Loudoun Education Foundation

AWS Library Project at Countryside Elementary School

Thank you to Amazon Web Services for funding the AWS Library Project at Countryside
Elementary. Staff and volunteers helped to shelve over 1,400 books in Countryside Elementary's library. Check out this video to learn more about Amazon Web Services' generous contribution! #awsincommunities

Our Teacher Classroom Grant application closes in two weeks! Don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity for your classroom. Follow this link to learn how to submit your application: https://buff.ly/2H9IR2J

Thank you, SAIC for your support of the Academies of Loudoun Hackathon! We are grateful for your partnership and dedication to inspiring our students.

This morning we traveled to Moorefield Station Elementary School to see what students K-5 have been learning through Code to the Future at their 2nd Epic Build of the year. We are so proud of all of their hard work and ability to teach those around them about what they've learned through coding!

We delivered our final Janelia Research Campus Makerspace Grant to Frederick Douglass Elementary School this morning! To learn more about these grants, follow this link: https://buff.ly/37RCSer. Thank you again to HHMI Janelia for your continued support in Loudoun County Public Schools!

Today, the Loudoun Education Foundation along with HHMI Janelia Research Campus traveled to Rolling Ridge Elementary School, Guilford Elementary, and Sterling Middle School VA to present each of them with $2K checks from HHMI Janelia to go towards Makerspaces in their schools! Thank you, HHMI Janelia, for supporting Loudoun County Public Schools!

[01/08/20]   Check out the first LEF Newsletter of 2020: https://buff.ly/36B8RPJ If you would like to subscribe to our monthly newsletter, sign up through the following link: https://buff.ly/2Qz9PGx

[01/07/20]   Our Spring 2020 Teacher Classroom Grants are now open! You can find the application along with instructions on how to submit the grant by following this link: https://buff.ly/37NKRZN Applications are due on Friday, February 21st. Please send any questions to Linda Russ at [email protected]

The LEF office will be closed beginning today, December 31st at 12 P.M. and will reopen on January 2nd. We hope everyone has a safe and happy new year and we can't wait to see what 2020 has in store!

[12/23/19]   LEF Staff will be out of the office until Thursday, December 26. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions and we will get back to you as soon as possible!

The Loudoun Education Foundation has announced this year's winner of the Willowcroft World Language Fluency Scholarship which supports a Loudoun County Public Schools high school student in achieving fluency in a modern language and to award that student’s world language instructor a grant for teaching and mentoring the student. This year’s winner of the scholarship is Avery Donmoyer from Loudoun Valley High School. The scholarship for $8,000 will assist with costs associated with the application, registration, and participation in the CIEE Spanish Language Intensive in Alicante, Spain over the summer of 2020.

Yesterday at LVHS, we presented Ms. Erin Boldin a Willowcroft World Language Teacher Grant from Lew & Sharon Parker. Ms. Boldin was selected for this grant based on a nomination from the Willowcroft scholarship award winner, Avery Donmoyer. Congrats to Ms. Boldin and Avery!

This morning, the Backpack Buddies Foundation of Loudoun Inc. presented us with a $25,000 grant to sponsor Sully Elementary School through our LEF - Loudoun County Public Schools Backpack Coalition Program. Thank you so much for your generous gift to support our students and their families with weekend meals. We are grateful for your continued partnership!

On Monday we held our Annual Pro-AM Golf Classic at Creighton Farms where we raised a record of $128,000! Thank you to all who participated and donated to this amazing event.

This years winners include:
First Place: Cisco's Team: Stu Fedderson, Vince Scheivert, Mark Tashiro, and Jeff Long
Second Place: The Sigmon family Investments' Team: Dean Sigmon, Chad Sigmon, Peter Fulcer, and Robert Blumer Jr.
Third Place: The Virts-Miller Family Foundation's team: Hunter Stone, Corbin Brown, Justin Wooldridge, and Conley Bartlet

The longest-drive competition winner was Barry Conti
The closest to the hole competition winners were Danny McKenzie for men and Brooke Wenger for women!

Make sure to mark your calendars for October 5th, 2020 for next year's LEF Annual Pro-AM Golf Classic!

Raising funds to support our students and teachers in LCPS at the LEF Golf Classic! Thank you to all the players.

LEF at Segra Field cheering for Loudoun United!

Our PROPEL Academy, (formally EDGE Plus Academy), started up this week and has expanded to 9 elementary schools this year! Check out what our PROPEL Academy students from Frederick Douglass Elementary School are currently working on.

We are excited to announce that we were a recipient of a transformational grant for Level Up, an LCPS after-school STEM program, from The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation! Learn more about the grant here: https://bit.ly/2kKPhy4

A fun way to support LEF and our teachers at Segra Field on Saturday!

