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260 Student-Athletes Earn CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll Honors
Rob Washburn SPRING 2024 CAA COMMISSIONER'S ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL RICHMOND, Va. (July 18, 2024) – An impressive 3,876 student-athletes have been recognized as members of the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll for the 2024 Spring semester. The conference honors student-athletes for three different levels of achievement. Those with a 4.0 grade point average are recognized as High Honors with Distinction. Student-athletes with a GPA between 3.7 and 4.0 are recognized as High Honors. Student-athletes with a GPA between 3.0 and 3.7 are recognized as Honors. There were 668 student-athletes earning High Honors with Distinction, 1,107 student-athletes achieving High Honors, and...
VCU Police to close some roads on Monroe Park campus for training exercise
The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Police Department will hold a training exercise in collaboration with the city of Richmond and other agencies on Thursday on the Monroe Park campus.
Richmond school speed cameras are issuing 76 tickets a day, and more cameras are in the works
The city has approved permits for speed enforcement cameras in three more Richmond school zones, and applications are pending for five more after that.Why it matters: The cameras, and the $50-$100 fines that will come with them, are meant to deter speeding around schools.The latest: The three newly approved speed cameras will soon go up around Swansboro Elementary and Thomas C. Boushall Middle in South Richmond and Martin Luther King Middle in the East End.Permit applications are pending for five more schools:Westover Hills Elementary, River City Middle and Huguenot High in South Richmond.Mary Munford Elementary in the Near West End.Frances...
Bank of America celebrates student leaders from Freeman, Maggie Walker
Three high school students from Henrico County have been named Bank of America 2024 Student Leaders. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the Student Leaders program connects 300 high school juniors and seniors annually to employment, skills development and service through a paid summer internship. As part of the internship, local students work with YMCA Greater Richmond, engaging in leadership opportunities and garnering practical work and life experience.
Henrico Schools to host back-to-school event, Hoop It up tournament Aug. 9
Henrico County Public Schools will host its “Back-to-School Kickoff” Aug. 9 at the Henrico Sports and Events Center. The event will feature a variety of activities for families, including the return of the 3-on-3 Hoop It Up basketball tournament, a pep-rally style celebration, a school and community resource fair, a “Kid Zone” area and an immunization clinic.
Players That Impressed: Girls Academy 2024 National Finals
The 2023-24 Girls Academy season finished up play over the weekend with the GA National Finals in Richmond, VA. (Event Recap) Forty teams competed across the league’s U14-U17 age groups for top honors, in front of hundreds of college coaches. (Scout List) Below are some of the top players...
VCU, Harvard program gives Ukrainians displaced by war academic resources
Select Ukrainian scholars displaced by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war are being offered academic resources through a collaboration between Harvard University and Richmond's Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).
TCC and Wireless Zone to Give Away $3M+ of Free Backpacks to 120,000 Students
Round Room, LLC – one of the country’s largest Verizon Authorized Retailers with more than 1,200 TCC and Wireless Zone stores – will once again put smiles on the faces of hundreds of thousands of families by giving students backpacks for the upcoming school year. In its...
Amelia-Nottoway Technical Center welcomes Lauren-Anne Sledzinski as new principal
On July 1, the joint Amelia-Nottoway Technical Center School Board voted to hire Lauren-Anne Sledzinski as the new principal of the center. Ms. Sledzinski, originally from upstate New York, has a background in psychology and criminal justice. Originally working as a substance abuse counselor when she moved to Virginia, Ms....
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