Plaza Middle Leslie Ittner Drew Midgette Laura Purvis Love these new inductees!!!! 💙🧡

🩷WICKED💚 Spring Chorus Concert exceeded all of our expectations! Our students shined brightly as their proud families & friends cheered them on! Bravo!🤩👏🥰

⭐️Mr. Seidel⭐️ makes a difference at Plaza! We appreciate all he does on our security team and as our transportation coordinator! #IBUnited

The stars have appeared…8th graders are soon moving up! Most to VBCPS high schools, some to private schools, and some to new states, but Plaza Middle has prepared them all for this next phase 🧡💙

I love how proud our students are to see their stars go up on the wall! 🌟Such a beautiful representation of the bright future of these amazing 8th graders. ❤️

It was so great to have Drew Midgette with this group that I ❤️very much! I loved hearing about how their perspectives have changed about school after serving as a voice for others. ☀️

Who makes a difference? Mr. Hogan makes a difference! His students say he always listens and is willing to help with anything they need. Thank you, Mr. Hogan! 🧡💙

We are so very proud of our School Volunteer of the Year, Heather DeLaCruz! Heather’s fingerprints are on all Plaza PTA things — from meetings, to dances, to events, to monitoring, to selling tickets… she’s there! We appreciate & her impact does not go unnoticed. 🧡💙

🎻Music to our ears!👂Our 6th, 7th, & 8th grade Orchestra students under the beautiful direction of Ms. McGhee shined so bright tonight! 🎼

💙Plaza Proud🧡of our Boys and Girls Track teams & their coaches! Our Girls are City Track Runners 🏃‍♂️Up and we couldn’t be more proud!🏅🏆 Thank you to Coach Sharon Sawyer for 33 years of coaching GREATNESS. 😍 We❤️you!

Mrs. Sawyer is irreplaceable, and she leaves a lasting legacy! We will miss her so much. 🫶🏻

It was our final IB Learner of the month celebration on Monday, so we celebrated 2 attributes: knowledgeable & reflective! A great group of Ss represented these two traits Plaza Middle Thank you as always Nothing Bundt Cakes for student coupons! Leslie Ittner

Plaza 💙proud🧡of our amazing music teachers for being recognized as a Blue Ribbon School for outstanding accomplishments in Band, Chorus, and Orchestra! We are so proud of you and our students! 👏

Our music teachers deserve high praise for the beautiful work they do with our students! Thank you for creating a place where all of our students have a role & can feel successful. Terrific! 👏

Last Plaza Middle AVID field trip of the year💙🧡8th grade AVID visited Virginia Wesleyan University yesterday! It was a beautiful day for a field trip☀️ Thank you Virginia Wesleyan Athletics 💙🩶🤍

So much to celebrate with our 💚Green Run💙graduates today & their final 🧑‍🎓 walk through Plaza Middle School! Congratulations 🎉 and best wishes to each of you in your bright future! 🌟

Ms. Alicia Lucy makes a big difference at Plaza MS 🎉 She navigates her unknowns by asking for help & having the courage to try new things in the classroom. 💛 Ms. Lucy is an asset to our school and to education in general!

Today we said “see you later” to an icon, the sunshine ☀️of Plaza, the heartbeat & soul of our team, Mrs. Beth Wydra! 🌻 Beth, there are no words to describe your impact on students, staff, and families over the past 13 years. THANK YOU 🌟 and best wishes on your next adventure!

After 15 years leading OLHS, we’re grateful to Dr. Claire Le Blanc for her heart, vision, and unwavering dedication to our Dolphin community. You’ve shaped countless lives and left a legacy of “people first.” Wishing you joy in retirement - you’ve earned it! #ThankYouDrLeBlanc 🐬