Dates to Note |
Monday, March 9th - Wednesday, March 25th - HCPS Student, Staff, and Family Climate Survey Window
Tuesday, March 17th - Spring Sports Tryouts Begin
Tuesday, March 17th - Middle School Matters - Mental Health Panel
Thursday, March 19th - End of Quarter 3 - Full Day for students/staff
Thursday, March 19th - FCCLA sponsored Huskie/Hawk Egg Hunt
Friday, March 20th - Eid - Schools Closed for students and staff
Friday, March 27th - Senior Walk
March 30th - April 3rd - Spring Break (schools closed)
Thursday, April 9th - HCPS Ex Ed Expo
April 13th - April 17th - Spirit Week
Friday, April 17th - Rally Day (alternative bell schedule)
HCPS Survey - Please complete! |
Each year, Henrico County Public Schools surveys families, staff members and students about their experiences in their school and within the school division. Your input is important to help us identify what we are doing well and what we can do better.
The survey window opens Monday! We want each family to complete the survey so your voice can be heard. You can also complete the survey directly by going to the Surveys page on the HCPS website.
Students in grades 3-12 will have the opportunity to complete a student version of the survey during the school day.
If you don’t wish for your student in grades 3-12 to participate in the survey, please contact our main office.
When you complete the survey online, you can choose to enter a drawing for prizes! At the end of the survey, parents can enter their contact information to be entered in a prize drawing. At least one family from each magisterial district will be randomly selected for a prize bag from the HCPS Division of Family and Community Engagement.
Thank you in advance for completing the survey and for your continued support of our school!
Join Us - Middle School Matters Panel |
Middle school is its own important, distinct territory, and yet it's either written off as an uncomfortable rite of passage or lumped in with other developmental phases (Flagell, 2019). At Pocahontas, we are committed to working with families to support our middle schoolers' development in healthy and important ways.
We welcome families to a panel discussion with mental health professionals who will share insights about how parents/guardians, caretakers, and community members can support healthy habits for their middle schooler's mind, body, and spirit. Our Middle School Matters panel will take place at Pocahontas Middle School from 5:30 - 6:30 PM on Tuesday, March 17th. For our planning purposes, RSVP for the event using the Middle School Matters RSVP Form linked here.
The first 20 attendees to register with our RSVP will receive a copy of Phyllis Flagell's book Middle School Matters.
Panel members include a licensed clinical social worker and a physician assistant from the Virginia Treatment Center for Children, a member of the Henrico Police Department Crisis Intervention Team, and other mental health professionals.
We hope you join us for this important discussion! Our goal is for attendees to leave with new ideas about how to best support their middle schooler's academic, social, and emotional development.
8th Grade Important Dates |
Save the Dates-
* The PTA will be hosting the 8th Grade Celebration on Friday, May 15th from 7-9 PM.
* The 8th Grade Soar Ceremony will be Thursday, May 28th at Godwin High School.
More details about both events will be shared as they become available.
Online Economics & Personal Finance (EPF) through Longwood University |
Who: Rising 9-12th grade students (Rising freshmen and sophomore students are required to have at least a 3.0 GPA and must have successfully completed Algebra I. Rising seniors and juniors do not have a minimum GPA requirement.)
Summer Session June 22 - July 25, 2026. Registration will open in mid-March and close on June 6, 2025. Tuition: $50. If you're new to LU, click "Sign Up"—if you already have a profile, just sign in. * Students have the option to take their W!SE exam on Longwood.
Additional information about the course, cost, and enrollment requirements can be found at http://www.longwood.edu/personalfinance/.
Economics and Personal Finance is a 4-week rigorous, mathematically intensive course covering economics and personal finance that may require students to spend up to 6 hours daily to succeed. The course satisfies the state’s economics and personal finance requirements as well as the online experience and certification requirements for high school graduation. The W!SE Financial Literacy Certification exam is administered in the course. Students will receive 3 hours of college credit for successfully completing this class.
Required course text: Personal Finance, Turning Money Into Wealth, 7th edition (an earlier edition can be purchased for cost savings)
Required course calculator: Any graphing or financial calculator (Texas Instruments BAII+ is recommended).
Spring Sports Tryout Information |
With Monday being a Remote Learning Day, Spring Sports tryouts will start Tuesday, March 17th after school. Tryouts run from 3:15 - 5:30 PM. Tryouts are closed. Parents/guardians should pick up their students in the main parking lot at 5:30 PM.
The spring sports are softball, baseball, boys tennis, girls soccer, and boys and girls track.
For track, Tuesday will be Boys and Wednesday will be Girls only.
Students must drop off their athletic bags to the team rooms in the gym prior to 8:35 AM.
Please make sure you have completed the 5 forms before tryouts. Information and forms can be found on the Pocahontas Athletics website.
If there is a change to this information, we will share via ParentSquare.
Godwin Dance Team Tryouts
Meet in the small gym from 4:15PM-7:00PM.
Monday, May 4th - Jazz/Pom
Tuesday, May 5th - Hip Hop
Wednesday, May 6th - Jazz/Pom
Thursday, May 7th - Hip Hop
Friday, May 8th - Review Day & Auditions
Please plan to attend the entire week so you can fully learn the choreography and technique. Wear athletic, school-appropriate clothing (no jeans) and come with a positive attitude.
Huskie & Hawk Egg Hunt & Crafts
March 19, 2026 - 4:00-6:00PM (pre-k/kindergarten egg hunt 2:30PM)
600 Concourse Blvd, Glen Allen, VA 23059
Presented by the Holman and Pocahontas Middle School FCCLA. Come for snacks, face painting, and arts and crafts.
Please consider donating baskets, plastic eggs, candy, and crayons to help FCCLA support the youth in our community. Donations can be dropped off at Pocahontas with Mrs. Preston (mmpreston@henrico.k12.va.us)