Heard on Campus

"Latin is a language that doesn't break rules. It's consistent and from that you can understand the rules of language. And language is ultimately beautiful. Language is the means through which we convey information to communicate, and without effective communication we would fall apart as a species."

-Ron Orr, upper school Latin...

Regents Rhetoric Students Visit and Speak at the General Assembly

Regents' 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...

"A Good Man Speaking Well"

How 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,...

The Patty Press

For junior James Rebolledo, becoming Scribe of the House of Patrick wasn't enough. James has been communicating with his house through a weekly newsletter, which he aptly titled The Patty Press. In the newsletter, James shares updates on sporting events, tips on how to earn House Points (or "Patty Points"), and general school news. "The...

Regents Students Reunited after Nine Years on One Campus!

Las week was a flurry of snow and boots but this week we are back in uniform and praising God for the upper school students with us at Coram Deo Drive! Nine years ago our school split into two campuses because of a growing number of students and space constraints. There were a few people who thought our school would not survive the split, but now with more than...

Senior Class and Dante's Inferno

The 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...

First Snow!

First snow on our Coram Deo campus!

"Be still and know that I am God." -Psalm 46:10

Art Club Service Project

The Regent Art Club enjoys their annual tradition, putting together art packets for those staying at UVA Children's Hospital over the holidays. The students develop art projects, vote on their favorite two, and get together to write notes to the children, organize, and assemble the packets. This year's art projects were inspired by timeless Christmas stories that...

Uniforms: Charting Maturity

At 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...