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School Board pushes Valley renovations to bid

Wed., May. 23 | 11:14 AM - The debate over artificial versus grass turf at Loudoun Valley High School in Purcellville seemed to be growing at the Loudoun County School Board's May 22 meeting. The board passed 7-2 to put the Valley’s original renovation plans, including artificial turf, into bid and the motion will now move forward to the county and the town of Purcellville.

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A Loudoun County senior looks confused at her new Heritage High School senior classmates, as Dwight Pendleton dashes to his new assigned seat in his new school for the class period. Times-Mirror Staff Photo/ Laura Peters

Leesburg high schools switch things around

Mon., May. 21 | 12:00 PM - It took about three weeks to make the spreadsheet, collect the students, switch the parking passes and hand out the school maps.

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Ayla Coles, 15, walking with her date Omar Contreras, 17, looks back at friends getting out of their limo in front of the National Conference Center for the Loudoun Valley High School prom May 12. Times-Mirror Staff Photo/Beverly Denny

Fifty years of magic

Fri., May. 18 | 08:59 AM - Looking back on five decades of proms at Loudoun Valley

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Music in Our Schools month

Wed., Mar. 28 | 09:00 AM - The month of March has officially been designated by the National Association for Music Education as Music in Our Schools Month - when music education becomes the focus of schools nationwide. This year’s theme is “Music Lasts a Lifetime.”

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McGraw-Hill award for teachers

Thu., May. 24 | 09:58 AM - McGraw-Hill Education has announced Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Innovative Educator Awards to recognize and reward teachers who are finding innovative ways to teach students. The awards, known as STEMIEs, will award $25,000 in cash and prizes to the winners of the contest.

Leesburg preschool raises thousands to benefit teacher’s foundation

Wed., May. 23 | 02:30 PM - The Leesburg Presbyterian Church Preschool presented their teacher, Gloria Haines, with a $4,000 check for her Team Shawn Foundation. The foundation, which Haines made in honor of her son Shawn who died of Hodgkins Lymphoma when he was 20, helps those living with blood cancers and supports the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Hispanic Teacher of the Year Award

Wed., May. 23 | 02:00 PM - Carlos Parra, a Spanish teacher at Dominion High School, was awarded the Victoria D. de Sanchez Hispanic Teacher of the Year Award for Northern Virginia for 2012.

Ari Dyckovsky wins second place in Intel Foundation Young Scientist Awards

Mon., May. 21 | 11:59 AM - Heritage High School senior, Ari Dyckovsky, won the second place $50,000 scholarship and the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award May 18 for his project on quantum teleportation.

Special education awards

Mon., May. 21 | 10:12 AM - The Loudoun County Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) has named the winners of its 2012 Recognition for Excellence in Supporting Special Education.

Dominion DECA wins national awards

Sun., May. 20 | 10:11 AM - The DECA International Career Development Conference was held from April 28-May 1 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

School supply drive

Sat., May. 19 | 10:10 AM - Loudoun County will be sponsoring school supply drives to benefit needy children. Collection sites are located across the county. Look for donation boxes or shopping carts with school supply drive posters and fliers at participating stores and community centers. Donations can be taken by the Holiday Coalition Building at 22714 Glenn Drive, Suite 100, in Sterling. Donations can also be picked up by calling Help for Others Inc. at 571-236-0220.

Teacher of the year

Fri., May. 18 | 10:09 AM - Shannon Allen, a keyboarding teacher at Blue Ridge Middle School, has been named the Shenandoah Teacher of the Year for Loudoun County.

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Patriotic splash down

Thu., May. 17 | 10:08 AM - Students of Round Hill Elementary will start May 21 collecting money for the chance to throw a ball at their teacher alongside a hometown hero.

Rocket challenge

Wed., May. 16 | 10:20 AM - The Thunderbolts of Seneca Ridge Middle School will compete in the national finals of the world’s largest rocket contest after qualifying among the top 100 teams in April, beating out the scores of 678 other participating student teams from across the country. The team will now travel to compete in the final fly-off of the Team America Rocketry Challenge May 12.

Baha’i Center to host documentary screening

Wed., May. 16 | 09:59 AM - The Northern Virginia Baha'i Center will host a film screening and human rights panel discussion at 7:30 p..m. May 19. The documentary profiles growth, struggle and inspiring spirit of the Baha'i Institute for Higher Education. The center is at 21415 Cardinal Glen Circle in Sterling. For more information go to novabc.org.

