To read this article on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website, please click here. By DR. CYNTHIA WELDON-LASSITER Conversations; the exchange of ideas; shared perspectives. This is where change and progress can happen. When discussions include a diverse group of people, they open the door for enlightenment, learning, and growth. Communities are stronger when they work together. … Read more
To read this column on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website, please click here. We hear parents say it all the time. “My children are so different from one another.” One child is outgoing, boisterous and athletic. The other is quiet and introspective, finding fulfillment in a good book. Children grow, think and learn differently. Yet the … Read more
To read this article on WRIC-8, please click here. By AMY LACEY A former teacher at several area schools will live on through the Little Free Library at St. Andrew’s School. A ceremony on Tuesday, May 24 dedicated it to Elizabeth (Betty) Chambers George. George taught at schools including Mary Mumford and Binford Middle. She … Read more
To read this article on Richmond BizSense, please click here. By KATIE DEMERIA Following much needed fundraiser-fueled renovations and a slight delay, an Oregon Hill private school is back in action. St. Andrews School has wrapped up renovations of its 114-year-old building at 227 S. Cherry St. and reopened for classes Sept. 28 – a … Read more
To read this story on RadioIQ/WVTF, please click here. By MALLORY NOE-PAYNE Virginia recently celebrated farm-to-school week, highlighting the connection between farmers around the state and what’s on the tray in the lunch line. But for one private school in Richmond, farm-to-table is more than just one week out of the year. St. Andrews Elementary … Read more
To view this video on CBS6, please click here. By VIRGINIA THIS MORNING Juanita Giles, Festival Director, along with St. Andrews School Assistant Head of School Jane-Page Watson and 3rd Grader Brielle, shared a preview of the two-day Virginia Children’s Book Festival. The event will bring authors and illustrators together with Virginia’s youth for exciting … Read more
To read this story on Edible Richmond, please click here. By PHAEDRA HISE Mario approaches the table cautiously, a big kindergartner with café au lait skin and tight brown curls, eyeing the small paper cups of bright asparagus spears. He says that he’s had asparagus before, but not sautéed in olive oil. His classmates on … Read more
To read this article on the Richmond Times-Dispatch, please click here. By LOUIS LLOVIO St. Andrew’s School in Richmond is delaying the start of its school year until Sept. 28 after a fire at the school Sunday afternoon. Michelle Rosman, director of marketing and communications at the school, said school was scheduled to start Sept. … Read more