Thank you, Bruin Nation!
What a week! I have thoroughly enjoyed my first week as a Bruin! I was able to visit classrooms to see students engaged in lab experiments, digital formative assessments and even a Poetry Slam. I enjoyed meeting our seniors and seeing their excitement as we helped them prepare for the last several weeks of their high school experience, including prom and graduation. This week, we recognized and celebrated our seniors in softball, boys soccer and boys tennis for their commitment to their teams and our school. We also took time to recognize and honor our administrative assistants and professionals for their incredible work to keep our school functioning at a high level every day! As you can tell, it has been an awesome week and it has been great to have met so many amazing people that truly love our school and community.
Over the next several weeks and months, I will continue to listen and learn with all stakeholders. We will have two meet and greet opportunities for our parents and community on Tuesday, April 30 and Wednesday, May 1. Your voice is important and I hope you will take time to share your perspective on what makes our school great and what opportunities for growth and improvement may lie ahead.
Thanks again for a great week and I sincerely appreciate your commitment to our students and our school.
Have a great weekend!
Daniel W. Smith, Ed.D.
Twitter: @smith2dw
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Kudos to Coach Wickham and the girls soccer team for volunteering their time and expertise to mentor and support a local (age 6 and under) kids soccer team. Their commitment to serve as positive role models and give back to our Lake Braddock community is impressive! |
Important Information for ALL
News from the Library
This is a notice that from April 23- May 3, students may see a pop-up notification from the library when they log on to school computers. The message is designed to alert students to overdue library accounts, and will read as follows:
Hey, Bruins- Please visit the library regarding your account. Thank you!
SOL Testing
The Virginia Department of Education established the Standards of Learning (SOL) assessments in order to provide information about student achievement in through various subject areas. Scores from the test will be used to determine whether students fail to meet standards, are proficient in meeting the standards, or are advanced in the standards.
Lake Braddock Secondary School’s testing schedule can be found at: https://lakebraddockss.fcps.edu/about/sol-schedule . It will be very helpful if you can avoid appointments which may take your child out of school during this time period. Make-up dates will occur as soon as your child returns to school, unless otherwise pre-scheduled through the Assessment Coach, Jennifer Bury. To help your child perform his or her best, make sure he or she has had a good night’s rest, a healthy breakfast, and arrives to school on time.
Cell phone/electronics policy during SOL testing
All cell phones and electronic devices, including smart watches and headphones, must either not be brought into the testing location or be placed backpacks that will be kept at the front of the testing site. Students’ backpacks cannot be near the computer area. While in the testing room, students may not access their cellphone or other electronic device while anyone is testing. If a student refuses to remove their cell phone or other electronic device from their work area, to include their pocket, they will not be permitted to test until the device is secure. Only as students exit the computer testing lab will they be able to retrieve their backpacks. Cell phones MUST be turned off, not on vibrate or silent, making sure the alarm and all notifications are also turned off. No phone can be with students at any time while they are in the testing room.
Any student who is found to have an electronic device of any kind in his or her possession, at any time during this testing session, regardless of whether it is turned off or not, will be removed from the testing site. The cell phone/electronic device will then be confiscated and turned over to the sub-school principal and the student will no longer be permitted to complete that SOL test.
LBSS in the News
Lake Braddock was among the 100 best high schools teaching personal finance as recognized by Working in Support of Education (W!se), an educational nonprofit organization whose mission is to develop the financial literacy of young Americans. This indicates that LBSS students earned outstanding scores on W!se’s national standardized Financial Literacy Certification Test. The 100 Best ranking is the only national ranking in high school financial education. Congratulations to all of our students!
Virginia Governor's Academy News
Two students, Joseph Lind, and Rachel Wang were accepted to the Governor’s academy for Japanese. Eleanor Dobson was accepted for Latin.
Hannah Lee, as sophomore, was just accepted into the Virginia Governor's School Summer Residential Program for 2019 for the Agricultural program.
More updates to come as acceptances are announced!
2019 Young Reporters for World Wildlife Federation Environmental National Competition
Congratulations to the following Lake Braddock students who won in the 14-16 year old Writing Category for the 2019 Young Reporters for the Environment National competition sponsored by the World Wildlife Federation. Lake Braddock had a clean sweep with student groups winning the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes in this category.
Students tackled an environmental issue that’s important to their community and helped communicate the issues and solutions. Their articles can be read at
https://www.nwf.org/Home/Eco-Schools-USA/About/Take-Action/Young-Reporters-for-the-Environment-USA
1st Place Winner: Amogh Ghadge, Quinn Duffy and Nicholas Thliveris for their article, “Getting Food Waste Effaced – The Growing Food Waste Crisis.”
As the first place winner, in this category and age group, their entry will move forward to the Young Reporters for the Environment International Competition. Winners will be announced on World Environment Day, June 5.
2nd Place Winner: Rachel Pritz, Angelica Lisle and Maeve Burns for their article, “Effects of sewage pollution on the Occoquan Watershed and possible solutions.”
3rd Place Winner: Vaishnavi Punaji, Palmer Moore and Linh Vu for their article, “The School Lunch Debate.”
HS Information
Senior Prom Ticket Sale
May 1st thru 3rd - $65 each ticket
May 6th thru 8th - $70 each ticket
Guest Forms are Available in Subschool offices
*Tickets will be sold during all High School Lunches*
If you are parent volunteer and available to sell tickets during lunches May 1-8 from 11:30am- 1:30pm, please email ladougherty@fcps.edu.
MS News
Lake Braddock Middle School 2019 JumpStart Program
Registration Opens: MONDAY, APRIL 29th
Program Dates: Monday, August 12- Thursday, August 15
Program Fee: $30
Calendar at a Glance
- LBSS Pyramid Art Show Tonight! 6-8pm - Gym
- Stress Less, Laugh More Week: April 29 – May 3
- Principal Community Meet & Greet in the Lecture Hall: Tue, Apr 30, 6:00PM-7:00PM and Wed, May 1, 5:30PM-6:30PM
- Teacher Appreciation Week: May 6-10
- Food Services Appreciation Week: May 6-10
- HS Graduation: Mon, June 10, 9:30AM-11:30AM - No School for LBSS. All staff will be at George Mason for the ceremony.
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