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!)
March 6th is the annual Holton 10k run/walk. The event raises money for a variety of Linwood Holton programs. “*Register for the 5k here*”:http://www.raceit.com/search/event.aspx?event=32\2b\5c6b-b54a-4736-b4bb-ccd5d72cb8ee.aspx. bq. In years past, this event has helped raise as much as $4,000. This year, the 5K committee hopes to raise a solid $5,000 … a goal they feel is well [...]
School Board members are having meetings across the city to discuss Governor McDonnell’s recommendation to unfreeze the current “local composite index forumla.” The index determines, in part, how much state funding a school district receives. The Richmond City Schools would lose an additional *eleven million dollars*, bringing their budget shortfall to 28.8M$. The meeting will [...]
Families of prospective students are invited to attend the Open House at Linwood Holton Elementary School, Tuesday, January 26, 6:30pm and Wednesday, January 27, 9:30am.
