Browse past news stories for Meadowbrook High School in Richmond, VA.

• Meadowbrook High School presents Winter Strings Concert on Thursday, Dec. 10 (Midlothian Exchange)
  posted on November 27, 2009 at 09:39:14 pm
  The Meadowbrook High School Guitar Ensemble and Orchestra presents their winter concert Thursday, Dec. 10, 7 p.m. at Meadowbrook High School, 4901 Cogbill Road.
• Chesterfield’s Meadowbrook High to implement program to boost achievement (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on November 14, 2009 at 05:08:18 am
  Meadowbrook High School is struggling with discipline issues and low attendance, below-average state and county graduation rates and students’ lack of interest and pride in their school. The Chesterfield County school with about 1,800 students is accredited under the state’s Standards of Learning, but it has yet to meet the federal No Child Left Behind’s Adequate Yearly Progress benchmark.
• ACM opens tonight at Potomac State (Cumberland Times-News)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 01:37:54 pm
  The Allegany College of Maryland women’s basketball team will open the season tonight, 7 p.m., against Potomac State College in Keyser.
• Judgment deferred in Chesterfield student’s fake-gun case (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 05:07:15 am
  A 16-year-old Meadowbrook High School student was released from custody yesterday but placed on house arrest for a prank that involved running into an occupied classroom with a fake rifle and pointing it at students as he yelled. Judge Lynn S. Brice of Chesterfield Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court found the evidence against the teen sufficient for a finding of guilt but deferred ...
• PHCC men hope to keep it going (Martinsville Bulletin)
  posted on November 1, 2009 at 11:30:49 am
  The men’s basketball team at Patrick Henry Community College exceeded expectations last year by winning a Region X title and ranking as high as No. 11 in the national polls.
• Students learn about specialty centers, governor’s schools (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on October 25, 2009 at 04:08:15 am
  Manchester Middle School student Michael Turner thinks he would like to apply for the International Baccalaureate program at Meadowbrook High School for next fall, when he’ll start as a freshman. “I’m open to a lot of ideas and opportunities,“ he said Thursday evening while he waited with his parents for an IB presentation at Meadowbrook High.
• Multicultural Day - DSCR celebrates diversity (Midlothian Exchange)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 06:09:14 pm
  Defense Supply Center Richmond celebrated its diverse work force during its annual Multicultural Day celebration Oct. 6 at the center. The event kicked off this year with a 5K run and fun walk, followed by a parade featuring units from DSCRs special emphasis programs.
• Tony H. Pham, 36 (Style Weekly)
  posted on October 13, 2009 at 04:53:03 pm
  Assistant City Attorney, City of Richmond
• Meredith’s bonus in deal: being near home (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on August 23, 2009 at 04:11:36 am
  Cla Meredith was about to be uprooted again. He was sitting on a couch in the San Diego Padres’ office, where all he knew was that he had been traded. It shouldn’t have come as a surprise—the life of any major-league baseball player is nomadic, especially for a middle reliever with a unique sidearm throw. This time was different, though. He had made a second home in San Diego and gotten to know ...
• Obituaries for Aug. 23 (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on August 23, 2009 at 04:02:04 am
  Banks, Dr. Manely Elliott II, 56, of Richmond, an associate professor of political science in the L.D. Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University, husband of Donna Banks. Campbell, Mrs. Jean B., 83, of Richmond, widow of John G. Campbell. Carr, Mr. Joseph Chastain “J.C.“ Jr., 76, of Mechanicsville, a Coast Guard veteran, a retired employee of the Virginia ...
• Assignment: Massive Resistance (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on July 23, 2009 at 11:17:47 pm
  Nineteen teachers from Virginia spent last week studying and discussing Massive Resistance. Their assignment: Learn about Virginia’s organized struggle against integrating public schools by completing a case study on Prince Edward County’s role in Brown v. Board of Education as part of the E. Claiborne Robins Jr. Teachers Institute at the Virginia Historical Society.
• Va. teachers get close look at Massive Resistance (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on July 23, 2009 at 11:16:27 pm
  Textbooks are nice, but nothing beats a history lesson that includes original documents, eyewitness accounts and participants, a group of Virginia teachers is finding out this week. The 19 educators from across the state are learning about Massive Resistance—Virginia’s attempt to keep from desegregating schools in the 1950s and 1960s—as participants in the annual weeklong E. Claiborne Robins Jr. ...
• Jehovah’s Witnesses gather in Richmond for annual assemblies (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on July 11, 2009 at 04:04:54 am
  Food shortages, earthquakes, moral corruption and wars are clear signs of a looming Armageddon, according to Jehovah’s Witnesses. People should be alert, they say, and if you’re ready, a heavenly kingdom awaits after this world ends.
• Military training news (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on July 2, 2009 at 03:04:19 pm
  Army Pvt. Rico J. Cox has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Cox is the son of Jeanette and Rickie Cox of Richmond. He is a 2003 graduate of Meadowbrook High School. Army Reserve Pfc. Erick S. Gwaltney has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. He earned distinction as an honor graduate.
• Seminary graduation (The Petersburg Progress-Index)
  posted on June 27, 2009 at 08:47:39 am
  RICHMOND — In addition to walking across the stage to receive their high school diplomas, 13 area youth from the Chester, Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Lawrenceville, Petersburg, and Wakefield areas were recognized as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Seminary Graduation Class of 2009 in a ceremony held Sunday, June 7, at the Chesterfield Stake Center.
• EMU Gets More Help (The Harrisonburg Daily News-Record)
  posted on May 29, 2009 at 07:03:49 am
  HARRISONBURG - A year ago, Kirby Dean fell in love with Luke Holloran's basketball abilities. But Holloran spurned Dean's overtures to play Division I-AA football at Virginia Military Institute. Now, the two are going to give it a go. Holloran, a former Broadway High School star, said Thursday he is transferring
• Training, deployment news involving military members with ties to Richmond (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on May 1, 2009 at 05:53:48 pm
  Here’s a roundup of news involving members of the U.S. military who have ties to the Richmond area: Air Force Airman Jibril L. Burnett graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio. He is the grandson of Hilda Burnett of Richmond and a 2005 graduate of Armstrong High School. Army Pfc. Joseph B. Clark has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, ...
• Three from Richmond complete basic combat training (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on April 30, 2009 at 03:08:49 pm
  Three soldiers from the Richmond area recently completed basic combat training. Army Pvt. Anthony L. Duff graduated at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. He is the son of Mabel Duff of Richmond and a 2000 graduate of J. R. Tucker High School. Army Reserve Pfc. Terrence J. Nagle also graduated at Fort Jackson. He is the son of Terrence Nagle Sr. or Richmond and a 2008 graduate of Meadowbrook High School.
• Army, Air Force announce changes for service members with local ties (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on April 3, 2009 at 04:19:24 pm
  Air Force Airman Austin L. Parrent, Air Force Airman Aaron J. Robinson and Air Force Airman 1st Class Juan E. Silver graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio. Parrent, a 2006 graduate of Lloyd C. Bird High School in Chester, is the son of William Parrent of Richmond. The son of Jerry and Valeria Robinson of Richmond, Robinson is a 2008 graduate of ...
• Board of Education scrutinizes need for flex time (Carroll County Times)
  posted on March 26, 2009 at 11:53:03 pm
  The Carroll County Board of Education wants school officials to collect hard data and closely monitor a flex time period that will soon be piloted at some of the high schools.