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HOME GRANTS SCHOLARSHIPS ACTIVITIES EVENTS DONATE ABOUT LIYLS 2017: Reconciling the Past, Shaping the Future, Building Peace Among Nations The 2017 Loudoun International Youth Leadership Summit (LIYLS) opening ceremony featured a rousing choral performance and keynote address from U.S. Civil Rights Movement activist Joan Trumpauer Mulholland. She encouraged student delegations from 22 countries and the Dominion HS student body to get involved to shape the future. "Find an issue you believe in," she remarked, "and do something about it." Participants spent the next nine days serving the community, sharing cultural experiences and examining how to bridge racial and ethnic divides. The successful program, now in its sixth year, was made possible by a grant to LEF from the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation. Read more Community School Meal Debt Collection Tops $7,000 The community effort to pay off student meal debt for LCPS families in need surpassed the $7,000 mark. The total school meal debt is reported to be over
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HOME GRANTS SCHOLARSHIPS ACTIVITIES EVENTS DONATE ABOUT
LIYLS 2017: Reconciling the Past, Shaping the Future,Building Peace Among Nations
The 2017 Loudoun International Youth Leadership Summit (LIYLS) openingceremony featured a rousing choral performance and keynote address from U.S. Civil
Rights Movement activist Joan Trumpauer Mulholland. She encouraged studentdelegations from 22 countries and the Dominion HS student body to get involved toshape the future. "Find an issue you believe in," she remarked, "and do something
about it." Participants spent the next nine days serving the community, sharing culturalexperiences and examining how to bridge racial and ethnic divides. The successfulprogram, now in its sixth year, was made possible by a grant to LEF from the Claude
Moore Charitable Foundation.
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Community School Meal DebtCollection Tops $7,000
The community effort to pay off studentmeal debt for LCPS families in needsurpassed the $7,000 mark. The totalschool meal debt is reported to be over
$13,000. Thank you to all the individualsand businesses that have paid it forwardfor struggling families in LoudounCounty. We were able to assist 33 schoolsfrom around the county and 1,087students.
Jack Kent Cooke FoundationAwards LEF $35K Grant
Computer coding and digital literacy willbe the focus of this grant supporting thenew EDGE Plus program. This 18week,after school STEM activity will benefit 90fourth and fifth graders at three LCPSelementary schools serving lowincomefamilies. Thank you, JKCF!
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Backpack Buddies DonationHelps Feed More Students
The Backpack Buddies Foundation ofLoudoun (BBFL) donated $15,000 to theLEF/LCPS Backpack Coalition program,which supplements existing BackpackBuddies programs when food or funding isnot available. The program currently feedsabout 1,000 students per week with thehelp of volunteers and donations from thecommunity. Onehundred percent of the$15,000 donation will be used to purchasefood from Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. Read more
GiveChoose to LEF onTuesday, May 2nd
The GiveChoose campaign for onlinegiving allows individuals in our communityto make a philanthropic impact bycollectively supporting local nonprofitorganizations. The giving begins atmidnight with a minimum $10 donation andcontinues for 24 hours. Schedule yourdonation today!
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"Teacher of Year" Goes to...
Kathleen Thompson is Loudoun County'snominee for The Washington PostOutstanding Teacher Award and LCPSTeacher of the Year. Thompson is anEnglish and public speaking teacher atStone Bridge HS. She began her career atPark View HS in 1986. Thompson will behonored at the LEF Outstanding TeacherRecognition Dinner on April 28th alongwith Principal of the Year, John Gabriel ofJohn Champe HS.
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Honoring Top LCPS Educators
Thank you to the top sponsors of the 2017Outstanding Teacher RecognitionDinner, Apple Federal Credit UnionEducation Foundation and theWashington Redskins CharitableFoundation. Each donated $5,000towards the awards gala on April 28th tohonor the nominees for LCPS Teacher ofthe Year and the Principal of the Year.
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Farmwell Station MS GrantProject Makes History
Social studies teacher Jay Dodson andhis seventh grade students used fundsfrom an LEF teacher grant to researchlandmarks from the civil rights movementin Loudoun County. They applied for, andreceived, official historical markers for theAshburn Colored School and surveyorswere out this week to mark the spot.Congratulations!
LEF Teacher Grants Program
LEF Grant Brings ChesapeakeBay Critters to Students
Seventh grade students at FarmwellStation MS had the incredible opportunityto see marine life up close thanks to theirteacher Tracy Rossi. Students learnedabout native Chesapeake animals andtheir importance in the ecosystem andhealth of the bay from the educationalorganization Under the Sea.
LEF Teacher Grants Program
LEF Willowcroft ScienceScholarship Awarded
Congratulations to William Cho of John Champe High School and hisAcademy of Science teacher JackieCurley for taking home the WillowcroftScience Scholarship and Teacher Award atthe 2017 Loudoun Regional Science &Engineering Fair. The awards aresupported by Willowcroft winemaker LewParker.
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Save the Date! LEF Golf Classic at Creighton Farms
Loudoun Education Foundation21000 Education Court, Ashburn, VA 20148
Phone: (571) 2521102 | Email: [email protected] www.loudouneducationfoundation.org
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