Patrick Henry College opens for home-schooled students
Patrick Henry College in Purcellville Virginia opens with 90 students in a campus near the Blue Ridge Mountains. The school requires chapel every morning and "evidence of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ" and aims to be a refuge from mainstream college life.
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Purcellville
New Patrick Henry College
Jesus Christ
Michael Farris
Virginia
Loudoun County
Washington, D.C
Farris
Georgetown
William and Mary
Patrick Henry
Paul Houston
American Association of School Administrators
Houston
Joanna Kurlowich
Columbia, D.C
Blue Ridge Mountains
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Young Amanda Watson profile highlights diverse interests
Amanda Watson, 12, from Mead Hall, lists science as her favorite class and her toughest subject as math though she aims to teach deaf students someday. She enjoys basketball, biking, movies, drawing, and animals, and admires Vincent van Gogh.
Governor Hodges visits Paul Knox Middle for student news coverage
Governor Jim Hodges met with PK middle schoolers to discuss a teacher pay plan and lottery ideas, while students from the Knoxonian and Good Day PK covered the event. Students interviewed him, noted his answers, and mused about future careers in news reporting as they balanced filming and class schedules.
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Jim Hodges
Paul Knox Middle
Hodges
Julia Melvin
Priscilla Phan
Knoxonian
Priscilla
Julia
McDonald's
Artist Mackenzie Thorpe speaks to Seaside students about dyslexia and perseverance
British artist Mackenzie Thorpe shared his dyslexia and hard childhood with Chartwell School pupils in Seaside Ca. He described near-desperate youth, bullies, and exams he could not pass, yet his drawings and tenacity led to global fame with works now valued at thousands. He urged students to keep drawing and pursue their dreams.
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Seaside
Calif
Mackenzie Thorpe
Chartwell School
Thorpe
Great Britain
Elton John
Princess Anne
Chartwell
England
Yorkshire
California
San Francisco
Community Partnership For Youth
Manzanita School
Carmel
Hanson Gallery
Allt
Art College
Byam Shaw School
London
Knight Riddle
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Nora Hooks
Hannah Byrnes
Stormy Gaskins
Governor Hodges
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