Responsible Citizenship
Director of Service Learning and Civic Engagement
804.741.9708
sfleming@collegiate-va.org
Responsible Citizenship
Civic engagement promotes civic literacy, addresses issues and builds community both locally and globally through action by individual and collective citizens.
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Lower School
Contributing greatly to the overall safety of Collegiate, our 4th Grade Campus Cubs Program provides the Lower School community with an example of civic engagement practices in action.
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Middle School
Our weeklong 8th Grade program, Envision Richmond, provides the Middle School community with many real life examples of civic engagement practices in action.
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Upper School
Throughout the year, Upper School students have opportunities to engage in respectful “public square” debates by participating in both Mosaic and Global Discussions Club forums on topics relating to pressing current issues.
Ignite - Civic Engagement
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Poetry Slam Event Gives Voice to Collegiate Middle Schoolers
For the second year, Collegiate 6th Grade students in Carolyn Villanueva’s English class collaborated with students from Anna Julia Cooper Episcopal School in a Poetry Slam event.Read More -
Meet Dr. Wendi Moss: A Winding Path Led Her to Her Passion
Every day in Middle School, English teacher Wendi Moss seeks to help students better understand the world around them, through the literature and lessons they learn in her classroom and through the vision she executes as Coordinator of Collegiate School's Envision Richmond 8th Grade Capstone. Listen in as she shares how her life's journey led her to a beloved opportunity to teach and transform young lives. Click here to listen to the TORCH TALK PODCAST.Read More -
Third Grade Exhibits Entrepreneurial Spirit and Commitment To Service
With a strong entrepreneurial spirit and a true commitment to serving their community, Collegiate 3rd Graders held their second market day of the school year, Cougars Care for a Cause. Students created businesses, developed products and advertised to consumers for this market day.Read More -
Kindergartners Sell Shoes for a Cause
Read MoreThe Cougar Shoe Store opened for business this morning in Centennial Hall, a collaboration between Collegiate School Kindergartners in Beth Anne Shelly’s and Elizabeth Andrews' classes to create a shoe store to learn about economics and empathy. -
Sustainability Experts Inform Collegiate 4th Grade Capstone Students
Read MoreCollegiate School 4th Graders this morning continued working on their yearlong, grade-level Capstone experience, Envision Collegiate, which focuses on sustainability and the driving question, How might we improve the sustainability of Collegiate's campus by 2028? -
Upper School Students Serve Community on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Collegiate Upper School students in the Ramps Access Made Possible by Students (RAMPS) club spent a frigid Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day building a wheelchair-accessible ramp for a Richmond-area community member. Started in 2005, RAMPS raises funds to purchase modular metal ramps that are installed at the homes of wheelchair-bound individuals. To date, club members have built more than 100 ramps.Read More -
Collegiate Students Celebrate the Life and Work of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Collegiate 4th Graders in Jessica Catoggio’s class led the Lower School Town Meeting to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. on the date of his birth. The students shared information about Dr. King’s life and purpose, and how he changed American history with his words and actions.Read More -
Student Created Virtual Reality Materials Enhance Study of the American Revolution
In the Collegiate senior Capstone course, "Technohumanism: Mind, Brain, Machine," taught by Jere Williams and Dan Bartels, students developed Virtual Reality materials for 4th Grade teachers to use in their study of the American Revolution. Previously, seniors interviewed teachers and students about their needs.Read More -
Upper Schoolers Attend Model Congress
Collegiate Upper School students traveled with faculty members Nate Jackson and Daniel Bartels to Washington, D.C., for the Princeton Model Congress November event. While in the nation’s capital, the group went to the visitor’s center at the Capitol and walked the underground tunnel to the Library of Congress, where they explored a few exhibits. They then walked the length of the National Mall. Mr. Jackson reported that while the Model Congress was intense at times, everyone enjoyed the experience.Read More -
Teams Compete in Collegiate Ethics Bowl Final
Read MoreTwo teams of Collegiate School seniors presented opposing positions to questions about real-world cases in this afternoon’s final of the 11th annual Ethics Bowl, held in the Craigie Board Room of Sharp Academic Commons. -
Upper School Students Attend Model United Nations Conference
Nearly 40 Collegiate students joined 1,200 other high students at a Model United Nations Conference hosted by the University of Virginia on a mid-November weekend. Students were assigned to committees in which they actively debated and collaborated on current and historical issues. The Collegiate contingent was accompanied by Upper School faculty members Karen Albright, Brian Ross and Wesley Hedgepeth.Read More -
Sixth Annual TEDxYouth@RVA Event Encourages “Fusion”
Read MoreThe sixth annual TEDxYouth@RVA will take place on Saturday, Nov. 16, in Collegiate School’s Hershey Center for the Arts. The general public is invited to hear a wide range of local speakers reflect on the theme Fusion. -
Collegiate Students Honor Veterans
Read MoreOver the past week, Collegiate students in all divisions have honored those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces as part of separate Veterans Day observances. -
Community Engagement Program Visits Partner Sites
Read MoreCollegiate 9th Graders boarded buses for the second of six visits to Richmond-area nonprofits as part of their grade-level service learning project, Community Engagement 2019-20, 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. -
Inaugural RVA Engage Civic Impact Summit
Collegiate senior Shreya Sharma and five other Upper School students attended the inaugural RVA Engage Civic Impact Summit this week, and Shreya had the opportunity to meet keynote speaker Eric Liu, CEO of Citizen University.Read More -
Collegiate 8th Graders Embark on Grade-Level Capstone, Envision Richmond
Read MoreThis week, Collegiate School’s entire 8th Grade will take part in Envision Richmond, the grade-level Capstone program, now in its seventh year, that takes students out of the classroom and immerses them in the local community with an intensive focus on leadership and civic engagement. -
Collegiate 4th Graders Hear Personal Stories of Immigration
Read MoreAs part of their study of immigration, Collegiate School 4th Graders have heard from Collegiate community members about their own experiences coming to the United States. This morning, students listened as Middle School Head Tung Trinh shared his family’s story. -
Student Learning Continues With Summer Service Trips
Over the past two weeks, 32 Collegiate School students embarked on two service trips, during which they assisted Virginians in the towns of Dungannon and Emporia.Read More -
Kindergartners Spearhead “Shop for a Cause” Event
Read MoreCollegiate School Kindergartners teamed up with Saxon Shoes for a "Shop for a Cause" event that kicked off this past weekend, benefiting foster care through United Methodist Family Services. -
Upper School Capstone Classes Present Culminating Projects
Four senior Capstone classes presented projects that are the culmination of their semester-long studies:Read More
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