Hillpoint Elementary News Today

Up to $1 million in grants are up for grabs in Los Angeles for local groups to build or expand community parks, gardens and green spaces. The Bezos Earth Fund awarded the grant to the nonprofit GreenLatinos through its Greening Americas Cities initiative. GreenLatinos will now distribute the funds to local community groups who can apply starting Feb. ...

New Yorks Legislature will take up several bills regarding forever chemicals. The bills would eliminate unnecessary per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS in household items such as cosmetics, menstrual products, and others. Legislation will also focus on removing PFAS from waterways as well. ...

A regulatory hearing dealing with energy policy does not seem like a setting for most Minnesotans but a new coalition is recruiting voices who want affordable clean heating sources in homes and businesses to speak up on such decisions. Clean Heat Minnesota is backed by dozens of organizations representing a range of causes, including environmental, consumer advocacy, and racial justice. Brynn Kirsling, senior manager of advocacy campaigns for Fresh Energy, a key contributor to the coalition, s...

Despite extensive opposition, the Virginia Reliability Project is moving forward. This month, the states Marine Resources Commission issued a wetlands permit for the project, although 175 Virginia residents submitted comments, all in opposition. The Virginia Reliability Project calls for constructing compressor stations and expanding a gas line which has been operating since the 1950s with a larger-diameter pipeline. ...

A pipeline project in Suffolk could threaten the health and welfare of communities there, the Pughsville Civic League's Carolyn White writes in a guest column.

Several schools across Hampton Roads are getting security equipment upgrades through the Virginia Department of Education's School Security Equipment grants. These awards can be used for surveillance equipment, mass notification systems, cameras for buses and more.

The Virginia Department of Education is distributing funds especially to schools with frequent problems, to be used for mass notification systems, security card access systems and surveillance for schools and buses.

Teresa Sperry, 10, was named class nurse at Hillpoint Elementary School in Suffolk on September 21. She died on September 27.

Teresa Sperry, 10, was assigned the job of "class nurse," responsible for taking students to the school nurses office about a week before she died of COVID-19.

A memorial sits beside a small flowerbed on the campus of Hillpoint Elementary School, with the design showing butterflies and music notes.