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Hello! Harper Park Middle School and Loudoun County Public Schools welcome military families and their students! We are honored to have you join our community. We are committed to the ongoing support with a greater understanding and recognition of the unique attributes of our military-connected students.  We also look forward to collaborative communication with the parents and families of our students. 

The designated Military Counselor at HPMS is Rawan Tringali, Email Rawan Tringali.

The POC for the county is Morgan Huey School Counseling Services Specialist Email Morgan Huey

• Planning Your Arrival

  • Pre-Registrtion

  • Documents Needed for Registration

  • LCPS Attendance Boundary

  • Immunization Requirements

• Preparing Your Move from LCPS

  If you are preparing for your move from LCPS please contact our Registrar/Attenance Liasion Brenda Siegel, Email Brenda Siegel

  • Records Management Office

• Academic Planning for Military Families

  • Upon registration, parents need to make sure the registrar knows their child is military connected. 

  • Our registrar will then let the grade level counselor know. Each grade level counselor has a list of military connected students in their grade level who can act as peer ambassadors for new military students. 

  This includes: 

  • meeting the new student on their first day here

  • providing a school tour and walking them from class to class as well as assisting them throughout the week

  • Supporting that student at lunch

  • Letting the new student know they are also military connected 

  • Virginia Board of Education Diploma Options

  • LCPS Graduation Requirements

  • Academics

  • Gifted and Talented Education

  • Virginia Standards of Learning

  • Department of Pupil Services Home Instruction

  • Guidelines for Home Instruction

  Listed below are some academic options that 8th graders can apply to:

  • Academies of Loudoun

  • International Baccalaureate Program at Heritage High School

  • The Health & Medical Sciences Academy (HAMSci)

  • NJROTC at Loudoun County High School

• Inerstate Compact on Educational Opportunities for Military Children

  Information that addresses the educational transition issues of children of military families because of frequent moves.

  • Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunities

  • Military Interstate Children's Compact Commission

• Special Needs Navigation and Parental Rights

  At HPMS, the counselor for all students with an IEP and Special Education is Ashley Harper. Email Ashley Harper

  • Information on Special Education Procedural Safeguards, Guidance, Regulations and Eligibility Services
    Special Education-VDOE

  Virginia is one of only a few states in which parental consent is required before (i) and initial eligibility determination or any change in the students eligibility identification: (ii) any revision to the students' IEP; (iii) any partial or complete termination of special education and related services (except for graduation with a standard or advanced diploma); and (iv) the provision of a free appropriate public education to transfer students.

  • Evaluation and Eligibility for Special Education an Related Services: Guidance Document

  • Regulations Governing SPED

  • Student Support & Conduct

• Resources for Military Families

  • VDOE Purple Star

  • Military Child Education Coalition

  • Tutor.com for U.S Military Students-No Cost

  • Penn State Clearing House School Resources to Support Military Connected Students

  • Museum of the American Military Family & Learning Center

  • National Military Family Association

  • The Military Teen Experience