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The Loudoun Tribune I August 5, 2016
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Class of 2016 Students Awarded Nearly $60 Million in Scholarships
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embers of Loudoun County Public Schools’ (LCPS) Class of 2016 have been awarded nearly $60 million in scholarships, almost 35 percent higher than the Class of 2015, which received a little less than $39 million in scholarships. The 4,981-student Class of 2016 is about 6.4 percent larger than the Class of 2015. Despite males outnumbering females in the Class of 2016 (2,558 to 2,423), female graduates won a higher
percentage of the scholarships (57.87 percent) compared with their male counterparts (42.13 percent). Class of 2016 stats, provided by LCPS: • By ethnic group 59.2 percent were white; 14.07 percent Asian; 13.89 percent Hispanic. 8.43 percent African American; 4 percent multi-racial; 0.24 percent American Indian; and 0.16 percent Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. • 62.22 percent (3,099) plan to attend a four-year college; 23.75 percent
(1,183) will attend two-year colleges; 6.90 percent (344) will take advantage of other continuing education opportunities; 1.83 percent (91) will enter the military; 2.33 percent (116) will enter the job market; while 2.97 (148) did not list future plans. • Of the scholarships and grants, $33,626,101 (56.54 percent) were college-awarded grants; Military/ Navy ROTC scholarships accounted for $9,980,849 (16.78 percent); $9,141,163 (15.37 percent) were scholarships for athletics or special talents;
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and $1,992,852 in Pell Grants were awarded, making up percent 3.35 of the scholarship and grant total. Other funding came from the Tuition Assistance Grant (TAG) program ($1,758,785, 2.96 percent); national or state awards ($1,198,788, 2.01 percent); community and civic service/ church awards ($886,411, 1.49 percent); business/industry scholarships ($385,461, 0.65 percent); scholarships honoring a person ($271,472, 0.46 percent); and local high school grants ($234,655, 0.39 percent).
The Loudoun County School Board's next meeting is set for 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Aug. 9 at the Loudoun County Public School Administration Building in Ashburn.
Cardinal Ridge Students’ Artwork Displayed on NASA’s Dream Rocket Forty fourth-grade students from Cardinal Ridge Elementary School are anxiously awaiting for their artwork to be affixed to the skeleton of NASA’s Dream Rocket.
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he artwork of students from Cardinal Ridge Elementary School in South Riding will join the works of 8,000 other students displayed on NASA’s Dream Rocket, a 385foot Space Launch System (SLS) rocket replica that promotes NASA’s dream of someday taking humans to Mars, and even beyond. Art teachers Abby Luckenbaugh and Lane Bolyard took advantage of the opportunity to advocate for the arts when they were approached by Jennifer Marsh of the Dream Rocket Project. Marsh had given the teachers a topic: “Stories of the American Revolution: Traitors or Patriots.” “The Dream Rocket Project combines science and art,” Luckenbaugh said. “And as teachers, showing students the potential art has to connect all facets of life is an amazing experience.” The Cardinal Ridge students focused on the American Revolution, with each student researching a specific individual or an event, illustrating their chosen topic and attaching a statement explaining their work. Four students fit their works on a 2-foot by 2-foot quilt; 10 quilts from Cardinal Ridge will be wrapped around the rocket. “So often, students today view art as an isolated experience separate from their
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So often, students today view art as an isolated experience separate from their other studies.”
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—Lane Bolyard, Art teacher
other studies,” Bolyard said. “When Jennifer came to us with this idea I saw that it fit perfectly with their curriculum.” The project combined NASA’s dream of putting humans on Mars with lessons about the American Revolution, “and in the process, helped my students to understand that you can find art in everything you study,” Bolyard said. The artwork remains on exhibit through Aug. 31 at the Thomas Stone National Historic Site in Port Tobacco, Maryland. The Cardinal Ridge students whose art will appear on the dream rocket include: Alekya Dharmavaram, Mason Taylor, Zoey Murray, Eva Jovel, Catherine Nguyen, Arya Paranganat, Christina Zheng, Hussain Attai, Kierstin Han, Riya Pasupulati, Yolany Segovia, Ella Pisano, Pawanart Songsiriarcha, Emma Welsh, Thy Ngo, Rashad Safir, Emma Quach, Melanie Nguyen, Jenna Byrd,
Courtesy of Cardinal Ridge Elementary School
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BY CAMERON HOSSEINIAN cameron@loudountribune.com
A sample of the submission from Cardinal Ridge students, including artwork by (clockwise from top left) Justin Walker, Hajna Czita, Seth Alexander and Madison Johnson
Sebastian Pulise, Nandakishore Sreejith, Emmie Duong, Anna Petty, Leena Fuleihan, Yahsvi Gupta, Sophia Curtin, Kyla Callaham, Zayaan Saleem, Ava Nassiri, Keyra
Ogura, Isabella Johnson, Madison Johnson, Seth Alexander, Gretchen Gilligan, Hajna Czita, Justin Walker, Henry Clark, Ananya Enganti, Manya Mahesh and Aashna Patel.