First-Year Prince William Teacher Credits Mentoring Program to Surviving Teaching Amid the Pandemic By Kelley Wyatt After being a stay-at-home mom for eight years, Jacqueline Pelzer was ready to re-enter the workforce. She still wanted to help children, so she took a job teaching physical education and health at Potomac Middle School in Prince William […]
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The Upside of Taking on a Student Intern (or Two) This Summer
Educators in Loudoun County and Chesapeake are working to place 150 students in internships by the end of this summer.
First-Year Fauquier Teacher Reflects on Teaching Amid the Pandemic
First-Year Fauquier Teacher Reflects on Teaching Amid the Pandemic Shortly after graduating with her master’s degree in education, Leah Gornick got the call she’d been waiting for. She got the job. Less than a week later, she packed up her life in North Carolina to jump-start her education career, teaching social studies at Liberty High […]
LEF Welcomes Myshel Guillory as Treasurer
Q&A with LEF’s Newest Trustee and Treasurer: Myshel Guillory The Loudoun Education Foundation is thrilled to welcome Myshel Guillory as one of the newest appointees to our Board of Trustees. She joined the board in April and was appointed Treasurer of the Executive Committee in June. On that committee, she joins President Scott Miller, Vice […]
Q&A with LEF’s Newest Honorary Trustee: Marcy Eisenberg
Q&A with LEF’s Newest Trustee: Marcy Eisenberg The Loudoun Education Foundation is thrilled to welcome Marcy Eisenberg as our newest honorary trustee. Marcy is the President and Co-Founder of Xelevate. Marcy is the author of “The Relevance Path: 7 Steps to Give Your Organization a Decisive Edge,” a framework to help any person, team, or […]
What You Likely Don’t Know About the Loudoun Education Foundation
What You Likely Don’t Know About the Loudoun Education Foundation Written By: Danielle Nadler The Loudoun Education Foundation may be one of the county’s best-kept secrets. It startedin 1991 as a passion project of four School Board members, who wanted to help community members support innovative educational projectsthat went above and beyond the school system’s operating budget. Projects like classroom […]
The Key to Supporting, Retaining New Educators of Color
The Key to Supporting, Retaining New Educators of Color Written By: Danielle Nadler The American education system underwent a historic shift just six years ago. During the 2014-2015 academic year, the majority of public school students were, for the first time, no longer white. And this majority-minority shift has continued to progress since. Studies predict that by 2029 students of color will make […]
Q&A with LEF’s Newest Trustee: Amin Bhat
Q&A with LEF’s Newest Trustee: Amin Bhat The Loudoun Education Foundation is excited to introduce Amin Bhat as the newest member of its Board of Trustees. Amin is a proud parent of two Loudoun County Public Schools graduates, and is the co-founder of iQuasar, a Loudoun County-based information technology and business process consulting services company. […]
Nadler Joins Loudoun Education Foundation
The Loudoun Education Foundation kicked off the New Year by hiring former Loudoun Now managing editor Danielle Nadler to serve as its new Director of Communications and Strategy. Nadler, herself a product of public schools and the daughter of a public school teacher, has worked in storytelling since joining her middle school newspaper staff. She […]
AWS Sponsors Countryside Elementary Turkey Dinner
Countryside Elementary School hosted their 5th Annual Turkey Dinner on Friday, November 20th from 5 P.M. to 7 P.M. in the bus loop where community members picked up the meals curbside style! Due to current circumstances, Countryside Elementary Principal, Richard Rudnick, and staff had to be creative on how to continue this yearly tradition that […]
