Every year at StoneBridge, one student from grades 8th-12th grade is awarded a high academic honor exemplifying outstanding Christian scholarship and character. Find out the recipients for the 2025-2026 academic year.
There is a moment—fleeting, almost sacred—when the climber reaches the summit. The air is thin, the horizon stretches endlessly, and the labor of the ascent gives way to clarity. The world below appears small. In that moment, every voice around us seems to whisper the same conclusion: You have arrived. But the Christian must learn to hear differently. For the follower of Christ, the summit is never the end.
Seeing the incredible feats of history like the Statue of David, the Sistine Chapel, the Colosseum, or Brunelleschi’s Dome – pieces of history that have been on earth far longer than any of us – was quite an experience. These artists and architects were doing things no one else had even imagined. Even today, it astonishes us. It makes us wonder what could have inspired these men.
As Michigan natives who eventually moved to Virginia, we prayed deeply for a community to root ourselves in and raise our family. We were introduced to the StoneBridge School community in 2014, when we enrolled our oldest daughter in Pre-Kindergarten. More than a decade later, the daily habits formed from Kindergarten through high school have shaped our children and continue to strengthen our family…
For Landon Wells, SBS Class of 2021, faithfulness is not just something lived out on the soccer fields and basketball courts; it’s a daily commitment of investing in others. Serving as a coach across several SBS sports teams—primarily at the JJV level—Landon views coaching as more than just competition. It’s a calling.
For Tyler Thompson, high school graduation was more than a milestone; it marked the culmination of a 13-year journey shaped by faith, discipline, and the community around him. As the Class of 2025 valedictorian, his story offers a compelling picture of what it means to fully embody the “portrait of a graduate” at StoneBridge School.
