- Dominion High School
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Dominion High School Address 21326 Augusta Drive
Sterling, Virginia 20164Information School type Public high school Motto Truly Titan Founded 2003 School district Loudoun County Public Schools Superintendent Edgar B. Hatrick Principal John Brewer Assistant principals Michelle Quirin and Jamie Braxton Grades 9–12 Enrollment 1,263 (2007) Language English Campus Suburban Color(s) Black and Silver Mascot Titans Rival Schools Potomac Falls High School
Park View High SchoolAthletic Conference Dulles District
Region IIWebsite http://www.loudoun.k12.va.us/dhs Dominion High School is a public secondary school in Sterling, an unincorporated area in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. It is part of Loudoun County Public Schools. Dominion High School first opened in 2003, receiving students from Potomac Falls High School and Park View High School. Dominion's student body draws students who live primarily in the Sugarland Run and Lowes Island communities.
In 2005, Dominion was designated the host of the Loudoun Academy of Science, which is a designated part time magnet school program for Loudoun County students, somewhat similar to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia. The math department head is Suzanne Goldstein.
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Demographics
In 2006-2007, Dominion's student body was 55% White; 20% Black; 17% Hispanic; and 8% Asian.
Accreditation and test scores
Accreditation
Dominion High School is a fully accredited high school based on the Standards of Learning tests in Virginia.
SAT scores
The average SAT score in 2006 for Dominion was a 1531 (525 in Math; 513 in Critical Reading; 493 in Writing).
School Year Mathematics Critical Reading Writing Total 2004-2005 529 511 n/a 1040 2005-2006 525 513 493 1531 (1,038 M & CR) Enrollment history
School Year Number of Students 2003-2004 681 2004-2005 1,014 2005-2006 1,200 2006-2007 1,221 Athletics
The mascot is a Titan and the Dominion sports teams play in the AA Dulles District and Region II. The Dominion Titans won their first Dulles District championships in 2006 for gymnastics, wrestling and scholastic bowl. In 2007, Dominion repeated as Dulles District wrestling champions. In the 2008-09 school year, the boy's basketball team won their first District title in school history and went all the way to the state quarterfinals. In the spring of 2010, the Titans' boys lacrosse team, coached by UNC Tarheel alumni Pete Lenotti, captured the school's first Dulles District Championship.
Drama
The Drama Department has been very successful in competitions. In 2007, actor Michael Zamostny won Best Actor in the VHSL One-Act competition. In 2009, the department received 2nd at the regional competition, and 4th at Districts. In 2010 actress Stephanie Booth received 2nd place at Regionals for Best Actress in the same competition. In 2009, the school joined the Cappies Awards Program of the Northern Virginia/DC Metro Area. For their production of Grease that year, Sam Allen received a nomination for Best Vocalist in the program. The following year, Ty Sheedlo received the award for Best Actor in a Play for the production of Harvey.
Band
The band program at Dominion, run by Mr. Hartmetz, is very successful and constantly growing. When the school opened in 2003, the marching band consisted of twenty-three (23) people and was the smallest in its class everywhere it went. Five years later, in the 2008-09 school year, the program had exploded to 103 students, throwing them right into the middle of a larger, more competitive class. In the 2009-10 school year, they received a first-place score of Superior at VBODA's state marching festival.
The concert band has grown from one class to two over the years, Ensembles 1 and 2. Both attend VBODA's District Festival every year. In 2009-2010, for the first time in school history, both ensembles received a score of superior. Due to the achievements of the marching band in the fall, it allowed Ensemble 1 to receive the distinction of Honor Band for the first time since 2006-07.
The jazz band is a smaller program that does not compete, but performs much more often for school assemblies, with the Latin Dance team, and with the local elementary schools' (Meadowland Elementary and Sugarland Elementary) Latin percussion students, also taught by Mr. Hartmetz.
Coordinates: 39°02′42″N 77°31′08″W / 39.0451°N 77.5188°W
Loudoun County Public Schools District Offices Elementary Schools Aldie | Algonkian (Sterling) | Arcola | Ashburn | Ball's Bluff (Leesburg) | Banneker (Middleburg) | Belmont Station (Ashburn) | Catoctin (Leesburg) | Cedar Lane (Ashburn) | Cool Spring (Leesburg) | Countryside (Sterling) | Creighton's Corner (Ashburn) | Dominion Trail (Ashburn) | Emerick (Purcellville) | Evergreen Mills (Leesburg) | Forest Grove (Sterling) | Frances Hazel Reid (Leesburg) | Guilford (Sterling) | Hamilton | Hillsboro (Purcellville) | Hillside (Ashburn) | Horizon (Sterling) | Hutchison Farm (South Riding) | John W. Tolbert Jr. (Leesburg) | Leesburg | Legacy (Ashburn) | Lincoln (Purcellville) | Little River (South Riding) | Lovettsville | Lowes Island (Sterling) | Lucketts (Leesburg) | Meadowland (Sterling) | Middleburg | Mill Run (Ashburn) | Mountain View (Purcellville) | Newton-Lee (Ashburn) | Pinebrook (Aldie) | Potowmack (Sterling) | Rolling Ridge (Sterling) | Rosa Lee Carter (Ashburn) | Round Hill | Sanders Corner Ashburn) | Seldens Landing (Leesburg) | Sterling | Sugarland (Sterling) | Sully (Sterling) | Sycolin Creek (Leesburg) | Waterford
Middle Schools Belmont Ridge (Leesburg) | Blue Ridge (Purcellville) | Eagle Ridge (Ashburn) | Farmwell Station (Ashburn) | Harmony (Hamilton) | Harper Park (Leesburg) | J. L. Simpson (Leesburg) | Mercer (Aldie) | River Bend (Sterling) | Seneca Ridge (Sterling) | Smart's Mill (Leesburg) | Sterling | Stone Hill (Ashburn)
High Schools Briar Woods (Ashburn) | Broad Run (Ashburn) | Dominion (Sterling) | Freedom (South Riding) | Heritage (Leesburg) | Loudoun County (Leesburg) | Loudoun Valley (Purcellville) | Park View (Sterling) | Potomac Falls (Sterling)| Stone Bridge (Ashburn)| Tuscarora (Leesburg) | Woodgrove (Purcellville)
Alternative/
Magnet SchoolsC.S. Monroe Technology Center | Douglass School | Loudoun Academy of Science | Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
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