Sabot in the News and in Print

Sabot in the News

Richmond Magazine | August 2021
School News: Building a Future


Virginia Living | April 2021

State of Education


Richmond Magazine | August 2020
Best & Worst 2020
 (Best preschool education & 2nd best after-school care program)


Richmond Magazine | August 21, 2019
Changing of the Guard


Richmond Times-Dispatch | August 11, 2018
Stony Point: From a squire’s country estate to an academic village


Richmond Times-Dispatch | July 30, 2018
Sabot at Stony Point names new head of school


Richmond Times-Dispatch | January 15, 2018

PHOTOS: “Celebrate MLK Jr.: Listen to One Another”


WRIC | January 15, 2018
Richmond students unfurl banner on T. Pot Bridge honoring MLK Day


Richmond Times-Dispatch | November 12, 2017
Sabot at Stony Point receives service award


WTVR | January 16, 2017
Students honor MLK Jr. with message of ‘building bridges’


Richmond Family Magazine | January 15, 2017
Students Honor Martin Luther King Jr. with “Day On” to Hang Memorial Banner


Richmond Times-Dispatch | April 19, 2015
Sabot program focuses on role of children in education


Richmond Mom | April 10, 2013
Sabot at Stony Point and University of Richmond to Host Education Institute


Richmond Times-Dispatch | November 28, 2012
Richmond Ballet program keeps area 4th-graders in motion


Grant Lichtman: The Furture of K-12 Education | October 26, 2012
Students Know Why and How They Learn at Sabot at Stony Point, Richmond


Style Weekly | November 10, 2010
The Power of Play




Sabot in Print




#EdJourney: A Roadmap to the Future of Education
by Grant Lichtman


Authentic Childhood: Exploring Reggio Emilia in the Classroom
by Susan Fraser and Carol Gestwicki


Beautiful Stuff from Nature: More Learning with Found Materials
by Cathy Weisman Topal and Lella Gandini


I’m Okay! Building Resilience through Physical Play
by Jarrod Green


Innovations: The Quarterly Periodical of the North American Reggio Alliance | September 2016
“The Umbrella Project: One School’s Ongoing Research on Continuity and Intersubjectivity”
by Marty Gravett, Anna Golden, and Mauren Campbell


Nature Education with Young Children: Integrating Inquiry and Practice
by Daniel R. Meier & Stephanie Sisk-Hilton
Chapter 7: “Preschool Children Explore the Forest: The Power of Wild Spaces in Childhood” by Anna Golden


Nature Preschools and Forest Kindergartens: The Handbook for Outdoor Learning
by David Sobel
Pages 198-199: “Forest as Piazza” by Anna Golden


Our Inquiry, Our Practice: Undertaking, Supporting, and Learning from Early Childhood Teacher Research(ers)
by Gail Perry, Barbara Henderson, & Daniel R. Meier
Chapter 6: “Exploring the Forest: Wild Places in Childhood” by Anna Golden


Teaching and Learning: Collaborative Exploration of the Reggio Emilia Approach
by Victor R. Fu, Andrew J. Stremmel, and Lynn T. Hill
Chapter 13: “Big Ideas and the Essence of Intent” by Pam Oken-Wright and Marty Gravett


Voices of Practitioners: NAEYC Journal of Teacher Research | 2006
“Exploring the Forest: Wild Places in Childhood”
by Anna Golden


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December 6, 2025
Explo: The Documentary Created by Aubrey G. & Helena Y., '26 With mentorship from teachers Richard Garries & Callia Wolff Spring 2025
By Kelsey Donegan October 31, 2025
At Sabot, project work begins with children’s questions and grows through inquiry, reflection, and collaboration, transforming ideas into tangible projects that make learning visible.
By Kelsey Donegan October 30, 2025
The installation of Head of School Emma Ferek brought the Sabot community together to honor our past and look toward a bright, connected future.
By Kelsey Donegan September 1, 2025
At Sabot, learning begins with connection. From Preschool to Middle School, students and teachers build relationships that nurture empathy and growth.
By Kelsey Donegan July 22, 2025
Sabot middle schoolers explore identity through photography, interviews, and mixed-media portraiture in a powerful collaboration with artist Tania del Carmen.
Hamilton Glass and local artists present their Richmond Documentary Mending Walls.
By Sabot School December 11, 2024
Please join us for an evening with acclaimed artist Hamilton Glass and local muralists as they present their Emmy Award-winning documentary, Mending Walls: A Healing Art Project. The event will be held at Sabot School and is open to the entire Richmond community. This “pay what you can” event will raise funds to support a Sabot School student workshop led by Hamilton Glass, where students will learn about the Mending Walls project and processes and create a collaborative mural.
By Kelsey Donegan June 4, 2024
Sabot Middle School Students Bring Home Awards from NHD and VJAS
By Kelsey Donegan June 3, 2024
We are beyond thrilled to announce that with the completion of Phase 2,  Honor Hall is now fully complete!
Students gather around an aqueduct that they made
By Kelsey Donegan May 15, 2024
3rd Grade has spent the year learning about movement and creating a working aqueduct 
By Kelsey Donegan February 29, 2024
After nearly 30 years, Anna Golden will leave Sabot School in March