• Mrs. Schmidt holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam and a Master of Science with concentration in Music Education from Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut. She spent 17 years as an itinerant strings specialist in Fairfax County, moving to Loudoun County in 2008. This will be her 16th year in Loudoun County, where she has taught strings at Simpson Middle, Heritage HS, Sterling Middle, and Park View HS, and she currently teaches elementary general music at Hillside ES and Sully ES. This upcoming year will be her 33rd in education.

    She is looking forward to being back at Hillside again this year!