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Rappahannock County School Board candidate Rod Osborne, who is challenging incumbent Larry Grove in the Stonewall-Hawthorne District, apologized Tuesday for vulgar posts made on Facebook last year.

The Rappahannock County School Board on Tuesday reflected on the system’s return from summer break, which in the past was described by school officials as “tumultuous” with more than 30 students testing positive for the coronavirus in the first days back after masks were made optional and the highly infectious delta variant tore through the country.

Wakefield Country Day School is pleased to announce the establishment of a WCDS Polo Team in conjunction with Liberty Hall Equestrian Center in Rixeyville.

A last-minute write-in challenger has emerged to face first-term incumbent Rachel Bynum in the Rappahannock County School Board Piedmont District race that was previously uncontested.

Superintendent ‘exhausted by the push and pull of political divisiveness that has caught us in the crosshairs of public ire’

Rappahannock County Public Schools on Monday announced that the schools will switch to virtual learning for the remainder of the week while officials work to create a new system to mitigate spread of COVID-19 as the virus has created a flurry of cases within the schools since the academic ye…

Another sixth-grade student at Rappahannock County Elementary School tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday alongside a high school sports coach, bringing the system’s total case count to four — all identified within the first full week back from summer vacation as the highly infectious d…

A student at Rappahannock County Elementary School tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, the first day back from summer vacation, as the delta variant surges pediatric infections across the country.

“I want every student that walks through the doors of this high school … to be prepared to do one of three things. I want them to be prepared for employment on a job. I want them to be prepared for enrollment into university. I want them to be prepared for enlistment in the United States armed services,” 

Out with Lord Fairfax, in with Laurel Ridge. Last Thursday, officials announced that Virginia’s State Board for Community Colleges (VCCS) approved the name change for Lord Fairfax Community College (LFCC).

These are the school bus routes for the school year that starts Wednesday, August 11,2021.  Students are urged to be at their pickup points at least 15 minutes early the first day of school.  Some bus numbers and route descriptions have been altered from last year, so please be alert for those changes. 

A news release issued on Thursday by Lord Fairfax Community College:

The Virginia departments of health and education are recommending that public schools require all elementary school students, teachers and staff to wear masks in schools this fall. 

At a subdued Rappahannock County School Board meeting on Tuesday, July 13, board members discussed masking guidance for the new school year, an update on the new Wellness Center, and plans for incoming High School Principal Carlos Seward’s transition into his new role.  

Serendipity Equine held its first Youth Horsetopia Clinic last week. During this fully immersive horsemanship experience, young participants learned various skills related to horsemanship and horse care and enjoyed equine-themed crafts and activities — including riding, of course, both in the arenas and along Serendipity’s wooded trails.

It’s been a good year for Panther sports. The Rappahannock County High School varsity softball team traveled to Warsaw, Va. yesterday, June 23, for the Virginia High School League state semifinals after winning the region championship game at home on Thursday, June 17.

Rod Osborne of Castleton announced earlier this week that he has filed an official Declaration of Candidacy with the Rappahannock County Voter Registrar and is running to represent the Stonewall-Hawthorne District on the Rappahannock County School Board. Osborne will challenge incumbent Larr…

At a subdued Rappahannock County School Board meeting on Tuesday night, Superintendent Dr. Shannon Grimsley and Chair Wes Mills recognized teachers and school staff who retired in 2020 and were not recognized at the time because of the ongoing pandemic. 

Often when people hear the word “scholarship” they think about money dedicated to the four-year-college bound high school senior. In the four counties that Northern Piedmont Community Foundation serves (Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison and Rappahannock), we want all our residents to know that of the 43 scholarship funds we manage, many of them have universal appeal.

When Covid hit in spring 2020, the Rappahannock FamilyFutures board realized their nonprofit might be able to help home-bound kids spend some of their screen time learning about money and finances in a fun online summer “camp.”

Lord Fairfax Community College could become Laurel Ridge Community College. The name change was opposed by Rappahannock’s supervisors and other area elected officials.

Eighteen-year-old Agustin Garcia Prieto says joining the Sperryville Rescue Squad was the best decision he made this year. The recent Rappahannock County High School graduate has volunteered there for the past two months and is working his way toward becoming a fully independent emergency medical technician (EMT).

Photos by Rachel Needham

Unedited video of the RCHS 2021 graduation at the high school gym, May 28, 2021.

RCES students showed their competitive spirit and lots of smiles while enjoying a variety of fun, field day events on Friday, May 21. Organized by Ms. Rhonda Jenkins, the activities included hurdles, flag tag, corn hole toss, softball throw, egg race, two-man toss, sack race, bumper balls, and more!

Early on the morning of May 12, Jenny Kapsa drove to the 4-H Center in Front Royal to get ready for camp. By the time the counselors arrived a little after 8 a.m., a campfire was already crackling away. At 9 a.m., Rappahannock County Public School students poured off their buses for the last day of the Wonderful Wednesday program.