Education
Heritage students participating in the Plant the Moon Challenge will have an opportunity to speak with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live on Tuesday, Jan. 9, from approximately 1:05 – 1:25 p.m. The event can be viewed in real-time on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the NASA website. Students’ questions…
All nine seats replaced
By Audrey Carpenter January will be a busy month for the Loudoun County Public System as students come back to school on Tuesday, Jan. 2, the same day that all nine new members of the School Board officially get sworn in at a ceremony and have an organizational meeting from 4 to 5 p.m. at…
By Miranda Ridgley of Stone Bridge High School To some, witches are a childhood story. To others, a fun and classic Halloween costume. But to the citizens of Salem, Massachusetts, it is a sensitive topic that isn’t to be trifled with. And yet, it still is in Panther Productions’ chilling performance of Arthur Miller’s The…
By Mai Sparks of Park View High School Riverside High Schools production of Sherlock Holmes by Tim Kelly was anything but elementary. Within even the first moments of the performance, we could tell that the game was afoot. From the sinister red lighting, to the flush of blue tones, it was clear the audience was…
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is investigating at least eight opioid-related overdoses of Park View High School students, seven of which have been reported in the past three weeks. Four of the overdoses occurred in the school, and of these, three required the administration of Narcan, and two of those required CPR by school personnel.…
Dr. Aaron Spence, LCPS Superintendent, is among ten school system superintendents from across the United States who are working with the American Heart Association to improve the health and well-being of students, families and educators nationwide. Spence is a member of the association’s 2023-2024 National Superintendent Council, focused on providing guidance on how schools across…
Loudoun County Public Schools has launched a new logo during the School Board meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 26. The logo reveals the LCPS commitment to “Engage. Empower. Enrich.” and puts the Division’s initials front and center. The Division logo is no longer the county seal – it is now a current, timeless logo representing a…
All 16 eligible Loudoun County Public Schools high schools are ranked in the annual U.S. News Best High Schools report. Lightridge and W.O. Robey high schools are listed as “unranked” in the report. The U.S. News Best High Schools rankings include data on nearly 25,000 public high schools in 50 states and the District of…
Eighty-two Loudoun County Public Schools students are among the 16,000 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists in the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,140 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million. More than 1.3 million juniors in about 21,000 high…