Archive for “schools”
Rezoning task force offers changes for Bellevue, George Mason
Bellevue, John B. Cary, Summer Hill, and Fisher or Southampton — one or the other, not both — could be “repurposed,” the task force suggested during the late afternoon meeting.
Donate water or mints?
Chimborazo Elementary is seeking donations of water bottles and mints for students for their SOL tests: We need about 500 bottles of water and large bags of mints for the SOLS. We are not asking for any one organization or group of people to donate all 500 bottles. In fact, Chimborazo will accept donations of [...]
Got some time this morning?
Chimborazo Elementary School is looking for volunteers this morning from 7-11AM to assist in transporting mulch around the grounds of Chimborazo Elementary School. This is in preparation for the Chimborazo Elementary Rain Garden Ribbon Cutting Ceremony scheduled for May 15th, 2012 at noon.
Armstrong Choir will make it to New York
Michael Paul Williams follows up on last week’s story about the Armstrong choir’s need for some help: Thanks to the generosity of the Richmond community and beyond, that is no longer a problem. The choir will perform in New York, three weeks later than planned. Checks that weren’t walked through the doors of the East [...]
Gardening Volunteers needed at Chimborazo Elementary
Looking for Gardening Volunteers at Chimborazo Elementary School (3000 East Marshall Street) on Saturday April 7 at 10AM we will be filling new raised vegetable beds with soil, planting, and mulching. Please come with your round and square shovels, and wheel barrows. Let’s grow some flowers and vegetables for the kids!
The new school choice
Chimborazo Elementary School and Church Hill are front and center in a Christianity Today look at people moved by faith to take a stake in challenged urban neighborhoods across the country.
Armstrong Choir has blossomed, needs your help
The RTD profiles the resurgent Armstrong choir and their attempts to raise money for a trip to New York over Spring Break: The choir at the school in the East End has blossomed under the direction of Will Griffin, a Chesapeake native who arrived at the Richmond school on May 12, 2008, one day after [...]
Schools budget meeting Tuesday at Chimborazo
The Richmond City School Board will convene a series of public conversations on the FY 2013 school budget to “help dispel some of the myths about the school system, to clearly illustrate how taxpayers’dollars are being spent, to review reductions in spending over the last five years and to provide greater clarity on the system’s [...]