⚽️ Kick off the school year on the right foot at a Loudoun United FC game this Saturday night! #weekendgoals 🥅

Bonus points: $3 of every ticket purchase goes back to the Loudoun Education Foundation, which funds initiatives like teacher classroom grants and scholarships! 💜

⇢ https://offer.fevo.com/loudoun-united-loudoun-county-public-schools-discounted-ticket-offer-60a9b81 ⇠

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Mr Charlish on Twitter

See a video of Vernie the LEGO Boost robot in Mr. Charlish’s class at Arcola Elementary. Funded with a LEF Teacher Grant.
https://twitter.com/mrcharlish/status/970756823761465345?s=21

“Vernie isn’t quite finished yet and he is already ALIVE!! @ https://t.co/JcgeFdFIKD”

Build session #2 with LEGO Boost at Arcola Elementary School, funded with a LEF Teacher Clasroom Grant to Mr. Steve Charlish. Way to go, Arcola Dragons!

Congratulations to River Bend Middle teachers Steve Weitlich and Wendy Ahart on their the completion of their grant project “Physical Computing and Creative Robotics.” They used their $500 LEF grant to buy 10 Sparkfun Inventor kits, which include an Arduino microprocessor and other electronic components. Students learned how to contribute to open-source computing and gain the fundamental knowledge they need to pursue projects on their own. Great job! 👍

School Business Partnership Breakfast

Time is running out! The Loudoun School-Business Partnership Executive Council will host its 29th School-Business Partnership Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. on Friday, March 9th, at the National Conference Center. The breakfast honors those businesses that support Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS). Register for the event by Thursday, February 22nd.

Tables for the event cost $450 for a table of 10 and may be tax-deductible through a donation to the Loudoun Education Foundation, a 501C (3) organization. (Individual seats may be purchased for $45.)

http://www.lef-va.com/sbpbreakfast.html

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Congratulations to Donna Pomponio and her English 9 class at Potomac Falls High School on their Apple Impact Grant for the project “Technology Without Walls - Bridging Learning for All Students in LCPS.” Thank you, Apple Federal Credit Union Education Foundation for supporting our teachers and students!

Loudoun County Public Schools

Thank you, LCPS principals! We appreciate all your hard work.

LCPS salutes our hard-working principals during Virginia School Principals Appreciation Week January 22-26.

Ms. Courtney Peckham on Twitter

We love this thank you tweet from 5th graders at Liberty
Elementary! Their teacher Ms. Courtney Peckham received a Fall 2017 LEF Teacher Grant for read-aloud books.
https://twitter.com/MsPeckham5/status/956150442014240768

“Our STEM focused/5th grade read alouds are here and we’re so excited to read them all! Thanks @lefexecdirector #liberty10th https://t.co/xpYq8B0c3j”

Grants to Teachers that Enhance the Classroom Experience of Loudoun County Public Schools

Congratulations to our 38 Fall 2017 LEF Teacher Grant recipients!! They are already putting over $25,000 in total grant funding to use on innovative learning projects for students around the county. See the list of projects and download Spring 2018 Grant applications on our website.
http://www.lef-va.com/teacher.html

lef-va.com The Loudoun Education Foundation raises funds to create exceptional learning opportunities for Loudoun’s Public School students. Channeling our community’s resources to students and teachers, Foundation projects excite our children’s curiosity and enhance the quality of the Loudoun County Publ...

Graduate Scholarships for LCPS Teachers Awarded by the Loudoun County Education Foundation

Attention, educators! The Loudoun Education Foundation is pleased to announce that five scholarships for graduate programs are available to current LCPS teachers who are seeking endorsements in critical teaching shortage areas. The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation has funded the scholarships for $5,000 each.

http://www.lef-va.com/teacherscholarships.html

lef-va.com The Loudoun Education Foundation raises funds to create exceptional learning opportunities for Loudoun’s Public School students. Channeling our community’s resources to students and teachers, Foundation projects excite our children’s curiosity and enhance the quality of the Loudoun County Publ...

LCPS educators, the Spring 2018 LEF Teacher Grant cycle is open! Bring us your best ideas and we may help your dream lesson become reality with a grant of up to $1,500. Applications are available on our website. Apply today!
http://www.lef-va.com/teacher.html

Congratulations to teachers from Algonkian
Elementary, Potomac Falls High School and Seldens Landing
Elementary on receiving Apple Impact Grants to fund innovative classroom projects that impact multiple classrooms, grades and schools! Thanks, Apple Federal Credit Union Education Foundation.

http://www.lef-va.com/impact.html

Gia Parrott on Twitter

The Beebots and STEM kits funded with an LEF Teacher Grant have arrived at Lowes Island Elementary PTO! We’re glad to support coding at the elementary level.
https://twitter.com/parrottgia/status/951452018224324608

twitter.com “The #beebots and @breakoutEDU kits are in! Thank you so much for finding our grants @lefexecdirector! We can’t wait to get started @LowesIslandElem! #stem #coding”

