Veritas School:: A K-9 Classical Christian School in Richmond Virginia

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"To celebrate the joy of reading, Veritas Lower School students dress as their favorite characters from classic children's stories for Literature Day."

Veritas Students Take The National Latin Exam

Veritas Upper Schools students achieved very well on this year’s National Latin Exam, administered in early March. Mrs. Adrienne Timler’s 23 sixth and seventh grade students all took the Introductory level NLE. One student, Daniel Rainer, received a special certificate of merit because he answered every single question correctly! Fourteen of the other students at this level earned ribbons and certificates of Outstanding Achievement, meaning they were correct on 34 or more of the 40 questions on the exam. These students were: Kathryn Clikeman, Christa Schuping, Josh Luckenbaugh, Abby Whisler, Daniel Ivey, Rachel Watson, Hannah Augst, Davey Brown, Davis Harrison, Leah Vranas, John Booker, Delaney Turner, Luke Gregory, and Kari ...

ARTS Day at Veritas

Summer Allen (2nd grader) shows her mother the African mask she created in Art class.

What Is A Strategic Plan?

By Steve Diehl
Head of School

A strategic task force composed of all Veritas board members, administrative staff, and invited guests, gathered in a corporate board room on Friday night and Saturday morning to begin work on a Strategic Plan for 2007-2013. The sessions were led by Independent School Management’s Dr. Walker Buckalew. Dr. Buckalew calls any “plan” laid for the future based on unrealistic projections, cutting corners, or inadequate costing a “wish list”—not a plan. He led our group through ISM’s “stability markers”—research-based conclusions about the factors that increase a private-independent school’s viability—the probability that ...