Pride of RPS: Living Legacies Breakfast to be held May 4, 2012
The Pride of RPS: Living Legacies Breakfast will honor the outstanding achievements of select Richmond Public Schools alumni. Honorees will be recognized for their professional, business, academic, and/or philanthropic accomplishments. Each one exemplifies the RPS mission – to lead extraordinary, honorable lives as inspirational leaders.
The Living Legacies program is our first opportunity to connect with alumni and we’re excited about sharing their stories with Richmond’s business community. In addition, we will use their stories as inspiration for current students and teachers. Along with the honoree’s friends and family, the greater Richmond community is invited.
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Munford, RCHS earn 2012 State Board of Education Excellence Awards
Eight Richmond City Schools earned recognition as part of the 2012 Virginia Index of Performance (VIP) awards program, with Mary Munford Elementary and Richmond Community High School (RCHS) leading the pack as both schools earned 2012 State Board of Education Excellence Awards. The two were among 188 schools and two small school divisions that have met all state and federal accountability benchmarks for at least two consecutive years and have also made significant progress toward goals for increased student achievement and expanded educational opportunities set by the board.
“Principals Greg Muzik and J. Austin Brown set the tone for their students’ achievement,” said School Superintendent Dr. Yvonne Brandon. “At Munford, both the students and teachers know they can expect support from Greg and also understand that he holds high expectations for them. Meanwhile, J. Austin is the perfect fit for Richmond Community, a school that prides itself for combining rigorous academics with community service. Both schools are torchbearers for educational and instructional excellence. The students, teachers and parents of both schools truly value education and are committed to providing a learning environment focused on student achievement and fueled by high expectations.”
Additionally, six more Richmond City schools earned the Board of Education’s 2012 Competence to Excellence Award. Again, qualifying schools must meet all state and federal achievement benchmarks for at least two consecutive years. Schools recognized with the Board’s Competence to Excellence Award are: Bellevue Elementary, Broad Rock Elementary, John B. Cary Elementary, Albert Hill Middle, Open High and Swansboro Elementary.
Did you know?
- Richmond Public Schools recently launched its “Schools for Excellence” initiative funded by a five-year, $27 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education Teacher Incentive Fund. The program is designed to help schools recruit and retain National Board certified teachers.
- The district’s Middle School Renaissance initiative provides a program of rigorous academics and after-school enrichment opportunities for students.
- Eight Richmond City schools were recognized with 2012 Virginia Index of Performance (VIP) Awards. Two schools, Mary Munford Elementary and Richmond Community High, earned 2012 State Board of Education Excellence Awards. Schools recognized with the State Board’s Competence to Excellence Award include: Bellevue Elementary, Broad Rock Elementary, John B. Cary Elementary, Albert Hill Middle, Open High and Swansboro Elementary. The State Board of Education created the VIP incentive program in 2007 to recognize schools and divisions that achieve excellence and far exceed minimum state and federal accountability standards.
- In recent years, the district has launched several programs to address increased academic rigor and 21st Century workplace skills. These include high-level Chinese and Latin classes at the middle school level through the Virtual Virginia Distance Learning initiative, expanding Franklin Military Academy to serve sixth-graders, and launching the Governor’s Career and Technical Education Academy for Science, Technology, Engineering andMath (STEM) at the Richmond Technical Center.
- All RPS elementary schools provide the Elementary Foreign Language Program, instrumental and choral music, art and extra instructional activities.
- The Middle Years and High School Diploma International Baccalaureate (IB) Programs are located at Lucille Brown Middle School and Thomas Jefferson High School.
- As part of the 21st Century workforce preparedness, RPS Career and Technical Education (CTE) offerings include 13 dual enrollment and 14 honors courses; and 76 certification opportunities in the areas of business and information technology, trade and industrial education, health and medical sciences, marketing and consumer services, adult and continuing education, and apprenticeship programs.
- RPS has more than 800 corporate, higher education, community and civic partnerships. Among them is the Micah Initiative, aprogram comprised of volunteers from more than 50 communities of faith who serves as tutors and mentors students at everyRichmond City elementary school.
- RPS is one of 23 school districts in the state of Virginia with a Spanish foreign language program at every elementary school.