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Dual Language Immersion is coming to two Chesterfield elementary schools following approval by the governing board on June 12. Elizabeth Scott Elementary will begin offering a Spanish language immersion program for one kindergarten class this fall. The students will be chosen by lottery. They will be taught math, science and health in Spanish and language arts and social sciences in English. All Elizabeth Scott students will continue to have 45 minutes a week of instruction in Spanish, according to Thomas Taylor, the district’s chief academic officer. Robious Elementary will begin offering French language immersion for three of five kindergarten classes.…

Chesterfield County’s public schools and libraries are teaming up with No Kid Hungry to feed children for free this summer. No Kid Hungry is a national campaign run by Share Our Strength, a nonprofit working to solve problems of hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world. “We first heard about the summer lunch program in 2015 from the USDA and the Library of Virginia,” said Jennifer Shepley, manager of Community Services at the Chesterfield County Public Library. “The program was established to ensure children continue to receive healthy meals when school is not in session. Meals…

Rachel Watson was a finance major in her third year of college when the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, occurred, and it made her stop and think about her life. She had always wanted to be a teacher, but changed her mind after she had been talked out of pursuing it. Watson decided to finish her finance degree. After graduating and working at a mortgage company, she realized she still wanted to be a teacher so she went to Temple University and eventually got her master’s degree in secondary math. Watson teaches eighth-grade algebra at Elizabeth Davis Middle School,…

Three Chesterfield County educators recently received the prestigious Golden Apple Award, and five area students were honored with scholarships from the Kappa Foundation of Petersburg Inc. The awards were made June 2 at the Kappa Foundation’s annual scholarship and achievement awards breakfast. The Golden Apple Award was presented to Melloney Johnson, a professional school counselor at Matoaca High School, Regina B. Tyler, director of the TRiO program at Virginia State University, and Iva G. Walton, a teacher at Matoaca High School. The prestigious Golden Apple Award recognizes excellence in leadership, counseling and teaching within an educational environment. The award was…

Francoise Favi, laboratory and research specialist in entomology with Virginia State University’s Agricultural Research Station, has received the President’s Volunteer Service Award, a national honor offered in recognition of volunteer service. Favi received the award on April 21 during National Volunteer Week. “I am overwhelmed with joy,” Favi said. “This work involved a lot of time outside my regular employment. I am very grateful to VSU and everyone who helped… We have made a great contribution toward U.S. assistance for international development.” Favi received the award for her volunteer work in Bangladesh on a project to grow cassava for industrial…

An idea that started at Meadowbrook High School six years ago is now being used at L.C. Bird High. Matt Bland, teacher of the Success program that works with at-risk ninth-graders, needed someone to help him with the Bridging the Gap computer program, and he recruited Bill Stehle, a retired Dominion Virginia Power Co. employee. “I’m a great facilitator, but I didn’t know anything about technology,” Bland said. Stehle, who worked in the information technology department at Dominion, was seemingly the perfect fit. Bridging the Gap works in conjunction with the Virginia Star program that recycles used desktop computers from…

Chester resident Anne Canipe is headed to South Korea this month. Canipe, a teacher at Cosby High School, was invited to participate in a week-long geography education conference and field study in the northeast Asian country. The group with which Canipe is traveling is made up of 14 teachers from throughout the United States. Each teaches Advanced Placement Human Geography, which transfers as college credit to many colleges and universities. Canipe and three other teachers were chosen to make a presentation during the conference. Their works will be published for conference attendees. Geography activities on the Korean Peninsula will enable…

Valedictorian Lily Tran had attendees of Lloyd C. Bird High School’s June 7 graduation laughing. Tran told her fellow graduates to look underneath their seats, paused and then said, “Just kidding.” She encouraged them to treat each person they come across with compassion and kindness. “Good deeds are never too late,” co-salutatorian Chengjian Chen said. “The world doesn’t magically get better on its own.” Co-salutatorian Elijah Kien thanked God for “everything He has done for me. Without Him I wouldn’t be here,” which resulted in rousing cheers from the audience. Kien also thanked his mother, father, brother and various school…

Valedictorian Lillian Wilmarth and salutatorian James Marrs were among the students who graduated from Matoaca High School June 4. Wilmarth and Marrs were among 81 students who received college scholarships. Tobias Konieczka and Drew Lather each received $100,000 scholarships. Konieczka was awarded Hampden-Sydney College’s Venable Scholarship, while Lather got a Human Dynamics scholarship from Syracuse University. Others who received scholarships of $20,000 or more include: Dalton Powers, $96,000 from Virginia Wesleyan; Denai Williamson, $96,000 from Bridgewater College; Victoria Roberts, $88,000 from Virginia Wesleyan; Ayanna Scarborough, $85,000 from Roanoke College; Tahani Dickson, $80,120 from Berkeley College; Ryan Smith, $60,000 from Lynchburg…

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