Education

CVCS students receive awards

Central Virginia Christian School, in Dillwyn, recently handed out its annual awards for academics, athletics and community service.

Education

Students receive GEDs from SVCC

Southside Virginia Community College recently held a commencement ceremony at its Alberta campus to recognize students who successfully ...

Education

Students excel in Chemistry Olympiad

The Virginia Section of the American Chemical Society sponsors regional high school participation in the National Chemistry Olympiad ...

Cumberland

Awards honor teachers

Catherine Baber Fleischman was recently named Cumberland’s 2016 Teacher of the Year, while spouses Chiara Guardo Hoyt and ...

Education

Final graduation held at New Life

Family and friends celebrated the graduation of this year’s New Life Schools seniors on May 20. The event ...

Education

Longwood hands out awards

During Longwood University’s May 14 commencement exercises, President W. Taylor Reveley IV presented several students and faculty members ...

Education

Youth cheer on graduates

Prince Edward County High School seniors walked through the halls of the elementary school one final time Friday ...

Education

Johnson named Prince Edward school superintendent

  Dr. Barbara Johnson has been named superintendent of schools in Prince Edward County. Johnson will assume her ...

Education

School board makes offer

An applicant has been chosen to serve as the next superintendent of schools in Prince Edward. The county’s ...

Education

Buckingham students receive scholarships, awards

Education

Petitions seek elected board

At least 10 petitions are being circulated in Prince Edward County to get the question of whether the ...

Education

Reductions at PECPS could include employee raises

The Prince Edward County School Board is considering reductions in expenditures to balance its FY 2016-17 school budget ...

Education

H-SC faculty, staff receive awards

Hampden-Sydney College celebrated commencement on Sunday, marking the conclusion of the college’s 241st year. The rain held off, ...

Education

H-SC holds commencement

Hampden-Sydney College celebrated commencement on Sunday, marking the conclusion of the college’s 241st year. The rain held off, ...

BREAKING NEWS

Senior banned from school after reported threat

  Additional law enforcement officers will be present at Buckingham’s High School graduation Sunday and at the preschool’s graduation ...

Buckingham

SVCC workforce takes a hit, seven percent of jobs will be eliminated

Almost seven percent of the workforce — or 14 full-time positions — will be eliminated as part of ...

Buckingham

Primary school principal to retire

Buckingham County Primary School Principal Pennie Allen has announced that she will retire on June 30. Allen has ...

Education

Fuqua valedictorian accepted into West Point

Fuqua School senior David Hice has been accepted to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point — fulfilling ...

Education

Smith named Regional Superintendent of the Year

Prince Edward’s Superintendent of Schools Dr. David Smith has been named Superintendent of the Year for Region 8. ...

Education

Huggard named head of Fuqua’s Upper School

Alexander Huggard has been named head of the Upper School at Fuqua. According to a school press release, ...

Buckingham

SVCC to eliminate more than 14 jobs

Fourteen jobs will be eliminated as part of a “major restructuring” at Southside Virginia Community College in Keysville, ...

Education

Top three candidates identified

The Prince Edward County School Board and Superintendent Search Committee identified three candidates of the 34 applicants on ...

BREAKING NEWS

New Life Schools will close on June 30

Facing financial and enrollment struggles, New Life Schools in southern Cumberland County will close on June 30. “We ...

Education

Board approves tax increase, supervisors level fund schools

  In approving a 2-cent increase in the county’s real estate tax rate Thursday as part of a ...

Education

Fuqua, Rockingham lead civil rights tour

High school students from Rockingham County presented a student-led journey into civil rights history in collaboration with the ...

Education

Thirty-four apply for school chief

The application process for Prince Edward’s next school superintendent has closed and 34 people have applied for the ...

Church & Community

Authors to reveal lost histories at Longwood-Moton event

For nearly a century, the names of 104 men sat in a dusty file in the National Archives. ...

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