# Forrest Elementary

Nicole Lewis is Forrest Elementary School’s 2023 Teacher of the Year, AND our 2023-2024 HCS Elementary School Teacher of the Year. This school year, she started a new position in Hampton City schools. Listen to learn a little more about Ms. Lewis, who is also a Kecoughtan alum!

Edwin Forrest returned to his home city in the final decades of his life. He kept performing on the city's stages, and left behind a long-term legacy in Philadelphia. (NOTE: This is an updated and re-edited version of the sound file originally released under this title. This new version was done in…

This program was established at Woodland Forrest Elementary School. This model was initiated when a team of Woodland Forrest teachers visited Discovering Alabama producer, Dr. Doug Phillips, to request assistance in developing year-long curriculum.

In this episode, literacy expert Pam Allyn joins us to talk about summer learning and how we can turn the dreaded “summer slide”—the learning loss children experience when they’re out of school—into the “summer leap,” a time filled with opportunity and joy around reading. Kelli Cedo, Principal of F…