Articles by froberts

Happy Halloween!

Halloween here at the Academies! Entries from our pumpkin painting contest!!!  



The Untold Truth About E-Cigarettes: Vaping Epidemic

Overview Many believe that vaping is safer than using regular cigarettes, since their initial purpose was to get smokers off of tobacco.  A 2015 poll conducted by the Community Anti-Drug Organization showed that 66% of…


Academies of Loudoun’s First House Build Project

Academies of Loudoun Principal Tinell Priddy thanks the various collaborators whose contributions made the new construction project possible. Photo by Times-Mirro/John Ballston. LCPS students have collaborated with licensed contractors before to build houses, but this…




The Differential Grasshopper

General Information You may have noticed that in the upper courtyards at the Academies of Loudoun there are a lot of grasshoppers. These grasshoppers are known as Differential Grasshoppers, Melanoplus differentialis. You may be unfamiliar…


The Dying Season

First one fell, and then another And the tree was losing life. He looked to his right, at his dying brother And his friends; even his wife. Then the wind blew the flakes So far,…


Trees of Fire

I first saw them on an evening stroll They were quite a sight, I must say Such that their beauty truly touched my soul As the wind had made them sway.   At this moment,…


Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind them All (Book Review)

Ruby, L. (2019). Thirteen doorways, wolves behind them all. One of five winners of this year’s National Book award for Young Adult Literature, Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind them All, is a historical fiction novel with a paranormal…


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