Without the Charlottesville Scholarship Program, four-year college would be little more than a pipe dream for Charlottesville High School senior Robyn Hightman. Hightman, who said she applied to and was accepted at 25 different schools, lives in foster care, and will become financially independent when she turns 18. “This scholarship is more of a determining […]
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Local teens highlight community issues at CACF event
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 […]
