Community ProfileRiver Bend Elementary School

Elkton, VA Lisetta Brandy, Elizabeth Brito, Kelly Denham

● Rockingham County’s 15th elementary school● Opened in August, 2009● Principal: Sharon Martz● Mascot: Cardinal● About 390 students

○ 56-68 students per grade○ 159 qualify for free and reduced lunch○ 92% white, 5% black, 1% hispanic

● About 70 teachers and staff

River Bend Elementary

("River bend elementary," 2013)

● Built in 1840● After the Battles of Cross Keys (June 8th and 9th, 1862) Jennings and his

wife Barbara treated wounded soldiers in their house● Severely wounded soldiers treated under a burr oak tree before being

transferred to a hospital● October 1864: The Union’s General Philip H. Sheridan’s burning of the

Shenandoah Valley destroyed Jennings’ flour mill● Field trip: Great place to visit while learning about the Civil War

Dr. Samuel H. Jennings’ House

("Jennings house," 2009)

● Stone wall built in 1935 by Works Project Administration (WPA)○ WPA was most famous act out of all of Roosevelt’s New Deal Programs○ Employed millions of unemployed people (although more than 5 million

remained unemployed)● Provided economic stability for many in the community while also

conserving natural areas● Skyline Drive is 105.5 miles long● Complaints while being built: cannot see the view (needs to have an

open-type guard); may block snow removal

(National Park Service, 2013)

Skyline Drive

• Field Trip: While learning about economics and the Great Depression, a field trip can be taken while learning about the different acts put in place by President Roosevelt.• Can integrate science and social studies lessons while

outside. • Science: National Park (What trees are there? What

animals inhabit it’s environment?)• Social Studies: Economics behind it; Great Depression for

history

Skyline Drive

● Resources:○ Most of land is open and mostly farmland

■ Corn fields and cows● Buildings vary from old and rustic to new and more modern

○ Downtown buildings (older, some with fading writing)○ More modern buildings further into town (stores, fast food)○ Car repair shops and used car dealerships are everywhere

(“Elkton, Virginia”, 2013)

Community Observations

● Housing:○ Housing varies by socioeconomic status (median household

income $35,000-40,000)■ mobile homes (low SES)

● 6.8% of population live below poverty level■ brick homes (lower middle-middle SES)

(“Elkton, Virginia”, 2013)

Community Observations

Driving into downtown Elkton

Downtown

● Elkton, virginia. (2013, June 28). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkton,_Virginia

○ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.○ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.○ Wayland, John, “A History of Rockingham County, Virginia,” 1912: Ruebush-Elkins Co, Dayton, VA, pp 33-37○ “The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography” Vol X – No 1, July 1902, The Virginia Historical Society,

Richmond, VA, pp 84-86○ Strickler, Harry, “A Short History of Page County Virginia” 1952: The Dietz Press, Richmond VA, pps 50-51○ Wayland, John, “The German Element in the Shenandoah Valley,” 1907: Michie Company Printers,

Charlottesville, VA, p 38-39○ Wayland, John, “Virginia Valley Records,” p 311○ Wayland, “The German Element in the Shenandoah Valley,” p 42○ Wayland, John, “A History of Rockingham County, Virginia," pp 33-37○ “ The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography," pp 84-86○ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.○ "Profile of General Demographic Characteristics". United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved 2008-03-21.○ Elkton Elementary School webpage○ Elkton Middle School webpage○ http://www.elktonbluesox.org

● Jennings house. (2009, March 04). Retrieved from http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=2916&Result=1

● National park services. (2013, August). Skyline drive. Retrieved from

http://www.nps.gov/shen/historyculture/skylinedrive.htm

● River bend elementary school. (2013). Retrieved from http://blogs.rockingham.k12.va.us/rbes/about-river-bend/

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