From the earliest years, Regents students practice the habits that make strong scientists and mathematicians: careful observation, accurate description, logical classification, and honest measurement. In Kindergarten and First Grade, science begins with immersive unit studies such as planets and mammals. Our young students learn the grammar of the sciences - the building...
Read MoreYou may know that private school in Virginia were recently put under attack with the proposed House Bill 359, which would remove state and federal tuition assistance for any private school that did not conform to the Virginia Standards of Learning. This bill would have threatened religious instruction as well as our covenantal model, which requires all parents and teachers...
Read MoreRegents recently hosted the first round of its third annual participation in the English Speaking Union Shakespeare Competition. Students competed at both the Logic School and Rhetoric School level by presenting dramatic interpretations of Shakespearean monologues.
Congratulations to overall winners Landon Mandichak (Logic School) and James Rebolledo...
Read MoreDid you know 105 students of our 289 recieve finanical aid?
In the last two weeks, a concerning bill (HB 359) was introduced in Virginia’s House of Delegates which would eliminate Regents’ ability to participate in Virginia’s tax credit program as well as the federal tax credit for private school scholarships that goes into effect next year. This...
Read MoreWritten by Kara Faraldi, Regents Music Teacher
One way we are embracing beauty, our theme this year at Regents School, is through music. Historically, music belonged to the seven liberal arts because ancient thinkers like Plato and Aristotle believed that music "was essential for a person's moral development." Music trains students to...
Read MoreDuring Alumni Weekend in December, alumni returned to reconnect, celebrate, and share thoughts about college and beyond with current students. Here’s a snapshot of what they have been learning and the advice they gave the upperclassmen:
“Regents prepares you for the workload in college.” -Andrew Stadig, Class of...
Read MoreWritten by Jackie Jamison
Although I last took a college class more than two decades ago, I want to tell you about an element of Regents’ literature program that has personally affected my own reading and thinking life over the last year: the Commonplace Book. A commonplace book is, at its heart, a personal anthology. It is a notebook in which...
Read MoreHalle Trivette, Class of 2024, published her first coloring book in September. Every page is hand drawn, designed to engage the creative side of your brain and help you relax.
"During my time at Regents, I learned how to think about challenges and solve problems," Halle shared. "When I started creating my coloring book, I knew absolutely...
Read MoreCal Newport, a professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University and the author of multiple books about the intersection of technology and work, asserts that the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task is the gold currency of the modern workplace. He defines this ability as deep work.
Read MoreCongratulations, Molly Jamison - CLT Distinguished Scholar!
Regents rejoices with Molly as she is honored as a CLT Distinguished Scholar. This recognition reflects her hard work, dedication, and excellence. Each year, the Classic Learning Test honors outstanding students who excel on the CLT10, a college preparatory exam and alternative to the PSAT. The title...
Read MoreIn a world increasingly marked by distraction and screens, this year at Regents, we are studying the countercultural virtue of beauty. When we first studied beauty as a school in the 2017-2018 school year, I was a newcomer to classical education and it felt like an odd choice compared to studying truth or goodness. Over the years my children have been at Regents, I've...
Read More"Don't Criminalize Boyhood." Dr. Leonard Sax
To give you a taste of the workshops our faculty attended at the Association of Classical Christian Schools' annual professional development conference, I have picked three quotes that impacted me. The first comes from Dr. Leonard Sax, author of the book, Boys Adrift, as he provided background...
Read MoreImagine a classroom where ancient wisdom meets the truth of Scripture, where curiosity is cultivated and students wrestle with big ideas, all while growing in truth, goodness, and beauty. That is the heart of Regents School, and it’s only possible with well-trained teachers who embody and impart these virtues to their students. As teachers head back to campus next...
Read MoreNew this year in the Logic & Rhetoric School is integrating a type of Christian formation called catechesis into the curriculum. In Mr. Harris's classes in the Rhetoric School and Mrs. Webb's classes in the Logic School, each period begins with the same call-and-response recitation that prepares students for class. The word...
Read MoreTucked back in a corner at Regents on a Thursday morning, it’s “Valley Forge Day” for fifth graders. Dressed in dirty and frayed colonial clothing, the students, made up to look like they have war wounds, march single file out of their classrooms. Each student will be challenged to submerge their feet in a bucket full of ice for 30 seconds so they can...
Read MoreRegents' families and students spoke at a recent Virginia General Assembly press conference to ask our legislators to keep the Education Improvement Scholarship Tax Credit in effect and to expand it to serve more students in the Commonwealth. Mr. Harris's tenth grade rhetoric classes made the trip and also went room to room to visit their elected delegates. Special...
Read MoreHow does this beautiful ideal play out in day-to-day life at Regents School? Each year in Grammar School, students learn oration by speaking publicly before an audience. Starting in kindergarten, teachers help students memorize facts to present before an audience at Planet Day. What starts as individual recitations of memorized facts in kindergarten and first grade,...
Read MoreThe senior class came together to create an original canto inspired by Dante’s Inferno! You can see their creative visual elements made to accompany their literary piece in the photos. To celebrate, they enjoyed a meal together while reading each other's amazing work! A canto is a major unit of division in long narrative poems. Similar to a stanza, it helps divide...
Read MoreFifth graders Sophie Mulcahy and Virginia Sheriff were accepted to the Charlottesville Astronomical Society’s Future Astronomer’s Club. After attending three one-hour instruction sessions at the McCormick Observatory at UVA, they will be given their own telescope at no cost, to view and study the moon, planets, and many other deep sky objects! They learned about...
Read More| After fifth grade’s trip to Jamestown in October, students came home with an idea: start their own colony at recess. Many fourth and fifth grade students have devoted their recess time since then towards the intricacies... |
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