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Fireside Book Reviews

Written by Carissa Vergeres and Mia Cammarota

December 20, 2018

The air is becoming colder and the days are getting shorter. When trapped indoors with nothing to do, the spot in front of your fireplace is waiting for you. Pass the months of winter by getting lost in a book, whether it be realistic fiction, romance, or a biography. The Hate U Give, Me Before You,...

Tags: action, books, fireside, read, reading, review, romance, war

Woodgrove Celebrates Banned Books Week

Written by Rebecca Faletti

October 17, 2017

Filed under Features, News, Top Stories

This September marked the most recent iteration of a campaign that has been going on since the 1980s: Banned Books Week, a celebration and awareness campaign about classic books that have had their positions in school curricula and libraries challenged or taken away entirely. Banned Books Week, promoted...

Tags: banned books week, books, library, Woodgrove

Local authors visit and donate books to school

Written by Emily May, Cate Renner, Andrew Board, Reporters

April 21, 2012

Filed under Local News, News, Student News

On April 18 during open lunch, authors from around the area visited the school and spoke to several students and PTO members in the library. There were fourteen authors who made an appearance and donated their books. These authors were Russell Baker, Cordelia and Taylor Chamberlin, Richard Gillespie,...

Tags: Ann Thomas, autobiography, books, Bronwen Souder, Cordelia Chamberlin, Dr. Charles Poland, Eugene Scheel, Gail Waldron, Geraldine Brooks, Growing Up, Henry Taylor, Howard Means, John Souder, Leesburg, library, Loudoun County, Marty Potts, Morrisonville, New York Times, Observer, Pulitzer Prize, Richard Gillespie, Russell Baker, Sandy Stein, Sarah Huntington, Suzanne Butts Shakleford, Taylor Chamberlin, Tim Brown, Woodgrove

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Cherry Blossom Trees border the Washington Monument.
Photo by Sean Pavone
The annual Cherry Blossom Festival's famous Cherry Blossom Trees.
Photo by Suzanne Rowan Kelleher
A family enjoys the wildlife at the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center.
Photo by Choo Yut Shing
People enjoy the Virginia Beach shore.
Photo by Jorge Quinteros
Freddie Mercury passionately sings at a Queen concert.
Photo used with permission from Creative Commons
Woodgrove students having fun with their Chromebooks.
Photo by David Hamady
The Class of 2023 during Expo Day.
Photo By Jeff Schutte

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