As we move into our final week of school – we finish the term on December 18 – there is an important change that will affect you as we move into the New Year. We will be extending our Christmas Holiday from January 6 to January 11. Read on for my explan ...
Jadon Walker Scores Career High for Single Game
On Saturday the Men’s Varsity Basketball team traveled to Hargrave Military Academy to play the Tigers, who were favored in the match. The Gryphons came out strong and were leading by five at the half. Jadon Walker had a breakout game scoring a career hig ...
It’s Not Christmas Until We Have Lessons & Carols
One of New Covenant’s signature events, the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols, is only weeks away! On Thursday, Dec. 10, we will gather1 at Hyland Heights Baptist Church at 7pm to celebrate the birth of our Lord. This year has been challenging for all in ...
November is for Readers
There’s been a quiet little revolution going on over in first grade. Students there are learning to read! That’s right. November is the month that written language comes together for our young scholars. New Covenant teaches students to read through a p ...
The History Timeline
It’s endearing and amazing to see five-year olds reciting the Timeline, but the magic of this learning tool doesn’t fully reveal itself until our students become our graduates. If you’re new to New Covenant, you might not know about this piece of our curr ...
Turning 30: Four Keys to a Superior Education
Exactly 30 years ago this month, 16 students had enrolled in the newest school in Central Virginia. It was called New Covenant, and for that first month the children were busy with lots of field trips because the curriculum that had been ordered late in t ...
Why We Like Gardens
It is very good to be back together in school. As students returned I was excited that Jessica Simpkins and other volunteers were able to tend the Gryphon Garden over the summer months. They had hoped the students could return to enjoy harvesting a few th ...
Coach of The Year
New Covenant's own Head Varsity women's Basketball Coach was just named Coach of the Year in the Blue Ridge Conference. Congratulations to Sarah! She has brought our team far and we appreciate her efforts.
Jadon Walker Joins The 1,000 Point Club
New Covenant junior, Jadon Walker, joined the ranks of an exclusive club on Friday, February 15, scoring his 1,000th career point in a game against Timberlake Christian School. Jadon entered the game with 997 points in varsity matches, and, in the first q ...
Poetry, The Arts and The Imagination
Our imaginations should be nourished as an instrument by which we know reality. While C.S. Lewis espoused many thought-provoking ideas, this lesson is a difficult, perhaps impossible one for us to understand, yet it is extremely pertinent for our technolo ...