February 2-6, 2026

It was an icy and slightly dreary week, but the warmer temps are starting to melt away this winter madness that has held us all captive. It didn’t put a damper on the energy and enthusiasm on campus, though, and classes, practices, rehearsals and games were quickly back underway so everyone can catch up and move forward. Perhaps we have seen the last of wintry weather?

In the Middle School, 5th graders are studying NE geography and energy use. 5th grade Spanish students wrote a story (details and photos below). 6th graders are holding auditions for their upcoming production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid, completing Medieval projects, and profiling an impactful person (details below). 7th grade math students are evaluating expressions (details and photos below). 8th graders are learning about the Nuremberg laws and studying energy and magnetic fields.

Upper Schoolers have been busy with events and activities. Five students attended Conservation Lobby Day at the state capitol this week (details and photos below). Our Science Olympiad teams will be trying out a virtual competition on Sunday (a reschedule of last weekend’s cancelled Virginia Tech meet). Friends Council students will be speaking during Sunday’s Connections meeting at the Charlottesville Friends Meeting (details below). There was a yummy bake sale for The Piedmont Family Care Closet, which works with CASA and other organizations to provide new clothing and toiletries to children in foster care and students in local schools. 9th graders are doing poetry translation while sophomores continue Sophomore Seminar research and notecards. Juniors are finishing reading Homegoing and will start The Great Gatsby next week. Students in Tucker’s Senior Comp class are making musical soundtracks to accompany The Kite Runner.