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Use this space to post your questions and learn about a new school.These questions are student generated.


 * = QUESTIONS ||= JIS ANSWERS ||= ST. C ANSWERS ||
 * ====How long is your school day? ==== ||= The school starts 7:30am and it ends at 2:00pm. But the middle school ends at 2:45. And for the high school it finishes after you've finished your test but a day without a test they also finish at 2:45 ||= ====Our day begins at 8:00. JK-2 dismisses at 2:40, 3-5 dismiss at 3:30. ====

The middle and upper school have sports directly following dismissal.
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 * ====Do you know where Indonesia is? OR Do you know where Richmond, Virginia is? ==== || Indonesia is near the Indian Ocean and is on top of Australlia. || Richmond, VA is on the East Coast of the United States. ||
 * ====What are some common (or uncommon) hobbies from your class? ==== || soccer, minecraft, sports, drawing, reading || paintball, reading, airsoft, sports, ||
 * ====Are you scared to go to 6th grade? ==== || yes because my sister is there and she said it is really hard. i am scared to get bad grades. || A few are nervous about the harder, rigor increase, more responsibility, ||
 * ====Are there bullies at your school? ==== || no. absolutely no bullys || Yes, unfortunately. ||
 * ====Do you have uniforms? Dress code? ==== || We don't have a uniform but, we have dress code. No spagetti strips and no shoe with out back strips. || No uniforms, but collared shirts and no jeans. ||
 * ====Do you have laptops? ==== || yes we do || netbooks for now, laptops next year ||
 * ====Tell us about recess. ==== ||= we have 25 minutes for resess ||= 30 minutes, every day ||
 * ====Do you have PE every day? ==== ||= no, we have different days like day 1 to day 6 and we have P.E. on day 2 and day 4 ||= 4 days a week (45 minutes) ||
 * ====Do you have chapel? ==== ||= No ||= 3 times a week ||
 * ====What student leader opportunities are there in your lower school? ==== ||= pie student leaders for after school activities ||= SCA, Literary Society Leaders, Missionary Officers ||
 * ====What do you do with food from your garden? ==== ||= Not sure- use it for studies ||= Share with school community, study it ||
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What is the typical commute to school? Do you take buses? ==== ||= Some people take a car and some people take bus ||= No buses (all carpool or walkers) ||
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How long does homework typically take? ==== ||= about 1 hour ||= 45 minutes- 1.5 hours ||
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Has your school experienced dangerous weather? ==== ||= Yes- floods, earthquake ||= In the past year, we had an earthquake, hurricane, and 1 snow day. ||
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Do you have homerooms or do you switch classes for each subject? ==== ||= We have our homerooms but, for specials we go to different classrooms.For math,inquiry,reading and other things we learn and do it in our homeroom. ||= Homerooms except for specials (art, music, etc.) ||
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Do you have a rival school? ==== ||= yes ||= yes ||
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What are some of your coolest field trips? ==== ||= 3day 2night field trips ||= Amusement Park, Baseball game, Boat trip on Chesapeake Bay, Moorefield Mines ||
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What enrichment classes do you take besides Art? ==== ||= music, bahasa, phy. ed., library ||= Music, Religion (Spanish is considered enrichment although it is graded) ||
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What languages are your learning at school? ==== || we are learning bahasa. || Spanish in the lower school. ||
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What type of community service work do you do? ==== || we work with the Sekolah Kami school for orphans. we did a shoe drive, so now all the students have shoes. we also donated some blender, so the Sekolah Kami can start to make products to sell. || LOTS- we just completed 100 hours of service in honor of our 100th birthday. Food drives, coat drives, Fundraisers for Leukemia Foundation, Pajama Drive for Orphan Children. We work with Anna Julia Cooper Episcopal- an inner city school to help provide resources and support. ||
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What are your favorite sports to play? What is the most popular sport in Indonesia? ==== || the most famous sport in indonesia is badminton, but soccer is the most popular sport at our school. || Football (American) is very popular along with lacrosse, baseball, and soccer. ||