In Your Schools - May 11, 2009

ACHIEVEMENTS

Bedford

- Moneta Elementary School collected more than 600 items for the Bedford Humane Society through the school’s Cutest Pet Contest, sponsored by the Student Council Association. Mrs. Haywood’s kindergarten class won an ice cream party for donating the most items (126).  The following students brought in the most items and received a prize: Samantha Falls(58), Ashlynn Falls and Arlene Monsees (both 55), Morgan Collins (52), Dylan Scoggins-Nelson (32), Taylor Wiseman (26) and Chandler Warren and Tyler Wiseman (both 25). Benjamin Craft’s dog, Oscar, was named ‘Cutest Pet.’

Campbell

- The following Campbell County students were named first-place winners in the Campbell County Art Contest and represented the county in the Virginia School Boards Association Regional Forum Art Contest held on April 22: Rachel Ji and Spencer Murray, both of Brookville High School, and Grace Deal of Tomahawk Elementary School.  The following students were also named winners of the Campbell County Art Contest: Jamael Smith of Yellow Branch Elementary School, Kassidy Nester of Rustburg Middle School and Ame Davis of William Campbell Combined School, second place; Stella Kim of Tomahawk Elementary,  and Bria Barnwell and Kara Thurman, both of Altavista Combined School, third place; and Sydney Gunter of Leesville Road Elementary School, Jessi Lynn and Ashton Collins, both of Concord Elementary School, Thomas Dorsey, Katrina Younger and Samantha Maxey, all of William Campbell Combined School, Courtney Moore of Rustburg Middle School, Kristen Arthur, Amanda Blair and Justin Moss, all of Rustburg High School, Nicholette Jahnke of Altavista Combined School, and Holly Middaugh of Brookville High School, honorable mention. Art work will be displayed at Campbell County libraries through May 22.

Lynchburg

-E.C. Glass High School student Daron McDaniel served as a delegate to the 2009 All-Virginia Chorus held in April at Massaponax High School in Fredericksburg. McDaniel was the only Lynchburg-area student selected to participate in this event.

- Thomas C. Miller Elementary School for Innovation students Rhyan Reynolds and Da’Ahn Jones will have their art works featured in the 2009-2010 Epilepsy Foundation of Virginia Calendar. More than 900 entries from across the state were submitted to the 2009 ‘Use a Helmet, Prevent Epilepsy’ contest. Only 12 were selected for the calendar.

-E.C. Glass High School Foreign Language students recently delivered 14 baskets of decorated eggs to residents of Valley View, the Slagel Home, Guggenheimer, Carriage Hill and Avante. Also, during Foreign Language Week,  the following Spanish students read stories in Spanish to first-graders at Dearington Elementary School for Innovation: Jeremy Burke, Kate Garbarini, Lindsay Hitchcock, Jenni Knight, , Johnny Koes, Charlie Owen and Hannah Smith.

- E.C. Glass High School student John Petrey took second place in the state in the Senior Historical Papers category at Virginia History Day held in Williamsburg.

- The following Lynchburg elementary school students placed in the 24 Game Math Challenge competition held April 28 at E.C. Glass High School: Jaquell Watkins, first, Jalen Coleman, second, and Matthew Creasy, third, all of William M. Bass Elementary School; and Megan Brinkley of Sheffield Elementary School, fourth.

Private Schools

- The following New Vistas School students were named to the All-A Honor Roll for the six weeks grading period: Devon Ackerson, Cort Mays, Luke Turner and Ellie Shaughnessy.

- The following New Vistas School students were named Science Fair winners: Drew Dickerson, first place, and Sean Brown, second, Middle School, and Jordan Clark, first, and Ellie Shaugnessy, second, High School.

