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Woodville’s Principal Taylor wins R.E.B. Award for Distinguished Educational Leadership
Woodville’s Rosalind Taylor was one of four principals in the region to win the R.E.B. Award for Distinguished Educational Leadership:
Rosalind Taylor, Woodville Elementary School
Taylor, who leads a school in one of the area’s poorest neighborhoods, was honored for insistence that Woodville students strive for the same standards as their suburban peers, her nomination says. “She is tireless in her efforts to acquire additional resources for the school, resulting in more than 40 community partnerships, 100 volunteers and monthly workshops to engage families.”
VIA: Church Hill People’s News / http://chpn.net/news/2013/03/27/woodvilles-principal-taylor-wins-r-e-b-award-for-distinguished-educational-leadership_26697/
Woodville’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. I Have a Dream Celebration
Woodville’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. I Have a Dream Celebration will take place on Sunday, January 27th, 2013 at 3:00 p.m.
We invite you to join Woodville families, students, staff, and partners for a celebration of music, song, student performances, and inspiration. This event is hosted by Woodville’s community and Micah partners including St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Good Shepherd Baptist Church, Woodville Presbyterian Church, Richmond Community Church, Mount Tabor Baptist Church, Communities in Schools of Richmond, and many other community members. We take this opportunity each year to celebrate the importance of community, giving back, and honoring the legacy of Dr. King.
We hope that you will join us for this joyous occasion.
The celebration will take place at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, located at 815 East Grace Street, Richmond, VA 23219.
Please contact Jonti Simmons, the Communities in Schools Site Coordinator at Woodville, if you have any questions at 804-780-4009 or jsimmons@cisofrichmond.org.
VIA: Church Hill People’s News / http://chpn.net/news/2013/01/25/woodvilles-annual-martin-luther-king-jr-i-have-a-dream-celebration_26055/
Woodville Elementary gets new playground over break
It will be a happy new year for students at one Richmond school. The playground at Woodville Elementary, which was suspiciously burned to the ground two days before the start of school, is now cleaned up and ready for kids.
For the first time this entire school year, kids will be able to play on the equipment and use the area when they get back from Christmas break.
VIA: Church Hill People’s News / http://chpn.net/news/2012/12/25/woodville-elementary-gets-new-playground-over-break_25484/
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Woodville students recognized with Spirit of Giving Award
The students at Woodville Elementary were honored with the Spirit of Giving Award as part of National Philanthropy Day 2012:
The winner of this year’s “Spirit of Giving” award on National Philanthropy Day were the students of Woodville Elementary School, in Richmond, Virgina.
Fourth and fifth graders in the National Honor Society learned about a rural village in Tanzania in need of textbooks for their school. They created the “Tanzania Project” and proceeded to educate their fellow students. Contributions from the student body raised enough funds to purchase 350 textbooks for students in the village of Mwitkira, Tanzania.
The students and their teachers were honored November 13th, 2012 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center.
VIA: Church Hill People’s News / http://chpn.net/news/2012/11/18/woodville-students-recognized-with-spirit-of-giving-award_24934/
Overnight fire at Woodville playground
Richmond firefighters arrived around 4 a.m. today at Woodville Elementary School, in the 2000 block of North 28th Street and found one of the school’s playground’s in flames. […] It will not be known until mid-week, at the earliest, if the entire playground equipment will need to be replaced.
The playground at George Mason Elementary School burned in June of 2009. W.E. Singleton, a retired real estate investor and local philanthropist, helped cover the cost of the replacement.
Weekend theft from Woodville Elementary
BURGLARY
6/1/12 – 6/4/12 9:24 p.m. – 9:51 a.m.
2000 N. 28th St.
An unknown person(s) broke into the school and stole electronics and documents.
Sports Backers wins $10,000 to help keep Woodville running
The Sports Backers are one of seven applicants who were recently awarded a grant in the amount of $10,000 from the Saucony Run For Good Foundation. The grant was submitted by Sports Backers on behalf of Woodville Elementary School; Sports Backers has partnered with Woodville Elementary School for the past three years to encourage its students to participate in their youth running program.
With funding from the Saucony Run For Good Foundation, Sports Backers will be able to provide the assistance and resources necessary to help launch the new Woodville Runs for Fun program this spring. The money will go toward basic necessities such as running shoes, socks, and athletic gear for over 500 students. It will also give students the opportunity to participate in local running events. The Woodville Runs for Fun program will be modeled after the Sports Backers successful Kids Challenge program which was inaugurated in 2005. The incentive-based fitness program provides students with prizes at the 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 mile marks as they work towards the goal of completing their first “marathon” over a 10-week period.
PHOTO: Phil Riggan/richmond.com
Neighborhood schools are the poorest in the area
A Richmond Times-Dispatch article today connecting the dots between working in the state’s least-affluent schools and principal turn-over lists the “25 Least-affluent schools in Central Virginia”.
Five of the 25 poorest in Central Virginia are in the East End of Richmond (#2 Fairfield Court ES, #3 George Mason ES, #4 Woodville ES, #10 MLK MS, #15 Chimborazo ES). Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School is the least-affluent middle school in the state of Virginia. The only neighborhood elementary school not making the list is Bellevue ES.
At Chimborazo, 88 percent of the students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch — a leading national indicator of poverty — making the school the 15th poorest of the 276 public schools in the 20 localities in central Virginia.
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