The first MPACT (Mayor’s Participation, Action, and Communication Team) meeting of 2012 will take place on Thursday (January 19th) at Linwood Holton, 6pm. The agenda: The Department of Economic and Community Development will present an overview of the Riverfront Development Plan The Budget and Strategic Planning Office will provide an overview of the upcoming budget [...]
Hang out this Saturday (August 21st, 6pm) at Linwood Holton listening to the fine tunes of the Richmond Concert Band. Picnic & lawn chairs welcome! Find an old clarinet, flute, saxophone, tuba, trumpet, etc, and bring it to the concert. Donate it to “Old Instrument for Young Hands.” In turn, it will be donated to [...]
The June MPACT meeting will be held this Thursday (June 16th) at Linwood Holton Elementary. This is the first MPACT meeting that will be combined with the 4th Precinct CAPS meeting. The CAPS portion of the meeting will start at 6pm and the MPACT meeting will follow around 7pm.
Linwood Holton is hosting its 11th annual all-ages run/walk 5k on March 5th. There’s a 250$ prize for male/female race winners as well as a 100$ prize for male/female RPS teacher winners. Registration starts at 17$ and can be done online. Also available for Pre-K — 8th graders is the Holton Hustle: a one mile [...]
Holton Elementary will hold its Harvest Festival this Saturday (Nov. 6th) from Noon – 2pm. All kinds of food and farm related activities: See what students are growing in their garden Enjoy cooking demonstrations with RVA Chefs2Schools Meet local farmers Listen to great live music Participate in activities such as a scavenger hunt, pumpkin bowling, [...]
Linwood Holton’s annual celebration of World/International Peace Day is up in full display: Pinwheels for Peace! Drive by and check ‘em out.
Woo! Yesterday the Virginia Department of Education released the 2010-2011 SOL and accreditation data (in a terrible format). Thanks to RVANews you can see that full data set as a Google Spreadsheet. Big thank you’s to the staff (and students!) at Linwood Holton, Stuart, Ginter Park, Henderson, John Marshall, and Richmond Community.
The Tricycle Gardens’ Edible Revolution Garden Tour, which highlights 13 urban, kitchen gardens is just over a week away on July 17th. Tickets are $20 per carload or group of four bicycles. The price includes a map, access to some of the most creative food-producing backyards from 1-5PM AND a cookout at our Jefferson Avenue [...]
Looks like construction is complete on Holton Elementary’s garden pavilion. We’re sure Holton’s students and teachers (and folks who live near the school) will make good use of this. (Thanks to John Sarvay for the picture!)
