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Jeffie Frazier, the the principal of Wexler-Grant Community School, gestures to her friends in the parking lot of the newly renovated school on Foote Street in New Haven in 2002./ Hearst Connecticut Media file
NEW HAVEN - Reginald Mayo was superintendent of schools when the late Jeffie Frazier was principal of Helene W. Grant School, yet he always wore his best shirt and tie when he visited the school he didn’t want to catch any flack for not looking good enough.
“She was a no-nonsense type of person,” Mayo, now retired, said of the late Frazier. “Jeffie didn’t work for me - I worked for her. … Working for Jeffie, I became a better person, superintendent.”
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More than 100 community members participated this weekend in a local event inspired by the hit reality show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race: Salem for Refugees Edition took place Saturday morning, with 29 teams speeding through the scavenger hunt in downtown and central Salem.
The event served as a COVID-friendly fundraiser for the nonprofit Salem for Refugees, which provides a host of services to refugees resettling in the Salem area. These resources include help with childcare, job placement, transportation, interpretive services, school enrollment and housing support.
Nearly 67,750 refugees have resettled in Oregon from 1975 to 2018, the latest data available from Oregon Department of Human Services.
National Heritage Academies Celebrates 26 Years of Making a Difference
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The birth of his son sparked J.C. Huizenga to think about education through the eyes of a parent. He believed that every child should have the opportunity to have a great education and that schools should be held accountable to produce results, so he opened the first National Heritage Academies (NHA) school, Excel Charter Academy, in 1995.
th anniversary of the first charter school law, a time to reflect on NHA s impact and what keeps people rooted at the organization.
Three Generations Experience National Heritage Academies Education
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ For Christy Spurrier, being part of the National Heritage Academies (NHA) network of schools runs in the family. Twenty years ago NHA was in search of a new principal at Chandler Woods Charter Academy, and Spurrier fit the bill. Two years later, she was offered the opportunity to open Queen s Grant Community School, another NHA school in North Carolina.
Fast forward to today, Spurrier serves as the principal at Matthews Charter Academy and her daughters have followed in her educator-footsteps. Daughters, Jillian Fairfax and Jenna Morrin, completed their K-8 educational journey at NHA schools and are now both teachers at Queen s Grant, and Spurrier s granddaughter is currently in second grade at Queen s Grant.