Stone Bridge named Top 10 school by U.S. News

Wed., May. 16 | 09:33 AM - With high state scores, performance average and advanced placement test scores, Stone Bridge High School was named the No. 10 best high school in the state of Virginia by U.S News and World Reports. This is the first year a Loudoun County Public School reached the top 10 for best high school in Virginia.

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Supervisors approve $7.9 million increase for schools

Tue., May. 15 | 07:21 PM - Loudoun County Public Schools will see an additional $7.9 million for its fiscal 2013 budget from the county's Board of Supervisors contingent on Gov. Bob McDonnell signing off on the two-year state budget approved by the General Assembly May 14.

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Woodgrove students attend flight school

Tue., May. 15 | 02:00 PM - The AV ED Flight School of Leesburg Executive Airport hosted 42 students from the Woodgrove High School Aerospace Engineering course April 23-24.

National History Day Competition

Mon., May. 14 | 10:19 AM - Members of Loudoun Country Day School's eighth grade class joined hundreds of students across the state April 21 for the state finals of the 2012 National History Day Competition.

Academic challenge

Sun., May. 13 | 10:18 AM - More than 100 eighth graders from all 14 middle schools in Loudoun County converged on J. Michael Lunsford Middle School on April 21 for the 3rd annual Academic Challenge.

Horizon Elementary goes to Odyssey of the Mind World finals

Sat., May. 12 | 10:17 AM - Horizon Elementary School in Sterling received first place in the Division I, Problem 4 category at the Virginia State Tournament April 14.

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A mother duck gets protective over her baby ducklings. Students can see the duck family through the windows surrounding Sterling Elementary’s courtyard. Times-Mirror Staff Photo/Laura Peters

Sterling Elementary turns courtyard into duck nursery

Fri., May. 11 | 11:53 AM - Eyes peer out of the windows looking into Sterling Elementary School's courtyard. Chatter fills the hallways as the tiny feet of students come to a halt to behold the great gift of life - duck life that is.

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SkillsUSA Competition

Thu., May. 10 | 02:00 PM - Twenty-eight students from Monroe Technology Center participated in the State SkillsUSA Competition in Hampton in April. Monroe students competed in the areas of graphic communications, crime scene investigation, networking, auto collision repair, cosmetology, masonry, welding and carpentry. Schools from all over the state sent their regional first place winners to this competition.

Loudoun Valley renovations hit the dais

Thu., May. 10 | 11:01 AM - Loudoun County School Board can decide to play ball or take a time-out when it comes to artificial versus grass turf for Loudoun Valley High School.

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Polish Boy Scout to speak at Tuscarora

Thu., May. 10 | 09:00 AM - The Boy Scouts of America will host Julian Kulski, a Polish Boy Scout when the Nazis invaded his nation, at Tuscarora High School at 7 p.m. May 16.

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Eagle Idol

Wed., May. 9 | 03:00 PM - Twelve Freedom High School students will take the stage for Eagle Idol, Freedom's rendition of "American Idol" May 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the school's auditorium. Admission is $5 at the door.

Walk for Water

Wed., May. 9 | 10:11 AM - The 9th Annual Walk for Water will be held at 8:30 a.m. May 12 at Morven Park's Equestrian Center in Leesburg.

Governor’s Award for Excellence

Wed., May. 9 | 10:00 AM - Seven Loudoun Schools recently received the 2012 Governor’s Award for Educational Excellence.

Retirement funding needed by LCPS

Tue., May. 8 | 09:30 PM - Loudoun County Public Schools will need $3.5 million by June in order to fund retirement benefits. The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors May 2 decided to put the School Board’s request for state funding on hold until Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) signs the budget bill, set to happen in the middle of May.

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State science and engineering fair

Tue., May. 8 | 08:00 AM - Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) students took five first place awards out of 17 categories at the 2012 Virginia State Science & Engineering Fair April 6-7 at Old Dominion University.

Government

Metrorail local funding talks begin in earnest

Wed., May. 23 | 12:30 PM

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Decision on courthouse holiday displays coming in June

Tue., May. 22 | 01:41 PM

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Metro to Loudoun public sessions begin May 24

Tue., May. 22 | 09:18 AM

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McDonnell signs into law voter ID legislation

Sun., May. 20 | 12:07 PM