School news - July 31 Paper

N.C. A&T taps area student for research apprenticeship
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Tiffani A. Cloyd of Stafford, a junior at Mountain View High School, was recently selected to serve as a research apprentice in the School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

The Research Apprentice Program at N.C. A&T is a competitive, merit-based program designed to introduce high school students to careers in the agricultural sciences.

Cloyd is conducting research in animal sciences. She is the daughter of Dee and Jeffrey Cloyd of Stafford.

David Silk attends military summer camp
DULLES — Fredericksburg resident and local student David Silk has successfully completed the Freedom Alliance Military Leadership Academy. The academy is a summer camp based on the curriculum of the U.S. Army. In its ninth year, the academy introduces cadets to positive role models, teaches them leadership skills and tests their resolve through rigorous mental and physical challenges.

“We are very excited that David decided to take the challenge presented by the Academy,” stated Freedom Alliance president Tom Kilgannon. “Not just anyone has the skills, fortitude, and excellent physical fitness required to make it through this intense program. We commend him on a job well done and we are certain that he will continue to do great things in the future.”

Stafford resident completes associate’s degree
Nikki Lovett of Stafford was among the out-of-state graduates who completed their associate’s degrees in the 2008-09 academic year at Barton Community College, Great Bend, Kansas.

Local teachers attend conference at Mount Vernon
MOUNT VERNON — Widewater Elementary School teachers Tina Evans and Paulette Minter, as well as Rocky Run Elementary School teacher Lynn Nelson, were among almost 200 teachers from the Washington area and around the country at the White House Historical Society and Historic Mount Vernon’s annual George Washington Teachers’ Institute.

The theme for this year’s institute was “George Washington and the Challenges of Nation Building.” This two-day program examined how historical events mirror current affairs with the help from special guests such as Chris Matthews from MSNBC’s “Hardball” and Cokie Roberts, from ABC News and National Public Radio.

Mount Vernon’s goal for this program is to help teachers understand the challenges Washington faced as president and to bring that discussion into the classroom. For more information about Mount Vernon’s education programs, visit mountvernon.org/teacher. To learn more about the history of the White House visit, whitehousehistory.org.

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