School News: Jan. 20 paper

Dixon-Smith Elementary
The following students were the geography bee classroom winners: 6th grade -Chad Nichols, Jasmine Lambert, Robert Hawkins, Jason Pryce, Kevin Dreeke, Andrew Wright, Jacob Talkington,  Alexis Anderson, Sam Moore and Philip Lambert; 7th grade - Billy Keener, Autumn Mullins, Jakob Lyons, Tim Kinkaid, Rachel Riley, Shonda Moseley, BritaLyons, Kyle Morton,Becca Austin, Logan Goff, and Jake Robinson; 8th grade - Alaina Patterson, Katelyn Dreeke, Kelcy Chance, Jordan Holloway, Tiffany Smith, Keegan McIntyre, Cassandra Sulser, Cameron Wright, Joshua Payne and Alyssa Guckert.

                                                                       
The Goddard School
Throughout 2011, bullying has been on the rise at all levels of education. In an effort to combat this growing problem, the nation's leading preschool, The Goddard School, is reaching out with a renewed vigor to help families discover the benefits of playful learning in early childhood education and how it can help prevent bullying.

According to Dr. Kyle Pruett, child psychiatrist, published author and advisor to The Goddard School, the success and enjoyment that preschool children experience through playful learning contributes to the development of self-confidence. Confidence, along with strong parenting and learning to interact in a social group, are important factors in helping children manage bullying.

The Goddard School is also hosting its Goddard Community Games on Feb. 11, and all of the families in our community are invited. Visit goddardschool.com/games for more information.

Rockhill Elementary
The following are students of the Month for Courage: Rachel Brewer, Kiah Brinson, Jordan  Brown, William Brown, Kayla Bruce, Jordan Burzynski, Drew Card, Kelsey Carl, Johnnie Carter III, Molly Carter, Dylan Clark, Ramon Colchado, Braden Crothers, Garrett Cunningham, Collin Dickerson, Logan Dougherty, Jordan Dugger, Iyanna Evans, Darwyn Fernandez, Thor Fitzgibbons, Frantz Fulcher, Aidan Gilleland, Kayla Gregory, Anthony Gueshard, Ryan Hall, Alyssa Hinton, Jacob Hodge, Jessica Johnson, Shyra Johnson, Sarah Lewis, Izabella Lorditch-Wyer, Morgan McCallister, Erin McDonald, Eric Mensah, Elizabeth Mensah, Le*rami Miller, Hunter Morgan, Sironsi Ntaanzi, Mason Oberle, Mason Oberle, Emma Odham, Christopher Bonilla Ortiz, Matthew Payne, Garrett Penley, Rosalind Penninger, Jeremiah Pimentel, Cristian Puerto, Paola Alfaro Ramos, Claudiu Rogojan, Hayden Schappell, Kailey Schneider, Jonathan Shwedo, Nolawi Solomon, Diego Somoza, Cheyenne Stone, Riley Stone, Dylan Ward, Abbey Waters, Eric Wetterhahn, Braydon Willis, Armando Willis, Michiah Wilson, Aiden Wolfrey, Tyler Wren and Jadhari Young.

Stafford Head Start

Free tax help will also be available at Head Start beginning in February. Parents should contact their family service worker for more information at (540) 368-2559.

The men’s event for January will be breakfast at Amy’s Café on Jan 20 at 8 a.m. Grandfathers, dads, uncles, brothers and other significant male family members are invited to attend.  Students will receive a LEAP Nutrition Education class that same day from 9 to 11 a.m.

The next Family Literacy Night will be Jan 23. Activities begin at 5 p.m. and a light dinner will be served at 6 p.m. The ESL, GED, and Parenting Skills classes will meet at 6:30 p.m.

The Early Head Start Socialization activities will take place Jan 24 from 9 to 10:30 a.m.

Students of The Week were: Hannah Nie, Clinton Moore, Kaylie Molina-Cruz, Imanol Martinez-Vasquez, Laleshka Pereira-Rodriguez, Edgar Moreno, Payne Karopchinsky, TyKori Pettus, Hunter Maurer, Taylor Jackson, Melisa Molina, Hendrick Sanchez, Ellianna Tay, Steven Niese, Edward Marte, Leilani Mouton and Cherdlei Petit.

— Submitted