Halifax County Public Schools has been awarded more than $200,000 in school security equipment grants as part of $6 million in security grants announced Thursday by Governor Ralph Northam to help 340 schools in 70 school divisions.

September was Attendance Awareness Month.

The Halifax County Public Schools Education Foundation presented 91 teacher mini grants involving 130 teachers and 10,384 students from all county schools on Tuesday afternoon.

Halifax County High School’s graduation rate took a dip in 2019 from the previous year, but it still continues to be above the state average.

The Halifax County Board of Supervisors is on record supporting the passage of a 1% sales tax referendum to fund capital improvements to county schools, but that didn’t stop supporters of the measure, including four high school students, from pleading their case to supervisors at Monday’s meeting.

As the county’s population continues to decline, so does student enrollment in Halifax County Public Schools, a trend for most Virginia schools since 2009.

Third-grade students from throughout Halifax County got up close and personal with agriculture for three days last week during the Farm Bureau Farm, Animal and Safety Day program held at Halifax County Fairgrounds.

Former assistant transportation director with Halifax County Public Schools Keith McDowell has announced his candidacy for the ED-7 seat on Halifax County School Board.

It’s official.

Students, parents and faculty/staff at Meadville Elementary School enjoy an evening of fun, games and food at the PTO family cookout  held on the school’s playground on Sept. 20. Activities included the cake walk, dunking the p.e. teacher in the dunking booth, basketball throw, face painting…

Halifax County fifth graders participated in the 2019 Farm-to-School program on Sept. 12 and 13 at Halifax County High School. The national Farm-to-School program encompasses local procurement for economic viability, nutrition education, environmental stewardship, food and agricultural liter…

These students in Melanie Saunders’ leadership class volunteer at The Good Samaritan on Sept. 9-10. The Good Samaritan held an appreciation luncheon in honor of their many dedicated volunteers on Sept. 12. The Good Samaritan is always in need of volunteers and has many ways for people to ser…

For the sixth year, organizers of the Sept. 25-26 SOVA Career ChoICE Youth Expo prepare to attract about 4,500 middle and high school students to introduce them to local careers and better equip them for work expectations.

Wednesday marked the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and to show respect, the American Flag and Freedom Flag flew at half-mast at Halifax County High School.

ED-8 trustee Walter Potts will finish out 2019 as vice-chairman of the Halifax County School Board.

Starting in January, any Halifax County High School student who chooses to participate in extracurricular activities not required for graduation may be subject to a random drug test.

When the school board meets Monday night at 6:30 p.m. at Clays Mill Elementary School, school board members are slated to elect a new vice-chairman to fill the position left vacant when previous vice chairman Sandra Garner-Coleman became chairman following the sudden and unexpected resignati…

Halifax County Public Schools facilities review committee members visited Louisa County High School on Thursday to see the work of English Construction and Grimm + Parker, according to Scott Worner, interim director of secondary instruction.

Microsoft Corporation continued its investment in the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center (SVHEC) with a $200,000 donation to support an expansion of the SVHEC’s IT Academy. The donation, along with support from the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission, will allow SVHEC to expand t…

On the first day of school, Scottsburg Elementary students came with glitter, animals, heroic characters or colorful book bags filled with school supplies and lunch boxes. Buses and cars filled the parking lot with a line backed nearly to James D. Hagood Highway waiting a turn to enter the c…

Even though Superintendent Dr. Mark Lineburg has received word that all nine of the county schools will receive accreditation, there’s “always room for improvement,” he said Thursday.

Like others in the county, this was a transition year for second grader Karmeron Powell and fourth grader Jamius Chappell.

The decision of whether or not to drug test student athletes and students in clubs remains up in the air.

Francine Davis, former Halifax County Middle School seventh grade assistant principal, is moving to Sinai Elementary where she will serve as principal.

For moms, dads and grandparents who are helping children get ready for the first day of school, Misunderstood’s free back-to-school haircut event is a relief.

It is not yet time to receive public input on the design of Halifax County High School.

Nine of nine was the goal, and this school year Halifax County public schools achieved that goal, but it took the efforts of everyone in the school division to realize the accomplishment.

Halifax County School Board Chairman Joe Gasperini has resigned from the school board.

It was a day of camaraderie and collaboration as the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center (SVHEC) hosted a welcome reception for the region’s new community college presidents.

When the school board meets Monday night at 6:30 p.m. in the Mary Bethune Office Complex in Halifax, Dr. Scott Worner, interim director of secondary education, is expected to lead a facility discussion on the latest plans and proposals for Halifax County High School, while Jeff Davis, studen…

Wednesday is the first day of school in Halifax County, and students and parents took the opportunity to meet teachers and staff from both Halifax County High School and Halifax County Middle School during open houses at both schools on Thursday.

During their June meeting, the Danville Community College board selected its new leaders for the 2019-2020 fiscal year.

One of two transformers feeding Halifax County High School is currently being jumped by the other, according to Jeremy Slayton of media relations with Dominion Energy.

LIFE’s annual Back-to-School Supply Drive went off without a hitch Sunday afternoon when hundreds of children and their parents showed up at Edmunds Park for a day of fun.

Last week, Halifax County Public Schools welcomed 36 new teachers.

The long-awaited independent third party evaluation of a facility assessment and master plan study related to Halifax County High School received a thorough vetting at the board of supervisors meeting on Monday.

Halifax County High School business teacher Jocelyn Forest has become a proponent fighting for STEM everywhere after she was appointed by Governor Ralph Northam to the Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education Commission.

OWPR architectural firm is set to present a summary of an independent third party evaluation of a facility assessment and master plan study related to Halifax County High School performed by Moseley Architects at Monday night’s meeting of the Halifax County Board of Supervisors.