Search REQUEST VISIT US APPLY FAST FACTS ADMISSION OUR SCHOOL PROGRAMS GIVING COUGAR COMMUNITY 1 2 3 4 5 6 About RC Global Engagement Civic Engagement Economic Literacy Inclusion Ethics Entrepreneurship Sustainability RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP “In today’s times, providing a curriculum and programs that allow students and faculty to challenge their assumptions, engage with others in the broader community and push their boundaries of understanding and empathy has never been more important. I am grateful for the JK-12 impact the Powell Institute for Responsible Citizenship has on our learners." Sara Boisvert Director, Powell Institute for Responsible Citizenship Responsible Citizenship Team OUR MISSION Responsible Citizenship at Collegiate empowers engaged, contributing citizens by nurturing students’ compassion, creativity and purpose. NEWSLETTERS January & February 2020 November & December 2019 October 2019 September 2019 Summer 2019 April & May 2019 March 2019 February 2019 The mission of the Powell Institute for Responsible Citizenship is 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 mission 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, Inclusion, Economic Literacy, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, Ethics, and Civic Engagement. Through the Powell Institute for Responsible Citizenship, Collegiate supports and creates opportunities for the myriad ways individuals engage responsibly and compassionately with others. Just as there are many lenses through which we see the world and our place in it, The Powell Institute for Responsible Citizenship encourages our community to see that there are many lenses through which one can take action to make a better world. 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 3 news stories. Cochrane Summer Economic Institute Is A Virtual Success For 2020 7/31/2020 High school students from around the Richmond region collaborated with area organizations and implemented design thinking strategies to develop strategic solutions for those partners during the 43rd Annual, and the first virtual, Cochrane Summer Economic Institute (CSEI). View CSEI 2020 Reimagines the Future of Work 7/15/2020 Much like organizations around the world, Cochrane Summer Economic Institute (CSEI) has gone remote and consists of a disparate workforce. For the month of July, twenty-six rising high school seniors from 10 Richmond area schools are leveraging online and cloud-based technology to problem solve for CSEI partner organizations. CSEI is a community outreach program funded, in part, by the Powell Economic Education Foundation administered by Collegiate School’s Powell Institute for Responsible Citizenship. View Collegiate Mentoring Program Begins Third Year 6/10/2020 Sixteen Collegiate School students this week are participating in Trailblaze, a job shadowing program established to connect rising seniors with professional experiences beyond the classroom. View Read More News Rev. Ben Campbell Minister & Community Activist Linda Cortright Entrepreneur & Community Activist Felipe Queipo United Nations Relations & Advocacy Dr. Farzaneh Milani Iranian-American Scholar & Author Joel Salatin Farmer, Lecturer & Author Bruce Thomas Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Kelsey Timmerman Author Chief Joseph ole Tipanko Kenyan Maasai Chief Cole Phillips '12 Fulbright Fellow Jasmine Turner '11 Journalist SPEAKERS 1/17 United Nations Communications Officer Speaks to Upper Schoolers Collegiate School today welcomed United Nations Communications Officer Felipe Queipo to speak to three senior Capstone classes about how the intergovernmental organization assists the 193 nations who belong to it. Read More Richmond-Area Farmer Speaks to Collegiate Students About Nutrition In honor of nutrition month, Collegiate School invited Joel Salatin, a farmer whose family owns and runs Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia, to campus today to speak to Middle and Upper School students. Read More Collegiate School | 103 N. Mooreland Road, Richmond, VA 23229 | P. 804.740.7077 | F. 804.741.9797 | webmaster@collegiate-va.org | Contact Us |