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C.S. Monroe Technology Center is a public secondary school in Leesburg, a community in Loudoun County, Virginia.

The school is part of Loudoun County Public Schools and is located on 43100 Hay Road in Ashburn, Virginia.

History
Stone Bridge opened in 2000, with its student body coming from Broad Run High School and Loudoun County High School. It opened the same year as two other Northern Virginia high schools, Forest Park Senior High School opened in Prince William County, and Westfield High School opened in Fairfax County; all three schools regularly played against each other in many sports in their inaugural year. The school's capacity is at around 1,600 students.

During the first year, there were nearly 1,200 students from 9th through 11th grade; seniors stayed at Broad Run or Loudoun County. There were also nearly 500 8th graders housed at Stone Bridge during the 2000-2001 school year because of overcrowding at Harper Park Middle School, the feeder middle school at that time.

In 2002, most of Stone Bridge's Leesburg student body (except for Lansdowne residents and upcoming seniors if they chose so and could provide their own transportation) were 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. However, by the 2004-2005 school year, the student body went up to nearly 1,900 students, the biggest enrollment at the time for a Loudoun County high school. In 2005, Briar Woods High School's opening helped alleviate crowding, but its enrollment remained above 1,600 students. In 2010, the rest of Stone Bridge's Leesburg student body was transferred to Tuscarora High School to relieve overcrowding. Stone Bridge will be shifting students who live inside Belmont Country Club to Riverside High School in 2015. This will drop the enrollment by roughly 500 students.

Schedule information
Stone Bridge High School is open from 9:00 AM until 3:48 PM on all school days. Loudoun County schools are open later than neighboring jurisdictions such as Fairfax County and Prince William County where most schools open considerably earlier.

MTC's schedule is similar to that of the other schools in the local system, which use a [block schedule], alternating between "A" days and "B" days each school day. Unlike other schools in Loudoun County, however, students are in a single class for the main duration of the day. To get to MTC, students arrive at their normal school, then take a bus to the MTC campus. In most cases, the buses are also used to drive students to Douglass High School

Accreditation
Stone Bridge High School is fully accredited based on its performance on the Standards of Learning tests in Virginia since its opening in 2000.

Stone Bridge holds the state title for the Virginia Math League, 2009-2010 being the first year entering.

Curriculum
Stone Bridge High School offers a comprehensive curriculum to all of its students. Most students take a standard curriculum, but the school is also a member of the Advanced Placement program, ESL courses for those who cannot speak English well, and special education courses for students with learning disabilities. Some students also elect to take classes at the Loudoun Academy of Science for math and science courses or the C.S. Monroe Technology Center for vocational courses.

SBHS offers a wide variety of elective courses in a wide variety of areas, including Marketing, Technology, Home Economics, Art, Music, and Advanced Physical Education (for 11th and 12th graders only). Many of the elective courses offered at Stone Bridge require a great deal of work outside the classroom and some of these groups are mentioned in further detail below.

Demographics
Stone Bridge High School's student body in 2007-2008 was 74% White; 9% Black; 9% Asian; and 7% Hispanic.

Extracurricular activities
Stone Bridge's drama department puts on three annual shows, which include a fall play, winter one-acts (including a competition piece), and a musical in the spring. In 2006, Stone Bridge took home three National Capital Area Cappies awards for their production of "Seussical the Musical." These awards were: Best Musical, Best Lead Actor (Mace Sorensen), and Best Ensemble (Wickersham Brothers). In 2009, Stone Bridge was awarded one Cappie for Best Set (John Darr and Rachel Martin) for the play "You Can't Take it With You". In 2011, Stone Bridge took home two Cappies for their production of Lord of the Flies, for both Best Props and Effects and Best Play. In 2012, the award of Best Comedic Actor in a Musical was awarded to Ian Peterson of Stone Bridge. The Theater Department has also performed well in VHSL Competition, winning the Liberty District title multiple times and placing as high as 3rd in the Northern Region until 2014. In the 2014 VHSL Theater Competition, the Running Dogs performed "Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind", placing first in the newly created Conference 14 Theater Festival, first in the Northern Region 5A, and first in the State of Virginia for all 5A Schools, outscoring their closest competitors by an astounding 19 points. Various individual awards were given to members of the cast, including Ian Peterson being named to the All-Star cast at the Conference Level and Kevin Buckley being named Best Actor of Conference 14; Maggie Good and Buckley being named to the All-Star Cast of the Northern Region and Peterson being named Best Actor of the Northern Region; and Peterson being named to the 4 person All-Star cast at the State Level. This is the first and only Region and State Championship for the Theater Department. Aaron Parker and Sean O'Rahilly were also credited for helping lead the team during times of an absence of the director.

Stone Bridge's band program includes two concert bands, a marching band, a jazz ensemble, and two jazz lab bands, which are full size jazz ensembles that meet before school. Stone Bridge obtained the title of "Honor Band", for the marching band and the upper band getting a superior, for the past 3 consecutive years.

The choir program is also made up of several groups, which are Concert Choir, " Junior Varsity" Men's Choir, "Varsity" Men's Choir, Treble Choir, Chamber Choir (also known as 7-4-5 Chorale), and Jazz Choir, which sometimes performs with the band's Jazz Ensemble and often performs around the community. The various choirs constantly receive Superior Ratings from both District Assessments and from competitions at places such as Hershey Park and Busch Gardens. In 2012, the 745 Chorale was picked to perform at the VMEA Conference at The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia, one of the highest honors a high school choral group can achieve in Virginia.

Since Loudoun County Public Schools opened a string program in the middle schools in 2002 to 7th graders, Stone Bridge and the other nine Loudoun high schools now also have string ensembles starting in the 2005-2006 school year during the school day. The string students from Stone Bridge often participate in North Central Regional Orchestra.

Stone Bridge competes in the Liberty District of the Northern Region for debate competitions. These are the same districts that Stone Bridge athletics are in, because debate is sponsored by the Virginia High School League. The debate program won the AA state title in 2005.

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.

Stone Bridge has a chess club. In 2010, the Stone Bridge High School chess team came in second in the Virginia

Notable alumni

 * Ed Wang, football player for the Oakland Raiders: graduated in 2005; attended Virginia Tech from 2005-2010.
 * Kyle Crane, drummer for Daniel Lanois, Bridgit Mendler, Everest, Crystal Bowersox, Judith Hill, and Monte Mar; graduated in 2003; attended Berklee College of Music from 2003-2007.
 * Adam Comrie, defensiveman for the Worcester Sharks of the American Hockey League whilst under contract to the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League.
 * Ryan Ellis, racecar driver in NASCAR Xfinity Series: graduated in 2008; attended George Mason University from 2009-2012.
 * Zach Thompson, defensive end for the Baltimore Ravens: graduated in 2009.