Chesterfield County Public Schools has two free apps to help students, parents and the community easily access information about career and technical education and about breakfasts and lunches in school cafeterias. Career and technical education A new app is available for career and technical education in Chesterfield County Public Schools. The app enables parents, students, alumni, faculty and staff members to quickly access the who, what, when and where for career and technical education. The app, offered in partnership with SchoolInfoApp, is free and features Announcements and information Student tools Links to divisionwide information about career and technical education Picture…
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Parents and teen drivers are invited to the Come Home Alive safe driving program. With the goal of reducing car crashes and saving lives, the program brings together parents, students, school officials, law enforcement representatives and community members. Stressing the influence that parents have on teen drivers, Come Home Alive complements the driver education course taught in high schools. The program includes information about distracted driving, coaching tips for parents, an overview of the driver education curriculum, review of traffic laws governing teen drivers, information about insurance and safety reminders. Parents of 10th-grade students are the main focus, but parents…
Over summer vacation, Matoaca High AP language and composition students had the opportunity to read “Waterwalk: A Passage of Ghosts” by Steven Faulkner. Described by Goodreads as “a poet with a sense of humor, Faulkner brings the majestic American heartland to life in one of the finest books ever written about a river journey.” The book describes the 1,000 mile journey by Faulkner and his son as they retraced the 1673 river journey of French explorers Marquette and Joliet from Lake Michigan to St. Louis. The book has been turned into an independent film that premiered at Longwood University where…
Effective immediately, the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia (CHSV) announces the re-opening of its Museum Gift Shop in historic Magnolia Grange featuring a free gift with purchase in September and a special discount sale in October. Throughout September, the gift shop will feature local products including raw honey, goat’s milk soaps and lotions, popular Eastern Shore Teas and Chesterfield County-themed gift baskets designed as the perfect hostess gift. Shoppers will receive a free gift with purchase in September; hours are Tuesday and Thursday 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. until 2…
Local artists, Drs. W. Baxter Perkinson, Jr. and Ivan W. Perkinson, entertained guests at Swift Creek Mill Theatre to help celebrate and launch the theatre’s 50th Anniversary Season with the opening of their art exhibit, “Perkinson Twins Art Exhibit, Reception & Play.” The exhibit and reception highlighted the Featured Artist Program at the Mill. Full of energy at 70-years-old, the Perkinson twins greeted their friends, art patrons and the Mill’s board members, actors and volunteers during the reception with the invitation to join them to the opening of the Mills first play of the season, “A Second Helping: the Church…
Hundreds of visitors roamed the revered grounds of Henricus Historical Park over the weekend, taking in the flavor of a 1611 setting. Historical re-enactors who protrayed blacksmiths, farmers, seamstresses, soldiers of Civil and Revolutionary wars and Native Americans and more, manned the period correct colonial buildings and Native American longhouses. There was a special treat for adventure seekers and history buffs, a visit from the replica ship Godspeed, which arrived from Jamestown. In 1606, the original Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery set sail from London on December 20, bound for Virginia. The expedition was sponsored by the Virginia Company of London, a business venture that had been…
Join the Virginia Hemophilia Foundation (VHF) for a race the entire family can enjoy. Costumes are highly encouraged and treats will be given along the way. Also not to be missed is the pre-race Halloween party with a DJ, food, and more! Sign up today – this SPOOKtacular race is limited to 200 runners. The race is scheduled for October 31, 9:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. Robious Landing Park 3800 James River Rd. Midlothian. For more information visit www.raceit.com/search/event.aspx?id=33281 Fee to race the 5K is $30 – Monster Dash is free. Contact: Kelly Waters 804-740-8643 [email protected]
Thomas Dale High School is inviting the public to participate in their Fall Brawl Captain’s Choice Golf Tournament. The Fall Brawl will be held Wednesday, October 28 at Meadowbrook County Club. Registration begins at 2 p.m. with buffet, door prizes and awards taking place at 6 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the J. Wilson Crump and F.B.F.C. Scholarships. The goal of the golf tournament is to raise funds to support the aforementioned scholarships, reach out to past athletes, coaches and supporters in effort to unite the “Knight” athletic community and provide a first class tournament for all participants. The cost of…
Five generations celebrated during a bridal shower for Ashley Cunningham. From left to right are Mya Johnson, Ashley Cunningham, Penny Conner, Marie North and Clara Dennis. Cunningham said they all live fairly close to each other and go to church together. Clara Dennis is her Granny and she is very healthy at age 96. She has never worked or driven a car. Cunningham’s daughter is eight-years-old and has a good relationship with the entire family.
Sidewalks are showing up from Meadowbrook to Ettrick in the south east of Chesterfield. A new pedestrian walk was recently completed on Cogbill Road from Meadowbrook High School west to Iron Bridge Road. The two-tenths-of-a-mile project also included landscaping with crepe myrtles and period streetlights as well as curb and gutter on about half the project. “Many people have been asking for pedestrian accommodations on Cogbill,” said Jesse Smith, director of transportation for Chesterfield County. The last section of sidewalk completed the county’s plan for sidewalks between Ironbridge and Hopkins roads, according to Smith. “I am excited to say that…