Education

Starting school with smiles

With backpacks and school supplies at the helm, children ranging from preschool to fifth grade entered Fuqua Lower ...

Farmville

Fuqua launches scholarship program

Fuqua School has partnered with The GReat Aspirations Scholarship Program (GRASP) in an effort to make the school ...

Education

Board amends school budget

The Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously at its July meeting to amend the fiscal year ...

Education

Summer STEAM health lab

Eighteen students from four Southside Virginia public school districts are benefiting from a public-private partnership around summer enrichment ...

Education

Scales leaves post

Cumberland County High School Principal Dr. Jeffrey Scales has accepted a position as Secondary Director of Instruction at ...

Education

Past Longwood president dies

Brig. Gen. Patrick Finnegan, Longwood University’s 25th president, died Monday, a news release from the university cited. Finnegan, ...

News

A magical twist to learning

Sixteen students between third and eighth grade with Buckingham County Public Schools’ gifted program were ushered into a ...

News

Learning centers achieve ratings

Fuqua School’s Early Learning Center and the area Head Start programs have achieved level 3 with the Virginia ...

Education

Joint effort of Eagles and Falcons

Students and staff from Prince Edward County Public Schools worked for three days last week at the Birdhouse ...

Education

Irons exploring Italy, Greece

Hampden-Sydney College (H-SC) Assistant Professor of Classics Dr. Rob Irons has been selected for two back-to-back research opportunities ...

Education

Fuqua departmental awards

Each year Fuqua School recognizes outstanding achievements of seniors in the areas of math, fine arts, foreign language, ...

Education

‘Let’s make it count’

Fuqua School’s 40 graduates celebrated their class’ accomplishments and looked ahead to their futures during the school’s 25th ...

Education

Guiding students on a good path

Graduating seniors from Prince Edward County High School learned about the impact of education, compassion, resilience and growth ...

Education

230 men graduate

During a sunny Saturday morning on the lawn of Venable Hall at Hampden-Sydney College (H-SC), 230 men joined ...

Education

Gifted program explored

Plans for the Prince Edward County Public Schools (PECPS) gifted program, including exploring additional ways to test gifted ...

Education

Brickhill, Gormus get top honors

The valedictorian and salutatorian are the graduates with the highest and second highest grade point averages in the ...

Buckingham

Snead nets position in Orange County

Dr. Cecil Snead, superintendent of Buckingham County Public Schools (BCPS), will soon take a new post with Orange ...

Education

Spelling Bee winners recognized

Cumberland County Public Schools once again competed in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which is the nation’s largest ...

Education

Superintendents discuss new graduation requirements

What does it take to graduate from high school today? The Virginia Department of Education has just revised ...

Education

Johnson presents budget

Supervisors in Prince Edward held a public hearing Tuesday pertaining to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 county and ...

Education

Board discusses scores

Members of the Prince Edward County School Board discussed ways to improve student performance, particularly on the middle ...

Education

For Love and a powerful cause

Hampden-Sydney College (H-SC) held its second annual One Love lacrosse game April 7, seeking to help bring an ...

Education

Program moves trainee from job to career

After graduating high school, Eugene Barksdale pursued a career in construction. Although he could find jobs, he found ...

Education

Students attend state leadership and recognition conference

Seven students from the Buckingham Career and Technical Education (BCTE) chapter of Family, Career and Community Leaders of ...

Cumberland

Griffin named Superintendent of the Year

Superintendent Dr. Amy Griffin has been named Region 8 Superintendent of the Year by the Virginia Association of ...

Education

Servin’ in the rain

Rainy weather did not prevent a significant group of Longwood University students from getting at the heart of ...

Education

Students compete in FFA Southside Area Rally

The Buckingham Senior and Middle School FFA Chapters participated in many events at the 2018 FFA Southside Area ...

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