[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 141 (Wednesday, October 8, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2005-E2006]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 IN RECOGNITION OF 50 YEARS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE BY LOUDOUN COUNTRY 
                               DAY SCHOOL

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                           HON. FRANK R. WOLF

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, October 8, 2003

  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I am proud today to recognize Loudoun Country 
Day School as it celebrates Founders' Day on October 15 and 50 years of 
academic excellence.
  Located in Leesburg, Virginia, Loudoun Country Day School is an 
accredited, independent, co-educational school which enrolls students 
in pre-kindergarden through eighth grade cultivating the intellectual, 
social, emotional and physical growth of each child. Its rigorous core 
curriculum, nurturing environment and extensive programs in foreign 
languages, arts, computers and athletics inspires excellence and builds 
character, preparing each child for the challenges ahead.
  In 1953, Dorothy McDonald and Edith Newland founded the school with 
only seven students. Their dedication to helping each individual 
student develop their potential to the fullest set the foundation for 
the success of Loudoun Country Day School.
  The pages of the school's history are filled with those who worked 
long, hard hours to create a facility characterized by challenging 
students to excel and tailoring curriculum to a student's needs. Books 
and materials are selected to emphasize the basics and to stimulate 
interest, challenge capabilities and maximize potential.
  The school's humble beginnings in a modern-day one room schoolhouse 
expanded when Mrs. Stanley Brown donated the family farmhouse and land 
to the school. In honoring her father's dream of establishing a private 
school in Loudoun County, Mrs. Brown provided a precious gift to the 
community.
  Many such generous gifts have aided the efforts of the dedicated 
staff at Loudoun Country Day School. Their continued dedication to 
program expansion and refinement with emphasis on findings from 
educational research, coupled with the ongoing professional development 
of the faculty, have provided the foundation on which their programs 
have risen to higher levels of excellence.
  Loudoun Country Day School and its staff have received numerous 
honors in the past decade. During the past six years, readers of 
Leesburg Today have named it the ``Best Private School'' in Loudoun 
County. In 2002, the headmaster, Dr. Randall Hollister, received the 
Washington Post's prestigious Distinguished Educational Leadership 
Award.
  Founded on the vision of offering a program beyond what was normally 
available in the public schools in Loudoun County, Loudoun Country Day 
School continues to investigate new ways of teaching, with its one goal 
remaining true to its earliest roots: dedication to helping each 
individual student develope their potential to the fullest. This is the 
same objective the school embraced 50 years ago when those first five 
students stepped into their one-room school.
  I salute Loudoun Country Day School, its founders, faculty, students 
and their families and wish them another 50 years of academic 
excellence. I enclose for the Record highlights of the 50-year history 
of Loudoun Country Day School.

              Brief History of Loudoun Country Day School

       1953: School founded by Dorothy McDonald and Edith Newcomb 
     with 7 students. Classes are held in the Old Community 
     College Building on Market Street.
       1957-1958: Through the generosity of Mrs. Stanley Brown, 
     the original farmhouse (Old Newcomb) and adjacent 5.4 acres 
     are made available to the school.
       1959-1960: In March, LCDS is incorporated.

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       1960-1961: The first section of a new building is completed 
     with four finished classrooms and one unfinished room for 
     further expansion. Enrollment--53.
       1963: First Headmistress, Mrs. Edith Newcomb, resigns.
       1963-1965: Mr. W.D. Harrison is appointed Headmaster. He 
     serves for 2 years, resigning due to poor health.
       1972-1973: Col. Boleyn resigns and A. Thomas Jackson 
     becomes Headmaster. The third wing of the building is 
     completed. Enrollment--132.
       1975: The school purchases 2.5 additional acres for soccer 
     fields from Mrs. Lowell Riley.
       1979-1980: Firestone Fieldhouse is completed. Enrollment--
     155.
       1980-1981: A. Thomas Jackson resigns and Raymond C. Nance 
     becomes Headmaster.
       1989-1990: The library is renovated and a computer lab with 
     10 computers is created.
       1992-1993: Raymond Nance resigns and Dr. Randall Hollister 
     becomes headmaster. Enrollment--178.
       1998: A second computer lab of 22 systems added; computer 
     network added--2 computers per classroom.
       1999: School receives gift of 55 acres (``White's Ferry 
     property) and $200,000 gift made possible by Mr. Henry Brown.
       2000: LCS adds 10,000 square feet of classroom space.
       2001-2002: Dr. Randall Hollister receives Washington Post 
     Distinguished Leadership Award.
       2003: LCDS offers 2 sections of classes for all grades 
     except 6th and 8th; enrollment is 256.
       October 15, 2003: Founders' Day--Loudoun Country Day School 
     celebrates 50 years of educational excellence.

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