No more "Dumbo"
Cosmetic surgery helps children avoid teasing
By Sande Snead CONTRIBUTING WRITER
      You've heard of rhinoplasty, Botox and facelifts, but have you heard of ear surgery? It's not that uncommon for women these days to go on "vacation" and come back looking more rested than a few days at the beach could provide, but now children are "taking a few days off" for plastic surgery, too....
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New technology solves age-old problem
By Marcy Horwitz CONTRIBUTING WRITER
      Parent: "What did you do in school today?" Teen: "Nothing." Conversations like the one above have become so very 20th century thanks to Edline, a new secure, web-based service that helps parents and their children in high school communicate more effectively about what goes on in the classroom ...
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County students' test scores continue inching forward
Progress is still needed in some subject areas
By Donna C. Gregory NEWS EDITOR
      Most county schools made adequate yearly progress (AYP) this year as required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), but the school system faces even tougher standards next year. Twenty-two of the school system's 62 schools will not make AYP next year unless Standards of Learning (SOL) te...
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Chapman named this year's Christmas Mother
      Barbara Chapman has been selected as the 2007 Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Christmas Mother. Chapman is a former board member, officer and interim executive director of Chesterfield Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). CASA is a nonprofit organization that trains volunteers to advocate for a...
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Miss Virginia speaks
     Miss Virginia 2006 Adrianna Sgarlata recently visited with students at Alberta Smith Elementary to help kick off the school's Olweus Bullying Prevention Program. Sgarlata talked about the serious nature of bullying and its effects and encouraged students to embrace diversity.
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Bookworm robot helps children find the fun in reading
By Elli Morris CONTRIBUTING WRITER
      If you like to read, whom do you have to thank for that gift? Was it a parent, an aunt who read stories to you as a child or maybe a teacher who took you to the library where you could have your pick of the literary world for free?
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