In Your Schools - Nov. 30, 2009

ACHIEVEMENTS

Appomattox

- The following Appomattox Elementary School students were recently recognized as Reading Explorers on the Treasure Ship For Success:  Jonathan Hamlett, Xavier Alexander, Chase Coleman, Makayla Boyce, Mikayla Glover, Makari Ferguson, Marisol Ramos, Brianna Wright and Christopher Dodson.

Lynchburg

-  Linkhorne Middle School students collected 1,137 cans of food and more than $200 to buy turkeys for the needy.  The food will be distributed to the Lynchburg Area Food Bank, selected Linkhorne families and the Lynchburg Realtor’s Association Outreach Program.

- Heritage and E.C. Glass high schools raised $4,702 and purchased 488 turkeys for area families through the E.C. Glass vs. Heritage ‘Turkey Bowl’ football game held in October.

- The following William M. Bass Elementary School students were recently named ‘Terrific Kids’ by the Lynchburg Kiwanis Club: Chyara Moore, Deshawn Patterson, Damion Mosby, Airic Cook, Donyale Goode, Jakell Jones, Teyanna Scott, Lauryn Robertson, Hope Brooks, Harold Burton, Zoe Jones, Tyrese Slaughter, Emmett Anderson, Colby Davis, Camya Jones, Kristine Burley and Craig Harris.

- The following Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School for Innovation students had essays chosen for submission to the Patriot’s Pen Writing Contest sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States: Kamryn DeCarmo, Mina Holmes, Michael Baugher, Ayanna Screen, Gwen Oliveira, Diamond Rosser, Branden Ramirez, TaKoda Gallagher, Ana Hines, Zoe Edge, Dylan Worsham, Denario Rucker, Alex Gubay, Emily May, Nicole Rice and Adriana Poindexter.

- The following Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School for Innovation students were winners in the ‘Suspense Story Showdown’: Denayha Cotton, first, Aaron King, second, Tamera Edley, third, and Trevor Berryman, Amber Melton, Sabree Nguyen, Trevanna Berryman, Shadea Tanner and Taniyah Martin, honorable mention.

Private Schools

- The following Liberty Christian Academy Upper School students were recently named to the All-A Honor Roll for the first quarter:  Lance Anderson, Danielle Barnhart, Chloe Beisser, Trevor Bunting, Joseph Bunyard, Teagan Cooper, Emily DeWitt, Noah Elder, Calvin Fensterman, Kristen Gilbert, Virginia Hamlett, Mariah Hough, Grant Johnson, Jacob Johnson, Amanda Lyons, Caleb McKee, Jesse Miller, Hannah Morris, Emma Nash, Miranda Price, Hannah Quigg, Adalie Tchividjian, Emily Wilkerson, Tiffany Zeitler and Shelly Zimmerman, sixth grade; Isaac Altizer, Aliah Barnhart, Morgan Burggraf, Will Cheatwood, Holly Clay, William Collie, Taylor Collins, Cassidy Cropco, Carrington Crossland, Nicholas Cumby, Emily Drewry, Jessica Falwell, Rachel Falwell, Hayley Fleming, Micahel Humphreys, Christopher Johnson, Samuel Kappler, Jacob Knight, Kaylee Martin, Jami Maule, Megan Miller, Joshua Moon, Matthew Price, Benne Prillaman, Jennifer Rice, Jessica Roach, Deanna Rossman, Mandi Walton, Megan Walton, Bianca Wesbrook and Cevell Wright, seventh grade; Brooke Bentley, Annie Booth, Joshua Campo, Lindsey Clair, Zachary Clinton, Jansen Collins, John Davenport, Jonathan Falwell, Bethany Federico, Cassie Gagon, Rachel Haldren, Amelia Harrington, Stephen Hueber, Sarah Isaacson, Kaitlyn Jarman, Mikayla Jobe, Sungyu Kim, Jourdann Kirk, Brady Leffew, Lyndsey Lingenfelter, Glenna Manns, Elizabeth Martin, Cayla McHaney, Evan Meinke, Rachel Morris, Austin Morton, Timothy Murphy, Candace Padgett, Quentin Palmer, Dana Paulson,  Morgan Powell, Caroline Roberts, John Travis and Dillon Wright, eighth grade; Landon Anderson, Kathleen Barber, Micah Brickhill, Whitney Bryant, Whitney Burnette, Madison Clarke, Christy Conner, Jack Erdly, Ashley Eubank, Jennifer Garrett, Caleb Good, Nicole Hawkins, Morgan Horne, Raven Jefferson, Elizabeth Kappler, Dakota Kelly, Ha Young Kim, Saetbyeol Kim, Sun Gyeong Lee, Kristin Miller, Blake Papet, Nicole Pollard, Abigail Quigg, Laura Ray, Soh Hyun Son, Claire Thompson, Brittany Tyree, Keith Weisenstein and Falon White, ninth grade;  Wilkes Booth, Kathleen DeWitt, Mary Grace Falls, Trey Fisher, Rick Lee, Evan McDouall, Jin-Young Noh, Mit Eum Park, Courtney Powell, Rebecca Roberts and Bethany Singleton, 10th grade;  Da Sol Ahn, Lindsay Collins, Cassie Foster, Rachel Freyre, William Haley, Shannon Jamerson, Leata Laidlow, Jennifer Lieb, Frank Manns, Michael Maynard, Blake Meurrens, Sarah Quigg, Amy Rocco, Shinah Shin, Noelle Slater, Jaclyn Toews, Trey Tomlin, Joy Trost and Destiny Wilde, 11th grade; and Felicia Addato, Emily Dunbar, Heather Dunn, Whitney Fisher, Thomas Grabaskas, Andrew Haldren, Matthew Hamilton, Elizabeth Howard, Seongji Kim, Merrianne McLeod, Emily Peters, Myung Son, Brooke Van Name and Jessica Velastegui, 12th grade.

