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RPS to host Summer Fest

7/22/2021, 6 p.m.
Richmond Public Schools is hosting two weekend parties to help spread the word to parents, students and community residents about …

Richmond Public Schools is hosting two weekend parties to help spread the word to parents, students and community residents about the plans for in-person classes that are scheduled to begin Wednesday, Sept. 8.

Titled “Summer Fest,” the first is to be held 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 24, at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, 1000 Mosby St. The event will feature an art station, a mobile playground, a splashpad, free food and beverages and other fun attractions, RPS announced.

The event will be moved indoors if it rains.

An identical event is to be held the following weekend in South Side. That one will be held 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 31, at the Broad Rock Sports Complex, 4825 Old Warwick Road, with the rain site being Broad Rock Elementary School, 4615 Ferguson Lane.