Strasburg High School

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Shenandoah schools to send off 50th class
WOODSTOCK — Shenandoah County Public Schools seniors will graduate with a little more than a diploma this June.

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Llama gets smooches from Sandy Hook Elementary administrators
Sandy Hook Elementary School students were treated to a rare site recently -- their principal and assistant principals puckered up and kissed "Hershey," a female llama from Fortune Hill Farms in Strasburg. The kiss was part of a fundraiser for...Read more

Scholarships awarded to Strasburg students
The following Strasburg High School students have won scholarships: Scholarship Student Amount 4-H Dairy Club Scholarship Paul Wakeman $2,000 Academic Boosters Arts Scholarship Daniel Davis $500 Academic Boosters English Scholarship Megan Rinker $500 Academic Boosters Math Scholarship Lyndsey Funkhouser $500...Read more

2007-08 Strasburg High School athletic awards
The following awards were presented to Strasburg High School students at the athletic banquet on June 2: Outstanding Athlete Awards Golf: Daniel Davis Volleyball: Katie Baker Cheerleading: Stephanie Clem Cross Country: Jonathan Brill and Samantha Hancock Football: Michael Prince, offense;...Read more

Adeline Guthrie, Jonathan Rios win the Daily's Citizenship Award
Note to readers: Each year The Northern Virginia Daily presents Citizenship Awards to two graduating students of Signal Knob Middle School. This year's recipients are Adeline Guthrie and Jonathan Rios. The following is a speech given by Daily General Manager...Read more

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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Author stresses honesty with Shenandoah students
STRASBURG — As an author who has experienced the banning of most of his fiction in one place or another, Chris Crutcher would not and, probably, could not dare to censor any questions that come his way.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Shenandoah School Board discusses revising administrator hiring process
WOODSTOCK — Shenandoah County Public Schools officials are riding out the calm before the next hiring storm.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Arey to take over as interim principal
STRASBURG — Barry Arey's career came full circle this week when he accepted the position of interim principal at Strasburg High School.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

High schools seek input on graduation
WOODSTOCK — Shenandoah County Public Schools is seeking input on whether its three high school graduations should still be scheduled for the same night. A survey has been sent to all parents and is available online through the school system's Web site, Superintendent Keith Rowland said. It asks for a person's preference from three options — keeping all graduations on the same night, which is usually Friday; staggering them between Friday and Saturday; or conducting them at different times Saturday.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Principal resigns before school starts
STRASBURG — Strasburg High School will start the academic year next week without a permanent principal.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Officials: No skeletons in Spillman's closet
STRASBURG — Reporters can rest easy that they won't be walking away from Strasburg High School in handcuffs any time soon, Shenandoah County Public Schools officials said this week.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

New Strasburg principal ready to fall back into her 'niche'
STRASBURG — Four years away from being a high school principal was long enough for Karen Spillman.

Friday, June 6, 2008

Student dreams of completing presidential trifecta: Class, Strasburg chapter, state FFA
STRASBURG — With all due respect to Strasburg High School, and the four years of hard work Zach Wakeman did that will lead him to graduation tonight, his mind is set on June 19.

Monday, June 2, 2008

Library specialist at Strasburg High wins county honor
STRASBURG — Way back when, probably not quite during the days when pupils had to walk to school uphill both ways, Clarisse Bushman was the librarian for a school that had a single dial-up Internet connection.

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Bond of brothers: Timmy and Riley McDonald have grown up together on the baseball field
STRASBURG — Timmy McDonald took the signal from the catcher (a high fastball on an 0-2 count) and glanced over to the runner at first, making eye contact just to let him know he was not forgotten. Next came the slide-step delivery, which betrayed no hitch or acceleration even though the runner bolted for second as soon as the pitcher's right leg motioned home.

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Strasburg AD: Kibler leaving wrestling program
STRASBURG — After two years with the program — including one as The Northern Virginia Daily's area Wrestling Coach of the Year — Brian Kibler is leaving the Strasburg Rams.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Some parents uneasy about day of silence
STRASBURG — The silence surrounding Strasburg High School's recognition of a na-tional day of silence has some parents concerned.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Strasburg's Tech-bound students release feelings
STRASBURG — This April morning seemed to have all the color that a typical spring day does outside of Strasburg High School.