Category: PROGENY
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Shenandoah Welcomes New Residential Students on Move-In Day
Approximately 1,100 residential students are moving into their Shenandoah University residence halls this week as the university prepares for one of its…
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Foxcroft School Hires Whittney Preston as Inaugural Dean of Inclusive Excellence
Foxcroft School is excited to announce that Whittney Preston has joined the School as its first-ever Dean of Inclusive Excellence. A member of Foxcroft’s…
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Wakefield School Receives E.E. Ford Foundation Matching Grant
Wakefield School is excited to announce its selection to receive a $100,000 matching grant from The Edward E. Ford Foundation in support of its renovation of…
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Foxcroft School : Ten Area Students Receive Diplomas
Middleburg residents Chessa Benevento, Emma Northrup, Hays Turner, and Rose Uran, along with Jacky Arellano-Alvarez of Marshall, Betsy Altenburger and Elsie…
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25 Foxcroft Girls Earn AP Scholar Awards Two achieve select National AP Scholar designation
Two Foxcroft School students achieved the rare status of National Scholar to lead a group of 25 girls who earned 2020 AP Scholar Awards from the College Board…
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Innovative STEM Curriculum Makes Highland School’s Distance Learning a Success
At Highland School – a PK-12 independent school in Warrenton, Virginia – the sudden pivot to distance learning in March was virtually seamless. Highland’s…
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My Two Cents about How to Change the World
Loose change. We all have it lying around, under-seat cushions, in a junk drawer, or maybe even in the ashtray in our car, but most people have no idea how…
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Business Mostly as Usual at the Middleburg Montessori Hog Operation
T he Middleburg Montessori Hog Operation is entirely student-run; middle schoolers aged 13 -16 provide daily care for the pigs, manage their breeding program,…
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Highland Teachers Lead the Way in Distance Learning
“What is best for students in this different world?” This question must drive every decision a school makes, now more than ever, according to Marjorie…
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Hill School at Home
One recent afternoon, Hill School Academic Dean and eighth grade teacher Hunt Lyman sat in front of his computer with a guitar and started strumming and…
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Middleburg Academy: Acting Technique
A cting Technique, and its many benefits, takes center stage in the Drama Department at Middleburg Academy (MA). Isabella Lash is in her first year at MA and…
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Highland School’s Merit Scholarships are Building Tomorrow’s Leaders
H ighland School’s Merit Scholarships are Building Tomorrow’s Leaders Highland School offers students a demanding academic and co-curricular program that…
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Let’s Celebrate
I n teacher Kim Renneker’s third grade classroom at The Hill School, every Tuesday throughout the academic year is cause for celebration. It’s not a holiday.…
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School Safety Patrol Badge Ceremony
In formal ceremonies at Town Hall Middleburg Police Chief Panebianco and Ashley Sullivan of the Middleburg Community Charter School presented badges to the…
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Senator Warner Commends Foxcroft School on Receiving AP Computer Science Principles Female Diversity Award
“ I am pleased to extend my congratulations to the faculty and staff of Foxcroft School,” wrote U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner of Virginia. “Your focused efforts…
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Community Music School of the Piedmont Announces Katherine Jameson Piano Scholarship
T he Community Music School of the Piedmont invites students with a dedicated interest in piano instruction to apply for the Katherine Jameson Piano…
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Residential Coordinator Heide Hotchkiss Receives Foxcroft School’s Lockhart Service Award
Heide Hotchkiss, whose combination of high expectations, practical lessons, creative fun, and hugs has prepared scores of new students for boarding school…
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John Scarfenberg Receives Leipheimer Excellence in Teaching Award at Foxcroft School
Foxcroft School history teacher John C. Scharfenberg, a former Capitol Hill staffer who carries a copy of the U.S. Constitution in his pocket and does his best…
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New nature-themed playground opens at the Upperville Community Park
On Saturday, June 1 the Fauquier County Department of Parks and Recreation officially opened a new nature-themed playground at Upperville Community Park before…