Today is World Mental Health Day! Join our middle and high school students and families for the first Family Empowerment Forum. "Your Mental Health Matters," on Thursday, October 17th at Heritage High School . Doors will open for dinner at 5:00pm for this free event.

We hope to see all of our students, staff, and community partners tonight!

Our NNPS YouthDev team hosted the annual STAND event at Todd Stadium last night. During halftime, students signed an anti-bullying pledge and join the Bullying Prevention Walk. We are #NNPSProud of our students for standing up against bullying and violence! #DoDEAAgainstBullying

This morning, City of Newport News top leaders, Mayor Phillip Jones, Newport News Police Department Chief, Steve Drew, NN Fire Chief, Wesley Rogers, and Newport News Schools Superintendent, Dr. Michele Mitchell spent the morning with Sanford Elementary School students in the RISE! Male Empowerment Program.

Flourish Empowerment Program champions attended a Fireside Chat with Virginia Speaker of the House, Don Scott, who gave a moving testimony and strong advice about effective leadership! The students attended guests of the 20 Pearls Foundation.

Don't forget to wear blue tomorrow!

Each year, for STAND Month, our NNPS Central Office staff has demonstrated their commitment to bullying prevention by participating in Blue Up Day on the first Monday in October in recognition of World Day of Bullying Prevention!

Thank you so much NNPS YouthDev and for an amazing experience! The knowledge shared by the panel at the first session of your Family Empowerment Series, "Your Mental Health Matters:  Make It A Priority," was very informative and much needed!!! Richard Mason

'It's OK to not be OK:' Mental health spotlighted at NNPS forum wtkr.com/news/health/it…

Did you know that the Southeast region of the a city doesn't have a sponsored youth basketball league? A Coach's interest meeting will be held tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. at the Achievable Dream Tennis Center, 1300 Ivy Avenue, to start a league for boys and girls, ages 7-15.

Our One City Mentoring Initiative kicked off our very first Fire Friday! Fire Fridays will take place monthly in several of our elementary schools. Individual Fire Stations have also adopted their neighboring schools with the intent of mentoring small groups .

𝙽𝚎𝚠𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝙽𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝙵𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙷𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚊 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚢!

Students and families were excited to focus on reading at the annual One City Wake Up and Read event: youtu.be/bWLrrSBh8ck Newport News Schools #NNPSProud

Please join us in thanking BayPort Credit Union for their generous sponsorship of the 2024 More Than A Princess Girls' Empowerment Conference! More than 800 students have registered for this amazing opportunity.

NNPS Family and Community Engagement promoted positive mental health, with sponsorship from BayPort Credit Union. Family Empowerment Forum Mental Health: youtu.be/65vzrfaZlJE Newport News Schools #NNPSProud BayPort Credit Union

Students and educators from Newport News Schools joined together to say No to bullying. STAND Night: youtu.be/oTmDsPYRsUs #NNPSProud

𝙲𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚢! Every Thursday, all families are able to get food including non-perishable foods, produce, and meats!

Club helps high school boys break the cycle of silence surrounding mental health wtkr.com/news/in-the-co…

Because the holidays can be challenging, nearly 200 members of the Bloom and Flourish Girls' Empowerment Programs got together for fun, food, and fellowship and enjoyed a mini-lesson on understanding and managing emotions before watching Disney's Inside Out 2.

Save the date for our 5th annual RISE! Male Empowerment Conference on February 8th.