In recent years, Henrico Schools officials have made more of an effort to open up the county's public schools to community partners – and to the community itself. The goal is to shape schools into “community hubs” that serve all sorts of needs for families, according to Robin Rowland,
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Some days, third grade teacher Kari Mitchell will have a lesson all planned out, having spent hours the night before perfecting it, only to meet the blank stares of her students the next day. “If they’re looking at you like you have three heads, then you just haven’t
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Isabel Ammendolia was a shy child, keeping to herself most of the time. But when she learned how to read, her whole world changed. She might have been too intimidated to interact with others at school, but with her books, she could encounter all sorts of people and adventures. Now
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Dr. Cassandra Willis has a full roster of activities to motivate her students – monthly attendance celebrations, a holiday “pop-up shop,” book vending machines, and a school-wide kickball game with a professional kickball player. These initiatives may seem minor, said Willis, who has been the principal of Montrose Elementary since fall
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