Congratulations, WAHS!

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“Western Albemarle High School in Crozet was the only school in Central Virginia to make the NEWSWEEK list of America’s Best High Schools.” Better schools = higher house prices.

Henley Middle School Peace by Piece Silent Auction

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via email: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 5:30 to 8:00 PM J.T. Henley Middle School, Crozet Free — everybody welcome. Proceeds from the Peace by Piece Auction of student-made crafts: quilts, furniture, bird houses, floorcloths, jewelry, and more (plus friends- and family-made crafts) will go to locally based organizations to: –Build 3 elementary school classrooms in Grissom-Garde, Haiti –Purchase 3 chlorinators for water systems in the Limpopo region of South Africa

Support Henley’s Model UN Students Tomorrow

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Pancake Breakfast at Applebee’s on Pantops, 2005 Abbey Road To support Henley Middle School’s Model UN Program Saturday, Jan. 22, 8-10 AM Tickets are $5 per person; max. $20 per family   In Model United Nations simulations of actual UN conferences and assemblies, students acts as ambassadors from UN member states to research and debate current UN agenda issues. Funding will help Henley Middle School students to travel to New York for an April Model United Nations Conference .

Year-Round School?

In Politics, Schools by Jim10 Comments

It’s about time this is studied . As far as I know, most of the kids attending school no longer help work the farms. Where’s the Crozet focus of this story? … Why we should get rid of summer vacation .

Henley Middle School Goes Solar

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Read all about it at NBC29 :

Thanks to that grant, and $40,000 in fundraiser money, the school will soon be outfitted with solar panels and other renewable resources that will power classrooms, heat the water system and lower energy costs. But, it’s also a hands-on learning experience.