Teacher Lives On Through Wolftrap's Technology Lab
Vienna community celebrates opening of $800,000 Candace Leyton Innovation Learning Lab, a gift from a former student of the late teacher.
When Chris Shumway started third grade at Wolftrap Elementary School in 1973, he had no real academic goals, he said. He was into sports, and lived them — but that was just about his only focus. Luckily, he said, his teacher Candace Leyton recognized a competitive spirit in him and used it as a tool to teach. "She saw in me I think an unlimited potential," he said of the late educator, who taught for more than 30 years in Fairfax County Public Schools. "I didn't realize it at the time, but she changed the direction of my life and help shape who I am today. I came into third grade an average student and ended believing I could do anything." The investment Leyton made in a young Shumway changed the direction of his life, he said. And while …
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