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Snead Realty, Strange & Co. Realtors, Thomas & Talbot Real Estate, and The Verizon Foundation. We are grateful to these companies for helping to make a read difference for the young people of Rappahannock County.
F arm-to-Table
The Farm-to-Table Program provided hands-on experience in agriculture and agribusiness to over 300 students last semester. Program Coordinator Trista Scheuerlein teaches students how local agriculture can strengthen rural economies, increase food security, reduce energy costs and water use, and enhance nutrition. Students serve the community by growing fresh produce, which they then donate to the school cafeterias and the Rappahannock Senior Center. All these activities help to reinforce the ethic of preservation among county youth. The Cole Family Foundation, one of the original founders,of the program, is no longer providing funding. Fortunately, Farm-to-Table now etyoys significant local support from the Rappahannock Farm Bureau (at the high school), the Young Farmland Fund (at the elementary school), and individuals in the community. We will seek new sources of support to make sure that this important program is sustained.
Next Step: the
Rappahannock County College and
Career Access
Program
Most applications to fouryear colleges have been submitted by now. In January, Miranda Hope and Lauren Ross at the Next Step office met individually with over 50 seniors who haven’t yet cemented their post-graduation plans to ask, “What additional help do you need to “Dim your dream into a plan?” Thirty students were assisted in submitting applications to Lord Fairfax Community College. “Many kids really don’t start thinking about the fall until the summer,” explained Ms. Hope. “We encouraged this group to apply early so that we could make sure they get to their placement tests before school is out.”
The percentage of RCHS students taking Die SAT test has risen significantly since the Next Step program was inaugurated in 2005. This year, it looks as though that number will rise again. Students are already signing up for the May 5 SAT to be held at the high school. One reason the number of students taking the SAT test is increasing is that as a result of Ms. Hope’s persistence (some say stubbornness) with the College Board, the test is now being held at Rappahannock County
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