Lois Harrison-Jones Elementary School

Update: This event has been rescheduled for next week (Wednesday, May 22, 2024)! We’ll see you soon.

Join us for a night of friendly FUNdraising with our crosstown competitors, the Chimborazo Elementary School Jaguars. The link to sign up is included below.

https://lhjonespta.ptboard.com/sgnvw?group=&signup=tIsFtsUgTf-OI_A22unFpnN___52lgE05n___nErJMb0

This Wednesday, May 8th is National Bike & Roll to School Day, a celebration of active commuting while building a sense of community and school spirit!

Families will be participating throughout the city, so please be sure to drive safely (as we always should!!) and keep an eye out for our students and families - cheering the students on would also make it quite special!

Families of Lois Harrison-Jones Elementary School students can RSVP for their Wednesday event here: https://bit.ly/44iA88t

Join us for a night of friendly FUNdraising with our crosstown competitors, the Chimborazo Elementary School Jaguars. The link to sign up is included below.

https://lhjonespta.ptboard.com/sgnvw?group=&signup=tIsFtsUgTf-OI_A22unFpnN___52lgE05n___nErJMb0

🗣️ Spread the word to graduating seniors who attended John B. Cary (now Lois Harrison-Jones)! Save the date! Sign up form below!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUfM1uft7-mOaQetdBvlGQ4eEDVvV9Iqbztu9M5xkwO7mb7A/viewform

📚 The LHJ Book Festival is THIS SATURDAY April 27th from 11 AM-3 PM!!!

This year's book festival features:

Books for sale, arts and crafts, face painting, bounce house, food for purchase from Arianna's and Mama J's, silent auction, raffle, and the RPS Lit Limo.

This year, we are selling tickets for food online, along with your silent auction and raffle bids! The website for everything can be found by clicking the button below.

You can also purchase tickets for book sale/concessions the day of the event.

Concessions/book sale tickets are $2 each so purchase as many as you need to get food. The tickets can be used to buy either books at the book sale or at the concession stand.

The raffle tickets are $5 a ticket. Please buy as many tickets as you would like to go toward the raffle item(s) of your choice. You can purchase the tickets specifically for each item as listed.

Bag request: If you have a bag (tote bag, backpack, etc) that you can bring to hold your personal book purchases, we would greatly appreciate it. We are trying to be more eco-friendly and reduce the number of bags we give out this year.

Concession Prices are:

Arianna's Pizza: $4.00/slice

Hot Dog: $4.00

Pizza or Hot Dog Combo (pizza or Hot dog + chips and drink): $8.00

Mama J's Combo Plate (entree + side and drink): $10.00

Mama J's Mac N Cheese: $4.00

A la Carte items:

Bottled water: $2.00

Candy: $2.00

Soda: $2.00

Cookie: $2.00

Chips: $2.00

Mama J's and Arianna's will be available from 11:30 AM until sold out! Other concessions will be available 11-3.

https://app.memberhub.gives/2024lhjbookfestival/Campaign/Details📚

🗓️Calendar reminder: All RPS schools and offices will be closed on Monday, February 19th.
View the 2023-24 calendar to see all upcoming important dates: rmd.me/67F0HUSRhoJ

The attendance team will raffle off a few surprise items on Tuesday morning to lucky scholars who arrive at school on time. Good luck to all scholars! Caregivers, thank you for your ongoing support.

Have a great weekend!

🔊 Calendar Reminder! View the 2023-24 calendar to see all upcoming holidays. https://www.rvaschools.net/news/district-calendar

A special shout-out to the Principal and Assistant Principal for a day. Corbin and Audrey Burkhardt were superb leaders alongside LHJ’s administrative team today. Keep up the great work!

Pictured with Assistant Principal Singleton and Principal LeReche.

LHJES was led by Principal Corbin Burkhardt Thursday 11/9/23. It was a pleasure working with Mr. Burkhardt and an amazing day at LHJES under his leadership!

Where will you be on Monday, November 6th? We hope with us! 🗓️

Enjoy a tasty meal and help our school at the same time. We can’t wait to see you at Torchy's Tacos Carytown! ♥️🌮

STREAM Night Fun!

