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NEWPORT NEWS — On a recent Friday morning, Chanda Woods is teaching her sixth graders about prefixes and suffixes. She walks around answering questions and checks on her students’ progress. In between academic check-ins, she gets personal. “Are you making better choices now?” she asks one of the kids quietly once she is back at her desk, after helping him with a new vocabulary word. “You need ...

Last month, Chanda Woods was selected as the Region 2 Teacher of the Year, putting her in the running for the state title, which will be announced May 6.

Chanda Woods, who teaches at Crittenden Middle School, was named the Virginia Tidewater Region Teacher of the Year by the VDOE in a surprise announcement Wednesday.