by jravirginia | Mar 15, 2019 | Education, News |
Having grown up a few blocks from the James River in Newport News, the river has always played an important role in my life. In fact, behind my old elementary school, Hilton Elementary, is where I learned to swim, fish, and crab. So, imagine my joy when I was selected...
by jravirginia | Mar 1, 2019 | Education, News |
by Maggie, James River Leadership Academy StudentThe James River Leadership Academy has changed almost every aspect of my life. This program has altered how I view myself and the world around me. When I first signed up, I had no idea what I was getting into or how...
by jravirginia | Feb 22, 2019 | Education, News |
The James River Expedition is an educational adventure, in which high school students collectively paddle the length of the James, teaches students conservation, responsible stewardship and the river’s history while camping and traveling aboard canoes, rafts, and...
by Charles Johnson | Feb 7, 2019 | Education, News |
The James River Leadership Academy (JRLA) is a year-long leadership program for rising 10th, 11th, and 12th-grade high school students who are interested in advocating for the future of the James River. Students will develop awareness of how to apply environmental...
by Caleigh Remocaldo | Feb 5, 2019 | Education, News |
In 2011, the James River Association launched the James River Expedition, a program geared towards high school students in an effort to get them outside, up close, and personal with the river. On this river adventure, students navigate the James entirely by canoes,...
by Nat Draper | Feb 1, 2019 | Education, News |
This fall the James River Association and The Steward School worked together to give their seventh-grade students a chance to connect with the James River. We called it “Community week in and around the James”. Approximately 60 seventh grade students were immersed...
