Dear Principals, Each year thousands of books are reviewed by Henrico librarians and then placed at central office in the Book Review Center. The books are available for librarians to view and consider for purchase twice a year. The Book Review Center will be open Monday, May 22nd – Friday, June 16thfrom 8:00 a.m. until …
Category: Opportunity
Apr 05
Free Classroom Library Books through Goodwill
Goodwill has reached out to HCPS and offered us an exciting opportunity to acquire second hand books to boost classroom libraries. Beginning April 5th, and every Wednesday (except April 12th) from 12:00 to 3:00, Library Services will facilitate a pilot program where schools, on a rotating basis, can send a staff member to the Goodwill …
Feb 27
Henrico Citizen “Top Teachers” Nominations
Please share as you see fit! Nominations for the Henrico Citizen newspaper’s annual “Top Teachers” issue are open now! In May, the Citizen will profile 20 of the top teachers in Henrico County. Nominations will be accepted until March 31. Visit this link to submit a nomination: http://www.henricocitizen.com/site/top_teachers Message from Andy Jenks Additional Resources Nothing …
Feb 22
Delta Kappa Gamma $1,000 Scholarship Initiative
Debbie Hollowell and I want to share our excitement of the Delta Kappa Gamma $1,000 Scholarship Initiative. Our chapter, Gamma Chi, is reaching out to you to announce this scholarship opportunity to your faculty. Delta Kappa Gamma is an international organization of women educators. Of our many educationally based initiatives, we are most proud of …
Jan 17
Channel 8 Story Ideas
Channel 8 is always looking for ideas for its “Above and Beyond The Classroom” segment highlighting positive things teachers are doing. Here are examples of past stories: http://wric.com/category/community/above-beyond/ If you have an idea of someone to be interviewed for TV, email Andy Jenks at ajenks@henrico.k12.va.us Message from Andy Jenks Additional Resources Nothing Action Required? by …
Dec 08
Using PSAT Results to Improve College and Career Readiness
Staff development opportunity for Secondary Administrators, School Counselors and CARs: Valerie Keating, a representative from College Board, will present a workshop on accessing, understanding, and using PSAT results to improve college and career readiness. Also included will be information to improve performance on SAT tests as well as using Khan Academy to improve academic success. …
Dec 01
Volunteerism for the holidays
If your school (or an individual staff member or student) is doing something unique for the holidays, let us know so we can potentially include you in a video that will be shown to the School Board in January! We’ve already got plenty of examples of Henrico Christmas Mother collections and canned good drives, so …
Nov 15
Someone from your school traveling over the holidays? Take along the HCPS flag!
The holidays are a time for travel; whether it’s Petersburg, Virginia or Saint Petersburg, Russia, show the world that Henrico County Public Schools is going places! Wherever your faculty members, staff and students are going, the HCPS FLAG wants to come along! Your school should have received several “resident” flags last year to loan out …
Sep 28
Register your school for Dream Big Day at UR!
Dream Big Day will take place Nov. 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with the game versus Hampton starting at 12 p.m. This year, we are going to have a larger portion of the event centered around our biology and chemistry departments as they will have exhibits and interactive experiments. The event is primarily …
Sep 22
Register your school for the Spiders Scholastic Stars program!
The University of Richmond Spiders would like to invite your school to participate in the 2016-17 Spiders Scholastic Stars program! Each year during our basketball season we invite local elementary schools to join us in recognizing outstanding academic, community or personal achievements from students. Attached you will find more information about the program, along with …
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