For the 3rd year in a row, the Armstrong Wildcats (1-0) have opened their season with a victory over the Thomas Jefferson Vikings: [Malcolm] Cook finished with 74 yards on the ground and 67 yards passing. Cook hit Vincent Herring for a 22-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter. Herring also intercepted a pass. Curtis [...]
The 2011 Armstrong High football schedule kicks off this Fri 8/19 5PM with a home scrimmage vs. Huguenot High School. The season officially begins Fri 9/9 with a home game vs TJ.
The Armstrong Wildcats fell to 3-3 with last night’s 35-0 loss to the Midlothian Trojans (2-4). The Wildcat’s hopes for a winning season look slim with the last 4 games of the season coming up: #7 Highland Springs (5-1), Atlee (5-1), Varina (3-3), and #2 Hanover (5-0).
The 3-2 Armstrong Wildcats have already matched their win count for the previous two seasons and have chance to tack on another when the play at the 1-4 Midlothian Trojans.
The 2010 Style Top 40 Under 40 gives props to a handful of folks with connections to the East End: Armstrong teacher Amanda Davis-Holloway, Camp Diva founder Angela W. Patton, Blue Sky Fund’s Lawson Wijesooriya, and East End Fellowship co-pastor Corey Widmer.
The Virginia Department of Education today released on-time graduation numbers for the state, schools systems, and individual schools for the class of 2010. For this class, Richmond Public Schools had an on-time graduation rate of 72% and a cohort graduation rate of 74.6%. The state-wide on-time graduation rate was 85.5%.
The Virginia Department of Education today released the 2010-2011 accreditation numbers based on last year’s Standards of Learning (SOL) scores. For the 3rd year in a row, all of the neighborhood schools are fully accredited (2009, 2008). Statewide 98% of schools are accredited, and all Richmond Public schools are accredited.
Like last year, the now 1-0 Armstrong Wildcats open the football season with a win over Thomas Jefferson: Wildcats 39, Vikings 12. Next up is the home opener against John Marshall at 9/17 5PM.
The Virginia Department of education has announced that 5 of the 8 neighborhoods schools (62%) made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) towards the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) objectives during 2009-2010. Both Armstrong HS and MLK MS missed the target for the 2nd year, and were joined this year by the Franklin Military Academy. Statewide, 60% [...]
The 2010 Armstong High football schedule kicks off September 10 with an away game at TJ. The ten game schedule inlcudes only three home games (with John Marshall, Henrico, and Hanover).
From the East End Transformation Public Pin-up and Youth Charrette today at the Family Resource Center: a list of retail that teenagers would like to see, and maps marking in green and red the safe and unsafe places.
Ruth Woody, secretary for the Armstrong Kennedy Alumni Association, sends along the following: I am looking for members of the graduation classes of both schools. This includes members of the Richmond Colored High and Normal Schools. For more information contact me at akpride@richmondhill.org.
The 3rd Annual VCU/MCV Campus Community Health Fair will be held on Saturday, March 6th, at Armstrong High School from 10AM to 3PM. Free Screenings will be offered for: Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, Diabetes, Dental screening, HIV / Syphilis screenings, and H1N1 Shots. Free lunch for the first 400 people. Games and moon bounce for kids.
