Weekly Announcements
March 26, 2020
Dear Open High
I hope this finds everyone safe and healthy during these challenging times. As the Governor has announced, all Virginia schools will be closed for the remainder of the school year. RPS Leadership is currently working on a multitude of issues, among them:
- Final grades and graduation
- A learning plan for the remainder of the year for every grade and course
- Providing technology resources for those students in need
- Expectations for teaching staff
Teachers WILL continue to provide learning opportunities for students. We hope students will continue to take advantage of assignments, especially as there is still room to improve their grades. Teachers are communicating regularly with students, but below are class updates so parents can see what's happening. Laptops will be provided to any student who needs one, and RPS is working on a distribution system. Still, if a student needs a laptop now, please contact Clary ASAP. If a student needs to retrieve essential personal items from the building, it will be accessible from 9:30-12:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
More information and guidance will be shared with all of us in the days to come. For the most up-to-date information, visit the RPS website or sign up for RPS Direct here.
We may be officially closed but we are always OPEN to support you in any way we can! Tag or follow us on Instagram and Twitter at openhighrva. And as always, please contact me for any reason at cwashing@rvaschools.net or on my cell at 804-229-9961.
With love and gratitude,
Clary Carleton
Interim Principal
AP Updates
To access the live classes and recordings, visit the AP YouTube channel or find your course schedule below.
Download the daily schedule for 32 courses (.pdf/151 KB).
Class Updates
Economics and Personal Finance: Visit Google Classroom and EverFi on Clever.
Health/PE 9 and 10: See March and April calendars below
Algebra II: Visit Google Classroom
For other classes, see documents below or contact the teacher directly.
Personalized Exploration for College Success (PECS)
At this time of year, seniors might still be working on scholarships, and juniors would be taking their first SAT and starting to think about college. No fear! We are still available to assist you. Contact Micah at mdavis7@rvaschools.net with any questions you have about college or life after high school.
Students needing help with writing scholarship or admission essays, admission process or college life questions, can also email pecsatvcu@gmail.com to be paired up with a mentor to help them out through whatever format works best for them (text, call, video call, email, Google docs, etc.). Thanks PECS!
Early College Academy
Congratulations to the following students for their acceptance into next year's cohort:
Maxx, Caleb, Maria, Jacob, Sophia, and shanya
Course Selection for 2020-2021
We hope to have more information soon on class requests for 2020-2021.
If you are interested in taking a class at Richmond Technical Center for the 2020-2021 school year, you can apply now using this QR code. Applications are accepted on a first come, first serve basis.
Open High School
Email: cwshing@rvaschools.net
Website: https://www.rvaschools.net/OHS
Location: 600 South Pine Street, Richmond, VA, USA
Phone: 8047804661
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialopenhighschoolpage/
Twitter: @openhighrva