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cycle. The greenhouse will be named “Gigi’s Garden” after Rainbow Station founder and CEO Gail Johnson. The early childhood development specialist and pediatric nurse used to teach nursing at the Medical College of Virginia before starting Rainbow Station private schools with its on-site infirmary for emergency back-up care for mildly ill children. She provided a solution for working parents who needed assistance with handling their heavy workload and caring for their children when they got sick.
Trust Donation To Rebuild Gym A $50,000 donation from the James R.
Wilkins Charitable Trust will be used by the Powhatan School to replace the gym floor with a new hardwood performance court. “The Wilkins family has been a longtime supporter of Powhatan and we are very grateful for their gift today,” Head of School Susan Scarborough said in announcing the gift to the students and faculty. “We are overwhelmed by their generosity to provide the students with a new playing surface.” The donation will benefit both the ath-
letic program and the entire school. “It is something that our school community has talked about for a long time,” Powhatan School Athletic Director Brian Burke said. However, the new hardwood floor is far from being only a boost to the basketball program. “This is a gift that touches each student’s experience here at Powhatan from kindergarten through eighth grade. Volleyball, indoor recreational sports and the entire Lower School physical education program will benefit daily from the new floor.” The new hardwood floor will replace the 20-year-old carpeted gym floor in the Henkel Activities Center, which was built in 1989. “The need to upgrade the facility was something that came to light through meetings with students and parents throughout the fall,” said Scarborough, who has spent much of her first year meeting with groups of students over lunch. The eighth graders and Student Council decided to designate funds they had raised from multiple events to the hardwood floor. “The students came to the staff with the idea to start a campaign to raise money for a new floor as the first step to a legacy for the students who will play sports in the years to come. I think that action by the students appealed to the Wilkins family,” she said.
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and scientific modeling. He will also take courses through John Hopkins University and Stanford University to earn college credit, including multivariable calculus and linear algebra. Reimers says she’s enjoyed crafting classes for Xu. The makeup of the small, private high school makes customized courses possible, she added. Plus, Reimers is just as passionate about physics. She came to Middleburg Academy after working as a submarine engineer using signal processing. She holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering and doctorate in electrical engineering. “I love this stuff, too,” she added. No surprise, Xu already has his sights set on a career as a physicist. His ideal workplace would be NASA. To get there, he says, he’ll first need a degree at a top university. “I want to keep learning about physics, and maybe participating in engineering programs,” he said. “My dream is to go to MIT.” Reimers has no doubt Xu will accomplish whatever he sets his mind to. “He is an incredibly curious learner,” she said. “He can solve problems in very creative ways because he can see them in ways others can’t.”
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