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CHS - A Note from Dr. Malone: Week of May 17, 2026

Posted Date: 05/17/26 (05:00 PM)
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BLACK KNIGHT NATION

Weekly News from Charlottesville High School

May 17, 2026

A Note from Dr. Malone

Dear Black Knights,

Our seniors' last day was Friday, and it was so special.

Several of our Link Crew student mentors led and facilitated a pep rally at Charlottesville Middle School to help prepare and excite our rising 9th graders for their transition to CHS.
Thank you to Mr. Jordan for supporting this plan. A special thank you also goes to CHS students Caja Edwards and Orianna Smith, who championed the idea, helped with the planning, and led the activities for this celebratory event.

At CHS, our seniors completed their final day with a beautiful walk through the halls, where they were cheered on and celebrated by the Black Knight Nation. This event was made possible by our senior SCA and staff sponsors, Rod Durrer and Pam Brown. It was a sweet, heartfelt event that will become a new tradition for CHS!

Lastly, as our seniors rehearse for their Wednesday graduation, they are invited to return to the CCS elementary schools they attended for an Elementary Graduation Walk, where they will be cheered on by the staff and students of their elementary alma maters.

I share these senior events with our entire community so we can all join in the culminating celebrations of our graduating class. These events are also shared to inspire ideas for our next graduating cohorts and to highlight how rewarding and special it is to reach this precious milestone with an entire community of families, students, and staff who believed in and motivated our Black Knights along the way.

To be sure, as we honor our senior graduates, we also know that all of our students are staying focused on completing the work in front of them for a successful end to the school year. We want all of our students to end the year with pride in their work and a sense of purpose as they look ahead to the new school year.

We are the Black Knight Nation!

CHS Celebrations

I Love the Knight Life!

CHS Urban Farming

From our Garden to our Kitchen

For the first time in an official capacity, the Charlottesville High School Urban Farming program is providing food that was grown in its garden for meals in the CHS school cafeteria. 

On Tuesday, May 12, teacher Peter Davis and students from his Urban Farming and Marketing II class successfully harvested lettuce from 52 individual plants in the garden in the CHS Urban Farm and delivered them to the school cafeteria. 

Nutritional professionals cleaned and prepared the lettuce on Wednesday morning and will serve the lettuce in its chef salads as part of this week’s nutritional offerings at CHS. 

“We are excited about this partnership and look forward to featuring lettuce grown by the Urban Farming class in the chef salads served at CHS,” said Charlottesville City Schools Nutrition Administrator Carlton L. Jones. “This collaboration gives students the opportunity to see locally grown produce incorporated directly into our school meals.”

Being able to provide fresh produce to the school cafeteria was a proud achievement for Davis and his Urban Farming students as they come to the end of the 2025-26 school year. 

“It’s been our goal for the past few years to create a garden-to-cafeteria model.” Davis said. “We’ve had to focus a lot on the infrastructure of the school farm recently, but we are now poised to grow large quantities of produce and are excited to start featuring it in the cafeteria.” 

Davis is excited about the new partnership that will see the CHS Urban Farming program provide fresh produce to the school as part of a growing garden-to-cafeteria model.

“We are hopeful that our Urban Farming program can help alleviate some of the pressure of creating healthy and fresh meals for our students on a limited budget,” Davis said. “You can't get any more fresh and local than in the backyard of this school and my students are excited to see the food that they have grown from seed served up in the cafeteria.”

Royal Recognitions

Nominate Your Favorite Staff for Honors

  1. Royal Recognitions: Dr. Gurley honors 1-2 staff each month with a school visit and $250 for the honoree to spend on school supplies. Find the nomination form here!

CHS Events

Upcoming School Events and Engagements

CHS Urban Farming

CHS Urban Farming is launching a new opportunity to help us keep our garden thriving this summer. Check out the attached flyer for our Adopt a Row program. We cannot emphasize enough how little gardening experience you need in order to help, how incredibly flexible the time required can be and especially how much help it will be to our school community! We would appreciate it if you would share this flyer with anyone else you think might be interested.

Please email davisp3@charlottesvilleschools.org have any questions or are interested in helping out!

CHS Graduation: Wednesday, May 20th - 7pm @ JPJ

The CHS Class of 2026 Graduation ceremony is Wednesday, May 20th @ 7pm. Graduates must arrive by 5:30pm (a change from 5:15pm).

Hosting graduation at the John Paul Jones Arena permits students the chance to extend the celebration of their success to family and friends.

CHS is so proud and excited to honor this graduating class!

AP African-American Studies Course - feedback needed

CCS is currently collecting community feedback on our textbook finalists for the new AP African American Studies course at CHS. To review these textbooks, please stop by the textbook table in the Division Annex (across from the baseball fields). If you have any questions about these textbooks or this process please contact Dr. Alicen Brown at browna3@charlottesvilleschools.org or by phone at 434-245-2826. 

Yearbooks are on Sale Now

Yearbooks Are On Sale! -
Families can place their order using this link: https://yearbookordercenter.com/job/26439. Senior families also have the opportunity to purchase a senior ad to celebrate their student in this year’s book using the same link.

CHS Daily Routines: Reminders

Please review the following routines and call the school with any questions

tutoring

After-school Tutoring and Buy-Back

After-school tutoring will only be held on Tuesdays this month.

The final after-school tutoring events will be on:
  • Tuesday, May 19th
CHS

Schedule and School Events

Here is the schedule for the remainder of the school year:

  • 18 Mon SINGLE Impact 1
  • 19 Tue OB Impact 2
  • 20 Wed EB Impact 3
  • 21 Thu SINGLE Impact 4
  • 22 Thu SINGLE Impact 5

  • 25 Mon No School
  • 26 Tue SINGLE Impact 6
  • 27 Wed OB Impact 7
  • 28 Thu EB CHS
  • 29 Fri Last Day- Early Dismissal

CHS PTO Information

25-26

Charlottesville High School PTO flyer detailing staff appreciation, school engagement, and student support initiatives.

PTO Information

Teacher appreciation

Thank you, PTO!

Thank you, CHS PTO, for your support and commitment to CHS!

You are difference-maker for our community and your belief in our school and our staff and students is deeply appreciated.

I look forward to a new year of collaboration and success!

Post-Secondary Newsletter and Updates

Updates from Mandi Gregory - CHS College Advisor

Scholarship and Financial Aid Updates

Please use this link to see updates on post-secondary college planning. Ms. Gregory provides updates on her availability for planning purposes, scholarship and financial aid resources, and information on upcoming events.

Access Ms. Gregory's newsletter here:

Nutrition Information

Monthly and Daily Menus

May 2026

CCS menus are published at the following site and each month's menu is published at least a week before the month begins.


CCS does not serve foods containing pork or peanuts.
Information and resources related to the CCS nutrition page can be found here.

Details on accessing the CCS Nutrition app option - including menu access - can be found in the link below: