Grammar School students read 153,990 minutes over the three weeks of Reading Revolution, including 21 students who read over 30 hours each! Congratulations to top readers: Nathaniel Lee (1st), Isabel Mulcahy (1st), Emma Montalto (3rd), Ben Mais (3rd), Ruby Mais (4th), and Jonathan Richardson (5th). Students met George Washington as they partied like it was 1776 last...
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 MoreFirst through Fourth Grade Drama Night was last week! All the class videos are in this folder (if you click on a video, it will tell you what class it is). The order of videos in the album goes youngest to oldest with one exception:...
Read MoreThe long-awaited playground is being installed! The retaining wall is complete and the structure is 3/4 installed. We are just waiting on the final elements and mulch. The swings have also arrived but need to be relocated from where our installer was supposed to put them.
Read MoreEvery year art teacher Jenn Atwell picks an artist to explore for Black History Month. "The artist we're inspired by this year is Aaron Douglas who lived soon after the end of slavery," says Mrs. Atwell. "We all put a piece of ourselves in our art so with this project we talked about the Great Migration and what the artists and musicians who lived during...
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 MoreAt Grandparents Day last year, a grandfather parted a crowd of costumed fourth graders, and walked up to a senior, asking him: “What is that gold piece of cloth you wear around your neck?” These pieces of cloth, called stoles, are a reminder to seniors to serve the younger students. Stoles resemble the cloth that Jesus used to wash the disciples’ feet...
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... |
Fifth grade practiced for their Gift of Words assignment by writing acrostic poems to Jesus Christ. Poem by Margaret C.
Read MoreCross Country had a first this year, and competed in the first annual Virginia Classical Schools Cross Country Championship! Classical schools from around the state attended, and competed in a friendly but rigorous competition. Middle School Girls Cross Country won Fourth Place in their division, and fifth grade student Margaret Colquitt placed in 9th out of 41...
Read MoreFifth Grade used some of their rainy days to learn a rousing and dramatic recitation of Sea-Fever by John Masefield which they performed at Recitation Chapel. It is one of the most memorable recitations I have seen in the last couple of years - great job fifth grade! (To watch click here and...
Read MoreLast year at this time, we were signing studs at 2010 Coram Deo Drive and this year we have 170 lively bodies inhabiting every inch of our new space. We are so thankful to have classrooms that have space for movement and group work (see video of music class...
Read MoreOur beautiful library is up and running and receiving many visitors! Kindergartener Bella H. checks out a book with our new electronic check out system. A huge thank you to librarian Sara Daniel as well as volunteers Amy Hewitt and Audrey Pearson and Cait Southworth who have plugged away implementing this system for the last two years.
Read MoreIf you had to identify one facet of education that has been shown to improve the parent partnership, deepen classroom discussions, identify and ameliorate student learning gaps and teach students executive functioning skills - in only twenty minutes a day - what would it be? That's right, homework. Here is a snapshot of the reasons why purposeful homework is integral to...
Read MoreDuring the first days of kindergarten physical education (PE), you can find Coach Johnson outside, five and six-year olds walking around him as he chants: “Heel-toe, heel-toe.” It’s embodied learning that is foundational to not only the Regents PE program, but to the whole Regents academic curriculum.
“Obviously kids know how to walk...
Over 20 pastors came to our first-ever Pastor Day at the Grammar School. "It was like a combination of Jesus and Justin Bieber walked into our classroom, the students were so excited," said third grade teacher Mrs. Ziegler. Thank you to all the pastors who took time out of their busy schedules to make their students feel loved!
Read MoreRegents would like to welcome Reagan Saunders as the assistant athletic director. You may recognize Coach Saunders’ name from his internship with Regents last year while he was party of Trinity Presbyterian Church’s Fellows Program. This year, he returns full-time to coach P.E., lead intramurals, help drive buses and more. With Coach Johnson assuming a...
Read MoreRegents is thrilled to introduce Charlotte Kennedy, our new fifth grade teacher who is stepping into Mr. Muur's shoes who is our new Grammar School Principal. While Mrs. Kennedy may be new to Regents, she is no stranger to the classroom, having spent the last three years as a second grade teacher in Houston.
"Everything at Regents is done with...
One of the joys of sixth grade is being the oldest in the Grammar School. Each sixth grader is matched with a kindergarten buddy to mentor and watch out for during the year. This is an opportunity for leadership for the older students, and the kindergarteners are delighted to be known and cared for by a "big kid."
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