This year has brought pleasant memories of successful achievements for our school. Richmond Academy doubled its enrollment, received accreditation for all grades, and began relationships with area pastors. We have developed complete consistent educational programs for all grades.
By attending Richmond Academy, your child has a better opportunity of :
Being top of the class
Receiving college scholarships
Being involved in an extra-curricular activity
Receiving awards.
Currently, the Richmond Academy Parents Association (RAPA) is planning for our book fair, science fair and spring pageant the last week of March. This year's Triune Banquet and Silent Auction will be held on May 14.
As we close out this final quarter of the 2004-05 school year, we look forward to growth and development. One change coming includes separating lower and upper school by relocating upper school to our annex next door. This change will make room for more students enrolling for this next school year.
May God bless you and keep you as we grow together.
-Dr. S. Chad Ross
Richmond Academy is a non-profit, private school whose purpose is to nurture and develop the whole student - not just to educate the mind. The goal of the school is to do more than simply educate young people for college; rather, we are preparing them for life. We are a partnership of home and school, working together for the purpose of preparing students academically, spiritually and emotionally for the challenge of life.
We depend on the contributions made by individuals, businesses, and organizations for our ability to increase our services to our community.
In an effort to raise funding that allows Richmond Academy to continue to offer the highest possible quality of services and programs, we are planning our Triune Banquet and Silent Auction. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, May 14, 2005 at MCL Cafeteria at 6:00 p.m. As with any fundraiser, sponsors are greatly needed. We are asking for your help. In order to assist us in our planning for this event and to meet our printing deadlines, we would request that if you would like to be a sponsor that we would receive your response by no later than April 15, 2005. We would appreciate any donation you would like to give.
If you are not able to make a cash donation, perhaps you, or your business, would consider donating an item of value (e.g., a night’s stay, a gift certificate, merchandise, etc.) that can be used to help Richmond Academy raise funds. We would appreciate any donation you would like to give. In return, you or your business’s name will be included in our program as a donor.
Tickets for the event are also available at a cost of $10.00 per person. We are offering live entertainment, and guests will enjoy a great selection of food purchased separately from the cafeteria. The number of tickets available is limited to eighty and will be sold on a first come, first served basis.
If you have any additional questions or need further information, please contact us at 765-962-7677 or by email at
office@richmondacademy.org. Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Sincerely,
R.A.P.A.
Richmond Academy Parents’ Association
Richmond Academy, Inc.
Not for Profit
We are in need of the following goods:
Keyboard and stand
We are in need of the following services:
Grant Writer
If you can help in any way, please contact the main office.
Do you have a gift or talent that you would like to share with the children? Please contact us about that as well. We are always looking for volunteers to enhance our academic programs.
America’s first schools were private schools. Its first leaders were taught in private schools, whose goal was to graduate a student capable of making a positive contribution to society. Today, private schools gladly join their newer counterpart—public schools—in creating an educational system that is the envy of the world and the hope for our continued freedom.
In a 1999-2000 survey by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the number one goal of private schools was academic excellence. Thanks to committed parents, motivated students and limited distractions, private schools are free to focus on quality education for the more than six million children they enroll.
More than 350 years after John Milton claimed that truth emerges from "the marketplace of ideas," the rich diversity of private schools is a staple in the marketplace of American education, and the nation is stronger for it.
Our common motto is simple: Private education is good for students, good for families, and good for America.
In a June 2002 report, NCES found that private school students scored higher on standardized tests, had more demanding graduation requirements, and sent more graduates to college than public schools. The report said that students who had completed at least the eighth grade in a private school were twice as likely as other students to graduate from college as a young adult. NCES statistics also showed that students in private schools are much more likely than others to take advanced-level high school courses.
Students thrive when allowed to learn in a safe and supportive environment. Joint reports by the NCES and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and a private study by the Horatio Alger Association have found that private school students are significantly more likely than others to feel safe and be safe in their schools.
Choosing a school for their children is one of the most important decisions parents must make. Whether they move into a school district, apply to a private school, or adjust family duties to make home schooling possible, most families want school choice.
For the parents of more than six million children, the choice is private education. They choose a private education for many reasons, with quality academics, a safe and orderly environment, and moral and ethical values the common reasons cited.
And choice makes them satisfied consumers. The NCES reports that more than three-quarters of private school parents are "very satisfied" with their child’s school compared with less than half of parents whose children were assigned to a public school.
Parents often look to private schools as an extension of the home in promoting the values they embrace, and private schools respond. A recent NCES survey found that promoting religious/spiritual life was second only to academic excellence in the goals of private school principals.
Nothing in a democracy is more important than the education of the next generation of its citizens. In standardized tests designed to measure how well American youth are prepared to meet their citizenship responsibilities, students in private schools score higher than their public school counterparts.
Gaps between minority students and majority students are narrowed in private schools. According to NCES, minority students in private schools are more than twice as likely to enter four-year colleges than their counterparts in public schools, making private schools the nation’s greatest hope for boosting minority participation in society from boardroom to classroom.
The public applauds the accomplishments of private education. Public Agenda, a national research organization, found that adults believed, by a wide margin, that private schools do a better job of providing a quality education than public schools. That’s why we say, Private education promotes the public good.
Did you know that in America:
One in four schools is a private school;
One child in nine attends a private school;
Private schools produce an annual savings to taxpayers estimated at more than $48,000,000,000;
Private school students perform better than their public school counterparts on standardized achievement tests;
Ninety percent of private high school graduates attend college, compared to 66 percent of public high school graduates;
Private school students from low socio-economic backgrounds are more than three times more likely than comparable public school students to attain a bachelor’s degree by their mid-20s, meaning that private schools contribute to breaking the cycle of poverty for their students;
Private schools are racially, ethnically, and economically diverse. Twenty-three percent of private school students are students of color; twenty-eight percent are from families with annual incomes under $50,000;
Private secondary school students are nearly 50 percent more likely to take AP or IB courses in science and math than public school students;
The participation of private school students in community service projects is significantly higher than their public school counterparts.
The Council for American Private Education (CAPE) is the primary advocate for American private K-12 education. Based in Washington, D.C., with organizations in most states, CAPE strengthens the nation’s educational system by working with parents, educators, and legislators to preserve educational pluralism and ensure that parents have a choice in the schooling of their children.