MONTPELIER STATION – Albemarle County high school students are engaging with historians at Montpelier this week to learn more about the function of monuments and memorials in society— including their influence on recent violence and racial strife in Charlottesville. The student symposium at the historic home of James Madison is part of Albemarle County’s […]
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Story sharing project seeks to bring community together
Inside a redesigned Airstream trailer, a father and son scan a list of story titles written on a chalkboard menu. After choosing a story, each picks up a cassette tape, a Walkman and pair of headphones. “It’s what Daddy had when he was little, like your age,” the father, Nathan Scholl, tells his 9-year-old. The […]
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Monticello High School’s “In the Heights” encore reflects more diverse community
Although Monticello High School’s production of “In the Heights” hasn’t opened yet, Italyia Lee can’t help thinking about Sunday, when the cast will take its final bow. “It will be hard to adjust to going home, instead of going to rehearsal with my friends,” said Lee, a junior at MHS. “It’s always sad to look […]
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UVA’s ‘Human/Ties’ Festival Putting Focus on Humanities
The clock started ticking more than a year ago, when the University of Virginia received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to organize a public event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the National Endowment for the Humanities. That prompted UVA’s College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and community partners to spend the […]
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Joan Ackroyd, Monticello High School
Joan Ackroyd, Librarian, Monticello High School What is the most challenging aspect of your job? The most challenging aspect of my job is providing equity of access for all students. We have a very diverse student population and this diversity is manifested economically as well. While many of our students bring their own devices […]
