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Schools delay testing

Posted on May 17, 2013 at 6:06 pm

We don’t realize how much we rely on the Internet and other modern technology to get through the day until it suddenly stops. That’s what leaders at Louisa County Public Schools realized earlier this week when technology problems forced schools to cancel planned SOL testing on Monday. “We all tried to put our thoughts together to deal with an unprecedented situation,” LCPS Superintendent Dr. Deborah Pettit said. “We’ve realized how

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  • Louisa schools back online

    Posted on May 14, 2013 at 12:01 pm

    We don’t realize how much we rely on the Internet and other modern technology to get through the day until it suddenly stops. That’s what leaders at Louisa County Public Schools realized earlier this week when technology problems forced schools to cancel planned SOL testing on Monday, May 13. “We all tried to put our thoughts together to deal with an unprecedented situation,” LCPS Superintendent Dr. Deborah Pettit said. “We’ve

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  • Louisa grad heading to Boston for bachelors degree at Berklee

    Posted on May 9, 2013 at 10:18 am

    Darren Poindexter doing what he loves, making music.

    Darren A. Poindexter has been accepted to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts with the quest to earn his bachelors degree in pro music. On November 30, Poindexter and his parents traveled to the Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Arts Center in Baltimore, Maryland, where he auditioned and was interviewed by representatives from the admissions department at Berklee. Poindexter rendered an exceptional performance and, by mid

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  • On center stag with Louisa’s Educator of the Year

    Posted on May 9, 2013 at 9:55 am

    Jelita Hopkins

    There’s a real sense of family in Trailer T at Louisa County High School.  It’s evident when you walk into Jelita Hopkins’s early morning theater class that the students genuinely love and respect her­—and the feeling is mutual. The theater and chorus teacher was named the Louisa County Educator of the Year on Thursday, May 9.  During the ceremony, her attending students gave a big shout out when she was

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  • Young activists involved in environmental protection

    Posted on May 8, 2013 at 5:19 pm

    Louisa County High School placed fourth in the Envirothon Competition, hosted by the Prince William and Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Districts, held at James Long Park in Haymarket on April 17. Competing was LCHS senior Virginia Bowers, Skyler Hall, Jacob Moore, Caroline McCray and Tessa Robinette, all juniors. The alternate during the Area II competition was junior Haylee Davis. According to Kimberlee Jancaitis Martinak, chemistry and marine ecology

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  • Block by block, the school’s rising

    Posted on May 2, 2013 at 2:04 pm

    Robert Moore, Louisa County Public Schools’ Clerk of the Works, talks about construction progress of the new Thomas Jefferson Elementary School.

    Revised from the May 2 print edition Construction of the approximately $11 million Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is moving right along. The building is gradually beginning to take shape as contractors work to complete the project on time. The new construction, which will replace the old building that was damaged by the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that struck  Mineral in August of 2011, is expected to be completed by June of

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  • Buzzed in school

    Posted on April 25, 2013 at 12:33 pm

    The mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut this past December set many school districts on edge, causing them to rethink the way they approach security. Louisa County Public Schools has had a policy of locking all exterior doors, except at the front entrance, where door monitors were posted to greet visitors and log them in. But after the incident in Connecticut, school officials decided to take a

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