From our media specialist Ms. Childs, "Great news! Our school received a $3,000 grant from author James Patterson and the Scholastic Reading Club to help our school library. We want to thank #PattersonPledge for getting books into the hands of our students. In order to save more school libraries, James Patterson is donating another total of $1.75 million of his own money to save under-funded school libraries nationwide in 2016. The Albert Hill Library thanks Mr. Patterson for his gracious gift."
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Spirit Week!
The FCCLA organization is sponsoring Spirit Week December 14-18. Students may show their Hill spirit by participating and receiving a Tiger Buck!
Monday: Twin Day
Tuesday: Wacky Tacky Day
Wednesday: Sweater Day
Thursday: Super Hero Day
Friday: Pajama Day
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Hour of Code Resources
Earlier in the week students at Albert Hill took part in the global Hour of Code event to introduce them to computer science.
For students interested in pursuing it further on their own time I’ve put together a list of resources below:
Hour of Code - the original Hour of Code site used for Monday’s activities.
Snap!- Drag and drop programming interface designed to help you learn how to program.
Code Monkey - Learn how to code through by playing the game.
Code Maven - 59 lessons on coding fundamentals.
Code Monster - 58 short lessons on programming in Javascript.
Game Maven - Learn code and write three simple games.
Blockly - Series of educational games that teach programming.
Also, last summer an Introduction to Computer Science and Coding enrichment course was offered in summer school that will most likely be offered again. I encourage interested students to sign up for it when the summer school applications come out in late spring.
Lastly, I recently attended the Virginia Society for Technology in Education annual conference. While I was there I had a chance to play with The Finch robot that is designed as an even more hands on way to learn programming. It supports not only the drag and drop programming like what is found on the Hour of Code site but also writing code in many of the languages used today. I liked it so much I’m ordering one for my own son to play with.
For students interested in pursuing it further on their own time I’ve put together a list of resources below:
Hour of Code - the original Hour of Code site used for Monday’s activities.
Snap!- Drag and drop programming interface designed to help you learn how to program.
Code Monkey - Learn how to code through by playing the game.
Code Maven - 59 lessons on coding fundamentals.
Code Monster - 58 short lessons on programming in Javascript.
Game Maven - Learn code and write three simple games.
Blockly - Series of educational games that teach programming.
Also, last summer an Introduction to Computer Science and Coding enrichment course was offered in summer school that will most likely be offered again. I encourage interested students to sign up for it when the summer school applications come out in late spring.
Lastly, I recently attended the Virginia Society for Technology in Education annual conference. While I was there I had a chance to play with The Finch robot that is designed as an even more hands on way to learn programming. It supports not only the drag and drop programming like what is found on the Hour of Code site but also writing code in many of the languages used today. I liked it so much I’m ordering one for my own son to play with.
School Board Vacancy Notice
12/08/15 3:29pm
By: Martin Beall
The School Board of the City of Richmond is seeking interested candidates to fill the remainder of the term for the First District School Board seat due to the impending departure of the current representative, Glen Sturtevant, on January 13, 2016. The current term of the School Board expires on December 31, 2016.
Eligible persons must (1) be registered voters in the City of Richmond; and (2) reside in the First District. Applicants must submit (either in electronic or hard copy form) a letter of interest and a resume to include the home address and telephone number of the candidate to the School Board Clerk, Ms. Angela Lewis, no later than 4:30 p.m. on January 8, 2016. Candidate submissions received after that time will not be considered. The School Board Clerk can be reached at alewis@richmond.k12.va.us or 301 North Ninth Street, 17th Floor, Richmond, Virginia 23219 or (804) 780-7716. Questions regarding the selection process should be directed to the School Board Clerk.
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this proceeding should contact the Clerk of the School Board no later than three (3) business days prior to the meeting at (804) 780-7716. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency by calling the Americans with Disabilities Act Office TTY Relay Center at 711.
Angela C. Lewis, Clerk
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
RPS Facilities Task Force Meeting Dates
New community meeting dates have been scheduled to gain input on the reform plan for RPS facilities. The full plan and a one page summary can be found on
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