- The following Liberty Christian Academy Upper School students were named to the All-A Honor Roll for the third nine weeks: Lindsay Barber, Morgan Burggraf, Holly Clay, William Collie, Cassidy Cropco, Carrington Crossland, Nicholas Cumby, Emily Drewry, Jessica Falwell, Rachel Falwell, Andrew Guercia, Christopher Johnson, Samuel Kappler, Megan Miller, Emory Moore, Bennett Prillaman, Quinn Radka, Jennifer Rice, Jessica Roach, Jacob Robertson, Deanna Rossman and Mandi Walton, sixth grade;  Joshua Barrick, Joshua Campo, Kirk Carson, Lindsey Clair, Zachary Clinton, Jansen Collins, John Davenport, Brett Ehrman, Jonathan Falwell, Cassie Gagon, Allyson Gilbert, Rachel Haldren, Amelia Harrington, Rachel Harvey, Griffin Hughes, Kristin Kelly, Brady Leffew, Lyndon Lewis, Lyndsey Lingenfelter, Nicole Lommers, Glenna Manns, Elizabeth Martin, Felicity Martin, Evan Meinke, Christopher Moore, Rachel Morris, Timothy Murphy, Jessica Overstreet, Candace Padgett, Quentin Palmer, Dana Paulson, Morgan Powell, Caroline Roberts, Ted Simopoulos, Samuel Tatum and Dillon Wright, seventh grade;  Daphne Allen, Landon Anderson, Steven Atkinson, Kathleen Barber, Amanda Barrick, Whitney Burnette, Madison Clarke, Katherine DeSantis, Ashley Eubank, Logan Ford, Jennifer Garrett, Caleb Good, Nicole Hawkins, Morgan Horne, Jessica Jarvis, Michael Johnson, Elizabeth Kappler, Dakota Kelly, Kristin Kingery, Kristin Miller, Blake Papet, Abigail Quigg, Soh Hyun Son, Amber Taylor, Claire Thompson, Brittany Tyree and Julia Whitt, eighth grade; Isaac Abedzadeh, Kristina Cheatham, Kathleen Dewitt, Mary Grace Falls, Casey Ferguson, Trey Fisher, Kellie Glynn, Elizabeth Green, Lora Lieb, Evan McDouall, Bethany McGann, Casey MsGuire, Micayla Mckisic, Jin-Young Noh, Courtney Powell, Joy Quarmout, Rebecca Roberts, Alyssa Saffin, Emily Smith, Amy Verburg and Sara Warrender, ninth grade;  Da Sol Ahn, Kelsey Brooks, Lindsay Collins, Cassie Foster, Rachel Freyre, Casey Graybill, Anne-Marie Hancock, Shannon Jamerson, Leata Laidlow, Brandon Leffew, Jennifer Lieb, Frank Manns, Michael Maynard, Elly Meinke, Sarah Quigg, Lyndsie Ramsdell, Amy Rocco, Charles Scruggs, Trey Tomlin, Joy Trost and Jenee Whitt, 10th grade;  Joshua Cromwell, Michael Dixon, Thomas Grabaskas, Andrew Haldren, Seongji Kim, Merrianne McLeod, Samantha Peeples, Erik Radka, Michael Rocco, Sarida Smitthimedhin and Myung Son, 11th grade;  and Rebecca Brungard, Meghan Burggraf, Kaitlyn Evans, Amanda Falwell, Viktor Jankov, Abigail Kappler, Vrajesh Makhijani, Benjamin Manns, Sara Maynard, Brenda Ofori, Jennifer Pantoja, Daniel Quarmout, Kaelynn Queen, Zachary Quigg, Julia Saavedra, Rayna Toews, Jeremy Trost and Carissa Willmington, 12th grade.

- Virginia Episcopal School senior Connor Bell was one of two Virginia youth volunteers selected as a 2009 winner of The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program. Bell was honored for organizing the John H. Bell LiveStrong Jamboree, a community event featuring a 20K bike ride, a 5K run and a children’s tricycle parade. The event, held in honor of Bell’s father who was killed in a biking accident in 2007, raised more than $8,000 for the Lance Armstrong Foundation.  Bell received an engraved silver medallion and $1,000.

- The following James River Day School students scored above the national average score on the National Latin Exam: Philip Head and Sarah Hour, gold medal, summa cum laude, Amy Britton and Sydney Moon, silver medal, maxima cum laude, Paige Riley, magna cum laude, and Andrew Bolling, cum laude.

- James River Day School student Noell Cosby earned a bronze medal on the National Spanish Exam. Will Wojcikowski, Lauren Miller and James Scott earned honorable mention.

- The following Holy Cross Regional Catholic School students were inducted into the National Honor Societ y on April 30: William Loftus, Ches Bono, Mary King, Hannah Faidley, Natalie Pruitt, Peyton Howard, Nina Rezai and Carly Roy.

SCHOOL HAPPENINGS

Amherst County

-May 12 and 14: SOL Assessments at all Amherst County elementary schools

Madison Heights Elementary School

-May 12: PTA, 7 p.m.

Pleasant View Elementary School

-May 15: First-grade field trip

Amherst Middle School

-Today through May 15: SOL Assessments

Monelison Middle School

-Today through May 15: SOL Assessments

Amherst County High School

-Today: Band Concert, 7 p.m.

-May 12: Golden Tassel, 7 p.m.

-May 16: Prom, 8 p.m. to midnight at Sweet Briar College

Appomattox County

-May 14: CTE Advisory Committee Meeting, 11:30 a.m. at the Appomattox County High School Culinary Arts Department; Interim School Board Meeting, 3 p.m. at the School Administration Building

Appomattox Primary School

-May 12: Kindergarten Parent Orientation, 7 p.m.

Appomattox Elementary School

-May 12: PTO Executive Committee Meeting, 6:15 p.m.

Bedford County

Big Island Elementary School

-May 15: Mother’s Day Tea for kindergarten mothers, 2 p.m.

