A Semester of Service

I am very proud of the commitment our children and our community has made to service.  In just a very short time, our school has made a tremendous impact on the lives of those in their immediate community, their state, and their nation.  Below is a brief list of some of the projects and initiatives that our school has participated in:

Denim Day- Our Staff Raised over $1000 for Breast Cancer Research

The Creighton's Corner Family raised over $2300 to support Northern Virginia Family Services, registering over 475 participants in the fight against homelessness.  Due in part to our efforts, the NVFS received a $50,000 grant to improve the living conditions of homeless families in the Loudoun County area. 

This October, The Creighton's Corner Family raised close to 2 tons (4000 poounds) of Food to support needy families in Loudoun County.

This Halloween, Creighton's Corner teamed up with Stone Hill Middle and Briar Woods High School to donate 100's of pounds of Halloween Candy to our troops overseas.

This Holiday Season, Creighton's Corner Families have joined forces to collect food and toys to support our local animal shelters, provide gloves, mittens, and hats for needy children, and write letters to Santa to support The Make a Wish Foundation. 

I am very proud of your efforts!

Birthplace of a Nation

Boston is often referred to as the "Birthplace of Our Nation."  Below is a picture of the old state house and right about where the group of people is standing is where on March 5, 1770 a group of about nine British Soldiers fired on a group of rowdy colonists, killing five and injuring several more in what will be remembered historically as "The Boston Massacre."  Many historians consider this to be the beginning of the Revolution and these the first casualties of the Revolution, but that actually isn't quite true.  Why were the colonists so rowdy?  Well, as it turns out, eleven days prior to the "Boston Massacre" or "The Incident on King Street" as the British referred to it, a poor German immigrant boy, Christopher Seider (10-11 years of age) was killed when Ebenezer Richardson, a customs official who, after being struck by a rock thrown by an angry mob of schoolboys protesting the selling of British goods outside of a store, climbed to the second story window of his home and fired into the group (near the intersection of Richmond and Hanover Street.)  Young Christopher was mortally wounded, sitting off a firestorm in the city.  His funeral was financed by none other than Samuel Adams and was attended by over 2000 people, one of the largest funerals ever for that period in Boston when the population was only 16,000.

Enjoying Boston

Having a great time in Boston at the Learning Forward Conference! Today's workshop is Worksheets Don't Build Dendrites by Dr. Marcia Tate. Best workshop I've attended in a long time.

Middleburg Christmas Parade

Saw lots of CCES Colts at the Middleburg Christmas Parade and parade of hounds. It was a really cool event, especially for dog and horse lovers.