Throughout the fall of 2016, students at James River High School participated in the Spain to Virginia Cultural Connection Capstone Project. We connected James River students who take Spanish, to students in Toro, Spain who take English. The students communicated via a texting app called WhatsApp. The project was a huge success. Fifty one students were a part of the project in total. The goal was to give students the opportunity to use the language they are learning in school

Gillian and Maddie invited the K-2 Bettie Weaver, Crestwood, J.B. Watkins, and Robious communities to join them on December 9th and 10th to “Dance for the Arts!” Fathers and daughters within the community came out to James River High School, where they danced the night away to a live jazz band, and DJ. As they made their way into the school they were greeted by an elementary art-walk show casing each school’s talented students, that led them into the “Frozen” themed wonderlan