
April 10, 2025
This spring, teams of fifth-grade students from more than 20 elementary schools across Chesterfield County got in formation for the annual Battle of the Books. While the name ma...

April 3, 2025
As the new building for Davis Elementary moves quickly to completion, part of the old building is being demolished. To say goodbye to the resource round and house hallway, Princi...

April 1, 2025
The car crash was fake, but the learning experience was extremely real. In the parking lot of Midlothian High School, two students lay near a mangled car with three students trap...

March 27, 2025
Do you know about winter guard? It is a vivid, energized competition that brings color guard choreography and music indoors during the cold part of the year. In early March, mor...

March 25, 2025
For Women’s History Month this March, Midlothian High students answered the call to donate food, personal items and household goods for Safe Harbor, which is a safe place for famil...

March 13, 2025
A pinning ceremony in February celebrated new and renewing National Board Certified Teachers (NBCT) from throughout central Virginia. Chesterfield County Public Schools has six n...

March 11, 2025
The Governor’s Academy for Engineering Studies recently celebrated its journey from an innovative idea in 1999 to a thriving program in 2025. An anniversary gala at the Science Mu...

March 7, 2025
Each year, high school students learn about law and government during the Rule of Law program. Judges, elected leaders and law enforcement officials navigate students through acti...

March 7, 2025
On March 6, the Chester Early Childhood Learning Academy (CECLA) received the Virginia School Breakfast Award from the Virginia Department of Education. The award, given yearly ...

March 4, 2025
Three Chesterfield teachers earned Creative Teacher Awards, presented by the Gamma Psi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma (DKG) International. The $500 awards were chosen through a blin...

February 27, 2025
Thanks to local veterans each year, first grade classes throughout Chesterfield County Public Schools learn about the American flag. The Forty & Eight veterans group has been vis...

February 24, 2025
Student creativity and artistic ability are front and center every March when Chesterfield County Public Schools celebrates Arts Fest. The school system leans in to national Youth...

February 14, 2025
The entire Greenfield Elementary School community knows how kind Jeffery Jones is, so he was the only one surprised to learn that he had been chosen as a Virginia Kindness Ambass...

February 5, 2025
National School Counseling Week is a recognition each February designed to focus public attention on the contribution of school counselors. Chesterfield County Public Schools s...
January 28, 2025
Chesterfield County Public Schools is aware of concerns surrounding recent debates and changes to U.S. immigration policy and enforcement. Despite political discussion, school di...

January 28, 2025
Maria Meyers, who is the reading specialist at Davis Elementary School, is the 2025 Teacher of the Year for Chesterfield County Public Schools. She joined Davis Elementary in 2023...

January 16, 2025
The Chesterfield County School Board has appointed Dr. John Murray as the new superintendent of Chesterfield County Public Schools, effective Jan. 17. After a nationwide search, ...

January 8, 2025
Latin students at Midlothian High are creating an audiobook that is being used by Latin learners on every continent except Antarctica. More than 30 students have volunteered as ...

December 19, 2024
For 20 years, math teacher Lauren Murray and her band of elves have made holidays especially merry around Manchester High School. Each of those years, families connected to the s...

December 9, 2024
You may remember the fable of the lion and the mouse, but have you heard the one about the lion and the butterfly? This October, a service project led by the “Monarchs” at Crestwoo...