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Dear #RPSStrong Family,
Happy Friday! Tonight's updates:
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| VHSL All-State Basketball – Please join me in celebrating John Marshal HS senior Jaedyn Cook, who was named to the VHSL Class 2 Girls All-State Basketball First Team! Congratulations!
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| 2nd Annual RPS Shines – We're thrilled to announce that nominations are now open for our 2023 division awards for RPS staff, including the Lucille Brown Impact Award, Rodney A. Robinson Equity in Education Award, Principal of the Year Award, and Support Staff of the Year Award. Review the award details and complete your nomination by Friday, April 14. We can't wait to celebrate all the winners – including our 2023 Teachers of the Year – at our 2nd Annual RPS Shines on Tuesday, May 23!
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| 2023-24 Preschool & Kindergarten Enrollment – Preschool and kindergarten enrollment is underway! We offer preschool for eligible 3 and 4-year olds, and kindergarten for all 5-year-olds living in Richmond. If your student is currently enrolled at an RPS preschool, they will still need to register for kindergarten. For more information, please email enrollrps@rvaschools.net. If you enroll your child now, they'll be entered into a raffle to win a bike!
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| Arts in Our Schools Spotlight – Many thanks to Yaa-Nailah Bell-Barber from Richmond Community HS for sharing her love of art with us yesterday. Today's story comes from Stuart Harnsberger, IB art teacher at Thomas Jefferson HS. As an R.E.B. award recipient, Mr. Harnsberger had the opportunity to travel to Greece where he studied small still life paintings of local foods and artifacts from the region. "I attempted to create one painting per day for a month and found that I really need to return to being an artist myself, and not just an art teacher. When I returned to Richmond, I spent time to rehab my garage into a studio/gallery and set up my first solo art show. Through this process I have been able to rekindle my appreciation for painting. Now I make time each weekend to focus on making at least one painting. My goal is to have another art show this Spring."
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| With great appreciation,
Jason
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- To all of the phenomenal assistant principals in RPS, shout-out to you for all you do. The official recognition is during spring break so let's get this party started early.
- I would like to give a huge shout out to Jasmine Lomax, Azalea Gilbert, and Robin Mayes for supporting the career fair at Armstrong High School today.
- Thank you to LHES – from the front office ladies, to the nurses, to the music teacher and our speech therapist – we love all of you. Thank you for being so kind and caring. My kids love you all.
- We would like to give a very special Warrior Way shout to the incredible Fine Arts Department and Expanded Core Team of Henderson Middle School, as well as all of our Warrior Fine Arts student performers who shared their talent last night at our Spring Concert! Last night, the Warrior Chorus, Band, Orchestra, and Dance Company performed for the NorthSide Community in the Henderson Campus Auditorium. All of the performances were absolutely amazing. Special Warrior Way thanks to Mrs. Barnes for her incredible leadership of the Expanded Core Team, Mr. Fuller-Director of Bands & Orchestra, Ms. Weaver-Chorus Director, and Mrs. Anderson-Dance Company Director, for their dedication and work to prepare our Warrior students to perform. Thank you to Mr. Cosby, Ms. Bacon, Ms. Rozier, Mr. Earnshaw, Dr. Campbell, and our Warrior custodial team for all the help with preparation, performance, and stage design. This truly was a Northside Warrior Family effort. Thank you to all the Warrior staff members and families who were able to come out to show support.
- I would like to give kudos to Ms. Felix at Oak Grove Elementary for her enormous amount of patience and understanding with her students. She is a new teacher who embraces and models teaching with love!
- I want to give a huge shoutout to coach Terrell Marshall who came and gave a skill building camp at John B. Cary after school this month. He was dynamic, warm, encouraging, and just amazing! We showered him with thank you cards and good luck cards today in celebration of the tournament that John Marshall will be playing in next week. Thank you, Coach Marshall! You’ve made an impression on these kids! Can’t wait to have you back next year! Good luck to the entire team and coaching staff at John Marshall!
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| Opportunities for Students – We're excited to launch the RPS Opportunities Hub where students can browse scholarships, internships, summer programs, and a variety of other opportunities. Don't delay – deadlines for some programs are fast approaching! If you would like to share an opportunity with our students, please email opportunity@rvaschools.net. Thank you!
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| RVA Men Teach Conference – The first-ever RVA Men Teach Conference will be held on Saturday, April 15 from 8:30 am to 3 pm at Huguenot HS. Conference breakout sessions, led by some of our dynamic male minority educators here in RPS, will showcase the ground breaking work being done in the city. There will also be panel discussions on 21st century education issues, an RPS hiring fair (with on-the-spot interviews), and free CPR certification classes for RPS teachers. Registration is free and open to all RPS teachers.
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