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Dear #RPSStrong Family,
Tonight's updates:
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| Summer School Registration – Registration for our high school "Pathway to the Stars" summer school program is now open. Sign up today! If you have additional questions, please contact your student's home school or email summerschool@rvaschools.net.
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| George Wythe HS FCCLA – Please join me in congratulating George Wythe HS FCCLA students, and their teacher, Louquanda Hines, for a stellar performance at the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America Virginia State Conference. They're advancing to the nationals!
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| We Love You Here – Today's story comes to us from Allanah Hicks-Thompson, a sophomore at John Marshall HS, described by her English teacher as an "amazing student who is committed to being a high-achiever." We're incredibly proud of you, Allanah!
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| First Tee Champions Day – First Tee of Richmond recently hosted RPS elementary school students for Champions Day. Students learned about the STEM connections to golf and the First Tee core values – and, of course, played some golf!
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| SNAP for Head Start Eligibility – Wonderful news for families with children ages 3 and 4 who also receive SNAP benefits. Your child may be eligible for Head Start or Early Head Start – and that means eligibility for RPS Preschool! For more information, scan the QR code below or click on the flyer. You can also visit our website to begin the enrollment process. Don't wait!
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| 2023-24 Preschool & Kindergarten Enrollment Event – We have an in-person enrollment event this Friday, April 28, from 12 - 4 pm, at the Communities at Southwood. For more information, please email enrollrps@rvaschools.net. All children enrolled while at the event will be entered into a raffle to win a bike!
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| BGCMR Summer Camp – The Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond is now enrolling students in grades 3 through 12 for summer camp. Age requirements, program hours, and enrollment fees vary by location. Don't delay – the deadline to enroll is Friday, May 19! For details, please visit the BGCMR website.
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| With great appreciation,
Jason
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- A huge shout-out to our office associate extraordinaire here at Lucille M. Brown Middle School, Ms. Alecia Farley. She is dependable, reliable, and always professional in her communications with parents and staff. Her smiles and greetings in the morning always help us to start our day off right. For two months she practically held down our front office at Lucille Brown by herself. Her dedication to her job, parents, and staff is to be commended. Thank you, Ms. Farley, for being amazing!
- I would like to give a shout out to Anne Forrester at Boushall Middle School for her time, dedication, and support, of not only her students, but also her colleagues, even and especially ones in other buildings. Thank you, Anne!
- I would like to shout-out Roberta Aigbokhaevbo, a business teacher at Thomas Jefferson High School, for being featured in the Federal Reserve Bank Newsletter. She is the 5th District Teacher Spotlight for the bank.
- I would like to say thank you to Ms. Vernet at Franklin Military for always going the extra mile for her students and coworkers.
- I would like to shout-out Dr. Tabatha Spurlock, CTE academic advisor, for submitting a proposal to present at the PBIScon23. The PBIS Rewards committee reviewed numerous breakout session proposals. Her proposal (Connecting PBIS Rewards and CTE through Volunteerism with a Schoolwide, Student Led School Store) was one of the submissions approved by the committee for the 2023 PBIS Rewards Virtual Conference. Congratulations, Dr. Spurlock, we are so proud of you!
- I'd love to shout-out some of the exceptional secondary science leads – Doug Barrett (TJ), Kathy Curran-Boyd (Huguenot), John Nunez (Franklin), Carolyn Waller (JM), Beth Hosick (RVA), and Rosie Tucker (Albert Hill). They recently met with Maureen Campbell of the JRA at Bellemeade Park to do water quality sampling and watershed research that they can bring back to help their school teams to develop meaningful watershed educational experiences for all of our secondary science students! We are lucky to have such talented and dedicated science leaders in our schools!
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| We Love You Here – Head over to the RPS Love Store and check out the new "We Love You Here" t-shirts, hoodies, and more! Proceeds will go to partners who support our attendance efforts.
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| Early Commitment Bonuses – We're now offering bonuses of up to $12,000 for new hires who sign their commitment letters by Monday, May 1. If you know of a great teacher who might like to join the RPS team, please tell them to apply now!
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| 2023 Summer Programs – We're beginning to hire for our summer programs. See the flyer below for details and apply today!
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Important Links – Last updated on April 14, 2023.
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