News Stories Tagged "students"

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 »

Drag Racers: Male Students Don Heels for Abuse Awareness

Monday, May 11, 2009

Stephen Tully isn't ready for the catwalk. The Sterling eighth-grader was on his second lap around the track at Potomac Falls High School, his sister by his side, when he and friend Reid Nebergall, 17, threw in the towel... Blame it on the pumps. Read story »

The Power Is in Their Hands

Project Teaches 6th-Graders They Can Help the Planet

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Most middle school students who fiddled with the school's electrical wires and turned off the hall and bathroom lights would probably wind up in the principal's office. Read story and 7 comments »

Students at Dominion High Work Through Grief's Lessons

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Spring break tales floated around a table of high school boys last week, typical stories of anxious college decisions, family trips and sleeping late. But in each story was a gaping hole: a missing parent or sibling. Read story and 11 comments »

PHOTO GALLERY: Students Celebrate Science

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Tracking hackers, building robots and analyzing DNA were several activities explored during the third annual Science, Technology and Engineering Day at George Washington University's Ashburn Campus Wednesday afternoon. Read story »

Urging Kids To Give Life Their Best Shot

Teens' Basketball Event Aims to Fight Drug Use

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Towering teenager Ben Walker, a high school athlete, remembers a friend asking him to split a beer one night last summer. Read story »

Schools Should Increase Exercise and Track Weight Data, Study Recommends

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Local schools need to do more to get students moving and track their weight data, according to a regional survey on childhood obesity released yesterday. Read story and 4 comments »

In Brief: Service Academies Plan Session for Area Students

Sunday, March 22, 2009

News briefs in Loudoun County. Read story »

Pop Go the People of Loudoun County

Students Paint Them Warhol-Style

Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009

Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor, make way for the good people of Loudoun County. Read story »

Up Close: Lucas Brown

Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009

In 2007, Leesburg-grown Lucas Brown, a senior at Oberlin College in Ohio, co-founded a sustainability-themed home with two fellow Oberlin students called the SEED (Student Experiment in Ecological Design) house. Read story »

Homework Club Creates 'Sense of Community'

Friday, Dec. 26, 2008

When Jerry Hill retired as principal of Ball's Bluff Elementary School in June, he didn't end his involvement with his students — he just changed his hours. Read story and 1 comment »

Freedom's Porter Signs With Colorado St.

Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008

Meixandra Porter signed her letter of intent last night to play collegiate basketball at CSU. Read story »

As Role Fades, Holding on to Farm Roots

Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008

Krista Caserta, 18, backed the green tractor through traffic cones one day this week on top of a hill at C.S. Monroe Technology Center in Leesburg. The John Deere rumbled as she tried not to jackknife the mesh trailer bouncing behind her; she was racing against a stopwatch, and she had to balance speed and skill as she battled classmates for the right to represent Loudoun County in a regional tractor-driving competition. Read story and 2 comments »

PHC's 9/11 Display a Tribute to Lost Lives

Friday, Sept. 12, 2008

Patrick Henry College sophomore Rebecca Beach spent the night before Sept. 11 with her classmates planting almost 3,000 American flags along PHC's school grounds. Read story and 1 comment »

Photo Gallery: Students Get Free Physicals

Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008

The Loudoun County Community Health Center has been inundated the past few weekends with families wanting to take advantage of free student physicals. Read story »

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