Youth news
Student Board members named
The student members of the Loudoun County School Board for the 2008 to 2009 school year have been selected.
These non-voting members will each serve for one month on the board. During their time, each will give comments and input on business before the board.
Each of Loudoun's 10 high schools will have a student assigned to the board.
The students selected are:
September -- Gabriella A. Ubilla, Dominion
October -- Abigail M. Burke, Park View
November -- Nadia C. Wateman, Freedom
December -- Patrick B. Piccolo, Stone Bridge
January -- Eskedar Kebede, Briar Woods
February -- Paige M. Waltz, Potomac Falls
March -- Alexis J. Anderson, Heritage
April -- Claudia L. Rivera, Loudoun Valley
May -- Alan P. Donehoo, Loudoun County
June -- Gabrielle A. Clardy, Broad Run
Legacy needs volunteers
The Parent Teacher Organization at Legacy Elementary is in need of board members for next year.
No one has yet volunteered and if there is not a board, the PTO will be nonexistent.
If interested, call Principal Rob Duckworth at 703-957-4425.
PAX places 10,000th student
The foreign exchange student program PAX, the Program of Academic Exchange, has placed its 10,000th student.
Since 1995, the program has been placing foreign students in schools across the country. Each PAX student stays for 10 months and gets to know dozens of Americans – classmates, teachers, community members – and has a chance to learn about another culture.
Returning home, the PAX student takes with him or her friendships that will last a lifetime and a new understanding of what it means to be an American.
Participants in the 2008-2009 PAX program include students from China, Norway, Germany, Venezuela and many other countries.
A host family provides the students with a home.
For more information, call the PAX office at 1-800-555-6211.
-- By Elizabeth Coe