Hargrave News
Chatham Track Meet Champs
April 12, 2019
Our young men took part in a five-school meet (Gretna, Dan River, Chatham, and Galileo) at Chatham High School. At the end of the day we were able to come out on top! Below are the team results. Team Results Hargrave – 100 pts Galileo – 75 pts Gretna – 75 pts Dan River – ... Read more
Track finishes 2nd at Riverheads
April 12, 2019
The results have come and from Wednesday’s meet. Your Tigers finished 2nd out of four teams! This is an amazing accomplishment with some of the state’s best A and AA public schools in our area! Below are the team results: Riverheads – 74.50 pts Hargrave – 54.50 pts Parry McCluer – 40 pts Nelson County – ... Read more
Junior Retreat – Friday
April 11, 2019
The theme for our Junior Retreat was “This is the way. Walk ye in it”, which was reinforced with each activity throughout the weekend. We kicked off the retreat on Friday evening with a delicious dinner, during which our juniors started the process of getting to know the individuals in their group. Each group had ... Read more
Junior Retreat – Saturday
April 11, 2019
Saturday morning our juniors were served breakfast by the seniors, which the juniors absolutely loved! After breakfast, we packed up and headed out to Park Springs Camp in Providence, North Carolina. Once settled in at the camp, we had five team building challenges that ended with a canoe race. With the challenges complete, we gathered ... Read more
Leadership Lessons from the Man in Black
April 11, 2019
Spring Break is always a welcome time for students, staff and faculty. It is an opportunity to take a step back from the Hargrave grind and to get energized for the final 7 weeks of school. My wife, Sabina, surprised me with a trip to Nashville, TN, where we met 3 couples from our military ... Read more
Tigers Battle Blue Devils
April 10, 2019
Tiger wins were logged at #1 Singles (David Kiesnowski, Appleton, WI), #2 Singles Luke Atkins (Raleigh, NC), #1 Doubles (Kiesnowski and Max Eskew, Wilmington, NC) - shortened due to time issues, and #3 Doubles (David Chen, Chiang Mai, Thailand and Mason Rucker, Matthews, NC).
Featured Staff Don Haston
April 10, 2019
We are excited to welcome Don Haston back to campus as our Director of Facilities. Don is an alumnus, a former Hargrave Board Member and recently stepped down as the head of Haston General Contractors in Charlotte, North Carolina. “The Lord led me to give back to this school that gave so much to me.” ... Read more
Featured Faculty Scott Roach
April 2, 2019
Major Scott Roach is the Chair of our Social Studies Department and in his eighteen years at Hargrave has taught classes ranging from 7th Grade Math to AP Government. He started at Hargrave as an assistant baseball coach while teaching in the public school system. Soon he was on the Hargrave faculty and coaching basketball, ... Read more
Varsity Basketball Season Ends in Heartbreak
April 2, 2019
The 2018-2019 season ended in heartbreaking fashion on Wednesday night as the Hargrave Tigers fell to Virginia Episcopal School, 40-39, in the VISAA Division 2 State Tournament Elite Eight. The Tigers capped off the season with a 13-12 record. In the rubber match between Hargrave and Virginia Episcopal, both teams came into the game prepared, ... Read more
All Events on 3/21 Postponed Due To Weather
March 21, 2019
No make-up dates have been announced yet.
Featured Faculty Betsy Kent
March 19, 2019
One of our newest faculty members, Ms. Betsy Kent, is a Science instructor for our Center for Integrated Studies (CIS). She comes to Hargrave not from a traditional educational background, but from an industrial one; she was formerly a microbiologist with Nestle. Ms. Kent has taught at the college level and has led youth groups ... Read more
Eye of the Tiger
March 12, 2019
Running from Saturday afternoon until Sunday morning, Hargrave held its annual Eye of the Tiger Challenge. “This multi-skilled, 20-hour long event is designed to test each Cadet’s teamwork ability, physical and mental endurance, problem-solving skills, and Sisu (Norwegian for “grit”). It is not designed for every Cadet to pass, but for every Cadet to attempt.” ... Read more
Military Ball
March 12, 2019
The highlight of the night, as always, was the Promenade and the announcing of the King and Queen of the Ball. The 2nd Runner Up: Cadet Hosny Makhlouf and his date Molly Beasly The 1st Runner Up: Cadet Alex Velazquez and his date Raquel Capote The King and Queen of the Ball: Cadet Chad Demarest ... Read more
Cadets Run our Instagram Story
March 12, 2019
Using social media as a method of communication, I was able to share the Hargrave experience with family, friends, current and prospective Cadets, and alumni. Recently, I have posted on our Instagram Story “Cadet Life: An Instagram Journey” to involve our audience in a unique experience: for alumni, it was essentially a reminiscence; for family ... Read more
Featured Staff Barbara Loney
March 10, 2019
Ms. Barbara Loney has been the Operations Clerk and Transportation Coordinator at Hargrave for fourteen years but for the Cadets she is so much more. When she first came to Hargrave she did not know what to expect from the Cadets or the military staff. She remembers being nervous coming up the stairs. It did ... Read more
Military School Band Festival
March 5, 2019
Eight of our Cadets have returned from the 43rd annual Military School Band and Choir Festival hosted at the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, New Mexico. It was an intense three-day festival where our Cadets worked with 140 other Cadets from ten military schools from around the nation. They received musical instruction from several ... Read more
Tigers’ Season Ends in Heartbreak
February 28, 2019
The 2018-2019 season ended in heartbreaking fashion on Wednesday night as the Hargrave Tigers fell to Virginia Episcopal School, 40-39, in the VISAA Division 2 State Tournament Elite Eight.
Hargrave Advances to Third Straight VISAA D2 Elite Eight
February 27, 2019
The Hargrave Tigers emerged victorious on Tuesday evening as they defeated Nansemond-Suffolk Academy, 64-57, in Walter Davis Gymnasium.
Featured Staff – William McCaskey
February 26, 2019
Delta Company is made up of our 7-9th graders and their company leadership. Delta is the reigning Honor Company in our Corps. Captain McCaskey is one of the Delta Company TAC Officers and he attributes their successes to their outstanding Cadet leadership and great Cadets. “Our Cadet leadership taught them well and then the Cadets ... Read more