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Stone Bridge students win awards
Two Stone Bridge High School students, sophomore Megan Noronha and junior Ryan Skelly, won awards at the Journalism Education Association's National High School Journalism Convention, Nov. 13 to 16 in St Louis, Miss.
Megan won a superior medal in review writing and Ryan earned an honorable mention in sports writing.
These students competed with student writers from all over the country and were among the few to be recognized for their exceptional writing.
Stone Bridge students attend the national convention each year. This is the third year in a row that Stone Bridge has had students place in the competition.
Educator honored
Dianne Kinkead, Loudoun County Public Schools' Starting Towards Excellence in Preschool (STEP) supervisor, has been named the Greater Washington Reading Council Administrator of the Year.
Kinkead has been an administrator for Loudoun County Public Schools for 20 years, including serving as principal of Lovettsville, Sugarland and Sterling elementary schools.
During her administrative tenure, she has made presentations at numerous reading conferences around the world, published articles on reading instruction in professional journals, served on committees for the Virginia Department of Education, conducted staff development activities on literacy and taught graduate courses in both literacy and administration.
Tiffany Brocious, a reading specialist at Cool Spring Elementary School, nominated Kinkead for the award.
Purcellville grad wins grant
Jennifer Bell, of Purcellville, a 2007 graduate of Loudoun Valley High School, has been awarded a $5,000 Clinton Global Initiative Grant.
Bell, a sophomore at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., will use the grant money to create an organic community garden for the college.
A double major in geology and religious studies, Bell, assisted by associate professor of civil and environmental engineering David Brandes, wrote the grant this summer in conjunction with her work on the campus composting program.
Scholars honored
Twenty high school students from across Virginia were honored Oct. 23 and 24 as Wyndham B. Blanton Scholars.
The students, including Heather Ellis from Potomac Falls High School in Sterling, were guests for the 16th annual J. Harvey Wilkinson Jr. Lecture in Richmond. They also got to meet and discuss history with award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns.
The students heard Burns talk about his 2007 World War II documentary. They then participated in a discussion with Ronald L. Heinemann, Squires Professor Emeritus of History at Hampton-Sydney College.
Students who apply to the Blanton Scholars program are required to submit a research paper related to the forum topic along with a letter of recommendation and a teacher checklist.
The Virginia Historical Society covers scholars' meals, and lodging expenses for out-of-town students and their chaperones. In addition to getting to meet Burns, Blanton Scholars received an autographed copy of The War: An Intimate History, 1941–1945, written by Burns and Geoffrey C. Ward, which they read before attending the lecture.
Loudoun schools receive Virginia Naturally Award
Three public schools in Loudoun County have been recognized as 2008 Virginia Naturally schools by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
These schools, Blue Ridge Middle School, Dominion High School and Lucketts Elementary, have been recognized for their efforts in supporting environmental conservation and stewardship.
Student inducted into honor society
Margaret Katherine Frank of Leesburg was inducted into the Alpha Zeta Rho Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Northern Virginia Community College on Nov. 21. Phi Theta Kappa is the international honor Fsociety of two-year colleges.
Frank, who majors in education/teaching, is the daughter of Brian and Margie Gill of Johns Island, S.C., and is married to Chris Frank of Leesburg.
Four students win Valor Foundation essay contest
Four middle school students in Loudoun County have won the Valor Foundation essay contest, which asked students "Why should we have a National First Responders Appreciation Day?"
The winners are:
Tommy Mai, sixth grade, Belmont Ridge Middle School
Ananda Bhatia, sixth grade, Eagle Ridge Middle School
Diego Loya, eighth grade, Farmwell Station Middle School
Maddie Klaff, eighth grade, Seneca Ridge Middle School
Winners of the essay contest received a $200 savings bond donated by Inova Loudoun Hospital.
The Leesburg-based Valor Foundation raises private donations to create innovative partnerships between organizations, individuals and corporations in order to support sheriff, fire, rescue and police organizations in the community.
-- Elizabeth Coe
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