CHESTER – As first responders, paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) must always be ready to jump into action. They must be knowledgeable, quick-thinking, logical, composed, compassionate, and, when the situation arises, innovative to ensure their patients get the best care possible. With each workday comes the possibility of new challenges. No two situations are the same, because no two patients are the same. Recognizing the community’s need for highly skilled paramedics and EMTs, John Tyler Community College developed an award-winning EMS program that goes beyond textbooks and lectures by integrating advanced simulation into the learning environment. Through Tyler’s program,…
Browsing: Schools
When choosing the fall musical for the current school year, the theater students at Thomas Dale High School’s Specialty Center for the Arts expressed their desire to see more diversity on stage. As a result, the drama instructors went with “The Wiz,” an urban reimagining of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 children’s novel, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” and a musical they had done once before in the 80s.the scarecrow is played by Kyler Roundtree. He is hung over posts to keep the crows away in a corn field, but is having no luck. “We always kind of consider all of…
Jump Rope for Heart Campaign was completed at Curtis Elementary with a total $4,660 collected by only 99 of the 680 students enrolled taking part. Gym teacher, Tina Seal is so proud of the students that participated. The winner,fifth grader Mallory Bishop, is going out to dinner with Seal at the restaurant of her choice.
For 71 years, a stone marker with nine names of soldiers from the Matoaca area who died for their country during World War II has rested on the front lawn of Matoaca Elementary School. To honor veterans on Veterans Day, music teacher Leah Kovack organized an outdoor program for the school surrounding the marker. The program involved the children singing the national anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner,” “America,” and “March of Freedom.” Parents and community members attended the event. “My goal is for every single one of my students to know ‘The Star Spangled Banner,’” said Kovack. Inside the school,…
Enon Elementary School principal Jennifer Hinson asked fifth graders who were interested in being part of the flag corp to write an essay on the importance and their respect of the American flag. The flag corp would be responsible for raising and lowering the flag each day at their school. Once essays were turned in and students were selected, Hinson also saw the importance of knowing how to fold the flag. Last Wednesday, soldiers from Fort Lee conducted a class for the 11 students selected for the flag corp. The soldiers demonstrated first hand on how to fold the flag…
Rhonda Bailey-Clarke, a fifth grade teacher from Curtis Elementary, has received the Virginia Region I Outstanding Teacher of the Gifted Award. This award highlights and recognizes the accomplishments of talented educators providing gifted services to students. The Virginia Association for the Gifted received many applications from extremely qualified candidates. Bailey-Clarke’s credentials, experience, and recommendations earned her the highest evaluation by the selection committee. The association believes that by recognizing the high performance standards set forth by the winners they will inspire other educators and, and as a result, improve education for the gifted in Virginia. “Rhonda Bailey-Clarke is an exceptional…
Students from Curtis Elementary collected used coats again this year to donate to Puritan Cleaners Coats for Kids. Juan Conde from WRIC-TV was there last Thursday to help cheer the students on as they brought the coats to the donation truck. The school held a contest among the students for the classroom who collected the most donated coats. The school collected over 250 coats, with Mrs. Roinnel’s first grade classroom collecting the most. The students in that class got to hand deliver their coats to the donation truck and pose for a picture in front of the truck with their…
CHESTER. – The community is invited to join John Tyler Community College’s faculty, staff, and students as they honor past and present members of the armed services during the College’s annual Veterans Day ceremony on Friday, Nov. 11. The ceremony will begin at 11a.m. in Bird Hall, room B124, at the Chester Campus, located at 13101 Jefferson Davis Hwy. This year’s ceremony will include a keynote address by U.S. Navy veteran Dr. Danny Barnes. During his more than 13-year career in the U.S. Navy, Barnes served as a surface warfare officer, cryptologist, and cryptologic mathematician, and was deployed to the…
The students at Curtis Elementary kicked off the school year with a Jump Rope for Heart Event during PE classes. All classes were involved in the Jump Rope for Heart Kickoff in the gym in September. Brayden Walker in Mrs. Hudson’s kindergarten; Dalton Britt, a fourth-grader in Mrs. Ward’s class; Ayden Davis, a fifth-grader in Mrs. Greenwich’s class and Addison Stanley a third grader in Mrs. Burnett’s class; are all in the running for raising the most donations for the campaign. Their totals at this time are $1,000. These students were recognized during the kickoff because they raised their funds…
On a crisp Saturday morning, the Matoaca High School American Red Cross Club, FBLA and TSA joined forces to beautify the school’s courtyards. These three clubs have been doing this for the last five years. Twenty-five students, one parent, four teachers, and one alumnus worked hard at weeding Oct. 15, clipping overgrown shrubs, and spreading landscape fabric and a lot of mulch to keep the courtyards beautiful for the entire school community to enjoy. “A hard job well done,” said Librarian Maureen Cheatham.