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Eight Henrico County Public Schools programs recently earned recognition in the 2018 National Association of Counties Achievement Awards program. The annual awards recognize groundbreaking county government programs across the nation. HCPS winners were:
• The Academy at Virginia Randolph’s 100 Men Challenge (Academy at Virginia Randolph)
• Feeding a Need for Real-World Experience (Department of Career and Technical Education, ACE Center at Hermitage)
• “Printing” is More Than Just What You Read (Department of Career and Technical Education, ACE Center at Hermitage)
• Art, Reading, Science and Community: From a Tiny Seed a Garden Grows (Fair Oaks ES)
• Maggie Walker Governor’s School: Remaking an Old-School Application Process (HCPS Operational Technology and Gifted Education departments)
• Spreading Goodwill Through Books (HCPS Library Services Department in conjunction with Goodwill of Central and Coastal Virginia)
• The Work-Van Project: Students Upgrade Skills and County Vehicles (Department of Career and Technical Education, ACE Center at Highland Springs)
• Video Training for Secure School Testing (HCPS Department of Communications and Public Relations, Human Resources Department, HCPS Office of Testing, the Center for the Arts at Henrico High School and HCPS Department of Legal Services)
The Academy at Virginia Randolph’s 100 Men Challenge was a dual winner – the mentoring program was also recognized with an award from the Virginia Association of Counties.
Across all departments and agencies, Henrico County earned 24 Achievement Awards from the National Association of Counties, plus two Best of Category awards. Henrico’s 24 awards are the most of any county in Virginia for the 12th consecutive year, and were the seventh most nationally. The counties finishing ahead of Henrico, such as Los Angeles County, Calif. and Miami-Dade County, Fla., all have larger populations (between one million and 10 million citizens, compared to Henrico's 328,000).
