The Hoot Weekly Family Newsletter

It’s a great day at RVA!!!

Happy Friday! And just like that, the first week is in the books! I want to thank you so much for an amazing first week of school!!! Thank you for your patience as we navigated hiccups and challenges. Thank you for your support as we eagerly worked to help your scholar transition back to online learning. Thank you for the joy that you bring to our school community each and every day:). Here's to the best school year yet:). Hoot Hoot!!

Key School Resources

• Family Handbook
• RVA Staff Directory
• RVA Bell Schedule

Upcoming School Eevents

• Office Hours: RVA Office Hours are temporarily cancelled until further notice due to staffing shortages. For assistance with retrieving chromebooks, hotspots, or school supplies, please contact Principal Dr. Cyndi Robinson to schedule an appointment to pick up your materials for the year.
• August 30th-September 2nd-Labor Day Weekend-All RPS Schools CLOSED
• September 18th-Back to School Night Virtual Meet & Greet with your RVA Teachers (Zoom link will be shared via Remind in the next two weeks).

Dr. Cyndi Robinson

RVA Principal

We were so elated to see so many of our Owls "On Screen and Seen" all week long for virtual learning:). Click on the photo below and follow us on TikTok! You can catch your favorite RPS staff members passing out chromebooks and jamming on our first day of school and much much more!!! If you haven't already, don't forget to follow us on social media! We are @RVAOwls across all other social media platforms!! And, yes, we can't wait to feature our RVA Owls!! Coming soon:). Hoot Hoot:)

This year, all of our scholars, including our high schoolers, are beginning their day with Community Circle in their Homeroom class. Our entire school engages in thoughtful reflection and conversation at 7:45 when learning comes alive to 8:00am. During that time, our homeroom teachers provide a reflective prompt for scholars to engage in, concepts to keep in mind to help build mindfulness and social emotional capacity, and prepare for a productive and meaningful day of learning. The homeroom teacher also utilizes this time to discuss school wide announcements as well as grade level specific announcements, activities, and events. The homeroom teachers reminds scholars whether or not the day is designated as an A (Yellow) Day or a B (Blue) Day and can help answer questions for scholsrs about their schedule for the day. At the end of the block, our morning announcements video is played. This video serves as a daily reminder for scholars regarding our expectations as we set the tone to soar into learning:). Scholars can catch episodes of our Morning Announcements Show on our YouTube page! If you haven't already, subscribe today! Aannnddd....be on the lookout for opportunities to star on our show! Hoot Hoot)

As a reminder, RVA is an RPS school and all of our students are subject to the district's Student Code of Responsible Ethics. Next week, during our Community Circle time, Homeroom teachers will take a few moments to highlight the SCORE with our scholars. We want all families and scholars to be aware of our expectations so that we can continue to fly in the same direction:)

Please know that at RVA we adhere to the following progressive steps of intervention and support when scholars have violated an expectation of SCORE. Some of these violations may include but are not limited to the following: dress code violations, not being on screen and seen during live instruction, displaying or engaging in inappropriate activity on screen, engaging in off task behavior or violating the district's acceptable use policy for technology as identified in Go Guardian.

1. Verbal warning to the student and request. Teacher contacts parent. Referral provided.
2. One on One conference with the student. Teacher contacts parent. Referral provided.
3. Removal from the class session. Teacher contacts parent and admin team. Referral provided.
4. Owl Recovery Plan initiated (see more info in Family Handbook).
5. Admin Recommendation for Zone School Placement (repeated behavior and attendance concerns only)

If you have any questions about our policies with regards to behavioral expectations and our intervention strategies and supports, please do not hesitate to reach out. Let's continue to set the bar high and go for the gold!

Hello RVA OWL families and friends! Curious about ways to support RVA? Explore RVA's awesome page on the Richmond Public Schools Education Foundation. Feel free to share this page with your friends and family! Hootie Hoot!