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Today: PH Construction and Tredegar Firing Demonstration

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Sorry for the late notice, but a few notes for today:

Received a press release:

The Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts, Virginia’s first elementary charter school, kicks off its construction schedule with a week-long playground renovation and garden build.

The renovation, which will be mostly done thanks to the work of school and community volunteers, will begin on Saturday, April 16th at 9 a.m. On this day, volunteers will be clearing mulch and preparing the site for the new playground equipment to be installed Monday, April 18th. The garden team will be preparing the beds for spring planting.

Where: Patrick Henry School Building at 3411 Semmes Avenue, Richmond, 23225.

When: Saturday, April 16th from 9 a.m – 3 p.m.

About PHSSA: Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts (PHSSA) is a kindergarten through fifth-grade school based on meaningful parent, educator and community involvement. The school will provide the children of our diverse community with an academically rigorous science- and arts-based curriculum that emphasizes environmental awareness and social responsibility.

About Patrick Henry Building: PHSSA will be continuing construction, including ADA and life safety upgrades to the 90 year-old school building, over the next two years. PHSSA will also replace kitchen equipment and windows to make the building energy efficient, provide computers and other technology for students, and make cosmetic upgrades to create an inspiring learning environment for the children. By investing in capital improvements in the building, PHSSA is also preserving a historic building. The overall cost of the renovation is $1.45 million. The cost of the renovations will be covered by a unique financial package that includes historic tax credits, private donations, a small portion of local and state funding and grants.

Also, I previously mentioned Civil War and Emancipation celebration, but then there is also this on the schedule:

3.30pm

Check out an Infantry Firing Demonstration at Historic Tredegar. It’s hard to imagine this as being anything but awesome.

How Green Is Yellow and Black?

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When it comes to the new VCU student apartments and dorms being built on Canal Street, how much is energy efficiency being considered?

How does this compare with other universities?

Student life at Syracuse University can be comfortable as well as energy efficient. University Village Apartments includes five buildings and 120 apartments for students. The project, developed by Education Realty Trust on land leased from the university, achieved Gold certification under the LEED for Homes rating system. Each apartment in the project earned the Energy Star and each building received incentives under the New York State Energy Research and Development Agency (NYSERDA) Multifamily Performance program as its third Low Rise Pilot participant (see “Multifamily Performance Program”).

“Daughters of Afghanistan” Tomorrow

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From announcement:

Time
Wednesday, March 30 · 10:00am – 9:00pm
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Location
1531 West Main Street, Richmond VA

In celebration of Women’s History Month and coming of Spring the Afghan
Students Association cordially invites you to the “Daughters of Afghanistan”
Poster Showcase event at a RealiTea Cafe on March 30th.

Come learn about the historic brave women of Afghanistan while enjoying a
cup of tea with your ASA members!

Displays of:
Malalai da Mewand
Zarghoona Ana
Nazoo Ana
Aisha Durrani
Ustad Mahwash
Ustad Naghma
Rabia Balkhi
Sharbat Gula
Malalai Joya

The first 30 attendees between the hours of 3pm and 6pm will get a FREE cup
of tea! Remember that this an all day event so you can stop by at anytime!!

Located within walking distance from Monroe Park Campus on West Main
street.

VCU’s Paint The Town Green on Saturday

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Virginia Commonwealth University Student Government Association is sponsoring another Paint The Town Green event for this Saturday, March 26, similar to last year’s.

I could not find anything on the regular VCU site, but I did find this announcement on the alumni site:

The Rams Alumni Volunteer Network was formed last year to provide an outlet for Richmond-area alumni to collectively serve as community-service volunteers on behalf of the VCU Alumni Association and the MCV Alumni Association.

RAVN will assist the VCU Student Government Association’s Paint the Town Green project on March 26. Paint the Town Green is a SGA initiative to gather volunteers to help clean up various neighborhoods in the VCU vicinity, including the Fan, Carver, Oregon Hill and Randolph.

On April 2, RAVN members will volunteer at the Monument Avenue 10K. Our alumni will staff water station at the beginning of the race starting at 8 a.m.

Volunteers are need for both activities.
For more information about how you can get involved with RAVN or serve as a volunteer, contact Morgan McDowell (B.S.’09/H&S), director of student and young alumni engagement, at (804) 828-8191.

I will update further as more information becomes available (or maybe someone can help out by leaving a comment).

Open High School senior named Boys & Girls Clubs’ Youth of the Year

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From Richmond Public Schools press release:

Beersheba Pointer, a senior at Richmond’s Open High School, has been named the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond’s 2011 Youth of the Year.
Pointer, who plans to attend the College of William and Mary and major in business administration next fall, received her award and a $15,000 scholarship at the organization’s 10th Annual Distinguished Leadership Awards Dinner held last month.

Congratulations, Beersheba!