Grant brings new books to Henderson Middle School
2/5/2016, 1 p.m.
Henderson Middle School has received a $10,000 grant from Emily’s Hope Foundation to purchase 500 new books for it’s library, according to Dr. Vonita Foster, the school’s media specialist.
Dr. Foster said the grant would bolster the school’s non-fiction, social science, natural science and technology collections.
To celebrate the new resources, students from Henderson and from Fairfax schools are to connect via Skype, an Internet audio-video connection, to read books and participate in discussions. The program will be held in the spring.
Emily’s Hope Foundation was created in 2010 by several Fairfax County Public Schools teachers to honor Emily Michael, a student who died in 2009 from heart disease.