Multicultural Education Grants Awarded by Loudoun County Education Foundation

Congratulations to 12 LCPS teachers who received grants totaling $9,400 to support classroom projects to help students better understand and embrace diversity in Loudoun County. We thank Loudoun Interfaith BRIDGES and the Tikva Fund of Beth Chaverim, Ashburn VA for making the Fall 2017 LEF Multicultural Grants possible!
http://www.lef-va.com/multicultural.html

Brambleton Middle School, Catoctin
Elementary, Dominion High School, Loudoun Valley High School, Moorefield Station Elementary PTO, Potomac Falls High School, Potowmack
Elementary, River Bend Middle, Tuscarora High School (Virginia), Woodgrove High School

lef-va.com The Loudoun Education Foundation raises funds to create exceptional learning opportunities for Loudoun’s Public School students. Channeling our community’s resources to students and teachers, Foundation projects excite our children’s curiosity and enhance the quality of the Loudoun County Publ...

Rock Ridge High on Twitter

Thank you, The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, for supporting LEF through the "College Now" program. We love hearing good news like this:
https://twitter.com/RockRidgeHigh/status/938503620479324160

twitter.com “Congrats also to Alec, accepted & going to RBC of William&Mary!! He to is saving money from his DE credits from the “College Now” program. Thx so much to LEF and the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation for making this happen!!”

The first LCPS Student Maker Showcase will be on Thursday, March 22, at Brambleton MS from 5:30-8:00 pm. SAVE. THE. DATE. Student exhibits will be displayed and resources for teachers interested in bringing Maker to their classroom or school will be provided! #lcpsmaker18 #lcps18

Congratulations to these additional teacher grant recipients who were surprised by the LEF "Prize Patrol" in December! We can't wait to see photos of their grant projects. Farmwell Station Middle School - Ashburn, VA, Stone Bridge High School, Arcola Elementary School Rock, Ridge High School

Can you believe we've been doing this for 35 years?

Can you believe we've been doing this for 35 years?

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Loudoun County Public Information Office - Detail Page

Check out the second group of LCPS seniors being honored tonight at 6PM at the 35th Annual Excellence in Education Banquet. Congratulations!
https://www.lcps.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=1&ModuleInstanceID=179243&ViewID=7caaa5fa-9086-4e88-bcf0-3224ab17505e&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=293202&PageID=1&GroupByFied=&GroupYear=0&GroupMonth=0&Tag=

lcps.org The seniors honored are those from the county’s 15 high schools and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology who have ranked in the top 5 percent of their class academically during the first three years of their high school career. 40 students are being recognized for their selectio...

What an accomplished group of young people! Congratulations to the students, parents and teachers honored today at the 35th Annual Excellence in Education Banquets at 1PM at the National. We look forward to celebrating more students at 6PM. #lcps18 #classof2018

Loudoun County Public Information Office - Detail Page

Check out these bright and talented high school seniors being recognized for outstanding academic achievement at 1PM today at the 35th Annual Excellence in Education Banquet!
Briar Woods High School, Broad Run High School, John Champe High School, Freedom High School (Loudoun County, Virginia), Heritage High School Parents - Leesburg, VA, Park View High School, Tuscarora High School (Virginia), Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

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2017 Excellence in Education Banquets

We are so excited to celebrate top scholars from the Class of 2018 at the 35th Annual Excellence in Education Banquets on Sunday, December 10! Thank you to Kaiser Permanente Health Care and our other generous sponsors!
http://www.lef-va.com/excellenceineducation.html

lef-va.com The Loudoun Education Foundation raises funds to create exceptional learning opportunities for Loudoun’s Public School students. Channeling our community’s resources to students and teachers, Foundation projects excite our children’s curiosity and enhance the quality of the Loudoun County Publ...

Congratulations Ms. Peckham at Liberty Elementary for winning a teacher classroom grant for “STEM Read Aloud Books in 5th Grade!” #Liberty10th #lcps18

Congratulations to Nicole Maccini at Liberty Elementary for receiving an LEF Teacher Classroom grant for “School Counselor Calm Down Toolbox!” #lcps18

Congratulations to Mr. Jones and Mr. Slauson at Harper Park Middle School on their LEF Teacher Classroom Grant! #lcps18

Epic Build at Meadowland Elementary

Fantastic first "Epic Build" Showcase at Meadowland Elementary. LEF supports the "Coding to the Future" program at three LCPS elementary school through a grant from Community Foundation for Northern Virginia /Chin Family Charitable Fund and Unanet.

This is "Epic Build at Meadowland Elementary" by LCPS-TV on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Coding in the classroom--it's EPIC

Coding in the classroom--it's EPIC

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