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Four CHS Students Selected for U.S. State Department Travel Fellowships
Four students — Fré Halvorson-Taylor, Santiago Padrón, Matthew Robinson, and Elsa Schenck — are Charlottesville High School’s most recent recipients of U.S. State Department travel fellowships. In the past years, a number of CHS students and Charlottesville schools teachers have earned places in these selective programs designed to foster international understanding and language development in critical areas such as Arabic or Mandarin. Recent recipients: Santiago Padrón, recipient of the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) will spend the summer in China. He is presently completing his third year of Mandarin Chinese at CHS. As suggested in the name of the program, NSLI-Y is sponsored by ...
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Superintendent Message March 2016
March 23, 2016 Dear families and community members, Let’s take a moment to appreciate our teachers. Sure, you’ve liked some more than others. (Here’s a secret: They’ve liked some parents more than others, too!) Setting aside our personal feelings at one moment or another, join me in a time of appreciation for the way our teachers go above and beyond the call of duty in their support of our children…. View previous editions of the Superintendent Message. Other Monthly Updates:
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Spring Fine Arts Performances
At Charlottesville City Schools, we value the fine arts. We invite you to come see our students perform this spring, whether in band, choir, dance, theater, orchestra, the visual arts or more. Upcoming Events March 14-23 (except weekends), ArtConnections Division-Wide Exhibition at CHS Small Gym March 15-19, Virginia Festival of the Book events at Charlottesville City Schools. See schedule here. March 15-May 9, CCS Faculty Art Exhibition at Martin Luther King Jr. Performing Arts Center lobby March 17-20, Theater CHS presents Aida at MLKPAC (click for times and info) March 19: Saturday Celebrations Family Event at ArtConnections, 10am-2pm March 23: Open House with Musical Entertainment at ArtConnections, 4-8pm March 30: All-City Choral Festival, ...
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Superintendent Message February 2016
February 23, 2016 Dear families— “STEM” (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education is a big talking point in education today. What does STEM look like at Charlottesville City Schools? It starts in elementary and continues for the rest of our students’ lives. View previous editions of the Superintendent Message.
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Student and Teacher Leadership
Let’s give a shout-out for community leadership to CHS student Jenna Warren and Charlottesville City Schools teachers Kari Miller & Tracy Hardley! Jenna served on the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation’s Youth Service Award committee. On March 21, that committee granted $10,000 to International Neighbors, a local nonprofit led by ESOL teachers at Jackson-Via (Kari Miller) and Burnley-Moran (Tracy Hardley). The award will help them continue to support our refugee and immigrant students outside the walls of our schools. Read more from Charlottesville Tomorrow.
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Superintendent Message January 2016
January 12, 2016 Dear families— Welcome back to school! I hope you had a restful break, and that the second half of your school year is smooth and rewarding. We’re looking ahead to the 2016-17 year, particularly its budget. Our top priorities for next year’s budget include maintaining competitive salaries to retain our strong staff. We’ll continue to support our also-strong STEM and arts programs. Although it is grant-funded, we’re also excited about our plans for an extended learning day to support students who need assistance for improved literacy. We are meeting with the School Board regularly and will host a number of forums for ...
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Extended Learning Grant: Update
Information added 11/20/15: Charlottesville City Schools earned a state grant to extend the school day for students who need extra assistance with literacy. The 2015-16 school year is a planning time. We will pilot the concept during summer school 2016, and we will launch the extended-day program in August 2016. Selected students in grades 1-6 will participate three afternoons a week. The plan for students in grade 1-4 is to have a half-hour after-school recess, followed by brief (20-minute) whole-group instruction and a longer (40-minute) small-group session, ending at 4pm. We are currently working with Walker staff to develop a plan that allows ...
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Concert Calendar & Fine Arts Updates
The fine arts are always celebrated in Charlottesville Schools, but this fall, our students have been recognized in many ways. Read here to see why, and to check out our upcoming fall & winter concerts.
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Superintendent Message November 2015
November 20, 2015 Dear families— For my column this month, I want to invite you to give several types of feedback: We’d like to hear from you about our schedule for the 2016-17 school year. We invite you to customize how you receive weather notifications. And we’re considering the possibility of having a once-a-month, one-hour delay at Charlottesville High School. Read below to learn more about these topics so that we can hear from you. As we head into Thanksgiving and the holiday season, I wish you peace and joy! –Dr. Rosa S. Atkins
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Charlottesville Schools Fully Accredited for 2017-18
The Virginia Department of Education has published its 2017-18 accreditation ratings on its website, and 100 percent of Charlottesville City Schools met the state’s accreditation standards, compared with 86 percent of schools statewide. Out of 132 divisions in Virginia, Charlottesville is one of just 65 divisions that presently have all their schools fully accredited. Accreditation is based primarily on Standards of Learning (SOL) test results. “We’re delighted that our schools have all achieved accreditation for the 2017-18 year based on success on the state’s SOL tests,” said Director of Student Achievement Dr. Kendra King . “We have traditionally excelled on these tests. ...
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