Empowering students to be lifelong learners and informed citizens
 Students gather before school |  Read Across America |  Enjoying a good book |  Practicing speeches |
|---|---|---|---|
 Reviewing science with concept maps |  FACS students learn how to read aloud |  Researching how the brain works |  Faculty First FridayThe faculty meets to socialize and share ideas. |
 Mr. Durrett listens to DSF Voices |  Students relieve stress during SOL testing |  Middle East Summit |  Author Malcolm Gladwell visits via Skype |
 Helping cadets teach younger students |  Distributing books to our community |  Collaboration |  Our Poet Tree embracing our diversity |
 Marketing Read Across America |  Wearing costumes to perform Shakespeare |  Read Across America |  A student answers his own question about what we need to do to defeat hate |
 Mrs. Tembe's students writeThese students are varying their sentence structure. |  Earth Science classes review VA geology |  Video Game Club |  Voter Registration Drive 2016 |
 The 2nd Annual DSF Fed ChallengeFour teams from DSF and Collegiate acted as advisors to the FOMC to discuss monetary policy recommendations. Thanks to Mike Hasley, Dr. Day (VCEE), and Dr. Mortensen (VCEE), Mr. Haltom (Fed. Reserve Bank of RIC), and Dr. Scotese (VCU Economics Dept.) for judging! |  The Day the Crayons Quit |  Scholastic Poetry WinnerDuring DSF Voices, she reads her award-winning poetry to other students. |
INQUIRE | THINK CRITICALLY | COLLABORATE | COMMUNICATE
Research how the brain works
Analyze with Concept Maps
Earth Science Class
Read aloud and proud
Read Across America
Hands-on Math lesson
Read to gain knowledge
Banned Book Week
Engage the community
Books To Go
Be an Upstander: Holocaust Survivors Tell Their Story of Survival
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Zimm spoke to the sophomore class about the atrocities of the Holocaust. The main message they wanted the students to get was to be upstanders because kindness and love can destroy hate. Students asked insightful questions and wrote powerful letters thanking the speakers for coming.
Always Do Your Best:
The Governor's Office Visits
Mr. Felix Sarfo-Kantanka, Jr., Gov. McAuliffe's Deputy Secretary of Administration, spoke to the students about Virginia politics and choosing a career. He shared his successes and failures that he has encountered in his political career. The students also gained insight about Virginia's role as a swing state.
Local Writer Visits:
Blankman Inspires Creative Witing
Ms. Anne Blankman, the
author of the YA Prisoner of Night and Fog duology, Night's Edge and Conspiracy of Blood and Smoke, read passages aloud and described how she created her stories about World War II using imagery and characterization. She stressed the importance of researching to get accurate settings to give the reader a more fascinating story.