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Eight Ways to Connect With Cville Schools This Weekend

Posted Date: 05/01/26 (11:47 AM)
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Eight Ways to Connect With Cville Schools This Weekend

BY JOHN SHIFFLETT | Charlottesville City Schools

The first weekend of May is shaping up to be an exciting one for Charlottesville City Schools. 

From Friday evening until Sunday night, the calendar is packed with a variety of events throughout the city that showcase our students and celebrate our community.
 

Friday, May 1

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ArtConnections Opening Celebration

Charlottesville City Schools’ ArtConnections Opening Celebration will take place on the Downtown Mall during Fridays After Five. As part of the celebration, the Charlottesville High School Jazz Band will perform at the Ting Pavilion at 5:30pm. There also will be a special student art projection. The presentation running time is about 15 minutes and will repeat throughout the Fridays After Five musical performances. Learn more about ArtConnections
 

Dogwood Track Classic

Fresh off of their strong performances at the VTCA Championships at Louisa County High School, members of the Charlottesville High School track and field team will compete in the 62nd annual Dogwood Track Classic on Friday and Saturday at UVA’s Lannigan Field. The prestigious meet features more than 2,500 athletes from nearly 200 different schools. See the full event schedule here.
Four young women in matching track uniforms smile together on a grassy field.
 
Poster for '9 to 5' musical presented by theatreCHS, featuring three women and a man tied to a chair.

9-to-5, The Musical

The Charlottesville High School Theatre Musical Ensemble will perform 9-to-5, The Musical on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Black Box Theatre. The Friday and Saturday performances begin at 7pm, while the Sunday show is a 2pm matinee. The production is student-directed by senior Olivia Colvin, who described the musical as “one of the most interesting combinations of comedy and personal insight in the musical theater landscape.”  Buy tickets
 

Saturday, May 2

Band On The Run 5K Run/Walk

Charlottesville High School hosts its 10th annual Band On The Run 5K/Walk at 8am on Saturday at the Curtis Elder track. It costs $30 to register for the race, which benefits the CHS Bands. You can register for the event here.
 
Three young women work together in a greenhouse, tending to seedlings.

CHS Urban Farming Plant Sale

The CHS Urban Farming program is holding its annual plant sale on Saturday morning from 9:30am-12:30pm at CHS next to the baseball field. Plant sale patrons can also tour the Urban Farm and meet the farm’s new flock of chickens. Learn more about the CHS Urban Farming and Marketing program
 

Aidan Peters Memorial Classic

The Charlottesville High School baseball team will compete in the third annual Aidan Peters Memorial Classic on Saturday at UVA’s Disharoon Park. The event is named in honor of CHS graduate Aidan Peters, who passed away in 2023 following a battle with cancer. The Black Knights will face Jefferson District rival Monticello at 10am in the first game of a doubleheader. Miller School and St. Anne’s-Belfield will meet in the second game of the event at 1pm. Admission is free but donations are encouraged. All proceeds go to benefit the Aidan’s Lights Project. 
 

Walker Farewell Party

Walker Upper Elementary School will host a farewell party on Saturday, May 2 from 11am until 2pm. Walker and Buford opened simultaneously in August 1966 as the two junior high schools in the city. This fall, 60 years later, Walker will be transformed into the Charlottesville Early Learning Center, as sixth-grade students move to Charlottesville Middle School and fifth-grade students head to CCS’s six elementary schools. The farewell party will include food, music, caricatures, a bounce house and much more. Students who attend the event must be accompanied by an adult. Members of the Walker community are invited to share their memories of the school at this link.
 

Sunday, May 3

CHS Band Spring Concert

The Charlottesville High School Band will hold its annual spring concert on Sunday at 6pm at the MLK Performance Arts Center. The band recently received superior ratings during the District 13 assessment.