Alleghany Highlands Public Schools

Claire McGraw, a seventh-grade student at Covington Middle School, has been accepted to the Appalachian STEM Academy at Oak Ridge in Tennessee, a highly competitive summer program that selects only two middle school students from each of the 13 Appalachian states.

Alleghany High School has named Joowon Chung as valedictorian for the Class of 2026 and Ezekiel Saville as salutatorian.

Derek Cantrell, principal of Alleghany High School and the 2026 Outstanding High School Principal of Virginia, has published a new book titled “Better Together: Building One School, One Culture, and One Community from Two Rivals.”

Under the Whole Milk Act, whole unflavored milk is being offered by AHPS during lunch as part of the National Nutrition Month celebration in March.

LOW MOOR — This February, Alleghany Highlands Public Schools is celebrating School Board Appreciation Month, joining communities across Virginia in honoring elected and appointed school board members who champion public education every day.

LOW MOOR — Fifteen Alleghany High School students are taking second- or third-level courses in two different career-preparation programs at Jackson River Technical Center, thanks to scheduling flexibility and student initiative.

The month of February is nationally and locally recognized as Career and Technical Education Month, and Jackson River Technical Center continues to celebrate over 50 years in operation as an educational institution serving the Alleghany Highlands as a hub of workforce training within the public schools and adult sectors.

Fifteen Alleghany High School students are taking second- or third-level courses in two different career-preparation programs at Jackson River Technical Center, thanks to scheduling flexibility and student initiative.

Alleghany Highlands Public Schools announces several updates to the 2025-2026 academic calendar following action by the school board.

Alleghany Highlands Public Schools’ High School Principal Derek Cantrell has been named the 2026 Outstanding High School Principal of Virginia by a panel of principals and superintendents representing the Principal Awards Committee of the Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals