Stone Bridge High School

Infobox Education in the United States
name= Stone Bridge High School


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streetaddress= 43100 Hay Road
city= Ashburn
state= Virginia
zipcode= 20147
url= http://www.loudoun.k12.va.us/sbhs
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district= Loudoun County Public Schools
superintendent=
principal= James E. Person
assistant_principals= Joseph Gabalski, Jan Whitfield, Matthew Wilburn
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type= Public
schooltype= high school
grades= 9–12
language= English
communities= Ashburn Farm
Belmont
Lansdowne
feeders= Belmont Station Elementary, Newton-Lee Elementary, Sanders Corner Elementary, Seldens Landing Elementary, and Belmont Ridge Middle School
campus= Suburban
mascot= Bulldogs
colors= Navy Blue, Columbia Blue, and Silver
founded= 2000
enrollment= 1,709
enrollment_as_of= 2007
free_label_1= Rival Schools
free_1= Broad Run High School
Loudoun Valley High School
James Madison High School
Langley High School
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free_3= Liberty District
Northern Region
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Stone Bridge High School is a public secondary school in Ashburn, a community in Loudoun County, Virginia.

The school is part of Loudoun County Public Schools and is located on 43100 Hay Road. It is not to be confused with Great Bridge High School, a public high school in Chesapeake, Virginia or Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, a Catholic K-12 girls school in Bethesda, Maryland. Stone Bridge High School serves the northwestern part of Ashburn, including the Ashburn Farm, Belmont Ridge, Belmont Greene, Belmont Country Club communities and the Lansdowne community near Leesburg.

History

Stone Bridge opened in 2000, with its student body coming from Broad Run High School and Loudoun County High School. It opened the same year as two other Northern Virginia high schools, Forest Park Senior High School opened in Prince William County, and Westfield High School opened in Fairfax County; all three schools regularly played against each other in many sports in their inaugural year. The school's capacity is at around 1,800 students.

The principal is Mr. James Person, who has been there since the school opened. Person previously was the principal of Park View High School in Sterling from 1994 to 1999 where he was popular with students and faculty. As a result, many of Park View's teachers and administrators went to Stone Bridge with him and are still currently at SBHS.

During the first year, there were nearly 1,200 students from 9th through 11th grade; seniors stayed at Broad Run or Loudoun County. There were also nearly 500 8th graders housed at Stone Bridge during the 2000-2001 school year because of overcrowding at Harper Park Middle School, the feeder middle school at that time [Citation
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title = Countdown to Completion; County's Largest High School Makes Final Push to Its Opening
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pages = V.01, Loudoun Extra
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date = July 6, 2000
url = ] .

In 2002, all of Stone Bridge's Leesburg student body (except for Lansdowne residents) were moved to Heritage High School, but some additional students from Broad Run were moved to Stone Bridge, dropping enrollment to roughly 1,400 students in the 2002-2003 school year [Citation
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first = Rosalind S.
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title = Officials Hit Mark on School Data; Enrollment Up 8%
newspaper = The Washington Post
pages = T3, Loudoun Extra
year = 2002
date = September 15, 2002
url = ] .However, by the 2004-2005 school year, the student body went up to nearly 1,900 students, the biggest enrollment at the time for a Loudoun County high school. In 2005, Briar Woods High School's opening helped alleviate crowding, but its enrollment remained above 1,600 students. [Citation
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title = Briar Woods Falcons get ready to soar
newspaper = Loudoun Times-Mirror
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date = August 2, 2005
url = http://www.zwire.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=14966790&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=576934&rfi=8]

chedule information

Stone Bridge High School is open from 9:00 AM until 3:48 PM on all school days. Loudoun County schools are open later than neighboring jurisdictions such as Fairfax County and Prince William County where most schools open considerably earlier. [cite web
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accessdate = 2007-03-22 ] [cite web
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Stone Bridge operates on an 8 period block schedule alternating each day, which are designated as A and B days. Periods 1-4 are on A days (all class periods in order); and periods 5-8 are on B days. Though there are eight periods, all students have a mandatory study hall period which is on one of these days (A/B) and periods. Some students, usually seniors or juniors (which must take a marketing co-op class) may obtain exemptions to leave school early or arrive late.

Academics

Accreditation

Stone Bridge High School is fully accredited based on its performance on the Standards of Learning tests in Virginia since its opening in 2000.

Curriculum

Stone Bridge High School offers a comprehensive curriculum to all of its students. Most students take a standard curriculum, but the school is also a member of the Advanced Placement program, ESL courses for those who cannot speak English well, and special education courses for students with learning disabilities. Some students also elect to take classes at the Loudoun Academy of Science for math and science courses or the C.S. Monroe Technology Center for vocational courses.

SBHS offers a wide variety of elective courses in a wide variety of areas, including Marketing, Technology, Home Economics, Art, Music, and Advanced Physical Education (for 11th and 12th graders only). Many of the elective courses offered at Stone Bridge require a great deal of work outside the classroom and some of these groups are mentioned in further detail below.

AT scores

The average SAT score in 2006 for Stone Bridge High School was a 1,582 (536 in Math; 533 in Critical Reading; 513 in Writing).

Demographics

Stone Bridge High School's student body in 2007-2008 was 74% White; 9% Black; 7% Hispanic; and 9% Ruchir.

Enrollment history

Extracurricular activities

Music

Stone Bridge has a strong band program, with two concert bands, a marching band, a jazz ensemble, and two jazz lab bands, which are full size jazz ensembles that meet before school. The band program at Stone Bridge has won many accolades over its six year history both locally and on annual tours. Stone Bridge has regularly had multiple students make the All Virginia Band and Orchestra each year, which is composed of the finest high school musicians in the Commonwealth.

The Marching Bulldogs 2007-2008 Field Show is a combination of 7 songs from the Cirque Du Soleil shows Quidam and La Nouba. The featured songs are ( in order ) Atmadja, Distorted, Urban, Quidam, Reve Rouge, and Incantation. Soloists include Stephen Sabino - Trumpet, Michael Lapuma - Trumpet, Eric Bagley - Baritone, Kyle Greenleaf - Baritone, Kevin Sabik - Trumpet, Dan Richardson - Saprano Sax and Lya Tomamatsu - Viola. Past shows include the music of The Who's Tommy, Star Wars, The Music of Karl Jenkins, West Side Story, and Riverdance.

The choir program is also made up of several groups, including a concert choir, treble choir, chamber singers, and a jazz choir which sometimes performs with the jazz ensemble. They also have won many accolades over the years and Stone Bridge regularly has students in the All-Virginia Choir annually.

Since Loudoun County Public Schools opened a string program in the middle schools in 2002 to 7th graders, Stone Bridge and the other nine Loudoun high schools now also have string ensembles starting in the 2005-2006 school year during the school day. In coming years, there will be a full orchestra program at Stone Bridge as well.

Drama

Stone Bridge has a large drama department with three annual shows; a fall play, winter one-acts, and the spring musical. :Stone Bridge's Drama Troupe, Running Dog Productions, was recently won 3 awards for their 2006 musical, "Seussical" by the Cappies.:* [http://www.cappies.com/nca/news/2006/gala/pages/0506winners.htm Best Musical] :*Mace Sorenson won [http://www.cappies.com/nca/news/2006/gala/pages/0506winners.htm Lead Actor in a Musical] :*The Wickershams won [http://www.cappies.com/nca/news/2006/gala/pages/0506winners.htm Best Ensemble in a Musical]

Previous Shows include:
*"Up the Down Staircase" [2000-2001]
*"Fools" [2000-2001]
*"Starmites" [2000-2001]
*"Little Shop of Horrors (musical)" [2001-2002]
*"Grease (musical)" [2002-2003]
*"Kiss Me, Kate" [2003-2004]

*"How to Succeed in Business (Without Really Trying)" [2004-2005]
*"A Midsummer's Night Dream" [2005-2006]
*"" [2005-2006]
*"Aida" [2006-2007]
*"Chess" [2007-2008]

Debate

Stone Bridge competes in the Liberty District of the Northern Region for debate competitions. These are the same districts that Stone Bridge athletics are in, because debate is sponsored by the Virginia High School League. The debate program has been very competitive recently winning it's first Debate State title in 2004 AA Classic Debate and in 2005. In the 2005-2006 school year, Stone Bridge placed fifth in the AAA Debate tournament.

FBLA

Stone Bridge has a very active and dynamic Future Business Leaders of America chapter. The chapter has been named as an Honor Chapter by the Virginia FBLA since it was chartered in 2002. In 2006, the chapter was recognized with its first award from the National FBLA organization; the chapter received the Business Achievement Award due to the excellent teamwork and planning of the chapter's officers.

Athletics

The mascot is a bulldog and the sports teams play in the AAA Liberty District and Northern Region. The Bulldogs' athletic teams have won many team state and regional championships in their short history. Stone Bridge is best known for their football and cheerleading teams, and also have one of the strongest volleyball, softball, and girls soccer teams in Virginia. The 2007 Stone Bridge football team (13-1) won the AAA division 5 championship in December 2007, defeating Potomac High School (13-1) 38-0. The championship game was played at the University of Virginia's Scott Stadium.

External links

* [http://www.loudounprepsports.com Loudoun County Prep Sports: Covers in depth on all sports in Loudoun County, including Stone Bridge High School.]
* [http://www.vhsl-reference.com/mastergames_byyear_byteam.cfm?ID=10608&GY=2008 VHSL-Reference]

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