Teacher of the Year shares his advice for supporting students John Lovett, a math teacher and volunteer assistant coach at Warwick High School, is the 2026-2027 Newport News Public Schools (NNPS) high school and Division-wide [Read More…]
By Adelia Thompson In the early fall of 2025, the board of Network Peninsula made the tough decision to sunset operations. For nearly 20 years, Network was a steady, comforting hand for the Virginia Peninsula’s [Read More…]
As educators, we’re often immersed so deeply in the details that it’s a challenge to explain how it all fits together. I’m going to peel back the curtain to explain how in Newport News Public [Read More…]
…not simple, they’re adjustable and dependent on our Viewpoint. Huh? How could that be? If they’re facts, that’s pretty simple. So, how can they be adjustable? How can a fact be dependent on our individual [Read More…]
By Sinclair B. McCracken, MD, IFMCP, TPMG As the wind beat against trees and houses with the tide rising, the sky suddenly cleared, the heavy wind changed direction and the encroaching tide receded. The eye [Read More…]
We in Hampton Roads have had a stable existence largely in part due to the military presence in the area and the economic windfall that comes from them being here. The military, the supporting civil [Read More…]
Leadership lessons don’t always come from boardrooms, classrooms or training seminars. Sometimes they arrive in a bustling marketplace halfway around the world, on a winding train through unfamiliar countryside or while trying to navigate a [Read More…]
New Student Representatives to the School Board take office Cameron Smith, a senior at Warwick High School, will serve as the student representative to the Newport News School Board for the 2026–2027 school year. Hopeton [Read More…]
When I was a little girl, I used to sit beside my grandmother while she wrote. She always composed her poems and stories by hand, and one of my jobs was to type them for [Read More…]
Matayo grew up in a refugee camp in Tanzania. Now a Newport News resident, he is studying for the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). Matayo is eager to enlist in the military and serve [Read More…]
Cape Town is one of the most popular cities on the African continent. With an urban national park, a long, glorious coastline and vineyards on the doorstep, the “Mother City” (known by this moniker because [Read More…]
A few months ago I said I’d start including Fitness into my “To Your Health” column topics. My reason: The top causes of Health concerns in the U.S. are cardiovascular disease and stroke, cancer, obesity [Read More…]
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