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WELCOME: Headwaters Executive Director Cole Johnson greets two of the foreign visitors.
School Superintendent Dr. Robert Chappell, Principal Roger Mello, and several other program coordinators exhibited several of the RCHS programs to the visitors giving them a flavor as to how the rural school operated.
After greeting the guests at the entrance of the school, Mello ushered the group onto the auditorium stage where the Culinary Arts students served a delicious lunch.
Following the main course, Mello introduced Amy O’Leary, who spoke about the federal grants given to the school for the new health and fitness center.
Dr. Chappell used this as an example of how the national government sponsors programs in schools. He said that the grants had been sponsored by the government upgrading physical education to produce more fit, healthier students.
Chef Mary Arthur gave a presentation on the Culinary Arts Program and introduced her current team of students.
Following coffee and dessert, Headwaters chairperson Helen Williams gave a speech to the guests explaining how the Next Step program enables first generation students to go to college. “It doesn’t sound like much but we managed to get 12 first generation students to go to college,” said Williams proudly.
Mello then led the visitors on a tour of the school’s programs leading them outside to view the Farm-Tb-Table program.
Trista Scheurlein mentioned how the program taught children to love and appreciate farming. As the visitors viewed the tomato plants and various herbs, Scheurlein talked about how the program had been sponsored by local citizens, mentioning the Cole Family Foundation, Bill and Mitzi Young’s Farmland Fund and the Rappahannock County
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