Each day during the school year, more than 4,000 teachers provide instruction, mentorship, guidance, leadership, motivation, friendship and direction for more than 56,000 students in Henrico County’s public and private schools. They do so not for public attention but in most cases because they feel called to
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When Megan Blunt and her husband started a family, they searched for a home in the Ashe Elementary School zone because they wanted their children to attend the school. But then their neighborhood was redistricted into the new Harvie Elementary zone when that school opened. Blunt, then teaching at Glen
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Students at Harvie Elementary School come from one of the county’s most challenged regions – and one of its most dangerous. That knowledge weighs on the minds of teachers at the school, including fifth-grade teacher Amy Peterman. “We worry all the time about some of our kids,” she said – particularly
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Thanks to his mother’s example, Danny Jones knew from an early age that as an adult he would be “investing his time, energy, and passion to teach.” Growing up, he observed as his mom interacted with her special education students both inside and outside of school, and was inspired
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LeighAnne Dix still remembers the feelings of comfort and love she experienced in her kindergarten classroom in upstate New York, where Mrs. Avery nurtured every student with care. It not only helped Dix begin her education on a positive note, it inspired her to become a teacher, too. “She spent
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