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All graduating seniors of Broad Run High School are invited to attend the all-night graduation party at the Ashburn Sports Pavilion. There will be numerous activities to participate in during the event, which starts at 11:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 20 and runs through 5 a.m., Thursday, June 21. The cost is $40. Contact Kathy Roche at 703-858-1357 or proche7719@aol.com.
Potomac Falls High School Project Graduation will be held Thursday, June 21, from 11 p.m.-4 a.m. Project Graduation is an all night alcohol/drug/smoke free celebration, providing a safe place for the entire senior class to celebrate its graduation. Tickets are $40. Visit PFHS Web site for the order form. Contact Bonnie Besserer at bonnibesserer@comcast.net.
Eagle Ridge has been recognized as the 105th middle school in the nation, the eighth middle school in the state of Virginia, and the first of two middle schools in Loudoun County to receive the Schools to Watch honor. Schools to Watch is an initiative launched by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform in 1999 to identify schools that are on their way to meeting the forum's criteria for high performance. The National Forum is an alliance of more than 60 educators, researchers and officers of national associations and foundations dedicated to improving schools for young adolescents across the country.
Faculty and graduate students from The George Washington University's School of Engineering and Applied Science will lead approximately 120 high-school students from Loudoun County Public High School through nine workshops at the GW Virginia Campus to illustrate different engineering careers. The workshops include building a 20-foot modular bridge, digitizing a crash test dummy, creating an electrical circuit, testing driving skills and tracking computer hackers. Participants also may experiment with computer animation and digital media, experience a simulated earthquake, learn how technology contributes to crisis management, and learn how to separate fact from fabrication in accident investigation.