In the News
Upper and Middle School Book Fair is Coming to a Library Near You
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Fuqua Middle/Upper School will hold their annual book fair from September 4 through September 9 in the Kilpatrick Library/Media Center. The fair will be open daily from 8 A.M. to 4 P.M. (except September 5, open from 8 A.M. to 6:30 P.M.). A variety of books, specialty items, posters, and other related material will be available for purchase. On Friday, September 5 from 5-6:30 P.M., local author Francis Wood will be present to sign copies of his books. The profits from this fair support the school's library. The event is open to the public. Mrs. Frances Hazelwood is the Library/Media Specialist at Fuqua. Pictured are several students and a faculty member enjoying the selections offered by the school's book fair. |
Staff of the 2008-2009 Peregrine Announced
Fuqua School's yearbook sponsor Annie Minix has announced the editorial staff for the 2009 yearbook, The Peregrine. Pictured are the co-editors, sponsor, layout and design editor, copy and caption editor, photography editor, and business manager.
Demonstration Speeches Teach Speaking and Listening Skills
Students in Fuqua School's communication class are learning that a demonstration enhances a message, making it easier for an audience to understand and remember. Students choose a familiar topic and prepare a presentation for the class and invite guests. The topics for this semester include cooking demonstrations, how to play certain basic notes on different musical instruments, dance moves, and hunting techniques. Mrs. Janet Moore is the communications class instructor. Pictured are members of the senior class providing their demonstration on how to properly prepare and grill a sirloin steak. |
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Class of '09 Begins Their Year with a Parade
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In keeping with a long-time tradition, members of the Fuqua School Class of 2009 paraded through the School campus on Wednesday, August 13, as they began their final year of school. A balloon archway, decorated in red, gold, and black and sponsored by the Prince Edward Academy/Fuqua School Alumni Association, greeted the vehicle parade, as middle/upper school students, faculty, staff, alumni, and parents gathered along the sides to cheer and welcome the future graduates. Farmville Town Officer Ernie Ross provided a police escort for the Class of 2009. The entire Fuqua School community extends best wishes to the Class of 2009 as they begin the final chapter of their high school years while preparing to embark on the next phase of their lives. |
Fuqua Welcomes New Faculty & Staff
New faculty and staff members for the 2008-2009 academic
year at Fuqua School are pictured left to right:
John E. Baldwin, Andrew C.
Snead, Kelly L. McDonald, Linda E. Davis, and Aaron W. Green.
Fuqua School opened the 2008-2009 session on August 13 with
four new middle/upper school teachers.
John Baldwin, a 1997 graduate of Fuqua School, returns to
his alma mater as a sixth grade mathematics and social studies teacher. Baldwin received his B.A. degree in history
and religion in 2001 from Hampden-Sydney College. Since 2003, he has taught middle school math
and pre-Algebra at Buckingham County. In
addition, Baldwin will be coaching the boys' varsity basketball team at Fuqua.
He is the father of Weston, a Fuqua pre-kindergartener.
Andrew Snead, formerly of Powhatan, joins the middle and
upper school faculty as the new band instructor. He holds a B.A. degree in music from Longwood
University, and has served as the Pep
Band Director for Longwood University, the Director of Music at Wesley Chapel
United Methodist Church in Matoaca, Virginia, the Assistant Marching Band
Director at Prince Edward County High School, and a consultant for Bluestone
High School’s Marching Band Program.
Kelly McDonald, who received her undergraduate degree in
education from Longwood College in 1997 and her master’s degree in school
guidance counseling in 2008 from Longwood University, joins the Fuqua Middle
School faculty as the new sixth grade language arts and science teacher. McDonald previously taught at Cumberland
Elementary and Buckingham County Schools.
McDonald will also serve as the new coach for Fuqua School’s J.V. and
Varsity Cheerleading Squads.
Joining the administrative support personnel as the Director of Annual Giving is Linda Davis. Most recently, Davis served as the Industrial Technology Manager for Southside Electric Cooperative in Crewe, a position she held for twenty-five years. She is a native of Nottoway County and the mother of two current Fuqua students: Nicholas, a fourth grader and Michael, a third grader.
