Published on Tue., May 10, 2022
Several Dearington Elementary School for Innovation students were awarded Thursday, May 5, 2022, from the Optimist Club of Lynchburg sweeping all of the awards in a citywide competition. The Chairman of the Optimist Club, Jeff Woodard said “it is highly unusual that one school would win all 6 categories, as we had a number of other entries from other schools, but that was the way it turned out.” Dearington students winning awards were: Coda Capps (Community Service), Da’lijah Culpepper (Humanities), Eric Lambert, Jr. (Courage), D’Veyah Sandidge (Fellowship), Zymeer Vassal (Science) and Huw Yoder (Arts). All students received gift cards and certificates in a ceremony at Oakwood Country Club.
