OCAAHSFeb 101 min readOCAAHS Board Member Jo-Ann Brock reads to 4th graders about Chef Edna Lewis OCAAHS Board Member Jo-Ann Brock reads to 4th graders about Chef Edna Lewis at Grelen Nursery in Somerset. The field trip was devoted to...
OCAAHSMar 1, 20231 min readOrange County Public Schools CollaborationIn celebration of Black History Month, we honor the journey of African American students, teachers and staff members in Orange County....
OCAAHSMar 30, 20224 min read1842 Orange County, VA: Four women on divergent pathswritten by Zann Nelson Part One First was Lucy Quarles, born to freedom as a white woman in Louisa County and by 1836 had become a widow...
OCAAHSMar 25, 20221 min readEdna Lewis and the Lewis Family of OrangeIn Honor of Women's History Month 2022, OCAAHS wanted to pay tribute to Edna Lewis and the Lewis family. Below is an amazing obit...
OCAAHSMar 18, 20222 min readNannie Helen Burroughs: A Woman Far Ahead of her TimeWho knew that one of the very first nationally acclaimed advocates for the advancement of women’s rights and the improvement for all...
OCAAHSMar 1, 20224 min readHonoring the Memory of Captain Andrew Maples, Jr., Orange County’s Tuskegee AirmanArticle adopted from February 2022 Orange County newsletter INSIGHT.” | Jayson Woods, Communications Specialist for County of Orange,...