processRequest([{"headline":"Students build winning designs at Canstructure Competition","blurb":"","description":"Students build winning designs at Canstructure Competition","body":"<p>Creative uses of canned food showed off creativity and  collected donations for local families as Newport News Public Schools students  accomplished both at the Youth Volunteer Corps of Hampton Roads Annual  Canstructure Competition April 27 at Patrick Henry Mall.</p>\r\n<p>Canstructure is a benefit for the Foodbank of the Virginia  Peninsula where teams of students collect and find innovative ways to use  hundreds of cans of food to build a unique three-dimensional work of art. This  year's theme was Connecting Worlds Through Literature.</p>\r\n<p>All food was donated to the Foodbank upon completion of the  competition.</p>\r\n<p>An Achievable Dream Academy was the overall winner of the  competition after collecting 4,000 cans, as well as receiving a new award as  Grand Champion for its remarkable structure and presentation depicting various  children's books.</p>\r\n<p>For elementary schools, Richneck Elementary School was the  winner with Hilton Elementary School honored as runner-up. Ella Fitzgerald  Middle School was runner-up in the middle school category.</p>\r\n<p>Warwick High School was the winner in the high school  category with Menchville High School recognized as runner-up.</p>\r\n<p>Elementary school teams constructed their  canstructures at their respective schools and judges visited prior to Saturday  to record each team's presentation. Middle and high school teams built their  canstructures at Patrick Henry Mall with their innovation and creativity on  display for community members to see happening in real time.</p>\r\n<p>View more photos on our <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=nnschools&set=a.812048277622784\">Facebook</a> page.</p>","body2":"","publish_date":"Apr 29, 2024","image_1_path":"","image_1_caption":"","image_2_path":"240429111039439_2024-AADA.jpg","image_2_caption":"An Achievable Dream Academy","image_3_path":"","image_3_caption":"","image_4_path":"","image_4_caption":"","image_5_path":"","image_5_caption":"","no_link":"","url":"https://sbo.nn.k12.va.us/news/archive/2024-04-29_Students-build-winning-designs-at-Canstructure-Competition.html","news_id":"4079"},{"headline":"Learn more about Elementary Education at NNPS","blurb":"","description":"Learn more about Elementary Education at NNPS","body":"","body2":"","publish_date":"Sep 18, 2023","image_1_path":"","image_1_caption":"","image_2_path":"","image_2_caption":"","image_3_path":"","image_3_caption":"","image_4_path":"","image_4_caption":"","image_5_path":"","image_5_caption":"","no_link":"","url":"https://sbo.nn.k12.va.us/academic/elementary.html","news_id":"3960"},]);