
$600K awarded to non-profits offering legal aid, law-related education
The Virginia Law Foundation announces its 2021 grant recipients and awards nearly $600,000 to 24 organizations.

The Virginia Law Foundation announces its 2021 grant recipients and awards nearly $600,000 to 24 organizations.

Megan Carroll, media specialist at William Perry Elementary School in Waynesboro, has been awarded a Valley Alliance for Education Creative Classroom Grant to purchase books that reflect the diversity of her students and their families.

An Augusta County development is among 24 projects approved for an Affordable and Special Needs Housing loan from the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The Board of Trustees at the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia announced Wednesday that it has completed the preliminary design phase for its all-new Education Center.

For 27 years, The Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge has chosen up to 10 individuals each year from the public schools of Staunton, Waynesboro and Augusta County to honor with the distinction of being named a Dawbarn Education Award winner.

Virginia Tech’s efforts to improve success among minority and marginalized student groups in STEM fields is being featured as the first case study of the American Talent Initiative’s (ATI) Academic Equity Community of Practice.

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has released a major new report detailing the urgent need for LGBTQ-inclusive sex education programs and supports.

The Virginia Bankers Association Education Foundation announced that Carter Watts is the statewide scholarship winner of the VBA Bank Day Scholarship Program.

Gov. Ralph Northam has announced $62.7 million in Virginia LEARNS Education Recovery grants to help school divisions expand targeted initiatives to address learning loss among Virginia students.

This week’s regular meeting of the Waynesboro School Board was all about moving forward after the pandemic and the school system’s plans for the 2021-2022 academic year.
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