2018 - Week of April 30

Post date: Apr 30, 2018 1:01:22 AM

Congratulations to Andrea Curbelo Pena, Ashleigh MacPhail, and Frank Napoles, our CCPS students who participated in the Virginia State Spanish Spelling Bee last Thursday at UVA.

Our Andrea Curbelo Pena, an 8th grader at RMS, placed 2nd!

Any 6th or 7th grader who is interested in trying out for the cheer team and NEEDS a physical for tryouts, please bring the physical paper work and $30.00 on Tuesday, May 1st. Physicals willed be offered during 5th block. Remember, you must have a physical dated on/after May 1st, 2018 in order to try out.

You are running out of time to get your student a copy of the 2018 Robious yearbook! The last date to purchase a book is May 18. If you're not sure if you've purchased a book, you can email cate_pemberton@ccpsnet.net to find out. Please, go to jostens.com now!

Calling all 7th & 8th Graders!!!

Are You Interested In Marching Band??

Then you should come to the Information Meeting about joining the James River High School Marching Regiment!! Starting next year, current 7th & 8th graders will be allowed to join the Marching Regiment at James River! The meeting will take place on Wednesday, May 2nd at 6:30pm in the James River Auditorium. The meeting is for all parents and students who might be interested in joining the Award Winning Group! We are looking for Brass, Woodwinds, Percussion, Colorguard and Twirlers! Come get all the details about joining and get all your questions answered. Hope to see you there!!

If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Justin Turpin, Band Director at James River High School at justin_turpin@ccpsnet.net

Midlothian Middle is hosting a blood drive. Click here for more information.

Join us for the James River High School Out of the Darkness Campus Walk on May 12th. Registration and Check In begin at 8:00 and the walk kicks off at 9:00. Proceeds support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and bring local and national suicide prevention and awareness programs directly to students and schools.

Preregister at; AFSP.ORG/jamesriverhs or contact Marci Bennett at marci_bennett@ccpsnet.net for more information on how you can get involved.

Are you interested in the Youth Aeronatical Education Foundation (YAEF). The YAEF consists of both a flying program (students learn to fly and ultimately earn a private pilots license) and a Build A Plane (BAP) program.

The BAP program is directed at middle (8th) and high schoolers. Currently there is one CCPS high schooler in the program. The flying program is focused on high schoolers who have an interest in learning how to fly single engine planes.

The other students in the program (both flying and BAP) hail from Hanover, West Point, New Kent, Williamsburg, Appomatox Regional Governor's School, Henrico, other school districts and home schooling. Some of the districts are at the early stages of recognizing the program for credit.

The BAP program teaches many hands on technical skills as well as team work, communication, critical thinking and planning skills. To give you an example, the students in the BAP begin by learning how to drill, unskin, debur, dimple, reskin and rivet air frames as well as how to read basic blue prints for a plane. This skill set is equivalent to some of the vocational and trade related courses and skill sets that are taught in some programs. Each step is meticulously taught and guided by certified aviation engineers, technicians and pilots so that the final assembled plane can pass all FAA requirements.

Interested student and parent meeting scheduled on May 8 at 6:00 PM to be held in the auditorium at CTC@Hull.

You put the US in Robious!

Derek Wasnock, Ed.D.

Principal