EVENT: Back to School Extravaganza
SCHOOL: Patrick Henry High School
DATE/TIME: August 28, 2010, 9-11 a.m.
DETAILS: Parents and students will have the opportunity to get free school supplies at the 8th Annual Back to School Extravaganza. The event will be held on Saturday, August 28 from 9 to 11 a.m. at Patrick Henry High School. The Back-to-School Extravaganza prepares Roanoke City students and their parents for the start of the school year. They will receive information about free and reduced lunches, health clinics, after school programs, and PTA memberships. Representatives from Roanoke City's elementary, middle and high schools will be on hand to answer questions, as will coordinators from programs for special education and adult/continuing education. A bag of free basic school supplies will be distributed to every child who attends the Back-to-School Extravaganza and presents their invitation postcard. Transportation will be provided from seven of Roanoke's housing communities. Roanoke City Public School buses will depart from the front of each Community Center beginning at 8:30 a.m., leaving on the half-hour and returning on the hour. Most of the school supplies distributed to students come from the Q-99 Pack the Bus event.

 
EVENT: William Fleming Stadium Ribbon Cutting and Hall of Fame Reception
SCHOOL: William Fleming
DATE/TIME: September 3, 4 p.m.
DETAILS: The William Fleming band, city, school and community leaders will help celebrate the William Fleming stadium ribbon cutting at 4p.m. on Friday, September 3rd. The new stadium has a 3100 seating capacity and features baseball, softball and soccer fields. Wind Turbines have also been installed around the field to help generate electricity for the environmentally friendly stadium. Immediately following the stadium ribbon cutting, a reception will be held in the cafeteria for the inaugural class of the William Fleming Athletic Hall of Fame. The Fleming Athletic Hall of Fame reception will begin at 4:45 p.m. and is sponsored by the William Fleming Athletic Booster Club.

 

EVENT: First Day of School Highlights
SCHOOL: Division-wide
DATE/TIME: September 3, 4 p.m.
DETAILS: RCPS students come back to school on Tuesday, September 7, 2010. Some highlights for the new school year include: • New William Fleming High School Principal, Gene Jones • Round Hill opens as new K-5 school • Patrick Henry High School named two consecutive years on Newsweek magazine's America's Best High Schools list. • iPods used for English and Math instruction in all schools as part of technology grant • Preston Park Elementary makes the 2010 National Center for Urban School Transformation Honor Roll RCPS will also be launching a revamped website, featuring a new design to provide better communication between students, parents, faculty and the greater school community.