In December the Art Club met after school to put together craft packets for children who were staying at the UVA Children’s Hospital over Christmas break. The students came up with fun crafts that the children could do in their hospital beds as they received care at Christmas! Students worked hard (and had a great time!) planning, prepping and organizing the materials...
Read MoreNeed a book suggestion? This is what Regents students are reading this month!
A Chair for My Mother - 1st grade
The Tale of Peter Rabbit - 2nd grade
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - 3rd grade
King...
Read MoreRegents eighth graders taking New Testament with Justin Keller recently considered the following question in their Socratic discussion:
"Paul seeks to correct multiple problems in the Corinthian church by applying the gospel. If he were writing a letter today, what problems do you think he would seek to correct in your church? Why? How?"
You can't see the griddle, but these sixth grades are enjoying pancakes and period campfire songs at their Civil War sing-a-long! "One of the most beautiful parts of sixth graders is their ability to process and interact with more advanced material and concepts while retaining the beauty and wonder of childhood," says teacher Megan Maley.
Read MoreField trips are happening again! After more than a year-long hiatus, classes are able to travel to many of the locations they did pre-pandemic to experience the wealth of historical sites this area has to offer. Fifth grade recently went to Jamestown to learn about the first successful permanent English settlement in what would become the United States. "I'm a...
Read MoreRhetoric School Drama students had the opportunity to take a stage combat workshop from Mr. Aaron Hall and Mr. Gabe Van Oven from Liberty University today. Students learned how to safely stage a believable 30 second stage combat sequence and then had an opportunity to perform it for their peers! Stage combat is a great skill for any growing actor to have, and it proved to...
Read MoreFirst grade has been studying Prehistoric Art in the Chauvet Cave Drawings to learn how to draw what they see in its simplest lines and shapes, and discussed the value of drawing as a means of communicating, and why cave people would have used quick lines to communicate what they saw. They experimented with the medium of charcoal on crumpled paper and using...
Read MoreMiddle school volleyball's season ended with a win in the quarter finals of the VACA tournament. Great job, Coach McReynolds and Coach Smith and the whole team!
Varsity volleyball was 9-1 in the regular season this year and advanced to the semifinals of the VACA North region where they lost to Faith Christian. Way to go ladies!