In Loudoun County Public Schools, our purpose is for all students to make meaningful contributions to the world.

The way we do that is through designing authentic, challenging learning experiences for Deeper Learning.

We have many instructional and assessment approaches to get us to authentic and deeper learning, including Project-Based Learning (PBL), Performance-Based Assessments (PBA), and Personalized Learning (PL).

We provide equitable learning opportunities and supports that lead to deeper learning for all students.

Personalized Learning (PL) is dynamically tailoring learning experiences to students’ strengths, needs and/or interests. A PL approach supports PBL and One to the World by encouraging the following: (1) Access to significant content for students who may have learning gaps (2) Challenges for students who have shown basic mastery (3) Relevance for all students as their interests help shape the direction of “meaningful contributions to the world”.  

At Sugarland, we believe in empowering students to take ownership of their learning in order to discover the world around them through their successes and failures.

According to the Buck Institute for Education, "Project Based Learning (PBL) prepares students for academic, personal, and career success, and readies young people to rise to the challenges of their lives and the world they will inherit.

Students work on a project over an extended period of time – from a week up to a semester – that engages them in solving a real-world problem or answering a complex question. They demonstrate their knowledge and skills by developing a public product or presentation for a real audience.

As a result, students develop deep content knowledge as well as critical thinking, creativity, and communication skills in the context of doing an authentic, meaningful project. Project Based Learning unleashes a contagious, creative energy among students and teachers.

And for those who are seeking a more formal definition: Project Based Learning is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging, and complex question, problem, or challenge."

Buck Institute for Education

In Loudoun County Public Schools, our purpose is for all students to make meaningful contributions to the world. The way we do that is through designing authentic, challenging learning experiences for Deeper Learning. 

We have many instructional and assessment approaches to get us to authentic and deeper learning, including the Profile of a Graduate and 5Cs, Project-Based Learning (PBL), Performance Assessments (PA), and Personalized Learning (PL).

We provide equitable learning opportunities and supports that lead to deeper learning for all students.