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Passing Rates Rise on Virginia School Tests

Friday, Aug. 14, 2009

Roughly nine of every 10 public school students in Northern Virginia passed the state’s reading and math tests in the spring, with achievement gaps narrowing and passing rates edging upward or holding steady across the region. Read story »

Va. Test Scores Climb, But More Schools Miss Targets

Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009

More Virginia schools fell short of academic benchmarks in the past school year even though passing rates on state reading and math tests continued to climb, according to results made public Thursday morning. Read story »

Shopping For School A Struggle

Supplies Needed Across the Region

Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009

The back-to-school season is placing some area social service agencies closer than ever to the clients they serve: Both have an increased need for supplies. Read story »

Back to the Boundary Drawing Board

Both School Plans Rejected at Meeting

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

A controversy over how to redraw high school attendance boundaries in central Loudoun County is back in the hands of the school district's planning staff and probably won't be resolved until the fall. Read story and 11 comments »

From Loudoun, Shoes for Darfur

Monday, April 27, 2009

Thirty thousand pairs of shoes were laid out around the reflecting pool near the U.S. Capitol yesterday to draw attention to the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. Read story and 1 comment »

Loudoun Has Lowest Dropout Rate in Northern Virginia

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Nearly 9 percent of Virginia public high school students in the class of 2008 dropped out, according to a report from state education officials this morning. Read story and 3 comments »

Some Want Ashburn High School on Fast Track

Supervisors Debate Moving Up Construction

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Loudoun County officials are grappling with the timetable for a new high school in Ashburn, with two county supervisors pushing for it to be built two years ahead of schedule to relieve crowding at other Loudoun schools. Read story and 24 comments »

More No Va. Schools Using 'Flex Periods'

Students Can Review Lessons, Get Extra Help From Teachers

Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009

They sound like workout sessions at a gym, but "flex periods" are fast becoming a scheduling strategy among Northern Virginia high schools that want to offer students remediation or enrichment during the school day rather than before or after classes. Read story and 2 comments »

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 »

Decision to Build School Ends 2-Year Fight

Parents Express Relief, but Some Officials Remain Uneasy

Friday, Dec. 19, 2008

The wait is finally over for Karen Sargent. Her children attend overcrowded schools in western Loudoun County. On Thursday night, she watched as county supervisors approved an agreement to bring a new high school to the Purcellville area, marking the end of a two-year legal battle. Read story and 5 comments »

Students Dig Deep For Words' Origins

Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008

For a few hours every other afternoon, Latin and Greek roots rain on Phil Rosenthal's etymology class at Park View High School in Sterling. Read story and 2 comments »

Settlement Over School Is Reached

Purcellville, Loudoun School Officials in Accord

Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors announced Tuesday that it had reached a settlement with Purcellville officials over plans to build a high school near the town, marking the end of a lengthy legal battle. Read story and 10 comments »

Park View H.S., 10 Years Later

The Class of 1998 Gathers to Reminisce and Make New Memories

Monday, Nov. 10, 2008

Dressed in cocktail attire, about 50 graduates of the Park View High School class of 1998 mingled and danced until 11 p.m. at the Dulles Airport Marriott Saturday. Read story »

81% of Va. Students Got Diplomas on Time This Year

Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008

Loudoun County had the second highest high school graduation rate in 2008 in Northern Virginia, with 92.6 percent of the county's children who started high school in 2004 receiving diplomas this year. Read story and 14 comments »

School Board Names New High School

Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008

On Monday night, the Loudoun County School Board narrowly approved a name for High School 5 in Leesburg: Tuscarora High School. Read story and 3 comments »

Court Postpones Hearing on School

Purcellville Claims Role in Deciding Use of County Site

Thursday, April 10, 2008

The long-running legal dispute between the Town of Purcellville and Loudoun County over construction of a high school has been extended by at least a couple of months.

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Athletes Show Spirit Without Benefit of a Team

Loudoun Track Stars Make Their Own Way

Monday, March 31, 2008

By 6 p.m. on a day in January, Natalie Baird had already run speed drills around the track and scaled the 28-foot rock-climbing wall. Nearing the end of her workout, she stood poolside at Claude Moore Recreation Center in Sterling and tucked her long red hair inside a swimming cap. Baird picked out a lane in the Olympic-size pool, swam six laps to get loose and then began the most intense portion of her workout. Read story »

Teacher Pay, Class Size Weighed in Budget Debate

Thursday, March 20, 2008

If Loudoun County Public Schools freezes all staff salaries and increases class sizes by one student, the School Board will still fall far short of the $81.3 million it's been asked to trim from its spending request. Read story and 9 comments »

Loudoun Students Compete at Annual Science Fair

Stone Bridge Freshman, Dominion Senior Win Big

Friday, March 14, 2008

Projects on exotic plants and a butter-flavored chemical used in microwavable popcorn took top honors Thursday night during the 27th annual Loudoun County Public Schools Science and Engineering Fair. Read story »

Girl's Spirited Fight Captured by Heritage

Student Theater Review

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Throughout the school year, Loudoun Extra publishes occasional reviews of high school shows. The reviews are written by student critics under the guidance of faculty mentors as part of the Critics and Awards Program, also known as Cappies. Read story »

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