Green Run Collegiate

Green Run Collegiate High School, established 2013, is a charter school operating in Virginia Beach City Public Schools district[2] located at 1700 Dahlia Drive (Green Run High School campus) of the Green Run area of suburban Virginia Beach, Virginia.[3] It offers the International Baccalaureate. Although they are located in the same building as Green Run High School they are two separate schools.[4] The mission of the school is to prepare students for success in a global society with attending college and joining the workforce or serving the nation with the military.[5]

Green Run Collegiate
Address
1700 Dahlia Drive

Virginia Beach
,
Virginia
23453

United States
Coordinates36.804639°N 76.111361°W / 36.804639; -76.111361
Information
School typePublic Charter school, high school
MottoSapere Aude (Dare to Learn)
FoundedSeptember 2013
School districtVirginia Beach City Public Schools
SuperintendentAaron C. Spence
Head of SchoolRianne Patricio
Staff25
Grades9-12
Enrollment282 (2018)
LanguageEnglish
Color(s)      Royal Blue, Kelly Green, and White
Athletics conferenceVirginia High School League
Beach District
Eastern Region
MascotStallions
Websitegreenruncollegiate.vbschools.com
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History

Green Run High Collegiate was opened in September 2013.[6] In 2017, it had its first graduating class.[7]

Governance

As a public charter school, GRC can offer distinctive curriculum, develop its own school calendar and hold classes outside of the traditional school day. In Virginia Beach, a public charter must be approved by the School Board but the responsibility for staffing and oversight of daily operations is guided by the GRC Governing Board.[8]

School structure

As of 2018, the student body is composed of 40% male and 60% female along with a 77% minority population. The total Economically Disadvantaged enrollment is 49%[9]

Admissions

In its first year, the school admitted only ninth-grade students of Virginia Beach City Public Schools up to max 100 students. Subsequent years added more grades until four years were filled at a maximum of 400 students. If applications exceeded for that year, a lottery would be held.[6][10]

Curriculum

As an International Baccalaureate or IB school they offer three pathways along with The Middle Years Program (MYP). In IB the three pathways are the Diploma Programme (DP) who pursues the IB diploma. The Diploma Course Candidate which takes a selection of IB classes without pursuing the diploma, and the Career-related Programme (CP) which takes IB classes and earns industry certification at either the Advanced Technology Center(ATC) or the Technical and Career Education Center.[10]

Extracurricular activities

Green Run Collegiate has partnered with the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art.[11] In 2017, they produced the Mindfully Cloaked exhibition on the topic of mental illness, creating several cloaks using mixed media.[12] Later in October 2018, the Chrysler Museum exhibited 100 Green Run Collegiate students artworks made from recyclable material to represent "sustainability and preservation".[13]

Green Run Collegiate teamed up with Green Run High School on their NJROTC program.[14] In 2017 and 2018, the NJROTC team placed first at the Navy Nationals.[15][16] They placed second in the 2019 Navy Nationals.[17]

Campus

Green Run Collegiate operates on the Green Run High School campus as an independent school.

In June 2018, Green Run Collegiate received a $25,000 Lowe's SkillsUSA grant for the campus community garden, for the purpose of "raising awareness on affordable and sutainable eating."[18]

Awards and recognition

In 2018, U.S. News and World Report gave the Bronze Medal ranking to Green Run Collegiate,[19] with scores of 94 percent in Mathematics Proficiency and 96 percent in Reading Proficiency.[9]


Heads of School

See also

References
  1. "Our Staff". Green Run Collegiate. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  2. "Charter Schools - Green Run Collegiate – Charter Schools". Virginia Beach City Public Schools. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  3. Garrow, Elisabeth Hulette, Hattie Brown. "Board gives green light to Green Run collegiate charter". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  4. "Schools - Virginia Beach City Public Schools". www.vbschools.com. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  5. "Home". Green Run Collegiate. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  6. Taylor, Doris (March 26, 2013). "New public charter school in Virginia Beach to open in September". WTKR. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  7. "VBSunOnline - Local News - Virginia Beach". VBSunOnline - Local News - Virginia Beach. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  8. "Our School". Green Run Collegiate. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  9. "Green Run Collegiate". U.S. News and World Report. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  10. "Charter School-Green Run Collegiate". Virginia Beach City Public Schools. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  11. "A year in review – Virginia MOCA Annual Report FY 2016–17" (PDF). Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art. 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  12. "Virginia Beach students use art to battle the stigma of mental illness". National Alliance on Mental Illness. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  13. "IN SESSION: Chrysler Museum displays local students' art". WVEC. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  14. Mullekom, Kathy Van. "Virginia Beach high school students win national competition in Navy Junior ROTC". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  15. "Green Run NJROTC prepares to defend Navy National title in Pensacola". WTKR. March 27, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  16. "Virginia Beach NJROTC squad defends Navy National title". WTKR. April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  17. "Gaither High School Named NJROTC Nationals Champions". DVIDS. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  18. Belote, Lee. "Green Run Collegiate's garden encourages healthy eating". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  19. "23 local schools listed among '2018's Best High Schools'". WTKR. May 9, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  20. "Charter school charts new territory in Hampton Roads - HamptonRoads.com - PilotOnline.com". web.archive.org. November 14, 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  21. Hulette, Elisabeth. "Charter school charts new territory in Hampton Roads". Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  22. Kultys, Kelly (November 5, 2015). "Despite successes, Beach charter school dogged by administrative issues". southsidedaily.com. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  23. "FY 2018–19 School Board Proposed Operating Budget" (PDF). Virginia Beach City Public Schools. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
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