November 11, 2022 Vol. 6, Issue 8
THIS ISSUE: IMPORTANT DATES • UPCOMING EVENTS • THANKS, HENRICO VOTERS • ACROSS HENRICO COUNTY • EXCELLENT TEACHERS • SUICIDE PREVENTION • ONLINE SAFETY • BIG ANNIVERSARIES
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Happy Veterans Day and thank you to all our veterans! Welcome to the Binder, your source for news, announcements, interesting opportunities, reminders and other items for HCPS families and employees.
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Candidates for your calendar:
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Thank you for supporting public education
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Thanks to the voters of Henrico County, the education bond referendum on Tuesday's ballot passed with 86% approval. The bond funding provides $340.5 million for school projects, and will rebuild or renovate five HCPS schools built between 1958 and 1971. With passage of the referendum, our community will be able to:
- Rebuild Quioccasin Middle School
- Rebuild and increase the capacity of Jackson Davis Elementary School
- Rebuild and increase the capacity of R.C. Longan Elementary School
- Rebuild Highland Springs Elementary School
- Renovate Charles M. Johnson Elementary School
- Construct an environmental education building at Wilton Farm, on the James River, for use by HCPS students.
- Build a new Fairfield area elementary school to accommodate residential growth.
- Build a new West End elementary school to accommodate residential growth.
All four bond questions — for schools, parks, public safety and flood prevention — passed with overwhelming approval Tuesday.
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"School Matters": HVA students celebrate in person, and much more
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Serbian folk dancing at Three Chopt Elementary School
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"Sportswire": Gridiron rivalry matchups and volleyball trophy-hunting
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Catapulting into STEAM lessons at Elko Elko Middle School
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Congrats to these outstanding teachers
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The Community Foundation has recognized four HCPS educators for outstanding instruction for 2022 — two winners and two finalists. Kathryn Pike of Douglas Freeman H.S. and Jackie Dondero of Deep Run H.S. won the REB Award for Teaching Excellence, and will receive grants to pursue cutting-edge study in their fields. Dawn Bullen of Glen Allen H.S. and of Crystal Aveson of Echo Lake E.S. were finalists.
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The fall Bridge Builders Academy workshop series is drawing to a close, but there's one session left, and it's an important one. Learn about risk factors and warning signs of suicide when the HCPS Department of Family and Community Engagement hosts a virtual workshop on suicide prevention.
- "Signs of Suicide," Nov. 15 at 6 p.m. (virtual)
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Two schools are celebrating landmark birthdays: A big cake and 100 candles for Longdale Elementary School, which is celebrating the school's century mark this month, with a 100th anniversary celebration Nov. 18. The original wooden structure was built in 1922 on Greenwood Road next to Greenwood Methodist Church. In 1933, the school was destroyed by fire and was rebuilt, using brick, at its current location on Norfolk Street.
L. Douglas Wilder Middle School will host an event this month to celebrate the school's comparatively youthful 25th year. The school opened in 1997 and was named in honor of Wilder, Virginia's governor from 1990-94. Wilder is the first African American ever elected governor of a U.S. state.
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