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Access SOL Pass at Home!
Students & Families, SOLs are soon! Help your child practice the skills they need at home
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Thank you, Officer Armstead!
Officer Armstead of Richmond Police Department visited Mr. Hampton's 5th grade classroom to discuss growing up and being responsible in school.
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Hour of Code
Our students participated in "Hour of Code" last week for Computer Science Education Week!
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RPS Direct Update - July 3, 2020
Dear #RPSStrong Family, Since we're closed today, I wasn't planning on sending an RPS Direct, but I wanted to clarify what's happening with meal distribution on Monday, July 6. The RPS distribution will be closed, but the city's Parks and Rec meal distribution will be open (RPS will be open again on Tuesday, July 7). Please see below for locations and times of the Parks and Rec program. With great appreciation, Jason Click above to view meal schedules!
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RPS Direct Update - July 2, 2020
Dear #RPSStrong Family, This morning, I had the opportunity to tour the new River City Middle School on the Southside with Mayor Stoney, School Board Chair Owen, and School Board Vice Chair Burke. The school is stunning – and huge! See below for pictures of the main atrium, one of the science labs, the media center, the auditorium, the full-service kitchen, and the athletic fields. I'll admit I was borderline giddy when I walked through River City today. It's beautiful, full of all the amenities our children deserve, and primed for 21st Century learning. Our students will know that we love them very much when they walk through the doors this fall. Click above to read more!
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RPS Direct Update - July 1, 2020
Dear #RPSStrong Family, What a historic day in Richmond! Enormous gratitude to Mayor Stoney for taking decisive action this afternoon to remove the Stonewall Jackson statue from Monument Avenue. As the skies darkened and the rain poured, it seemed for a moment as if the Lost Cause was staging one final campaign to preserve the past. But the removal crew – and the hundreds of cheering supporters – remained. And in the end, the statue came down and the skies cleared. As I shared when we renamed J.E.B. Stuart Elementary to Barack Obama Elementary, changing names and removing statues doesn't eliminate any of the injustices encoded in our laws and policies – but these actions matter nonetheless. Click above to read more!
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RPS Direct Update - June 30, 2020
Dear #RPSStrong Family, I'm thrilled to announce that we've hired a new Chief Talent Officer! Sandra K. Lee is coming to us from Gallup-McKinley County Schools (GMCS) in New Mexico, which serves the Navajo Nation and the Zuni Pueblo. She officially joins us starting tomorrow. Before coming to RPS, Sandra served as the Director of Human Resources for GMCS. Among other roles, she has also served as a teacher and principal in both GMCS and the San Francisco Unified School District. Click above to read more!
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RPS Direct Update - June 29, 2020
Dear #RPSStrong Family, As a reminder, we have a special School Board work session this evening at 6 pm focused exclusively on our reopening plans. You can watch it live on our Facebook page and you can access all the data from the reopening surveys by clicking here. If you can't make it tonight, don't worry! I'll provide a summary in tomorrow's RPS Direct. I also want to take the opportunity this evening to acknowledge an Instagram account – BlackAtRPS – where Black staff members have shared their experiences with racism as employees of RPS. I take these accounts extremely seriously. To all who posted, thank you for courageously sharing your stories. RPS – like the rest of America – is not immune to the 400 years of racism that preceded George Floyd's murder. Those four centuries infect us all. Click above to read more!
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RPS Direct Update - June 25, 2020
Dear #RPSStrong Family, Our graduation ceremonies continued today with in-person celebrations at Franklin Military Academy, Thomas Jefferson, and Huguenot. I was able to swing by all three and they were simply amazing! Enormous gratitude to our high school teams – administrators, counselors, teachers, custodians, front office staff, and so many others – for making these beautiful ceremonies possible. To get a taste of what they've pulled off amidst a global pandemic, please take 30 seconds to watch the video below from TJ. Click above to read more.
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RPS Direct Update - June 24, 2020
Si aún no lo ha hecho, tómese unos minutos para completar nuestra encuesta de reapertura. Tenemos uno para familias, tanto en español como en inglés, y uno para el personal escolar. Gracias a la Coordinadora de CIS (y madre de RPS), Amanda Ketterlinus, por crear un video en español para explicar cómo completar la encuesta.
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RPS Direct Update - June 23, 2020
Dear #RPSStrong Family, It's graduation week for the RPS Class of 2020! Virtual commencement ceremonies started yesterday with Amelia Street, Armstrong, Community, George Wythe, and John Marshall. The rest of the virtual ceremonies are tomorrow (see below for times and links). If you haven't tuned in yet, I encourage you to do so! Richmond Career Education & Employment Academy, 12:00 pm
