In Your Schools - March 16, 2009

ACHIEVEMENTS

Appomattox

-  Appomattox County High School student Amanda Dolan was recently honored for her volunteer service with a state-level Certificate of Excellence from The 2009 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program and a President’s Volunteer Service Award from the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation.  Dolan volunteers with the following groups: 4-H Camp, Relay for Life, Appomattox Chamber of Commerce, Lions Club, summer fishing camp and children’s church. She is also the captain of the marching band’s color guard, a member of the National Honor Society and has lettered academically and in sports.

-  The following Appomattox Elementary School students were recognized recently on the Reading Safari:  Timothy McConville, Tywan Haskins, Tristan Hensley, Hailey Crist, Jaime Smith, Trenton Richardson, Dakota Roach, Dareal Jackson, Michael Mays, Deontre Walker, Avery Mundy, Zane McCoy, Tyler Bohannon, Chase Mayberry, Michelle Childress, India Graves and Dre Perkins.

Bedford

-  Otter River Elementary School teacher Kristin Witt recently received a $600 grant from the Bedford Area Educational Foundation. The money will be used to purchase a document camera for Witt’s classroom.

-  The Jefferson Forest High School’s Advanced Symphonic Band received its eighth consecutive unanimous ‘Superior’ rating in Grade 6 at the District Band and Orchestra Festival held recently at E.C. Glass High School.

-  Jefferson Forest High School band member Andrea Gingrich was named to the All-State Band during auditions held recently at James Madison University. Gingrich plays the oboe.

-  Thomas Jefferson Elementary School’s Math-a-Thon raised more than $5,300 in February for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital cancer research. The top four fundraisers were Sam Owen ($376), Ellie Hill ($350), Houston Crowder ($307) and Tucker Morehead ($301).

-  Thomas Jefferson Elementary School’s Jump Rope for Heart raised more than $8,300 in February. The top five fundraisers were Madilyn Tucker ($325), Alex Johnson ($260), Erin Toney ($225), Logan Fifer ($205) and Kerry Sendrick ($176). The top five classes were Tibbs ($1,307), Springer ($764), Provost, ($650), Parece ($614) and Mountcastle ($547).

Private Schools

-  Holy Cross Regional Catholic School students William Loftus and Nina Rezai earned third place in the National Catholic Forensic League’s State Tournament. They will advance to the national tournament to be held in Albany, N.Y.

SCHOOL HAPPENINGS

Amherst County

-  Elon Ruritan Club will be granting two college scholarships to area seniors.  Applications are due March 27 and may be obtained from the guidance counselors office at Amherst County High School or by calling Henry Allen at 384-1670.  Public, private and homeschooled students are encouraged to apply and will be judged based on grades, extracurricular activities, volunteer efforts and character references.

Amelon Elementary School

- March 17: St. Patrick’s Day Program

Madison Heights Elementary School

- Today: Spring Pictures

- March 20: Good Citizen Assembly

Pleasant View Elementary School

- March 17 and 19: Girls on the Run, 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Temperance Elementary School

- March 17: Spring Pictures, 1 p.m.

- March 18: Author Ginger Clark visits

Amherst Middle School

- March 19: Fifth-grade Visitation

Monelison Middle School

- March 19: Fifth-grade Visitation

Appomattox County

Appomattox Primary School

- Today: PTO Meeting with performance by first-graders, 7 p.m.

Appomattox Elementary School

- March 17: PTO Meeting with performance by third-graders, 7 p.m.

Bedford County

Forest Elementary School

- Today: Fifth-graders tour FMS, 9:15 a.m.; PTA Board Meeting, 7 p.m.

- March 17: Talent Show Rehearsal, 6 p.m.

- March 19: Spring Pictures

- March 20: Talent Show, 9 a.m., 1:15 p.m. and 6 p.m.

- Through March 27: Humane Society Collection

Huddleston Elementary School

- March 19: PTA Program featuring fourth- and fifth-grade students

- March 24: Spring Pictures

Moneta Elementary School

- March 17: PTA/Bill Wellington Odyssey of the Mind performance

- March 24: Math Night

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School

- Today: Second Interim Reports issued

- March 18: Principal’s Coffee, 8:30 a.m.; Spring Pictures

- March 25: Theatre IV, ‘Songs from the Soul,’ for fifth-graders; Leadership Team, 3:20 p.m.

Bedford Middle School

- March 23: PTA Meeting, 7 p.m.

Forest Middle School

- March 17: Second Interim Reports issued; Parent Meeting for rising sixth-graders, 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria

Jefferson Forest High School

- March 17: Seventh-week Interim Reports issued

- March 19: Club Day

- March 21: Region III Debate Tournament, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at JFHS

Lynchburg

Dearington Elementary School for Innovation

- Today: SGA Members Meeting, 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. (parents are responsible for transportation home)

- March 17, 19 and 24: Alpha Tutorial, 8 a.m.

Perrymont Elementary School

- Today: Second-grade field trip to Maier Museum, noon

- March 17: Tornado Drill, 9:45 a.m.

- March 17 and 19: Great Readers for selected first- and second-grade students, 3:30 to 4:15 p.m.

- March 17-19: Leaping into Literacy for selected students in grades 3-5, 3:30 to 5 p.m.

- March 19: Awards Assembly, 9:15 to 10 a.m. (grades pre-K-2) and 10 to 10:45 a.m. (grades 3-5); Accelerated Reading Celebration; report cards issued; Spirit Day

Thomas C. Miller Elementary School for Innovation

- Today: Tar Wars for fifth-graders, 2 to 2:45 p.m.

- Today and March 17, 23 and 24: English/Reading Afterschool Program, 3:45 to 4:45 p.m.

- March 17 and 24: Fifth-grade Rangers, 2:15 to 3:15 p.m.

- March 18 and 25: Dance, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

- March 18, 19 and 25: Ace-It! Program, 3:45 to 4:45 p.m.

- March 19: ‘Go Fish’ play performance featuring K/1 students, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.

- March 23: ‘Hit the Books’ Assembly, 2:30 p.m.

Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School for Innovation

- Mondays: DMS Show Choir practice, 3 to 4:15 p.m. in room C108; Sign Language Club, 3 to 4:30 p.m.

- Fridays: Bible Club, 3 to 4 p.m. in room M101

Private Schools

James River Day School

- March 18: Jeans Day for teachers

- March 21: Lucky Day 5K. Registration forms available at http://www.jamesriverdayschool.org. Race proceeds benefit the Jubilee Family Development Center and JRDS Athletics.

- March 23-27: SGA Spirit Week

Holy Cross Regional Catholic School

- Today through March 20: Scholastic Book Fair

- March 17: Feast of St. Patrick

- March 20: Early dismissal at noon; end of third quarter

- Holy Cross School is offering summer camps and summer day care. All parish families are welcome. For more information, call Pat at 847-5436.

- Holy Cross is now registering new and returning students for Fall 2009 enrollment in grades pre-K through 12.

Liberty Christian Academy

- Wednesdays: Moms in Prayer, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the LCA Cafeteria Annex. For more information, contact Mary Hensley.

- The Used Uniform Store is open on Tuesdays from 7:30 to 9 a.m. and on Thursdays from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the LCA Cafeteria Annex.

New Covenant Schools

-  Today through March 20: Spring Break

-  March 23: Classes resume

-  March 24: Pizza kit/cookie dough delivery

Timberlake Christian Schools

- Through March 18: Seniors on missions trip to Romania

- March 19: Elementary Art Fair, 3 to 5:30 p.m. in the new gym

- March 20: End of third nine weeks