RPS to host Healthy Family Expo this Saturday
5/4/2018, 7:54 a.m.
Get a child registered for preschool. Sign up for summer school. Get the booster vaccination needed to enter sixth grade. And enjoy some entertainment.
It’s all happening 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at Richmond Public Schools’ annual Healthy Family Expo at the Arthur Ashe Jr. Athletic Center, 3001 N. Boulevard.
The event is free and open to the public.
This is the third year for the expo, said Michelle Henry, a health specialist with RPS’ Virginia Preschool Initiative. It will feature performances by the Greene Elementary School Orchestra, the Overby-Sheppard Honey Bees dance and cheer team, children from three RPS preschools as well as a presentation of folklore from the Dominican Republican and a Zumba demonstration.
A main focus of the event, Ms. Henry said, is to enable people to take care of business with RPS, including registering children and young people for various programs such as preschool and summer school.
The Richmond City Health District also will be offering TDaP vaccinations for students who will be graduating from fifth grade this year and entering middle school in the fall. Students are required to get the booster shot for tetanus, diptheria and whooping cough, or pertussis.
Health workers from the Capital Area Health Network and students from Fortis College will offer free blood pressure screenings.
Details: Ms. Henry, (804) 780-6218.
