D.C. Virgo Preparatory Academy

D.C. Virgo Preparatory Academy D.C. Virgo

D.C. Virgo Preparatory Academy is not your ordinary K-8 school!

It’s a community of partners who help serve the whole child. Our experienced and well-qualified teaching staff is committed to student success, and we have a support system like no other in town.

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“If you’re thinking about something different and outside the box for your children and you want them nurtured and taken care of – and pushed – to make sure that they do the best in operating excellence: DCVPA.” – Brandon “Bigg B” Hickman

Virgo Legacy Day Celebration

On October 24, students at D.C. Virgo celebrated 60 years honoring their namesake, David Clarke Virgo, during the school’s first Legacy Day!

Virgo Legacy Day: Special Guests

Women from UNCW’s basketball team joined the celebration. They shared their stories and encouraged students to give their all, try new things, listen to their supporters, have fun and keep going, and always be kind.

Virgo Legacy Day: Student Celebration

During the morning meeting, members of UNCW Women’s Basketball team joined students to celebrate the traits of perseverance and forgiveness.

UNCW's Women's basketball team and DC Virgo students

Virgo Legacy Day: Tree Planting Ceremony

A highlight of the day was a ceremony featuring the planting of a southern live oak in the field behind the school with the Alliance for Cape Fear Trees — a living tribute to David Clarke Virgo’s enduring influence.

Virgo Legacy Day: Alumni Speaker

Jackye Robbins, a member of the school’s inaugural 1965 class, spoke about David Clarke Virgo’s legacy — “a legacy that continues to shape lives, inspire futures and uplift our community.”

Virgo Legacy Day: Student Speaker

Trinity Bordeaux, an eighth-grade student representative, also spoke at the ceremony, where she read her report on David Clark Virgo’s life, legacy and service.

Virgo Legacy Day: Inspiring Words from Principal Glover

Virgo Principal Chris Glover brought D.C. Virgo’s legacy home to students, encouraging them to think about what they can do to make a difference in the lives of others.

Virgo Legacy Day: Community Service

In the afternoon, Virgo students completed community service projects at Dorothy B. Johnson Pre-K Center, DREAMS Center for Arts Education, and Warner Temple AME Zion Church.

Virgo Legacy Day: Community Service

For their community service project, Virgo fourth graders painted a “Hungry Caterpillar” walkway at Dorothy B. Johnson Pre-K Center.

Virgo students painting a "Hungry Caterpillar"

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WHERE FAMILIES COME TO SCHOOL TOGETHER

For nearly 60 years, D.C. Virgo has educated Wilmington students, served area families and strengthened this community we call home. Today, our school represents two powerful forces – innovation in education and community partnership – joining together to better serve a new generation of students.

Together with our partners at UNCW’s Watson College of Education and New Hanover County Schools, we’ve created a year-round school uniquely designed to serve students, their families and our broader community.

We offer action-based engagement, where movement and learning go together, along with many athletic and academic enrichment opportunities.

Opportunities abound at DC Virgo

D.C. Virgo Preparatory Academy students learn more about water conservation and the animal communities that thrive in the world's oceans at UNCW’s Center for Marine Science.

The D.C. Virgo girls’ basketball team celebrate a score during a game with the Williston Middle School Tigers.

At D.C. Virgo’s community garden, students get hands-on experience with a variety of plants.

A D.C. Virgo student tests out a virtual reality game in the Makerspace at UNCW’s UNCW Library.

Students check out a bin full of trash plastic as part of the JUST US project which focuses on environmental justice, reducing the use of plastics and using non-recyclable plastics to make art. The curricular component is titled The Trouble with Turtles.

Duke Energy provided kits that included 11 activities and materials for 200 participants at D.C. Virgo’s Science Night.

UNCW mascot Sammy C. Hawk greets D.C. Virgo students returning for their first day of school at the academy.

UNCW's Office of the Arts coordinated a grant-funded project – the Hip Hop Collective - to create a trauma-informed, resiliency-focused, hip-hop curriculum for seventh and eighth graders at D.C. Virgo Preparatory Academy.

D.C. Virgo students gather to hear UNCW faculty, students, staff and community read passages from books by African American or Black authors at the academy’s annual African American Read-In.

D.C. Virgo second graders enjoy plein-air painting on a sunny spring day.

“Always a Seahawk, “ D.C. Virgo students attend a UNCW women’s basketball game. D.C. Virgo is a partnership between the university and New Hanover County Schools.