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Potomac Falls High School is a public secondary school in Sterling, Virginia unincorporated area in Loudoun County, Virginia. The school is part of the Loudoun County Public Schools system and is located on 46400 Algonkian Parkway. Rated in America's Top Public High Schools in 2008 (173rd),〔(America's Top Public High Schools – Newsweek America's Best High Schools ),〕 Potomac Falls' student body is drawn from the Cascades, Countryside, Broad Run Farms, and Dulles Town Center communities. ==History== Potomac Falls High School opened in 1997, drawing its student body from Park View High School, Broad Run High School and Seneca Ridge Middle School. It was the first high school built in 21 years, following Park View's opening in 1976. There were about 900 students in grades 9–11 when Potomac Falls opened. There was no senior class since seniors attending Park View and Broad Run who lived in Potomac Falls' attendance area remained at those schools through graduation. In 2003, students from Potomac Falls and Park View High School were fed into Dominion High School after the schools became overcrowded while students from Broad Run High School and Park View were sent to Potomac Falls. However, growth has stabilized in Sterling since then, and there are no new high schools being planned in the area for the foreseeable future. The basic high school design for Potomac Falls has been used for every new high school built in Loudoun County since then. Stone Bridge opened in 2000 with Potomac Falls' basic design, but with a larger auditorium and some additional classrooms. Heritage, Dominion, Briar Woods, and Freedom also use the same basic template. In 2005, Potomac Falls High School dropped resource, instead replacing sixth period with a new system called FLEX. In FLEX, the students first go to either period 7, 2, 3, 4 (respectively) from 10:38–11:19 and then they go to either period 1, 8, 5, advisory (respectively) from 11:25 to 12:07. The periods to which the students go depend on what FLEX day it is (the periods will always be the same; if they FLEX to seventh, they will flex to first, and if they FLEX to second, they will FLEX to eighth, etc.). During the 2010-2011 school year, the FLEX period was moved to fourth period. This time is occasionally used for assemblies, club meetings, filling out forms, or last minute school work. In 2006, Potomac Falls High School decided to make an advisory period. This period began as an add-on of 20 minutes to the last FLEX of the week, but in the 2006–2007 school year, it was changed to a full 45 minute FLEX period occurring at the last FLEX of every other week. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Potomac Falls High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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