Henrico Schools to host information sessions for eighth-graders about high school specialty centers

Henrico Schools will host three virtual information sessions in October to enable families and eighth-grade students to learn more about the school system’s high school specialty centers.

Each virtual information session will feature an introduction and various virtual breakout sessions about each center. Families and students may attend up to three virtual breakout sessions. Each of the three information sessions will offer identical information about HCPS’ specialty centers.

The events will take place Oct. 4, Oct. 13 and Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. Join by going to http://www.henricoschools.us/ before the start of the information session.

The school division will add two new specialty centers for the 2022-23 school year, one devoted to environmental studies and another to health-care services. The Center for Environmental Studies and Sustainability will be at Varina High School, with a satellite campus planned near the James River. The Center for Allied Health and Human Services will open at Hermitage High School.

To learn more about the school division’s high school specialty centers, visit https://henricoschools.us/specialty-centers/.

The specialty centers and programs available during the 2022-23 school year are:
• Advanced Career Education Centers at Hermitage, Highland Springs and Virginia Randolph;
• Advance College Academy for Business Administration (Highland Springs High School);
• Advance College Academy for Social Sciences (J.R. Tucker High School);
• Center for Allied Health and Human Services (Hermitage High School);
• Center for the Arts (Henrico High School);
• Center for Communications and Media Relations (Varina High School);
• Center for Education and Human Development (Glen Allen High School);
• Center for Engineering (Highland Springs High School);
• Center for Environmental Studies and Sustainability (Varina High School);
• Center for the Humanities (Hermitage High School);
• Center for Information Technology (Deep Run High School);
• Center for Leadership, Government and Global Economics (Douglas Freeman High School);
• Center for Spanish Language and Global Citizenship (J.R. Tucker High School);
• International Baccalaureate programs (Henrico High School);
• International Baccalaureate programs (J.R. Tucker High School);
• The Todd A. Phillips Center for Medical Sciences (Mills Godwin High School).