Schools

Latin Ballet of Virginia brings color, culture and dance to Lancaster Elementary students

Students at Lancaster Elementary School on Friday, November 6, experienced a vibrant celebration of Mexican culture as the Latin Ballet of Virginia brought its...

Students offer advice to bridge engineers

Guided by design teacher Parham Neal Pishko, Chesapeake Academy middle school engineers from sixth, seventh and eighth grades recently put their design skills to...

Lancaster celebrates academic gains, lays out plans for ongoing improvement

Jackie Nunnery At the Monday, November 9, Lancaster school board meeting, director of achievement and accountability Anna Kellum hit some of the student achievement highlights...

Special visitors

Chesapeake Academy third grader Rune Cotter shares a classroom game with his grandmother, Scharrie Brady, during Grandparents’ and Grandfriends’ Day on Friday, October 23....

Making friends and expressing gratitude

Operation Gratitude recently provided a box of thank you letters, cards and paracord key chains that Bethel Preschool children presented to Upper Lancaster Volunteer...

PALS entertains, enthralls, educates

The Seth Ware Ahlborn Performing Arts and Lecture Series (PALS) presented the ballet classic “Coppelia” to pre-kindergarten through fifth grade students at Thursday, October...

Tour Christchurch

Christchurch School, 49 Seahorse Lane, Christchurch, will host an open house November 11. Interested students and their families may enjoy a meal, take a...

Rappahannock Community College honors scholarship recipients, donors

Rappahannock Community College (RCC) recently hosted its annual scholarship reception, honoring student recipients and generous donors whose support continues to transform lives across the...

Lancaster Elementary School recently announces honor rolls

Lancaster Elementary School recently announced its first quarter honor rolls for the 2026-27 academic session. Students named to the highest honors roll, all A’s, include: •...

RCC helps a mother lead by example

For years, LaToya Bea Bunns talked about going back to school. With five children, a career, family responsibilities and the many demands of everyday...

Traditions continue

Christchurch School recently held its Fall Awards Assembly in the David & Wendy Charlton Fine and Performing Arts Center. Students received recognition for honor...

Fall Festival indoors

The Northumberland Public Library on Saturday, October 17, held a Fall Festival. Wind and rain brought the festivities inside, but it did not dampen...

Northumberland schools earn 100% accreditation

by AnnGardner Eubank HEATHSVILLE—Northumberland High School received distinguished honors for performance as designated by the Virginia Department of Education (VODE). On Tuesday, October 13, director of...

Lancaster schools improve performance

LANCASTER—The Virginia Department of Education recently released the latest School Performance Support Framework (SPSF) numbers which show Lancaster schools improving in nearly all performance...

Chesapeake Academy welcomes new trustees

Chesapeake Academy recently announced Ruth Fuller and Courtney Keplinger have been elected trustees. “Trustees at Chesapeake Academy bring vital yet diverse skillsets to the task...

Christchurch students explore the bay, their community, themselves

At Christchurch School, the Great Journeys curriculum refuses to stay indoors. The river, the bay and the people around become the classroom. Learning engages...
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