Last Wednesday, 56 high school seniors gathered for Henrico Schools’ Career and Technical Education “Signing Day” to celebrate joining the workforce immediately after graduation. Of the 600 seniors enrolled in the school division’s Advanced Career Education Centers, this cohort is the 10% that already have full-time jobs secured in their chosen profession. Their employers, from 40 different businesses ranging from... READ MORE >
Enforcing Henrico Schools’ disciplinary code is still a challenge at some schools, according to parents and staff members who attended the school system’s town hall April 23. The Henrico School Board hosted the event, the second town hall it has held this year, at Laburnum Elementary. HCPS staff members directed attendees to discuss “likes” and “wonders” about the school division... READ MORE >
The last message Tucker High softball player Kendall Shockley received from her coach James “Pat” McGuire read, “Kendall, I can’t wait to get back coaching and watching you play!” McGuire, the longtime head softball coach for J.R. Tucker High School, died Dec. 17 at age 73, but Shockley still wears his name on her visor as a memento to how much... READ MORE >
The Henrico School Board will vote on a number of changes to the Henrico Schools’ Code of Student Conduct June 6, including the addition of a self-defense clause and reducing the time student athletes can be suspended from their teams. Other proposed changes, which the board discussed at a meeting April 18, include more guidance on how teachers should handle... READ MORE >
Henrico Schools announced April 1 that 24 high school seniors were selected as Teacher Scholars, earning a guaranteed spot as a teacher in HCPS once they complete college. The Teacher Scholars program, created in 2015, aims to address critical teacher shortages in Henrico Schools, particularly in content areas where there are not enough qualified applicants, with “homegrown talent.” Each... READ MORE >
Henrico School Board members will review a number of proposed changes to the Henrico Schools Code of Student Conduct at an April 18 meeting, including one that would clarify when a student’s actions would be considered self-defense. The proposed change would add a clause allowing students to claim self defense as long as they were “without fault in provoking or... READ MORE >
On a sunny, hot Monday, 800 Henrico elementary schoolers flocked to Douglas S. Freeman High School for the annual “Little Feet Meet” hosted by Special Olympics Virginia. The athletes – students with intellectual disabilities – were joined by their designated “buddies,” students without disabilities who were there to support them and to participate in a day of games, races, and... READ MORE >
The world of leadership and management has changed a lot over the past few decades, and many think it has changed for the better. At an “Emerging Leaders” event on Mar. 20 for Douglas S. Freeman High School students, community and business leaders from the Richmond-Henrico area emphasized how leadership has become more about listening and embracing different perspectives, with... READ MORE >
Students in the English-Spanish immersion program at Elizabeth Holladay Elementary are 97% less likely to be chronically absent than their peers, according to Henrico Schools officials. HCPS established its first dual language immersion program, which serves a group of kindergarten through second-grade students at Holladay, in August 2021. Classes are taught in both English and Spanish every day, and the... READ MORE >
Henrico School Board members thanked Gov. Glenn Youngkin for signing a bill – named in honor of slain Henrico teenager Lucia Bremer – that holds parents accountable for safely storing their firearms. “Lucia’s Law,” introduced by Henrico lawmakers Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg (D-16th District) and Del. Rodney Willett (58th-District), imposes a felony charge on parents or guardians who do not safely... READ MORE >
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