Last night the city council heard citizen requests for budget money. North of the river wants landscaping and a lighted sign for Carytown, south of the river is looking to improve their schools. Details from RTD. Among the possible changes to Mayor Dwight C. Jones’ plan, Councilman E. Martin Jewell is recommending $500,000 to help pay [...]
Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts will be opening August 11th and today they posted some of the teachers who will be leading the classrooms. Today is also the last day to mail in applications for the 12 kindergarten spots that became available. Other RPS schools will open September 7, after Labor Day. Part [...]
PHSSA is slotted to open August 11 and as often happens during school registration, additional spots in the kindergarten classes have been identified. Interested families need to download and complete the application and mail it or drop it off at the school on designated days over the next two weeks. Applications must by postmarked by [...]
From Patrick Henry email; Dear Families, Thank you to those of you that attended our lottery event on Thursday. We are diligently working to reconcile the data based on the rank given to students on the lottery night. But, we still have one outstanding issue that needs to be resolved regarding pre-lottery status with siblings. [...]
Many anxious parents and curious bystanders attended last night’s lottery held at Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts. The school received 255 applications for 150 spots and the lottery was held to establish a ranking for the applications filed. Starting with 5th grade and working down, City Council President Kathy Graziano spun the bingo [...]
Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts will be holding it’s first lottery March 11, at 7pm as they received more than 250 applications for roughly 150 spots. The lottery is open to the public. The school also announced the breakdown of grades: K – 3 classes 1st – 2 classes 2nd – 2 classes [...]
RTD: City Councilman E. Martin Jewell is stepping up to the plate for Richmond’s first charter school. The Fifth District representative sent a letter to School Board Chairwoman Kimberly Bridges on Saturday expressing his “deep concern” over lingering issues that could prevent the Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts from opening in July. He [...]
RVAnews writer Chris Dovi has this to say: If any question remains regarding Gov. Bob McDonnell’s commitment to Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts, his plan to personally host a fundraiser for the city’s first charter school should dispel all doubts. Officials with the school confirm that McDonnell, along with delegates John M. O’Bannon [...]
PHSSA is sponsoring an online holiday auction November 18th through December 9th, with a goal of raising $10,000. “This auction is a great opportunity for Patrick Henry supporters and the general public to support the school, while simultaneously receiving great deals,” said Krista Simmerman, director of fundraising for PHSSA. “We hope everyone will take advantage [...]
Press Release from Patrick Henry School: Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts announced Wednesday that it has been awarded a federal grant for $471,800 by the U.S. Department of Education. The grant will be metered out over three years, with $114,850 as the award for year one, the preparatory period. The funds for this [...]
Chick-Fil-A has a program called Spirit Night to help out local schools by giving them a percentage of each order. This Thursday it is Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts turn to get some greenbacks. On Thursday September 10th from 5-8 mention Patrick Henry when ordering at the Chick-Fil-A at Stratford Hills (7125 Forest [...]
I hope to post more goings-ons at Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts, but if you want first-hand information about the progress of the new charter school you’re opportunity is this Thursday, April 2, 8pm.
Every Thursday the folks driving the initiative to open the Patrick Henry School hold a meeting. The first Thursday of each month the meeting has more of an “Open House” agenda. This is a great opportunity for those not heavily involved (yet) to learn more. Questions you can get answers to include: When are you [...]
The Patrick Henry School initiative meets every Thursdays at 8 p.m. and now they are meeting at Patrick Henry. Previously all meeting had been held at the Berryman Center. The meetings are always open to the public, but once a month (first Thursday of the month) is a more informal update meeting to answer questions [...]
Jessica Hoffa let us know about new meeting times for Patrick Henry Initiative Meetings. New Meeting Times! Every Thursday at 8:30 p.m. The Berryman Center 32nd and McDonough off Forest Hill Ave. (side entrance) The change has been made on the calendar as well.
