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Celebrating the 2024 Football Season

October 30, 2024

As the 2024 football season comes to a close, we celebrate the grit, commitment, and unforgettable achievements of Hargrave’s senior football players. Each of these remarkable young men has left an indelible mark on our team, whether through leadership on the field, resilience during tough games, or unwavering support for their teammates. Each senior has ... Read more

Leadership School Graduation 2024 Video

August 23, 2024

Convocation officially kicks off the 2024-2025 academic year, which culminates with the graduation of the 116th graduating class from Hargrave Military Academy.

2024 Commencement

May 23, 2024

Photos and Video from the 2024 Hargrave Commencement Ceremony.

Exciting Personnel Changes at Hargrave

December 4, 2023

We are thrilled to announce several key personnel changes at Hargrave, marking a significant step forward in our continuous pursuit of excellence. Wesley McClure: Assistant Head of School Mr. Wesley McClure, a distinguished educator with a rich background in boarding and military schools, will assume the role of Assistant Head of School. A graduate of ... Read more

Hargrave Participates in Averett Aviation Day

April 5, 2023

Hundreds gathered on Friday, March 17, for Averett University’s Department of Aeronautics’ annual Aviation Day. Held in an airplane hangar at Averett’s George J. Falk Flight Center at Danville Regional Airport, alumni, current students, prospective students and their families, aviation partners and University faculty and staff joined to kick off the day. Nearly 30 high school students ... Read more

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Hargrave Military Academy Earns Prestigious VAIS Accreditation

May 24, 2022

May 24, 2022 Hargrave Military Academy has earned full reaccreditation from the Virginia Association of Independent Schools (VAIS). Accreditation is a major event in the life of a school, providing validation that high standards are being met in all aspects of school operation.  The voluntary accreditation process is a rigorous undertaking involving a comprehensive self-study, ... Read more

Hargrave Graduation 2022

Graduation 2022

May 16, 2022

Eye of the Tiger 2022

April 12, 2022

At 0600 on Saturday, 2 April 2022, thirty-six Cadets reported to the track to begin the Eye of the Tiger (EoT) Challenge. The first event of EoT was the Physical Fitness Test consisting of a timed 1-mile run, a max set of pushups in 2 minutes, and a max set of crunches in 2 minutes. ... Read more

2021 Leadership School Graduation

August 18, 2021

The Leadership School course of instruction is designed to train the Cadets to lead their peers to success at Hargrave.  During the week-long Leadership School, the Cadets learned about leadership principles and traits, developing a training schedule, handling interpersonal issues, holding various leadership positions, conducting uniform and room inspections, leading physical fitness sessions, and how ... Read more

Congratulations, Hargrave Class of 2021!

May 18, 2021

Chatham, VA- On Friday, May 14, 2021, at three o’clock pm Hargrave held the 112th Commencement Ceremony for the Class of 2021. The 2021 graduating class consists of six honor graduates, twenty-one graduates, and one academic post-graduate. The senior class was awarded over $3 million in academic, athletic, and merit scholarships from colleges and universities ... Read more

Leadership Hand-Off

May 9, 2021

With great honor and pride, we are pleased to announce the new Battalion Commander, effective in the upcoming 2021-2022 school year, is Alexander Zinke!  While attending school in Massachusetts, Zinke was not satisfied with the learning environment. At the young age of 13, Zinke told his mother that he needed a change. With that in ... Read more

2020 Senior Awards

May 16, 2020

2020 Athletic Awards

May 12, 2020

Cadet Andrew Bolz

February Athlete of the Month

March 8, 2020

Andrew Bolz ’24, a native of Woodbridge, Virginia, entered Hargrave at the Semester break and immediately earned his stripes in the pool. Bolz bolstered an already impressive Hargrave Swim Team which finished second in Conference and sent a large number of swimmers to the State meet. Bolz was recognized as the VIC Coaches as the ... Read more

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Swim at State Swim Championships

February 23, 2020

The qualifying members of the Hargrave Swimming team took the trip to Christiansburg, VA, to compete in the VISAA State Swimming Championship over the weekend. Throughout a weekend of great competition, the Tigers emerged proud of their performance to cap off the 2019-2020 season. Hargrave placed 13th overall in the state (out of 45 teams that ... Read more

White is Naval Academy Bound

April 17, 2019

Cadet Kevin White has been a Hargrave student since the 8th grade. Now in his senior year, he has received appointments and acceptances to both the United States Military Academy (West Point) and The United States Naval Academy. Our Hargrave Family could not be more proud of him! He recently completed a preview weekend in ... Read more

Top Shooter in the State

February 26, 2019

Hargrave has the top shooter in the state in Chandler Wilkie who shot a score of 523. HMA is also proud of David Kiesnowski who finished 8th at State with a score of 481. Also scoring for HMA were Jackson Stewart with a 453 and AJ Thomas with a 442. Our other two competitors for ... Read more

Winning entries for the monthly Character Trait Poetry Contest

January 12, 2019

The Right Way Integrity is how you stand up for what is right. Even if other people put you down, you get back up for the fight. Integrity is being honest and doing things the right way. Even if no one has anything to say. Integrity is not trying to get a reward, or trying ... Read more

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