After years 26 years of operation Middleburg Christian School will be closing its doors. Founder and Director, Bryan Wright, will be retiring this year. This vivacious personality has educated and influenced the Middleburg community for many years.

Although the school will be missed, Mrs. Wright will continue to serve others. She has organized Christmas parades, pageants, graduations, and teas that we will keep in our memories forever. Her commitment to serving her community is unprecedented in involvement and time given.

Virginia "Bryan" Wright came to Middleburg in 1970. Her first position out of Greensboro College, North Carolina, was to teach 2nd grade at Hill School where she taught at the Hill School for four years. During this time she met and married Edward T. Wright of Middleburg, Virginia. They have two daughters, Mary Houston and Elizabeth. She now has two grandchildren, Henry and Cate.

The family attended Emmanuel church where Mrs. Wright worked with children as the Director of Religious Education for 20 years. She began a children's choir, an acolyte guild, and worked with the church's youth group.

Mrs. Wright began a Brownie troop in the 1970's. Under her leadership, Troop 242 in Middleburg grew to be one of the largest in Loudoun County. Mrs. Wright led the Troop for fourteen years.

Together, with her husband, she was a founding member of the Middleburg Regional Library.

In 1987, Mrs. Wright began The Friends of The Parish House School, whose roots stemmed from the directorship of Anna Gulick and Shirley Hutchison. The school moved from the Aldie United Methodist Church to Emmanuel Episcopal Church.

The Friends of The Parish House School became a charitable trust 501-C3 and the school's rapid expansion led to the school relocating first to The Middleburg Methodist Church and then to The Middleburg Baptist Church.

It was re-named Middleburg Christian School in 2000.

After four years of having two locations, the school was reunited at The Middleburg Baptist Church. Presently, Middleburg Christian School classes are held in The Middleburg United Methodist Church.

Middleburg Christian School will be remembered for its great love of children and commitment to excellent academic preparation of its students by skilled professionals

Mrs. Wright graduated from Trinity Episcopal Seminary in 2003 with a diploma in Missions and Evangelism. She was the director of Religious Education at The Episcopal Church of The Word in Gainsville, Virginia, for three years and was Stephen's Ministry-trained in assisting pastors and priests as a "church planter." She then went on to work for The South Riding Church the following three years.

Since then, she has also worked to establish The Church of The Good Shepherd that originated in Paris, Virginia.

She has volunteered for Karios - a Christian ministry program for minimum and maximum security women's correctional facilities - and she continues to sing and lead music for Assisting Living Facilities.

Bryan Wright's career is one to be honored and celebrated by all. In summary, perhaps this quote best describes how Bryan Wright gives back: "It is amazing how much you can accomplish when it does not matter who gets the credit."