Summer in RVA
What To Do With The Family!
Events Calendar with all things fun to do in the summer with kids click here for events
Deals and Discounts in RVA for summer click here for deals
Family Fun activities (attractions, gardens, museums, history, etc.) click here for ideas
Cool Places for Kids click here for ideas
Learn!
HCPS Summer Academy (instruction)
- 2016 Summer Academy *ask your school counselor for more information*
- Summer Academy Newspaper
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No Friday Classes
Zone Sites: Colonial Trail, Echo Lake, Longdale, Maybeury, Ward
Learning Express, Reaching Higher, and Exceptional Education
July 11 – August 11 (Monday – Thursday) 8:00am – 12:30pmThe Elementary ESL Program will be held at Johnson Elementary School
July 11 – August 11 (Monday – Thursday) 8:00am – 12:30pmThe Elementary Enrichment Program will be held at Johnson Elementary School
Session 1: July 11 – July 21 (Monday – Thursday) 8:00am – 12:30pm
Session 2: July 25 – August 4 (Monday – Thursday) 8:00am – 12:30pm- Summer Reading Club for prizes!!!
- Storytime Schedule
- Program Guidefor all libraries
Tutoring
- The HCPS Family & Educator Resource Center maintains a list for parents of private tutoring services. The list is comprised of current HCPS employees (e.g., instructional personnel, teaching assistants, substitute teachers), recent HCPS retirees, local students who are actively pursuing degrees in the field of education (and related fields), and recent graduates of such programs. Parents, please contact Renée Soniat, Facilitator 804-328-8117 Email: presource@henrico.k12.va.us for the list.
Play!
- Find out where Kids Eat Free!!
- Kids BOWL free all summer
- RVA Summer Festivals
- Fun summer events in RVA
- Farmers Markets
- Children’s Museum of Richmond – locations in Chesterfield, Fredericksburg, Richmond, and Short Pump. Open 9:30-5:30 7 days a week (central open until 7).
- Community Activities Booklet Henrico County Public Schools provides information about extracurricular and after-school activities available to students in Henrico County. Announcements and advertisements are provided by non-profit organizations outside the school system and are to further community awareness for the convenience of students and their families. Activities described therein are not endorsed, recommended, or approved by Henrico County Public Schools. Henrico County Public Schools assumes no liability or responsibility for any content errors or omissions and/or the use or misuse of information included in this publication. For more information, please call 804-652-3726
Henrico Parks and Playgrounds FREE!
- Parks and Facilities in Henrico. Do you know where the PLAYGROUNDS are???
Camps!
Henrico Parks and Rec: http://henrico.us/rec/summer-camps/
Registration
*beginning Monday, April 18 (Fee-based) & April 25 (Free camps).
By mail:
- Camp registration form – click here and mail completed form and payment (check or money order), if applicable, to:Program Registration
Henrico Recreation and Parks
PO Box 90775
Henrico, VA 23273-0775
Online:
- HCRP Connect (Online Registration):
www.connect.henricorecandparks.com
- Registration Questions? Call 501-7275
- Financial Assistance Information: 501-5102 or email registration@henrico.us
- Inclusion services available 501-7489
Henrico PAL (Police Athletic League)
- The Eighth Annual Henrico PAL Summer Camp is designed to provide Henrico County’s youth with a safe environment, while participating in a wide variety of educational, athletic, and recreational activities. Participants will engage in a soccer and basketball clinic, baseball and softball clinic, weekly roller-skating, bowling, flag football, educational museum tours, Washington Mystics Basketball Game, Richmond Flying Squirrels Baseball Game and much more. The Henrico Summer Camp will also conduct field trips every Thursday to: King’s Dominion, Hadad’s Lake, Cobblestone, Pocahontas State Park, Lake Anna Park, Yorktown Beach, Nauticus/Battleship Wisconsin and Water Country USA. The Henrico PAL Summer Camp encourages its participants to broaden their horizons, and focuses on developing positive relationships between police officers and youths while engaging in enriching experiences. 2016 Summer Camp Announcement.docx
Other RVA summer camps lists
~Mrs. Yonce