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Henrico Schools' annual Back-to-School Kickoff event scheduled July 31
Henrico County Public Schools will host its annual Back-to-School Kickoff event Thursday, July 31 at the Henrico Sports and Events Center. The event is designed to get students excited for the first day of school on Aug. 18. The free divisionwide event will include: • basketball, futsal (indoor soccer) and kickball
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UR student named winner of Agnes Cooke Scholarship
Ava Jenks, a journalism and English major at the University of Richmond, recently was named the 2025 winner of the Virginia Press Women Foundation's Agnes Cooke Scholarship. As a sophomore, Jenks served as the news editor for the university’s newspaper, The Collegian, and also assisted in research
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Henrico student wins bronze in Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National Championship
Rachel Hamlin of Henrico recently won a bronze award in the Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National Championship, a competition for students ages 13 to 22 who begin by submitting a qualified passing score on one of three Microsoft Office certification exams. Hamlin is a student at Appalachian State University.
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Henrico’s hard-to-staff 'Opportunity Schools' are showing some early progress
After almost two years, Henrico’s “Opportunity Schools” are showing progress, with the majority of schools seeing a decrease in teacher vacancies, according to Henrico Schools officials. HCPS launched its Opportunity Schools initiative in August of 2023, selecting schools with a high number of teacher vacancies to receive extra staff
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