Department Members:
**We currently have many openings for Behind-the-Wheel - get your paperwork in the Main Office! 2011-2012 Freshmen, Sophomores and Advanced PE Students PE uniforms will be on sale for $10.00 (shorts and a t-shirt) through one of the teachers in the PE department. Students wear uniforms every day of class for HPE10, and Advanced PE. Your uniforms are the same for all schools, so they are recyclable. Parents - LOST AND FOUND! Are your students missing coats, shoes, or t-shirts? Items are always collecting in the Lost and Found Box outside the Women's PE Office. When discovered, more valuable items are kept in one of the PE Teacher's offices for safekeeping. Please have your students check.
Items are sent to charity every two weeks. **Check out these Nutrition Information Websites: Lots of great articles from "Eatright" ,American Dietetic Organization": HEALTH/NUTRITION TIDBIT: How many calories will I burn while walking?
You will burn approximately 1 calorie for every twenty steps you take. With that in mind, here are the approximate step equivalents for a few common foods: a cracker (400 steps); 10 French fries (2,000 steps); 12oz. soda (3,020 steps); 1.75oz. chocolate bar (5,340 steps); pizza slice (6,900 steps); 44oz soda (12,000 steps); super-sized burger meal (35,080 steps). | | |
ALL SESSIONS ARE DONE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR
ATTENTION:
ALL SOPHOMORES ALL JUNIORS still needing Behind-the-Wheel SENIORS NEEDING Behind-the-Wheel with Loudoun County Public Schools Partners for Safe Teen Driving Loudoun County Public Schools 2011-2012 All Meetings 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm. Doors are locked at 7:05pm
to comply with the state mandated time requirement. LOCATION | DATE | Briar Woods High School | 12/7 and 1/11
| Broad Run High School | 9/15 and 11/10
| Dominion High School | 11/3 and 2/9
| Freedom High School | 9/21 and 10/12
| Heritage High School | 9/21 and 11/30
| Loudoun County High School | 9/19 and 9/20
| Loudoun Valley High School | 9/28 and 1/30
| Park View High School | 9/20 and 11/15
| Potomac Falls High School | 9/27 and 11/14
| Stone Bridge High School | 10/13 and 11/15
| Tuscarora High School | 9/22 and 10/20
| Woodgrove High School | 9/27 and 10/4
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DRIVER EDUCATION: The following information will be sent home with all sophomores this Fall during Seminar on 10/19/11. This information will be reviewed in class, and is available on the website, for all sophomores and juniors, and seniors wishing to take BTW with Loudoun County Public Schools. Behind-the-Wheel Information : TO SIGN-UP EARLY FOR BEHIND-THE-WHEEL, students who currently have an A or B in Driver Education, already have their permits, and already have attended the Partners for Safe Driving Workshop, may ask their teacher for a permission slip to request the paperwork for Behind-the-Wheel (BTW) from the Main Office, starting November 9, 2011. These students only may begin BTW instruction early. **All other students must wait until after the final driver education exam IN JANUARY to go the Main Office for their paperwork. NOTE: students should also be nearing their nine-month eligibility date, as the last day of the Behind-the-Wheel seven sessions will be their road test. . If you wish your student to take Behind-the-Wheel with LCPS: - Students bring that paperwork home to be completely filled out, and return it to the office with their check for $195.00 made out to the County of Loudoun. ALL STUDENTS are also required to turn in their Parent/Teen Safe Driving Certificate with their payment.
- **NOTE: if parents pay online – registration paperwork must still be turned in to the Main Office.
- After the paperwork is processed by the Assistant Principal, your student becomes officially registered and is placed on a waiting list for the Behind-the-wheel instructors at this school.
· The driving sessions will begin for the student when they are next in line. They are contacted by their BTW Instructor. Their “45-hour logs” must be completed, with at least 15 hours of night driving prior to their receiving their TDL-180 (Temporary Provisional Driver’s license lasting 180 days). Driving time with the BTW instructor does not count towards their log time. They will drive a total of 7 actual driving sessions (minimum 50 minutes each), and 7 observation sessions (minimum 50 minutes each), paired with the same other student in the car. The 7th and final session is the road test for both students, at which time they will earn their TDL-180 from their BTW Instructor, if they have demonstrated the necessary skills. Upon passing, this is when they can drive by themselves, and they will now need insurance. If you wish your student to take Behind-the-Wheel with a private/commercial company; - If a student wishes to go with a commercial/private company, they go to the Main Office to request their “green card” (form DEC-01) with their signed permission slip, and the copy of their parent/teen safe driving workshop certificate. The office can usually have the DEC-01 ready in 1-2 days. They then present their DEC-01 to the commercial/private company.
- Attending the parent/teen safe driving workshop is required for all current sophomores and juniors. Seniors taking BTW with a private/commercial company are not required to attend this workshop.
Rules For both LCPS and Commercial - Upon completing and passing Behind-the-Wheel, students will receive a letter from the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, stating when they are to be in attendance at the Licensing Ceremony – a court date. They must appear with at least one parent, be dressed appropriately, and stay for the entire court session. At that time, they receive their driver’s license – with parental consent, of course. This ceremony is always held at Heritage High School, at 4:45pm, on the 3rd Thursday of some month. Students 18 and over do not have to attend the licensing ceremony.We hope this answers a few questions you may have. Please do not hesitate to contact us,Joyce.Phillips@lcps.org, or Mrs.Thurston, Kristin.Thurston@lcps.org, with any further questions.
Sincerely, Joyce M. Phillips, Kristin Thurston HPE Department Chair HPE 10 Teacher HPE 10 Teacher, BTW Instructor BTW Instructor |
