Today's News

  It’s been a long time since Staunton River was able to claim a regional title in anything (Boys indoor track, 1997).

    When she went to college, Ameka Cruz thought she was headed for a career in business or accounting—possibly even computer science.

    But since 2001 she’s found herself in the classroom, now as a mathematics teacher at Jefferson Forest High School. On Thursday, Cruz learned she had been named as                  the  Bedford  County  High School Teacher of the Year.

  It’s been a long time since Staunton River was able to claim a regional title in anything (Boys indoor track, 1997).

    After the birth of her son, Mason, Dina Linkenhoker was set to return to the workforce in a business-oriented career.

    But fate had a different answer.
    A friend casually suggested she try substitute teaching. Linkenhoker did—and she loved it. “I thought, ‘I just really want to do this forever,’” she said. “It took off from there.”