Powhatan School Announces Gift of 27-Acres
Powhatan School is pleased to announce the gift of 27-acres by the Crocker, Brengle and Osborne families.
Restarting Field Trips in a very unique year
Field Trips: Revisited Last week the eighth graders went on a field trip to hike Old Rag Mountain in Madison County, Va. “We gave the eighth graders a few options to choose from and they selected the [...]
Leveraging Technology: Chapel Talks
An ongoing theme throughout this unique year has been the way our school has continued to provide the key components of the Powhatan experience by leveraging technology. As eighth grade Chapel Talks wrap up this week, it is [...]
Field Trip to the International Space Station (ISS)
Magnopus is a highly immersive program that allows students the opportunity to 'walk' through the ISS and explore all of the modules and components of life in the facility. They experience weightlessness and zero gravity...
Building Mars Colonies In Virtual Reality
In seventh grade earth science we used co-spaces web technology and Oculus Quest Virtual Reality (VR) goggles to design and explore a realistic Mars colony...
Lower School Reflections: From the Desk of Dr. Gosnell
As we get kids outside, a multitude of teachable moments arise. Motivation is a key component when it comes to the willingness and ability to demonstrate creative thinking within a particular context and take healthy learning risks. As our teachers establish safe spaces in...
MATHCOUNTS 2021
Seventeen Upper School students participated in the virtual afterschool MATHCOUNTS program. While there was no team format this year in the regional or state competition, eight students participated in the Regional Competition. Due to COVID-19, MATHCOUNTS both the regional and statewide contests were held online...