Desmond T. Doss Christian Academy just finished its annual Outdoor Education at Camp Blue Ridge in Montebello, Virginia. DTD lead out with five other schools and about 150 students and parents. It was a wonderful week of learning out in nature! Please follow and like us:
Desmond T. Doss Christian Academy’s 7th – 10th graders spent 3 days and 2 nights on board the USS Yorktown. The students walked in the steps of our country’s heroes while participating in the Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum’s camping program aboard the historic World War II aircraft...
Desmond T. Doss Christian Academy had another great season at Wintergreen Ski Resort. This was our 19th year of participating in Wintergreen’s Ski Program. Over those years hundreds of students have learned how to ski or snowboard and still enjoy it to this day. Many great memories have been...
The third and fourth graders got to visit Falwell Aviation to check out the airplanes up close during their study of Bessie Coleman, the first African American pilot. An extra bonus this day was watching a crop duster load up several times, along with some fabulous fly-bys done by...
Students from the 7th & 8th Grade class joined the class from Tree of Life at Jamestown to explore the archaeology that is changing the history books. The students were guided around the original settlement and explored the ground breaking archaeology being done there today. It was a fascinating...
Health Career Day is a program that offers an opportunity for middle school students to explore the exciting world of health and medical careers. Through age appropriate dynamic learning experiences and activities, our 7th & 8th grade students were exposed to various medical specialties and departments at CENTRA. CENTRA...
We had a wonderful trip to Tree of Life and Washington D.C. It was a great 2 day trip for our students and adult chaperones. Memories made, lessons learned, & friendships grown! Just what DTD is all about Please follow and like us:
On November 10, our 7th and 8th grade class took a field trip to the Lynchburg Museum. It is located in the old Court House. There, they learned about local history of the city of Lynchburg and the surrounding Central Virginia area. Our students each had paper and pen...
This past Veterans Day was an exciting time for students at Desmond T. Doss Christian Academy. Mr. Wright’s 9th & 10th graders volunteered at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia, as it got ready for its Veterans Day service. The students helped prepare the grounds for the upcoming...
On October 26-28th, the 7th and 8th graders of Desmond T. Doss Christian Academy attended camp at the Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center along with a group of students from Tree of Life. This camp offers an abundance of opportunities for students to learn hands-on about Virginia’s many natural resources. Their...
On Tuesday, November 8, 2016, the third and fourth graders of Desmond T. Doss Christian Academy visited the Avoca Museum, a prominent architectural landmark in the town of Altavista, Virginia, to learn about the Civil War, as well as about local history. In class earlier this year, we had...
On October 11, Mr. Cooper’s fifth- and sixth-grade class visited the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton, Virginia. The students got to see dwellings of some of America’s earliest immigrants. We learned about their lifestyles that were based on both habits formed in the lands they originally inhabited and necessary...
The 7th & 8th graders went to Medical Technologist School at Virginia Baptist Hospital. The Instructors from the MLT school gave the students an overview of what Medical Technologists do and the important role they play in patient care. Students were also shown various bacteria and parasites that might...
Mr. Cooper’s 5th and 6th grade class took a field trip to the Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville on Tuesday, September 20. The students learned a lot about geological, botanical, and animal life in Virginia. The day began with the class handling tools that Native Americans would...
The 5th & 6th graders had a wonderful trip to the Zoo in Asheboro, North Carolina. The students got to see all kinds of marsupials, gorillas (including one who played on the glass with the kids giving them a very unique experience), giraffes, elephants, and so many more. However,...