District Administration – Rui Dionisio 
Verona Public Schools is dedicated to cultivating learning environments that nurture the natural curiosity of children. As Albert Einstein said, “Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.” A year after we launched our pilot program in inquiry-based science, feedback from surveys shows a higher level of student engagement. The new science program, developed with support from the Smithsonian Institute and National Academies of Science, is being implemented this year in our elementary and middle schools with the goal of increasing student engagement and improving knowledge of scientific processes. (more)