Last week’s CCAC meeting yielded some interesting and, candidly, troubling, thoughts about the future of Crozet schools. If you haven’t read the linked story and tweets, please do so. If you don’t have kids in the schools, you’re still impacted as property values are directly …
Superintendent Listening Tour at Western Albemarle 31 July
via email (I changed some of the bolding to focus on Crozet) Dear Community Members, My summer listening tour is underway! I’ve already met with several groups of students and teachers. It has been very helpful to hear so many ideas about bright spots in …
Letter from Western’s Principal
This is an important conversation for us to have in schools, at homes, in coffee shops, and pubs. Posting with permission. via email Dear Western Families: It has been almost two weeks since I issued a statement in response to a controversy over a student …
Planning for School Growth
Read the whole thing at Charlottesville Tomorrow. An architectural consulting firm told the Albemarle County School Board on Thursday that the county would soon need new high school facilities to accommodate growing enrollment and implement innovative educational programs. “We have to look at what the …
We Are Western
Cool video about Western Albemarle High School, celebrating its 40th year! Our opening school video. "We are Western, We are Family". Many thanks to senior Ryan Beard for putting together. https://t.co/OunjgM2s4w — Darah Bonham (@darahbonham) August 23, 2017
WAHS Crew Win Virginia State Regatta Championships
Western Albemarle Crew had a fantastic showing at the Virginia State Regatta Championships this weekend in Occoquan. From The Beaver Creek Sculling blog: (read the whole thing) Western Albemarle’s Crew team entered ten boats in the Virginia State Rowing Championships hosted this past …
Chalk Kindness at Brownsville Elementary
Sent by email: Here are a couple of photos from Kindness In Chalk at Brownsville this morning. Holly Grimm brought it to our school last year and we fell in love with it. This year, she and Kim Nicoletti chaired the event. It’s such minimal …
Albemarle County School Bond Referendum – 2016
There’s a bond referendum coming up in this year’s election (November 8, for those of you paying attention). Best to get educated on it now. If interested, make plans to attend the bond referendum open house on 4 October at Western Albemarle High School. Importantly – …
Child Care after school in Crozet – an opportunity for someone
It seems that the after school programs at Crozet schools presents a significant challenge for a lot of parents … thus creating an opportunity for someone. Interesting comments and discussion about the logistics and communication regarding after school in Crozet, in response to the question, …
1st Day of School – 23 August 2016
via Henley Matters – Dear Members of our School Community: Our School Board recently adopted the calendar for the 2016-17 school year. The first day of school will be Tuesday, August 23. Perhaps the most significant change is the adding of five minutes at the …