Ava Jenks, a journalism and English major at the University of Richmond, recently was named the 2025 winner of the Virginia Press Women Foundation's Agnes Cooke Scholarship. As a sophomore, Jenks served as the news editor for the university’s newspaper, The Collegian, and also assisted in research
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Rachel Hamlin of Henrico recently won a bronze award in the Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National Championship, a competition for students ages 13 to 22 who begin by submitting a qualified passing score on one of three Microsoft Office certification exams. Hamlin is a student at Appalachian State University.
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After almost two years, Henrico’s “Opportunity Schools” are showing progress, with the majority of schools seeing a decrease in teacher vacancies, according to Henrico Schools officials. HCPS launched its Opportunity Schools initiative in August of 2023, selecting schools with a high number of teacher vacancies to receive extra staff
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“Just 15 more minutes!” More than 500 Henrico parents and community members are calling on Henrico Schools to extend elementary-schoolers’ 30-minute daily recess by another 15 minutes – a small change that they say will have significant positive impacts. At the June 12 Henrico School Board meeting, several parents spoke out
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Last summer, after J.R. Tucker High School drama department chair Lisa Dyer raised concerns about the after-school pay she and her colleagues receive, Henrico School Board members assured her that the county was “taking care of it” and that she would soon see “big changes.” “At that point, I
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