-May 18-26: SOL Testing

Forest Elementary School

wToday through May 23: SOL Testing for grades 3-5

-May 14: School Board Meeting with FES playground project presentation

-May 15: Applications due for SCA

-May 18: PTA Meeting, Fifth-grade Portfolio Night, 7 p.m.

-May 20: Kindergarten field trip

Huddleston Elementary School

-May 12: Reading SOLs for grades 3-5

-May 13: Reading SOLs for third and fifth grades

-May 14: Math SOL for fourth grade

-May 15: Science SOL for fifth grade

-May 19: Social Studies SOL for third grade; Math SOL for fifth grade

-May 20: Social Studies SOL for fourth grade

Moneta Elementary School

-May 12: Musical featuring pre-K, kindergarten and first-grade students, 7 p.m.

-May 15: 21st Century Grant Avalanche Baseball Family Trip

New London Academy

-Today: LaCaretta Night, 5 to 9 p.m. at Timberlake location

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School

-May 13: Kindergarten Orientation, 9 to 10 a.m.

-May 14-22: SOL Testing for grades 3-5

-May 15: Relay for Life at Liberty High School

Forest Middle School

-Today: PTA Meeting/Drama Club Performance, 7 p.m. in the cafeteria

-May 15: Relay for Life Club, 6 p.m. at Liberty High School

Lynchburg

Dearington Elementary School for Innovation

-May 14: SOL Testing begins

Thomas C. Miller Elementary School for Innovation

-May 12: Regional Science Fair at HHS

-May 13: Summer Learning Parent Workshop, 8:30 a.m.;

Kindergarten field trip to Camp Bethel, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

-May 14: History SOL for third grade; Fifth-grade DARE Graduation

-May 15: Science SOL for fifth grade

-May 19: Reading SOL (part 1) for third grade

-May 20: Reading SOL (part 2) for third grade

Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School for Innovation

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

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

E.C. Glass High School

-May 14: Free concert presented by the E.C. Glass Chamber Orchestra, 7 p.m. in the Marie Waller Lecture Hall at E.C. Glass. The public is welcome to attend.

-May 18-22: Mercy Care Council Used Book Sale, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall. Proceeds support the library and reading programs at the Mercy Care Centre School in Kenya.

- May 23:  Mercy Care Council Yard Sale,  8 a.m. to noon at E.C. Glass. Donations of clothes, books, jewelry, toys and household goods are being accepted through May 18 and can be dropped off in the ECG main office or bookstore. Contributions must be clean and in good repair.

Heritage High School

-May 12: Central Virginia Regional Science Challenge hosted by the Central Virginia Governor’s School, 4 to 7:15 p.m.

Private Schools

Appomattox Christian Academy

- May 13: Performance by Acoustic Eidelon, 12:45 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Chapel. Homeschool families are encouraged to attend the performance or join the student body for lunch prior to the performance. To reserve a spot, call the school office, 352-7373.

-May 14: Field trip to Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest

-May 18: Closing Exercises and Chapel Service, 7 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Chapel

-May 19: Last Day of School (special activities); The Greek Games

Blue Ridge Sudbury School

- May 12: Parent Information Session and Discussion, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Forest Public Library. Event is for parents interested in the Sudbury model of education. Children are welcome to attend. For more information, contact Trudy Phillips, administrator, 426-1866.

Holy Cross Regional Catholic School

- May 15: May Crowning, 2:15 p.m.

-May 15-17: Drama Production of ‘Grease,’ 7 p.m. on May 15 and 16 and 2 p.m. on May 17. All performances held at R.S. Payne Elementary School. To order tickets, call 847-5436.

James River Day School

-May 15: Field Day. To volunteer contact Alison Marshall or Betsy Brogan. Volunteers’ lunch orders due (with payment) by May 13. Make checks payable to JRDS.

- May 18: Parking Space Raffle Drawing. Raffle is for personal parking spaces for 2009-10 school year. Tickets are on sale at the front desk, $20 for one, $100 for six.

Liberty Christian Academy

- May 19: Tropical Paradise Gala Auction, 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Boonsboro Country Club. Event includes silent and vocal auction and buffet dinner. Tickets are $40 a person or $75 a couple and may be purchased in the Office of Academy Relations on a first-come, first-served basis. All proceeds support the new playground project. For more information, call the Office of Academy Relations, 832-2000.

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

-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

- May 12: Middle School Spring Music Concert, 7 p.m. in the courtyard. Band, strings and choir will perform.

-May 19: Upper School Music Concert, 7 p.m. in the courtyard

New Vistas School

- May 14: Sub Day

- May 15: Interim Reports issued

Timberlake Christian Schools

- Today: Booster Club Meeting, 7 p.m.

-May 12: Second-grade field trip to Seven Oaks Dairy Farm

-May 13: Early dismissal at noon; Teacher In-Service

-May 15: Awards Banquet, 6:30 p.m. in the TBC Ministry Center