Caleb Bernardo sat alone and kept to himself when he first entered Albemarle County Public Schools. Bernardo, a Monticello High School senior who immigrated to the United States at age 3, spoke no English and did not interact with his peers for fear of ridicule. Pearl Outlaw, a senior at Tandem Friends School, has to […]
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Youth committee awards $10,000 to refugee assistance group
A budding Charlottesville nonprofit got a $10,000 boost Monday from the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation’s Youth Service Award Committee. Monday marked the 22nd time the CACF has given out the Youth Service Award grant. International Neighbors, a refugee assistance organization founded in November by Kari Miller, an English as a second language teacher at Jackson-Via […]