Upper Schoolers Take a Day to Serve, Reflect and Prepare

The freshman class kicked off its grade-level service learning project, Community Engagement 2018-19, through which all 9th Graders volunteer once a month from now through April (excluding December) at Richmond-area nonprofits. The program builds upon the experiences provided to students through the 7th Grade service learning program, Connect Richmond, and the 8th Grade Capstone program, Envision Richmond. Community Engagement encourages students to consider their responsibility toward others as they begin to understand local community needs, whether learning more about autism and elder care, or the obstacles that organizations and individuals face.  

Sites students will visit this year are Adams Elementary School, Beth Sholom Home of Virginia, Circle Center Adult Day Services, Children’s Museum of Richmond, The Faison Center, Ginter Park Elementary, The Hermitage, Lakewood Manor, Linwood Holton Elementary, Ridge Elementary School, Sarah Dooley Center for Autism, St. Francis Home and the YWCA - The Sprout School.

Sophomores spent the day at the University of Richmond experiencing what a typical admission tour is like and how to approach campus visits in general.  

 

Juniors stayed on Collegiate’s Upper School campus and participated in a substance abuse prevention workshop themed, Centering Yourself: What's been done? What to do. What will you do? Collegiate Director of Performing Arts Mike Boyd led the keynote session, sharing stories about his family and his days as drummer for the well-known band Fighting Gravity. Breakout sessions included Mindfulness with former Collegiate Mindfulness instructor Alex Peavey and a screening of Haze, a movie about college student Gordie Bailey, who lost his life as a result of alcohol use.

Seniors had the day off to work on college applications. All students return to classes tomorrow.