Students from the The Shire School visited Sunrise of Falls Church, an assisted living community, on May 25. The Shire School is a small, non-profit, special needs school in Falls Church. This intergenerational project was the culminating activity for a recently completed two-month social science unit, during which students learned about how the various aspects of farming contribute to the general community. Students spent time visiting with the residents and helping them plant flowers in the facility’s garden planters. (Photo: Carin Lomax)
Every Eight Hours: This September, Make Checking In a Habit
BY JOHN F. CROWNOVER Every eight hours, Virginia loses someone to suicide. In 2023, 1,230 Virginians died by suicide, and nearly four out of five were men. They were fathers,
