Earlier this month, magazine for women Skirt did a short feature on new educator at St. Andrew’s School, Cyndy Weldon-Lassiter. On writing:

The St. Andrew’s position lured Cyndy and her family home from New Jersey. That leap, along with her three boys (ages 6, 4 ½, and 5 months) have pressed the pen-and-paper loyalist to get synched at last. “I’ve carried a journal for 30 years; it’s been my calendar, my place for notes, thoughts, everything.” Now she finds her way around her smartphone and Wi-Fi. “I resisted texting at first, but now I’m using technology so nothing falls through the cracks.” Still, the journal stays. “There’s something powerful about putting your thoughts and ideas on paper. That never changes.”

Our neighbor and School Board representative Maurice Henderson was featured in an article about science education in yesterday’s Times Dispatch (via the Danville Register and Bee):

The huge display — a 6-foot sphere that is fed information from four computers and video projectors and displays it in the round — is a long-term display on the third floor of the science center, thanks to NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA developed Science on a Sphere, and NASA sponsored its installation at the science center to help students at all levels develop an interest in science.

“It brings the blue marble [Earth] to life,” said Maurice Henderson, NASA’s project director for Science on a Sphere. “We try to engage students at every level and use it as an introduction to earth and space sciences.”

On Tuesday, about 50 people gathered at the science center for the official introduction of the new exhibit and were impressed with the images that passed over the huge, round screen.

“It’s a great presentation platform; it makes science art,” said Rich Conti, director of the Science Museum of Virginia.

From announcement:

Virginia Commonwealth University has 1,000 student desks that are available for use by schools, nonprofits or faith-based organizations. The desks need to be picked up from the VCU Monroe Park Campus between December 21 and 23. To inquire about the desks and to make arrangements for pick-up, please contact Mr. Jerry Ware via email jmware@vcu.edu or call 400-4841. VCU requests that a note of thanks be sent to Mr. Ware with a description of how the desks will be used.