michael Bills of Emerick Elementary watch as Meaghan Rachal of Belmont Ridge competes for second place. 89 Loudoun County public, private and home-schooled students participated.

Photo: John McDonnell, Washington Post

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Kerry Dwyer, 17, of Potomac Falls High School digitizes a crash dummy under the guidance of Dan Brown, a senior manager for a vehicle modeling lab.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

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Dan Brown, a senior manager for a vehicle modeling lab, helps a Loudoun County High School student use a FARO Laser Line Probe to scan a crash dummy and digitize its head for computer modeling.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

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Vinay Nagabhushana, a research scientist, explains to Loudoun County High School students how to disassemble car chassis and digitize the parts for computer modeling.

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Kenan Cole, a 23 year-old George Washington University graduate student, explains the computer program that enabled this Lego model to traverse a maze. Cole led a workshop during the university's second annual Science, Technology and Engineering Day.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

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Loudoun County High School students watch a Lego robot, which they programmed, make its way through a maze. The students are participating in a Robotics Workshop at George Washington University's Ashburn Campus.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

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Broad Run High School was one of 15 schools to participate in the most recent International Asteroid Search Campaign. Thomas Jefferson High School in Fairfax County also participated.

Photo: Katie DePaola, LoudounExtra.com

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Teacher Janet Bosch designed this bulletin board to get her students excited about participating in the December 2007 International Asteroid Search Campaign. The next campaign begins on Feb. 4.

Photo: Katie DePaola, LoudounExtra.com

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AP Physics C teacher Janet Bosch holds a graduate degree in astronomy from Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia.

Photo: Katie DePaola, LoudounExtra.com

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A few of the discoverers stand in Janet Bosch's classroom.

Photo: Katie DePaola, LoudounExtra.com

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Robby Buckman and Steve Hansen demonstrate the asteroid search process using Astrometrica.

Photo: Katie DePaola, LoudounExtra.com

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Sady Ashkar, Ilia Drougov, Steve Hansen and Emil Yanakiev sort through image sets on Astrometrica.

Photo: Katie DePaola, LoudounExtra.com

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This is a sample screen shot from Astrometrica, the program used by the students to validate asteroid signatures. This image is not 2007 TW04 but shows what the students would have seen when they made their discovery.

Photo: Courtesy of Janet Bosch, Broad Run High School

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Students Sady Ashkar, Robby Buckman, Minjin Choe, Ilia Drougov, Steve Hansen, Mike Le, Emily Spencer and Emil Yanakiev stand by Enterprise, the first space shuttle built for NASA.

Photo: Courtesy Loudoun County Public Schools

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Broad Run's AP Physics C class at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly.

Photo: Courtesy Loudoun County Public Schools

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Loudoun County's No. 3 Kendra Holmes drives by Broad Run's No. 24 Maggie Andricosky in the second quarter.

Photo: Joel Richardson, Washington Post

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