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Proceeds from these event go to support student led community projects both in Richmond and with indigenous partners throughout the Americas.
Please support our Fundraiser through the Raffle and Auction
Online Auction
We really have something for everyone. Check back regularly as new items added daily. Bidding begin Sunday March 8th.
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These are items that celebrate RCHS or things that were generously donated to us that we have multiples of. Look for great bargains here. Page is open!
Friends of RCHS is a public nonprofit In Richmond, VA which supports Academic and community engagement For Richmond City High School Students. We provide programming and funding for hands on experiential education, college readiness, community engagement, technology resources, student mental wellness and more. Friends of RCHS works with RPS alumni, local businesses, and community members to support students driven to succeed in the 21st Century.
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If you have or work for a business that would like to get involved supporting students in action through sponsorship, volunteering, or a donation of goods or gift cards please reach out.
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SerVING OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AND BEYOND
Friends of RCHS assists with providing meaningful group community service experiences. Annual service learning experiences with indigenous Americans are offered annually. Through this program students visited the Guatemalan Highlands to stay in a Maya Village where they worked alongside families to build indoor stoves, reforested a mountainside, and ran children’s activities.
Students will be traveling to the White Mountain Apache lands in Arizona to assist with sustainable farming and water access, assist with developing land to house a wellness recovery center, and assist with projects around composting.
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College Readiness Program
Friends of RCHS supports career learning experiences, tutoring and AP testing, internships, educational programs, and dorm life for the students of RCHS. We have brought smart boards into every classroom and supported academic software to increase teaching tools that motivate students to love to learn.
RCHS Traditions Alive and Real
Freshman Orientation is the only program of its kind in the area that gives students a full week of summer programming to prepare them for the rigor and traditions of RCHS
Mini-Mesters - These programs provide for all students, an experience for hands on learning and visits to East Coast colleges for a week in the spring. A poll of alumnus showed that an overwhelming majority of former RCHS students identified the Freshman Environmental Education Camping trip as their most memorable experience.
This year sophomores will be going to Atlanta to learn about civil rights history and juniors will be going to Philadelphia for an investigation, What is Freedom?
Friends of RCHS also supports student activities, clubs, and special events like prom, Harvestfest, Winterfest, and College Decision Day.