Welcome to the 12th edition of the Henrico Citizen’s Henrico’s Top Teachers section, highlighting the work and efforts of 20 outstanding teachers in Henrico County. Since we started this section in 2011, we now have profiled 240 Henrico teachers – each with a story as unique, impressive and meaningful
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When the new weapons scanners arrived at the front doors of Hungary Creek Middle, along with the new school security officers, some students were apprehensive, a few even looked outwardly traumatized, counselor Britt Nill said. “I noticed the kids were already terrified of the weapons scanners,” Nill said. “A lot
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Fourth grade social studies and language arts teacher Charlotte Jenkins always imagined herself as a teacher – just never in those subjects. “Growing up, I always hated reading and I hated history,” Jenkins said. “That was because until high school I never had a teacher that told it to me like
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Energy Supply, Energy Demand, Biotech Foundations, Geospatial Technology I, and Unmanned Aircraft Systems – these are all classes that Jill Rich, a jewelry design major turned technology education instructor, now teaches at Varina High’s new specialty center. This is not Rich’s first foray into teaching; a few years ago,
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As a student himself, Joshua Aldrich had so many stand-out teachers and coaches that he says it would be impossible to name them all. But he has no trouble naming his primary inspiration to become a teacher: Father Brennan Eagan. "Forty years ago," Aldrich says, "I watched
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