Dr. Spence talks with Chief Communications and Community Engagement Officer Natalie Allen and Director of Family and Community Engagement Renee Dawson about LCPS' efforts to engage with families and ways the community can stay connected to the school division.  

Dan Adams, LCPS Public Information Officer, speaks with Diana Rodriguez and Katherine Parker from LAWS Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services to discuss resources, collaboration and the future between LCPS and LAWS.

Everette, Camille and Anthony from DEIA talk about The Voice of the JEDI - How are students involved in “the work”? What are some student-led initiatives strengthened by equity work, and what has been students’ reception to existing DEIA efforts? 

Guests are Student Equity Ambassadors and Student Delegates from the Minority Student Achievement Advisory Committee. These dynamic students are making their voices heard, emerging as influential leaders and changemakers in their school communities.

We’ll also be joined by Trey Baker, an Emmy-nominated spoken word poet - who facilitated our most recent JEDI meeting and works to empower students to tell their story, their way.

In this month’s School Spirit podcast, Renee Dawson, Director of Family and Community Engagement, speaks with Woodgrove High School biology teacher Scott Fortney and four of his students, Maggie Bugaj, Cooper Curtis, Andrew Dean and Addie McCullers, about a recent classroom project to help restore the American chestnut tree. The students share how this hands-on activity taught them about the role of the keystone species as well as some other fundamental science and ecology lessons. 

Dr. Aaron Spence talks about workforce development and school/business partnerships with Dr. Michael Grubbs, Director of Career Technical and Adult Education.

LCPS Public Information Officer Dan Adams interviews Kabilan Prasanna, a Senior at Lightridge HS and the Academies of Loudoun, as he talks about the rigorous academics at LCPS and his recent recognition as one of the country's top 300 teen scientists. 

Your hosts discuss DEIA efforts at LCPS with Superintendent Dr. Aaron Spence and Assistant Superintendent for DEIA Dr. Latisha Ellis-Williams.

In this month’s School Spirt podcast, host Renee Dawson speaks with Eagle Ridge Middle School Principal Scott Phillips and Assistant Principal Dave Barlock about the structures and mechanisms they have put in place to support student success. Eagle Ridge Middle School was recently ranked by the Virginia Department of Education as the number 3 middle school in the Commonwealth based on student mastery and growth in math and reading. 

LCPS Public Information Officer Dan Adams speaks to Jennifer Evans, LCPS Director of Student Mental Health Services about how the opioid epidemic is affecting schools, what LCPS is doing about it, and services available to students and their families.  

Dr. Spence talks with CFO Sharon Willoughby about the LCPS budget process, working with stakeholders and developing the recently presented FY26 Operating Budget.