Deep Run High School students from the Class of 2024 celebrate at their graduation ceremony at the Henrico Sports and Events Center in May 2024, the first month Henrico County Public Schools' high school graduations were held at the venue. (Courtesy Henrico Schools)
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
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.
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
“Just 15 more minutes!”
More than 500 Henrico parents and community members are calling on Henrico Schools to extend elementary-schoolers’ 30-minute daily recess by another 15 minutes – a small change that they say will have significant positive impacts.
At the June 12 Henrico School Board meeting, several parents spoke out