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VOICES: Stories from Alexandria City Public Schools
by Alexandria City Public SchoolsStories from Alexandria City Public Schools
Copyright: Alexandria City Public Schools
Episodes
VOICES #12: How One Family with Three School Boys is Coping in the Days of COVID-19
4m · PublishedMeet the Jovovic Doussard family. They have three boys who are all ACPS students and range in ages from eight to thirteen. Cooped up together during the #COVIDclosure, they're learning to structure their learning day and to get along.
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VOICES #11: An Enduring Love Story That Started at Parker-Gray
16m · PublishedJohn and Beatrice fell in love against a backdrop of racial tension, when America was on the precipice of change. Listen as John and Bea reminisce about a life lived in Alexandria as we wrap up our Black History Month series.
VOICES #10: A Speech for Prosperity in Honor of Black History Month
10m · PublishedThe content of this VOICES is courtesy of the Alexandria African American Hall of Fame. “A Speech for Prosperity,” given on October 23, 2018 at the Carlyle Club, in Alexandria, VA. To see the speech in its entirety please visit alexandriaafricanamericanhalloffame.org
Dr. Faye S. Gunn is the granddaughter of a Chincoteague Island sharecropper who was encouraged to build a better life for herself. She traveled 100 miles each day to earn her high school diploma even though her small island had three elementary schools and two high schools. Those schools were for whites only. She went on to earn her degree from Norfolk State University, became a teacher at ACPS, and was the first black minister of Alfred Street Baptist Church.
Listen to Dr. Gunn share the challenges she faced growing up as a black woman.
VOICES #09: There’s a New Girl in Choir
5m · PublishedSenior Mya Hall can sing but as a transfer student wanting to join T.C. Williams’ advanced choir, she had to get past an audition with Choir Director Theodore Thorpe, an ordeal she describes as tense and scary.
VOICES #08: T.C. Army JROTC Family Creates Leaders
5m · PublishedVOICES #07: The Kick Coffee Shop at T.C. Williams Pioneers Inclusion
4m · PublishedVOICES #06: New T.C. Graduate Sterling Has the Midas Touch
3m · PublishedVOICES #05: Old Enough to Wear Orange and Make a Difference
2m · PublishedVOICES #04: Addy’s Magic Mirror
5m · PublishedVOICES #03: The Journey from Middle School Orchestra to Juilliard
21m · PublishedVOICES: Stories from Alexandria City Public Schools has 12 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 1:34:03. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 27th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on March 23rd, 2024 01:46.