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CA announces academic awards

Chesapeake Academy (CA) head of school Catherine Emery and assistant head Kenzie Manetz recently joined faculty advisors to recognize academic excellence among middle schoolers...

First graders perform for school assembly

On Wednesday, February 4, the Chesapeake Academy first grade class presented a reader's theater production of the book, The True Story of Humpty Dumpty,...

Gabrielle Lewis selected for 2026 civics fellowship

A Rappahannock High School student will participate in a civic education and leadership development program after earning a 2026 Bill of Rights Institute Student...

Traveling Players Ensemble to return to Christchurch School

Christchurch School will again host the Traveling Players Ensemble's overnight theater camps and conservatories during the summer of 2026. Traveling Players, an educational theater company...

NPL announces February events

Northumberland Public Library (NPL), 7204 Northumberland Highway, Heathsville, recently announced its February events calendar. Among upcoming special events, the Strong Men and Women in Virginia...

PALS to present ‘Sleeping Beauty’

The Chesapeake Academy Seth Ware Ahlborn Performing Arts and Lecture Series (PALS) will present the Richmond Ballet's "Sleeping Beauty" to pre-k through fourth grade...

LCL poetry series to begin February 2

The Lancaster Community Library will offer a six-part poetry class for beginners from February 2-March 9. Dee’s Attic volunteer Sunni Southward is the class organizer...

Writing takes center stage in Whole School Share event

"Everybody in: Nobody out!" It is undoubtedly easier to embrace something new when a whole community tackles it together. Chesapeake Academy kindergarten through eighth grade...

Chesapeake Academy invites area students to ‘Alice in Wonderland’

Chesapeake Academy head of school Catherine L. Emery recently invited local schools, pre-schools and homeschooling families to an upcoming Seth Ware Ahlborn Performing Arts...

LES crowns new spelling bee champ

by Jackie Nunnery Lancaster Elementary School on Thursday, January 15, crowned a new spelling bee champion, seventh grader Milan Waddy-Brooks. Waddy-Brooks, the son of Sunacia Taylor...

LES students earn their pen licenses

According to teacher Jill Lottes, fifth graders at Lancaster Elementary School (LES) made their first attempt at earning their pen license in December, a...

RCC holds combined health sciences commencement for fall Class of 2025

Rappahannock Community College (RCC) recently celebrated the graduation of nurses, diagnostic medical sonographers and paramedics at Essex High School. Thirty-one individuals earned an Associate of...

Student screening of ‘Steamboats on the Chesapeake’ is planned

The Steamboat Era Museum, Kilmarnock Museum and Compass Entertainment Complex have joined together to offer a free screening of “Steamboats on the Chesapeake” for...

LES posts second quarter honor rolls

LES posts second quarter honor rolls Lancaster Elementary School recently announced its second quarter honors for the 2025-26 academic session. Highest honors Students named to the highest...

Students benefit from The Literacy Project

Students in grades 1-3 at Lancaster Elementary School (LES) recently received free books, courtesy of The Literacy Project. According to principal Keegan Walters, the group...

Queen’s community service project completed

2024 Holly Ball Queen Nathalie Elizabeth Biddlecomb recently completed her community service project as queen, supporting the YMCA Bright Beginnings Program. The program helps...
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