Best Private School – Winchester Star Awards
We are proud to announce that Powhatan School has been once again recognized as the Best Private School in the region in the annual...
Congratulations: Class of 2021
Powhatan School’s 2021 graduation was held on Friday, June 11th. The eighth graders have worked hard to receive their diplomas and deserved to have all the students share their sense of accomplishment. The faculty, staff and entire Powhatan [...]
Head of School Message: Thank You
In addition to having the good fortune of teaching our 8th graders, I had the opportunity across the year to see Powhatan's excellent faculty and staff in action. These colleagues are inspiring to me and balance beautifully the need for both structure and creativity...
Fourth Grade State Fair 2021
The fourth grade presented their annual State Fair this morning. Each student chose a state to study with the aim of becoming an expert of their state. They set up stations surrounding Ibit’s Courtyard to share their information. [...]
Hands-On Experiential Learning: Wetlands Field Day
Our third graders have been studying the importance of the wetlands on the Crocker Conservancy. Students put on their muck clothes and waded into the wetlands to discover which plants and insects were thriving in our calcareous muck [...]
Big Dreams Day 2021
"Big Dreams Day - a designated time and space to celebrate students' hard work and wildest dreams - began as a tradition after the inspiration of a stellar colleague in Huntington, West Virginia who, herself, was a wild [...]
Entrepreneurship 101: Second Grade Market Day
Microeconomics: Second graders have been participating in a Project Based Learning (PBL) activity that centers around a mini economy called Market Day. Second grade studied the dynamics of an economy and then applied their understanding in the [...]
Lower School Reflections: From the Desk of Dr. Gosnell
Lower School Reflections allows us to build on the communications from the summer and enhance the knowledge base of our community by touching on topics that emerge from COVID changes and highlighting great learning and teaching.
POSTS & RAILS FIELD DAY: and the winner is…
For grades 4-8 POSTS & RAILS Field Day is a competition made up of traditional track and field events. This includes events such as the high jump, long jump, shot put, distance races, and multiple other activities. And [...]
Second Grade Balto Newscast
The students stood in front of the green screen to record and read their scripts for their part of the news broadcast. The creativity was off the charts!
The Geometry of Field Day
What people may not realize is that the geometry class spends a few days painting that oval track on our sports fields. To do this, we set two 50 yard straightaways...
Building Community: School Traditions
Campus is absolutely buzzing with excitement this week! With the recent announcement that POSTS & RAILS Field Day is returning to the schedule at the end of this month, students and faculty alike are eagerly awaiting this wonderful [...]