Three Chesterfield County high schools were recently honored as W!se Blue Star Schools: Cosby High, Midlothian High and Monacan High. Schools earn this national recognition by achieving an 80% passing rate on the W!se financial literacy certification test and having either a majority of students on a given grade level receive personal finance instruction or at least 10% of all students take the test.

In addition, almost 30 Chesterfield County Public Schools teachers were named W!se Gold Star Teachers. For a teacher to earn this national recognition, at least one of the teacher’s classes must have achieved a 93% passing rate on the W!se financial literacy certification test in the 2023-24 school year. Congratulations to the economics and personal finance teachers who were named W!se Gold Star Teachers:

  • Bird High: Toby Campbell and Brent Deaner

  • CCPSOnline: Latizzia Bragg-Bullock and Samantha Uzzle

  • Clover Hill High: Michael Bell, Kyle Miller and Rebecca Necessary

  • Cosby High: Gillian Detrick, Otis Jarvis and Nichola Woznyj

  • Thomas Dale High: Felicia Campbell, Patrick Sweet and Bill Wright

  • James River High: Juliana Beatty and Jeffrey Bourassa

  • Manchester High: Brian Graham and Paul Kline

  • Matoaca High: William De Salvatore and Kendra Pahl

  • Midlothian High: Thayne Bruce, Trish Reese, Brett Ridens and Gabriel Taylor

  • Monacan High: Carolyn Manheim, Meredith Shuman and Daniel Zizzamia