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- May 20, 2024
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A Celebration of Gardens and Community at Hugh Mercer Elementary School

When Jay Snyder, principal of Hugh Mercer Elementary School in Fredericksburg City, entertains visitors to the school, one of the first things he wants to highlight is the garden. Not only because it’s beautiful, and not only because it presents students with so many educational opportunities, but because it’s an example of the power of […]

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- May 7, 2024
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Beginning to Plan for Three Elementary Schools in Fredericksburg

When the new middle school opens next year, the building that now houses Walker-Grant Middle School will be converted into a third elementary school. As work continues on Fredericksburg’s new middle school, division administrators are beginning to plan for the conversion of the current middle school into a third elementary school. The new $77 million, […]

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- April 18, 2024
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Lunch with the Boys in Bowties

Hugh Mercer Elementary School's Boys and Bowties club at lunch in downtown Fredericksburg this week.

Instead of lunch in the cafeteria on Wednesday, the members of Hugh Mercer Elementary’s Boys and Bowties after-school club enjoyed herbal tea-infused water, matar paneer, and a classic wedge salad at Katora Coffee in downtown Fredericksburg. “This is amazing,” said Lincoln Pretz, cutting into a slice of iceberg lettuce drizzled with balsamic reduction. Prior to […]

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