Reminder: Fall Picture Day will take place TOMORROW Tuesday, October 17th. Click this link (https://strawbridge.fotomerchanthv.com/clients/john-b-cary-elementary-school/fall-pictures-10-17-2023-27/optIn ) to sign up for updates regarding school pictures including deals for ordering. Be sure to enter your student's name as it on file at school. 📸🍁🍂

Taco lovers mark your calendars for November 6th! 🗓️

Enjoy a tasty meal and help our school at the same time. We can’t wait to see you! ♥️🌮

📣Attention Taco Junkies! Please join us for a Fundraiser in support of Lois Harrison-Jones Elementary School on Monday, Nov. 6th from 10 am - 10 pm! See you there, Cougars! 🐾

Congratulations to our very own, Ms. Humphreys! Ms. Humphreys is one of our fabulous 5th grade teachers and has won $1000 for her classroom. Thank you Goodrich & Watson Insurers, Inc.! 💙❤️📚

Please join the LHJ team for STREAM Night. STREAM stands for science, technology, reading, engineering, art, and math! Use this link (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSes4wZLJxVqpjlA7NBfXO1KGDRBSsQxpdGG_Y1K6gbXNwNiKA/viewform) to RSVP. Dinner will be provided. 🔬🧮⚙️🎨📚

Fall Picture Day will take place on Tuesday, October 17th. Click this link (https://strawbridge.fotomerchanthv.com/clients/john-b-cary-elementary-school/fall-pictures-10-17-2023-27/optIn ) to sign up for updates regarding school pictures including deals for ordering. Be sure to enter your student's name as it on file at school. 📸🍁🍂

Happy National Custodian Appreciation Week to our amazing team at LHJ! When you see them around the building, give them a huge shoutout for helping keep our building clean and our students and staff safe. Thank you for all you do Mr. Bets, Ms. Freeman, and Mr. Johnson!

Calendar reminder 🗓️: There is no school Monday in observance of Yom Kippur. Have a safe extended weekend!

Calendar reminder! View the full 2023-24 school year calendar on our website. www.rvaschools.net/calendar

All after-school activities for today, Friday, September 22 have been canceled. Stay safe, RPS!

Calendar reminder: There is no school on Friday, September 1st and Monday, September 4th! 📢

Last week ended the way that it started! We had a special guest join us last Friday, Dr. Lois Harrison-Jones! Our school is named for this phenomenal trailblazer, Richmond’s 1st female superintendent! Check out the highlights below.

We are looking forward to another GREAT week of teaching and learning. 💙❤️

LHJ is the news. Check out this feature of our ecocampus by Richmond magazine!

Green Thumbs-up After several years of hard work, a city school’s community garden bears fruit.

Day 1 is off to an amazing start! Thank you to all our scholars, families and staff for making it happen.

It’s going to be a great year at LHJ! ❤️💙

We can’t wait to welcome our scholars tomorrow! See you soon!

We hope you can join us this Friday, August 18th from 12-2PM for our Open House!

Drop off supplies, meet our new principal and your child’s teacher. 📚✏️📓

We love you here at Lois Harrison-Jones Elementary! Click the link below to for school supply lists for the 2023-2024 school year! https://docs.google.com/document/d/19nuIml4iH_8jsmfijPNyOgbXCDZx6QkEVGoOgvwMib4/edit?usp=sharing

We can’t thank our community partners enough! Thank you Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay for your continued partnership. ❤️💙

Birds, Butterflies and a BUBBA for John B. Cary Elementary School - Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Our ongoing efforts to install and maintain a reforestation project at John B. Cary Elementary School in Richmond, VA has won a BUBBA!

☀️New Teacher Bright Spot☀️
Peyton Humphreys, 5th grade ELA/reading and science teacher at John B Cary Elementary School.

🔈"The first year of teaching is everything I’ve ever heard it would be: challenging, yet oh so rewarding. Each day, I find that I am learning new things about myself alongside my students. We have been faced with numerous obstacles and moments that felt nearly impossible. Through hard work and teamwork, we have created a tight-knit family within the four walls of my class. My primary goal is to help each scholar who comes into my classroom leave a better and stronger person than when they came in, both academically and emotionally. I am blessed to be a teacher, a mentor, a friend, and a shoulder to cry on for these young minds. I look forward to continuing to foster excitement in the classroom and a joy for learning in each of my scholars.” ~ Peyton Humphreys

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay has planned the next Garden Cleanup day at the Reforestation area on Tuesday, May 16th from 9:00-12:00pm. We continue to stay on top of mowing the path areas plus moving as much mulch into the beds and around shrubs as possible. For this event, we currently have 7 volunteers signed up and would love to get more parents involved, if they are available.

Please spread the word to use the Hands On Signup to register for the event.

Garden Clean Up at John B. Cary Elementary School When you are volunteering, please follow these tips for healthy volunteering. HandsOn Greater Richmond emphasizes the importance of following CDC guidance. Join the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay for a garden clean up and refresh for the conservation garden at John B. Cary Elementary School. Partic...