Page 10 - Fox Elementary News Today

Alamogordo Public Library Youth Services Librarian Ami Jones gathered 500 discarded books to send to Virginia elementary after a fire destroyed it.

The UR Spiders and VCU Rams teamed up to help by asking fans to bring supplies for Fox teachers and students to their Friday night game at the Siegel Center.

Deanna King, who owns of Strawberry Fields Flowers and Finds, worked as a teacher at Fox for two years before opening her shop.

Following a fire over the weekend, students and parents at Fox Elementary School thought they were just going to pick up supplies for the return to virtual learning. Instead, they were greeted with shouts of delight from teachers and staff gathered just inside the threshold.

The three numbers that might have saved Fox Elementary School.

Insurance will determine whether the building's brick facade can be saved or if it would have to be demolished, requiring the school to possibly be rebuilt from scratch.

"This past week’s tragic fire at Fox Elementary touched our staff and owners here at Longoven."

Firefighters returned to Fox Elementary School Sunday to put out hot spots following a massive fire Friday night that caused significant destruction to the building. With a learning environment stripped away from students, hundreds of families are now wondering what happens next.

Julie Crowder has been the art teacher at Fox Elementary School for 17 years. On Friday, she put paper valentines that teachers hang at the school every year in her car. Now, they’re all she has left of her classroom.

“We are RPS, and we are there for our Fox family," Debbie DiazGranados said. “I’m in full throttle, 'What can we do to help?'”