Proud parents Greg and Kim Lanier last week accompanied their son Andrew Lanier as he signed a letter of intent to run cross country for Longwood University. Andrew is a standout on the Matoaca Warrior cross country and track teams where he qualified for regionals freshman through senior year in cross country and track. He was an 800 and 1600 meter specialist on the track team where he served as the distance team captain. Andrew was also named to the All District team each year of his high school career. Andrew has pursued his interest in dentistry by attending the…
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L.C. Bird High School would like to announce the L.C. Bird Basketball Skills Camp 2015. The camp, which will take place from June 15 to 19, is for girls ages six to 16. The camp will be headed by L.C. Bird’s Coach Chevette Waller, who has over 15 years of coaching experience and is dedicated to teaching the fundamentals of basketball. Special features of the camp will include opportunities to learn from outstanding coaches and players, compete and learn as you put your lessons to use in full-court games, boost your confidence and your game, improve every part of your…
Explore Chesterfield County’s diverse trails by registering for the Great Park Challenge (GPC). The GPC encourages individuals and families to visit five different county parks in order to answer questions about the parks. Registration will take place Saturday, June 6, at 8 a.m. at any one of the five parks. The five parks included in the GPC include: Radcliffe Conservation Area, Dodd Park at Point of Rocks, Dutch Gap Conservation Area, Rockwood Park and Robious Landing Park. Registrants will download or print a map and questions for each park. There will be five questions per park. Everyone who correctly answers…
Molly McFadden, a special education teacher from Curtis Elementary was awarded a MCD Grant of $5,000 for the 2015-2016 school year. Ms. McFadden will purchase stand-up desks for a variety of classrooms at Curtis. The purpose of the desks is to accommodate students with different learning styles, allowing them to stand while working if they wish. Students will be given a choice to use the stand up desks during instruction and independent work. “We are very excited to have the opportunity to use the desks here at Curtis!” she said.
English 10 students from Caroline Brown, Gina Hackett, and Beth Lucas’s classes hosted an event on May 29 certain to affect the hearts and minds of the L.C. Bird community while trying to effect real and lasting change in our world. Bird’s “Change the World Extravaganza” was held in the L.C. Bird Library. Students and community members were able to browse the broad range of informational booths, participate in surveys, answer questions and donate food to the hungry, as well as see inspirational videos and educational images, create links on theChange the World chain, and leave as better people. With more than 120…
Austin Leighton, a 10th grader at Thomas Dale High School has been nominated to attend the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders in Boston from June 28 to- June 30. The Congress is an honors-only program for high school students who are passionate about science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM). The purpose of this event is to honor, inspire, motivate and direct the top students in the country who aspire to be scientists and technologists, to stay true to their dream. After the event, the experience will provide a path, plan and resources to help them reach their goal.…
Members of the Matoaca High School (MHS) American Red Cross Club and their families and friends recently volunteered at the Virginia Home 3 Mile Fun Walk. This is the sixth year that the Fun Walk has taken place, and the MHS American Red Cross Club has volunteered each time. The Virginia Home is a private non-profit that provides nursing, therapeutic and residential care to adult Virginians with irreversible disabilities. Members of the Red Cross club teamed up with different residents to assist them in the walk by: helping push their wheelchairs, guiding them around the course around beautiful Bird Park and mostly cheering them on…
Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. I got an offer in the mail the other day for another credit card. Now, I already have four cards and this offering happened to be from a company I already have a card with. However, this new card versus my old card would offer me a number of opportunities to earn more points on my purchases, so I gave them a call. I went through the ritual…an automated voice asking me what I wanted to do, which took me to another automated voice asking for the last four…
Gov. Terry McAuliffe and the Virginia Board of Education honored 14 Chesterfield County schools with 2015 Virginia Index of Performance awards for advanced learning and achievement earlier last week. Not one school was honored east of the “Chesterfield Mountains” (schools in the Bermuda, Dale and southeast Matoaca Districts. Are school officials not paying attention to the southeastern schools, which allow them honors above and beyond our schools. Is that why the School Board is asking for volunteers to help students on this side of the county or is it lack of funding for our schools, a challenged student demographic or…
Kelsey Harrison, mezzo-soprano, from Charlotte, North Carolina, will conduct a special performance for the residents of The Crossings at Ironbridge on Saturday, May 30, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The public is also invited to attend this special event. Harrison’s grandmother, Catherine Tierney, has been a resident of The Crossings at Ironbridge since 2013. “My grandmother has attended every single recital I have ever given, that is why it is so important to me now to bring this recital to her. She has always been my biggest fan and supporter,” Harrison said. The program will feature Robert Schumann’s famous…