Words, music, images and more from Jim Barnes
Geometry took on a whole new dimension for 25 students from Purcellville’s Mountain View Elementary School when their class traveled from western Loudoun to the Microsoft store at Tysons Corner Center to unveil their class projects.
Washington Post, June 3, 2013
Brooke Wivagg, a student at Briar Woods High School in Ashburn, has organized a tornado relief effort to benefit Briarwood Elementary, which was ravaged by a tornado in Moore, Okla.
Washington Post, May 28, 2013
The two busloads of seventh- and eighth-graders from Sterling who arrived at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Bethesda were on a mission. They had come to test the underwater robots they built and to see which teams could maneuver their robots most effectively in a simulated oil-spill scenario.
The students were participants in a Naval research program to interest children in science and technology.
Washington Post, May 22, 2013
Faculty and staff members at Loudoun Valley High School in Purcellville practiced for a frightening scenario Monday with a drill at the school: What would they do if an armed intruder entered the school and started shooting?
Washington Post, April 3, 2013
Cuts to the Loudoun County Public Schools’ budget could result in lost benefits for school bus drivers.
Washington Post, April 1, 2013
As supervisor of testing services for Loudoun County public schools, John Panettieri has been responsible for making sure the process of testing students runs smoothly. He is retiring this year after 33 years with the school system.
Washington Post, March 25, 2013
After years of instability, abandonment, abuse and homelessness, Kieu-thu Kim Tran’s life hit bottom during her junior year at Dominion High School in Sterling. Living with the latest in a series of unstable relatives had become unbearable, she said, so she took her belongings and walked out, not knowing where she would go.
A year later, Tran is thriving, thanks to a high school community that rallied around her.
Washington Post, March 16, 2013
The kerfuffle over white boards illustrates the built-in conflict between the Board of Supervisors and School Board.
Leesburg Patch, July 7, 2011
Turnover among local elected officials can add to feelings of uncertainty among county and school employees.
Leesburg Patch, December 15, 2011
A look at some of the local projects that have most affected our lives.
Leesburg Patch, March 8, 2012