W.H. Ruffner Academy

W.H. Ruffner Academy is a middle school governed by Norfolk Public Schools. It was built in 1922 and was rebuilt in 1993 across the street from the original location.

Dress Code

The children that attend must wear a uniform. The uniform colors are

Shoes must be a specific color:

All students must wear Navy Blue pants, skirts, or skorts. No spandex or leather is allowed. The students have two uniforms. They can wear the winter uniform (long sleeved shirt, tie, navy pants) all year, or wear the summer uniform (polo shirt, navy pants, skirt, short, or skort)starting May 1.

External links

The school's webpage:

Gypsy Blood

Gypsy Blood is a British feature-length observational documentary which examines the fighting culture that gypsy fathers hand on to their sons. It was filmed over two years by the photographer Leo Maguire and produced by the production company ClearStory.

Subject

Its main subjects are Hughie Doherty, who becomes embroiled in a fight to defend his family’s name, and his young son Francie, who is portrayed living between two worlds, shown learning to read at primary school while sparring and hunting at the travellers’ campsite. The film also follows the story of Fred Butcher, a Romany who nearly dies during a machete attack after a day of drinking in the pub turns to violence.

Reception

Transmitted on 19 January 2012, Gypsy Blood launched 2012’s season of the True Stories documentary strand on Channel 4 and was the first True Stories to premiere on the main channel, rather than the digital channel More4. It attracted more than double the average audience for Channel 4’s 10pm slot - 2.01 million (13.1% share) between 10pm and 11.35pm and an additional 280,800 watched on C4+1.