Each event is listed with the date and time on the first line, and the event name appears on the second line. Click on the blue event name for event details. For a list of important dates in the next school year, please follow this link.
Each event is listed with the date and time on the first line, and the event name appears on the second line. Click on the blue event name for event details. For a list of important dates in the next school year, please follow this link.
First practices for the fall sports are as follows. Varsity Soccer (6-8th grade): Practices are Mondays – 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. (5:30 to 6 p.m., optional), Tuesdays – 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., and Wednesdays – 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. We are getting ready to start our varsity soccer season. Players should bring comfortable practice clothes, a water bottle, shin guards, and cleats or turf shoes. Volleyball (5-8th grade): Practices are Mon. - Thur., 3:30 - 5:20 p.m., with optional skill practice from 5:20 - 6 p.m.. On Fridays, we have an optional Open Gym from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Cross Country: Practices Mon., Wed., and Thur. from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. JV Soccer practices Wed. and Thur., 3:15 - 4:30 p.m.
Our end goal is that students graduating from JRDS will have the skills and knowledge to enjoy physical activity in group or individual settings. Students will take responsibility for developing and maintaining personal fitness goals to ensure an active lifestyle. In their pursuit of maintaining a physically active lifestyle, students will learn skills to accept consequences for success or failure, set realistic goals, and find acceptable solutions to problems. To enable our students to accomplish these things, we are introducing three themes (each theme highlights the PE department’s area of expertise). Please note: under each theme section, is the corresponding National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) content standard. There are a total of six standards and the three themes below. Read More ...
Yee-haw!!! The Reading Rodeo came! First Grade went western on Friday, April 23rd. Dressed in cowboy and cowgirl duds, the students played reading relay games by riding stick horses to a lasso filled with various word games. The games featured Boot and Spur Rhyme Time, ABC Horses, and Cowboy Hat Syllable Clap. While the group practiced square dance moves, a live pony show arrived! The "cowpokes" learned all about horses and experienced a live pony ride. Working up an appetite meant it was time for cooking our own vittles over the open fire and relaxing on hay bales. The afternoon featured tall tales and group "cowboy" skits. A rootin' tootin' good time was had by all!
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James River Day School has added an apiary! What's an apiary? It's a beehive!
Did you know you shouldn't approach a hive while wearing dark clothing? The bees associate dark colors with their natural enemy, the bear.
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Representatives of Virginia Episcopal School came to James River Day School on March 10, 2010 to celebrate the acceptance and awarding of nearly $50,000 merit scholarships and grants. These students were celebrated in honor of their academic performance and contributions to programs beyond the classroom. The grants and scholarships are renewable each year that the students attend Virginia Episcopal School. Read More ...
In my general reading about education and schools, I find several technology-related themes that I believe are worth considering. First, today’s young adolescents are immersed in technology and use computers, iPods, and cell phones as easily as their parents and grandparents use watches, televisions, and telephones. Secondly, communication over the Internet or via e-mail and text-messaging is fast, easy and feels anonymous. Ironically, it is much less anonymous or private than face-to-face, real-time telephone, or hard-copy written communication. When we communicate on the Internet, we lose control over that communication the moment we push “send” or “share.” Third, while new technologies make information more available and communication faster, they don’t make people smarter. Read More ...
The JRDS faculty approved a revision to the existing dress code on March 17, 2010, and it will take effect at the beginning of the school year, September 1, 2010.
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Please find the link below for the particular form you need. These are in .pdf format. You will need Adobe Reader to open them. It can be downloaded free of charge at http://get.adobe.com/reader/.
Some gorgeous spirit wear is now available in many wonderful styles. There are fleece jackets and vests, polo shirts, and sweatshirts in both youth and adult sizes from extra small youth to adult 2X. Take a look through the samples on display in the front lobby!
Spirit Wear Order Form includes details of what colors and sizes are available in each style as well as pricing. (This form is a pdf file, which you will need Adobe Reader to open.)
At James River Day School, we value all of the friendships that have been made here throughout the years. We welcome you back to campus for a visit or to support one of our many programs.
Marty Wilmer, our technology teacher, has put together a page of fun and useful educational resources for students, teachers, and parents. Just use the guest access name, jrdstech, to access her page at portaportal. Mrs. Wilmer also recommends the following sites.
We have a very active PTO and encourage all parents (and even grandparents, aunts, and uncles) to participate. If you'd like to volunteer, please contact Kristin Dabney, our Volunteer Coordinator.
Please feel free to contact any of the PTO officers or committee chairs listed below with questions or suggestions.
James River Day School cherishes children and challenges them to become scholars, leaders, and citizens for the 21st century, in a community of academic excellence.
Yee-haw!!! The Reading Rodeo came! First Grade went western on Friday, April 23rd. Dressed in cowboy and cowgirl duds, the students played reading relay games by riding stick horses to a lasso filled with various word games. The games featured Boot and Spur Rhyme Time, ABC Horses, and Cowboy Hat Syllable Clap. While the group practiced square dance moves, a live pony show arrived! The "cowpokes" learned all about horses and experienced a live pony ride. Working up an appetite meant it was time for cooking our own vittles over the open fire and relaxing on hay bales. The afternoon featured tall tales and group "cowboy" skits. A rootin' tootin' good time was had by all!
James River Day School has added an apiary! What's an apiary? It's a beehive!