Stone Bridge High School
Address
43100 Hay Road

Ashburn
,
Loudoun County
,
Virginia
20147
Coordinates39°02′56″N 77°30′40″W / 39.0487708°N 77.5109807°W / 39.0487708; -77.5109807
Information
School typePublic high school
Founded2000
School districtLoudoun County Public Schools
PrincipalTimothy Flynn
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,719[1] (2021–2022)
LanguageEnglish
CampusSuburban
Color(s)  Carolina Blue,   Navy,   White, and   Silver
MascotBulldogs
Communities servedAshburn Farm
Chase at Belmont Country Club
Ridges at Belmont Country Club
Belmont Greene
Goose Creek Preserve
Goose Creek Village
Old Town Ashburn
The Ridges at Ashburn
Feeder schoolsTrailside Middle School
Belmont Station Elementary School
Cedar Lane Elementary School
Newton-Lee Elementary School
Sanders Corner Elementary School
Athletic ConferencePotomac District
VHSL Class 5 Region C
NVSHL
Websitehttp://www.loudoun.k12.va.us/sbhs

Stone Bridge High School is a public secondary school in Ashburn, a community in Loudoun County, Virginia.

The school is part of Loudoun County Public Schools. Newsweek ranked Stone Bridge the #4 high school in Virginia and the #1 high school in Loudoun County in 2014.[2]

History

Stone Bridge opened in 2000.[3] The school derives its name from the stone Broad Run Bridge.

In 2002, most of Stone Bridge's Leesburg student body was moved to Heritage High School, but some additional students from Broad Run were moved to Stone Bridge, dropping enrollment to roughly 1,400 students in the 2002–2003 school year.[4] However, by the 2004–2005 school year, the student body went up to nearly 1,900 students, the largest student body in Loudoun County.[5]

2021 sexual assault

On May 28, 2021, a male teenager was accused of sexually assaulting a female student in a girls' restroom at Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn.[6][7] Following a weeks-long investigation by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office, a 14-year-old male was arrested on July 8, 2021, and charged with two counts of forcible sodomy.[6] On October 6, 2021, the same male teenager, now aged 15, was accused of sexually assaulting a female student in an empty classroom at Broad Run High School.[6] The male student was arrested the following day[7] and charged with sexual battery and abduction of a fellow student.[6] On October 25, 2021, the suspect was found guilty on all charges for the May 28 assault.[8][9] On November 15, 2021, the suspect pleaded no contest to a felony charge of abduction and a misdemeanor count of sexual battery for the October 6 assault.[10] In January 2022, the suspect was found guilty on all four charges and was sentenced to complete a "residential program in a locked-down facility" and placed on supervised probation until he turned 18, and ordered to register as a sex offender in Virginia.[11][12] Later that month, Brooks decided against placing the perpetrator on the sex offender registry, due to the offender's young age and data indicating that teenagers placed on the registry go on to have higher recidivism rates.[13]

Extracurricular activities

The debate program won the AA state title in 2005, and the AAA state title in 2006.[14]

Stone Bridge's chapter of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) has been named as an Honor Chapter by the Virginia FBLA since it was chartered in 2002. In 2006, the chapter was recognized with its first award from the National FBLA organization; receiving the Business Achievement Award.

Athletics

Stone Bridge has a long-standing rivalry with nearby Broad Run High School, with the annual football game between the two schools being called the "Battle of the 'Burn".[15]

The school's mascot and colors were established in 1999 after a student referendum at Broad Run High School, Loudoun County High School, and Harper Park Middle School.

Stone Bridge has won 17 state titles in the following sports:

  • Four for cheerleading (AA champion in 2004; AAA champion in 2005, 2006, and 2008)
  • Eight NVSHL titles for ice hockey in 2001–2002, 2002–2003, 2007–2008, 2010–2011, 2011–2012, 2014–2015, 2015–16, and 2016–17
  • One AA title for girls soccer in 2005
  • Three AAA title for football (Division 5) in 2007, Spring 2021 (season delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic), Fall 2021
  • One AAA title for girls soccer in 2010

The Bulldogs have been state runners-up thirteen times, which are:

  • One in AA cheerleading in the 2002 season, one in AAA in the 2009 season, and again in 5A in the 2014 season.
  • Seven in AAA Division 5 football in 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, and 2018.
  • Two in AAA softball in 2006 and 2013
  • One in AAA girls volleyball in 2010

Stone Bridge has also won three awards for sportsmanship, which are:

  • Two for the Wachovia Ethics and Integrity Award (2001–2002 and 2004–2005)
  • One in AA Girls Volleyball in 2003–2004

State championships

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "LCPS Enrollment". Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  2. ↑ "America's Top Schools 2014". Newsweek. September 13, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Stone Bridge High 2000 Attendance Boundary Map". LCPS. Archived from the original on June 6, 2001. Retrieved February 14, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ↑ Helderman, Rosalind S. (September 15, 2002), "Officials Hit Mark on School Data; Enrollment Up 8%", The Washington Post, pp. T3, Loudoun Extra
  5. ↑ "Stone Bridge HS Attendance Boundary 2003" (PDF). LCPS. Archived from the original on June 28, 2004. Retrieved February 14, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. 1 2 3 4 Hilton, Jasmine; Natanson, Hannah; Jouvenal, Justin (October 14, 2021). "Loudoun Country student accused in sexual assaults at two schools, sparking outrage from parents". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 14, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  7. 1 2 Palmer, Ewan (October 14, 2021). "Loudoun County Officials Address 'Misinformation' Over School Assaults". Newsweek. Archived from the original on October 14, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  8. ↑ Jouvenal, Justin (October 25, 2021). "In case at center of political firestorm, judge finds teen committed sexual assault in Virginia school bathroom". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 26, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  9. ↑ Scott Taylor; 7News Staff (October 25, 2021). "Teen suspect found guilty in Loudoun County school bathroom assault". WJLA-TV. Archived from the original on October 26, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ Jouvenal, Justin (November 15, 2021). "Va. teen pleads no contest in politically charged sexual assault case at high school". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on November 16, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  11. ↑ Taylor, Scott (January 12, 2022). "Teen convicted in 2 Loudoun schools sex assaults sentenced to 'locked residential program'". WJLA-TV. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  12. ↑ Wilder, Drew (January 12, 2022). "'This One Scares Me': Teen Convicted in Loudoun School Sex Attacks to Register as Sex Offender". NBC Washington. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Va. judge reverses decision to place teen on sex offender registry in bathroom assault case". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.vhsl.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ↑ Errigo, Michael. "Broad Run tops Stone Bridge in 18th renewal of the 'Battle of the 'Burn'". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
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