Weekly Announcements
January 23, 2020
FIGHT. For Your RIGHT. For FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNDING!
It is clear that a change needs to be made and that more funding is required for education both within our district and statewide. Please join our teachers' voices this Monday and contact your local representative to let them know that education is a priority to you and that they should show that it is their priority by funding it at an appropriate level.
Enjoy your extended weekend once again!
Much love,
The Open Announcements Team
School Announcements
- As mentioned above, there will be no school on Monday January 27th as teachers throughout Richmond participate in the Virginia Education Association Fund Our Future rally at the state capital.
- Congratulations to the Art students and Brigette for putting on an amazing show at Artspace on Saturday January 11th. Thanks again for being awesome!
- Congratulations to Myasia Goode for winning Silver Key and both Ada Nguyen-Weaver, and Heaven Cannady for winning honorable mentions at the Scholastic Awards on January 10th! Thanks for being great and for representing our school through your achievements!
- Please welcome Ms. Rosalie Ashcraft who will be acting as our new Driver's Education instructor. For those participating in Driver's Ed, please be reminded that these classes will be held at the YMCA until further notice.
Family Announcements
- This year's GRAB program will be hosted in Lorah's room today during family. Special Thanks to Lorah for putting this together each year!
- Please remember and keep to the Lounge Cleaning Schedule agreed upon by Reps. The next few cleaning dates are: TODAY 01/23 - Lorah's Family, 02/06 - Chris' Family, 02/13 - JD's Family
- If you have a case to bring before Community Court, please fill out a Grievance Form, follow the directions, and return it to Mike's mailbox in the office. Grievance forms can be found outside of Mike's Room on the first floor.
- A reminder that Thursday Elective Classes begin next Thursday January 30th and will continue until April 2nd. Two additional classes from last semester, Crocheting with Mimi and Cancer Crash Course with the VCU Honors Students have been added to the Thursday agenda. Please see Mike immediately if you need to sign up for these classes or to make changes. The final deadline to make changes is TOMORROW Friday, January 24th. If you do not properly select classes, they will be selected for you, so make sure you don't miss out!
Opportunities
New!
- Richmond Performing Arts Alliance is again offering their $150 Video Production Class to High School Students FOR FREE. Classes will be held on Wednesdays from 4PM to 7PM starting on February 5th. If you are interested please register using this link.
- High school students are invited to the 36th annual Youth Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Project from July 13th-17th. The program works to empower teenagers to help keep their community safe and drug-free. Enrollment opens March 1st. Please consider participating to help keep our community safe!
- The Richmond Flying Squirrels are holding a student art contest through March 13th 2020. Winners will receive free tickets to a game where their artwork will be put on display at The Diamond in the Main Concourse. Please see the flyer attached below for contest and submission guidelines.
- Applications are now open for the University of Maryland's Terp Young Scholar's Program; a three week summer program covering a wide variety of topics where you can immerse yourself in the college experience and earn college credit. The program runs from July 12th through July 31st this summer. Please follow this link for further details on the program and to begin your application.
Old But Good!
- The Parks and Recreation Department of the City of Richmond is offering lifeguarding classes to students over the age of 14. Please see the document attached below for further details
- The Iota Phi Lambda Sorority is offering a scholarship to community-service oriented young women. Please see Clary for details on how to apply.
- Please see Vic as soon as possible if you are interested in going to Belize in 2020
- John's Hopkins University will be hosting a Global Health and Leadership Conference in Baltimore Maryland on the weekend of April 4th and 5th, 2020. Participating students will learn from world leaders in global health and medicine. The application deadline is January 10th.
- Art 180 is offering a new series of after school programs beginning on January 13th, 2020. These programs entitled Generation Loud, Threading Stories, and Social Change Through Printmaking. Please click the link above for further details and to preregister.
- Need help writing college essays? VCU's Personalized Exploration for College Success Program is offering free assistance and review of essays up through the new year.
- If you are interested in helping to create this weekly announcements page as well as the video version of the announcements, we are specifically looking for an additional writer and a video production assistant to join our team. No specific experience needed. Please contact Chris or Griffin if interested.
- There will be a local college fair for RPS Students TOMORROW Friday January 24th from 5:30-8 PM hosted by City Church at 1627 Monument Ave, Richmond, with an accompanying parent session on January 12th. Please see the attached flyer for additional details.
- Interested in film, social media, and public relations? Please see Clary about a great internship opportunity.
- Interested in finance, industrial research, statistics, or software development? Visit math.vcu.edu to explore the many different areas of mathematics available for study at VCU.
- Check out the Big List of Senior Opportunities (file attached) for College Open House info, scholarships, and other opportunities for graduating seniors.
- SPARC's New Voices for the Theater is a two week intensive playwriting residency. Selected students will develop plays with nationally-recognized playwrights to create one-act plays. The residency is June 27-July 11, 2020. Play submission deadline is February 7, 2020.
- So many great things are happening at the Richmond Public Library. Check out their programming here.
- The 2020 Governor's Summer Residential Program is an amazing opportunity for intensive study in academics, language, mentorships, and visual and performing arts. See Clary for details on applying.
- The Research and Mentoring (RAM) Opportunity is a 2-3 week experiential learning program for juniors and seniors led by graduate students across disciplines. It is tentatively scheduled from July 13-31, 2020. Please see Clary for details on applying
FREE upcoming Virginia Commonwealth University Health Sciences Pipeline Programs:
Next Summer (Applications open Oct. 15th, 2019), Allied Health Career Exploration where students can get hands-on interactive experiences with the 9 professions in the College of Health Professions. This two-week non residential program is hosted each day within the New College of Health Professions building. Lunch is provided daily.Project ACEe (Applications open Oct. 15th, 2019) is through the School of Medicine and students meet Fridays for 90 minutes to have interactive experiences and lectures about the various specialties in Medicine. We have many more High School Programs that are all free for your students.
- Aspen login information is now available! Please see Ryan if you want to see your grades!
- Remember your Class Dues! Pay online using this link.
- VCU Tutoring will resume as normal in January 2020.
- Attention Seniors! The GRASP adviser is available every Tuesday from 9AM to 2PM in the Media Center to help students with FAFSA and other Financial Aid information. Make it a point to attend if you like money!