• Water Olympics

    Collegiate School 5th Graders compete in the annual Water Olympics as a fun-filled end to their yearlong study of water. Read More

  • Chinese New Year

    Chinese language students in all divisions put on a performance each year during the Chinese New Year.

  • Slave Trail

    A group of Collegiate seniors taking the River City Capstone class visit the Richmond Slave Trail with faculty members Rhiannon Boyd and Brad Cooke in their ongoing efforts to understand the James River and its impact on the Richmond region. Read More

  • Diwali

    Students on both sides of our Mooreland campus celebrate Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights.

  • Ethics

    A rigorous Senior Capstone course, the Ethics Bowl encourages students to participate in morally serious discourse concerning real-world issues.

  • Costa Rica

    Through in-field study and hands-on observation, students studied and compared the ecology of Virginia and Costa Rica.
Responsible Citizenship
The guiding principles of the Powell Institute for Responsible Citizenship are to empower engaged, contributing citizens by nurturing students' compassion, creativity, and purpose. The School's promise is to nurture and equip its students as scholars, citizens, and leaders. The principles of the Institute and promise of Collegiate are actualized through collaborations with faculty and integration of programs in JK-grade 12 that build the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary for today's and tomorrow's world, through the identified areas of  Global Engagement, Economic Literacy, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, and Civic Engagement.  

Students in each division of our School exemplify their understanding of and growth in the tenets of these areas by participating in a culminating capstone program. Our 4th Graders participate in Envision Collegiate, our 8th Graders participate in Envision Richmond, and our 12th Graders participate in Envision Your World.

Ignite - Responsible Citizenship Blog

Ignite offers insight into how our programs come to life in Collegiate's curriculum, highlighting various examples of student projects and faculty reflections across the seven identified areas.
 

List of 6 news stories.

  • Out in the World

    The Trailblaze job shadowing program connects rising Seniors with Collegiate alumni.
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  • The group of students that worked with the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU presenting their findings at the conclusion of the CSEI program.

    Creating Professional Connections

    Rising Seniors in the Richmond area came to Collegiate for the Cochrane Summer Economic Institute to grow as inquisitive thinkers and future business professionals.
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  • Collegiate Receives Grant to Support Spatial and Mathematical Competency

    The School joins teams from 12 countries being awarded more than $4 million to develop and expand tools that will impact learners by 2026.
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  • This year’s endowment recipients shared their experiences with faculty, staff, parents, students and endowment donors in mid-October.

    Leading with Purpose

    Funded by endowment support, Stan Craig ’23 attended a research internship that helps students with speech therapy.
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  • Exploring Avenues of Opportunity

    Deven Pandya ’20 spoke with Upper School students about computer science and its applications in the job market.
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  • Global Perspectives, Innovative Solutions

    Collegiate School welcomed 20 high school students from five countries last week for the annual International Emerging Leaders Conference.
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"Responsible citizens are empathetic and engaged, actively seeking to make their communities and the world a better place. The Powell Institute for Responsible Citizenship supports teachers and students in finding innovative ways to broaden horizons and foster connections so we can all become more responsible members of society."
Kevin Duncan
Director, Powell Institute for Responsible Citizenship
kevin_duncan@collegiate-va.org
Responsible Citizenship Team

Our Mission

Responsible Citizenship at Collegiate empowers engaged, contributing citizens by nurturing students’ compassion, creativity, and purpose.
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