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This year during Spring Break, Christchurch School offered trips to Senegal and Spain. The trip provided students with a unique window into life in “The Country of Hospitality.” The itinerary was designed to reveal the history that has shaped Senegal...

The Middlesex County School Board celebrated the month of March as National Nutrition Month by honoring Middlesex County Public Schools’ food service employees at the school board meeting on Monday, March 11. Ceremony participants included, standing, from left, Chris...

The Middlesex County School Board (MCSB) approved a $23,006,450 school budget Monday, March 11, to be sent to the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors for approval. The general fund budget is $21,889,198; school food funds, $796,629; textbook funds, $184,161; and...

Rappahannock Community College (RCC) introduced 29 nurses to the community at Jan. 11 commencement exercises at White Stone First Church of the Nazarene. The graduates earned an Associate of Applied Science in Nursing (ADN), and one graduate also earned...

St. Clare Walker Middle School honored John Henry St. Clare Walker by celebrating his 140th birthday on Monday, Jan. 22. During a special school-wide assembly, students and staff were reminded of St. Clare Walker’s legacy as a pioneer educator...

A marine science thread runs through the curriculum at Chesapeake Academy (CA) in Irvington. Students begin to explore local ecosystems with dip nets and tiny fingers in pre-kindergarten and continue to make use of the school’s proximity to the...

Longtime school board members Claudia Soucek and Garland Harrow were honored Monday for their accumulative 26 years of service on the Middlesex County School Board. Harrow has served on the board for 14 years and Soucek for 12. Both...

Virginia Agriculture in the Classroom awarded more than $36,000 recently in grants for educational projects. It awarded 75 grants in 51 Virginia localities for the 2023-2024 school year, including a grant to Middlesex Elementary School (MES). The grants will...

After experiencing homecoming being delayed twice due to weather-related concerns, fans were delighted to finally be able to come out, line the street and cheer the Chargers on. MHS later won that evening’s football game, defeating Charles City, 27-0. See related...

On Tuesday, Oct. 17, Nicole Ambrose’s 11th grade History class at Middlesex High School (MHS) hosted a Joe Cameron Cook-off and Competition, and faculty/staff were the impartial judges charged to taste-test the food to decide the winners. Ambrose found out about...