Style Weekly looks at the push for IB at Chimbo: Parents in the neighborhood around Chimborazo have been working with the school for more than a year to drum up support for an international baccalaureate program. More than 200 people have signed petitions and the school’s faculty and staff have voted in support.
Last night the RPS School Board voted unanimously to support Chimborazo Elementary School’s International Baccalaureate initiative. This allows Chimborazo to begin a feasibility study and puts the school on track to become a fully authorized IB World school by 2015, and begin IB implementation next school year.
The next episode of Open Source airs Friday at 10AM on 97.3, can be streamed online at wrir.org, and will be available for podcast in the afternoon: First we’ll be looking at the surprising increase in enrollment at Richmond Public Schools. We’ll also talk about Chimborazo Elementary’s attempts to become IB certified and what it [...]
Parents and Community members in support of the Chimborazo International Baccalaureate initiative (PDF) to meet at School Board public hearing at 7pm. We hope to have a crowd of over 100 people to show that School Board there is broad support for this excellent program.
Fifth-grade students at Richmond’s Chimborazo Elementary School have discovered that healthy food can also taste good thanks to “Project Kids Chef,” a nutrition and cooking demonstration program that features partnerships with local restaurants and the Farm to Family “mobile veggie bus.”
A grassroots effort is underway to bring International Baccalaureate (“IB”) Primary Years Program to Chimborazo Elementary School. An info meeting will be held on March 31 at 6:30PM at Chimborazo, and there will be presentation to the School Board at City Hall on April 4th at 7PM.
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.
Percy says tonight is Back to School Night at Chimborazo Elementary: Hopes all the Church Hill peeps will come out to the Back to School night at Chimborazo Elementary. It is tonight (Sept. 13) at 6:30 (but feel free to come after tutoring if you are with CHAT). Join the PTA, encourage students and parents [...]
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% [...]
Bring the family (and invite your friends) to White Oak Village Chick-fil-A for dinner! Put your receipt in the red box on the counter and 10% of all sales to the group will be given back to support Chimborazo Elementary. You can also use your loose change to play the Spinning Wheel Game where Every [...]
The Chimborazo Elementary School Spring Book Fair runs May 3-14. Visit and have lunch with students, browse the bookstore for purchases, check out the guest readers, and consider purchasing a book for a student in need.
Toneisha Brown, a junior at Franklin Military Academy, has been chosen to launch the Teen Trendsetter Reading Mentor program at the city’s public military high school. Brown is one of 30 students from across the southern United States selected for this school year to head up the reading programs in their communities.
The RTD is reporting that a man was found shot dead on the Chimborazo Elementary School playground at about 7:45PM tonight. Unconfirmed reports from neighbors say that a suspect is in custody.
Attention all interested young ladies and gentlemen between the ages of 13-18! Chimborazo Parks and Recreation Staff are hosting a Teen Sexuality and Self-Esteem Awareness Forum, presented by the Virginia Health Department, today from 6:30-8:30PM @ Chimborazo Elementary School.
