School

Middlesex County Public Schools welcomed 28 newly hired teachers and staff members for the 2024-2025 school year, which started Monday, Aug. 19. The following includes their names, position, and academic degrees. Middlesex Elementary School Tiffany Hedtke – student support specialist; master’s...

For a few immersive days on Dragon Run, teachers stepped into the shoes of students. The last week of July marked the second year Friends of Dragon Run (FODR) hosted Middle Peninsula educators as part of the Dragon Run...

Middlesex County Public School bus routes for the 2024-2025 school year will be as follows, with possible minor modifications being made during the first few weeks of school:  Bus #1 — Bonner Street, Grace Avenue, Park Street, 7:13 a.m.; Waverly...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxl1gWjdbv4 During the 2024 Virginia Sales Tax Holiday this Friday through Sunday, Aug. 2 through 4, you can buy qualifying school supplies, clothing, footwear, hurricane and emergency preparedness items, and Energy Star and Water Sense products without paying Virginia sales tax. Savings...

Middlesex Elementary School (MES) recently announced its open house, which is set for 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, at MES at 823 Philpot Road in Locust Hill. School starts for students on Monday, Aug. 19. MES also recently released, its student supply...

The Piankatank River Ladies Golf Association participated in a three-way “Home & Away” match play competition with teams from Indian Creek (Kilmarnock) and Viniterra (New Kent) golf clubs. Each club fielded a half dozen two-person teams and played a series...

The U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) recently unveiled a substantial grant awarded to the Rappahannock Community College Educational Foundation Inc. The foundation will receive a $5.1 million EDA grant aimed at facilitating the construction of a Health...

Christchurch School (CCS) celebrated its 103rd graduation exercises on Saturday, May 25, at 9 a.m. on Bell Tower Hill, at the center of the school’s Middlesex County campus, overlooking the Rappahannock River. Head of School William J. “Billy” Coyle delivered the commencement...

Ware Academy conducted its 2024 commencement on May 31 at 9 a.m. at Ware Episcopal Church. Julien Patterson was the guest speaker. Individual awards were distributed in addition to the graduation certificates. Several Ware faculty and board members and its head of school reside...

Middlesex High School (MHS) announced its Class of 2024 scholarship recipients and other honorees last week. They can be seen on page B1 of this week's Sentinel. Among them are... Honor graduates (medals and cords) Cum laude: GPA of 3.0 to...