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Seneca Ridge sixth-graders Meghan Kelly, Kurt Funkhouser and Jake Browning, all 12, are also working on reducing energy usage in their homes.
Sixth graders at Seneca Ridge Middle School walk into a hall in the sixth-grade wing that has been darkened to save energy.
Peck shows his class a ceiling light in the sixth-grade wing that will be darkened because it is using too much energy.
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Letter to the Editor: Harsh Tactics in Probe Of Students’ Wine Drinking
Sunday, May 31, 2009
In reference to the article in the May 28 Loudoun Extra, “Did the Punishment Fit the Wine?”, I want to make it clear that we parents of suspended Dominion High School students are not complaining about our children having been caught in violation of the school district’s zero-tolerance policy. Read story and 3 comments »
Did the Punishment Fit the Wine?
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
The wine culture of France clashed with U.S. alcohol regulations when a group of Dominion High School students took a school-sponsored trip to France this spring. Now, a group of parents is asking the Loudoun County School Board to show some leniency. Read story and 98 comments »
Students Hope to Raise $100,000 to Build Wells in Africa
Friday, May 15, 2009
When Sobanfu Some was 3 years old, she began walking with her mother up to 20 miles a day to retrieve water from a well. Born and raised in Burkina Faso, a Western African landlocked nation with one of the lowest per capita incomes in the world, walking for water quickly became a part Some's everyday life. Read story and 7 comments »
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DeBarros Returns to National Spelling Bee
Jeff Koslofsky
Santos DeBarros and his parents talk about how they are preparing for his second trip to the National Spelling Bee.
Shoes for Darfur
Hamil Harris
Briar Woods High School students lined the reflecting pool of the U.S. Capitol with 30,000 pairs of shoes to shed light on the victims of the genocide in Darfur.
Arcola Elementary Students Perform at Cherry Blossom Festival
“Music Makes the World Go Round,” was the theme of Arcola Elementary School’s Fourth Grade Chorus performance Thursday afternoon at the annual Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. Representing the first Loudoun County elementary school chorus to perform at the festival, the children sang eight songs on a stage outside of the Jefferson Memorial.
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