SCHOOL HAPPENINGS

Amherst County

Amherst Elementary School

- Dec. 3: Trim A Tree

- Dec. 4: Career Day, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Central Elementary School

- Dec. 1: Picture Retakes; Fourth- and Fifth-grade Musical, 6 p.m.

- Dec. 3: Fifth-grade field trip to Frontier Museum; Barnes and Noble Book Fair, 4 to 8 p.m. (bus provided)

Elon Elementary School

- Dec. 1: PTO Meeting, 6:30 p.m.

- Dec. 2: SCA Food Drive

- Dec. 3: Author Amy Allen visits fifth grade

- Dec. 5: Breakfast with Santa, 9 a.m.

Madison Heights Elementary School

- Dec. 1: Art EXTEND, 3:30 to 5 p.m.

- Dec. 2: Reading Theatre and Out of This World Math, 4 to 5 p.m.

- Dec. 3: Out of This World Reading, 4 to 5 p.m.

Pleasant View Elementary School

- Dec. 3: Winter Program and PTO, 6:45 p.m.

Temperance Elementary School

- Dec. 4: Social (TES students only), 6 to 8 p.m.

- Dec. 5: Breakfast with Santa, 8 to 10 a.m.

Amherst Middle School

- Dec. 4: Hip-Hop Holiday Dance, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Monelison Middle School

- Dec. 3: Girls and Boys Basketball Pictures, 3 p.m.

Amherst County High School

- Dec. 3: Winter Sports Pictures, 3 p.m; Parent/Teacher Conferences, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Bedford County

Forest Elementary School

- Dec. 1: Interim Reports issued

- Dec. 2: SCA Meeting

- Dec. 3: Holiday Chorus Program, 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.

- Dec. 4: School House Rock, 3 to 5 p.m.

- Dec. 8: Barnes and Noble School Celebration Night, 5 to 8 p.m.

Moneta Elementary School

- Dec. 1: Interim Reports issued

- Dec. 3: Book Fair begins

- Dec. 4: Movie Night

- Dec. 8: Community Musical Sing-A-Long (PTA)

Campbell County

Rustburg Middle School

- Dec. 8: Winter Chorus Concert

Lynchburg

Perrymont Elementary School

- Dec. 1-3: Afterschool Program for selected students in grades 3-5, 3:45 p.m.  (Reading on Tuesday, Writing on Wednesday and Math on Thursday)

- Dec. 1 and 3: Great Readers for selected first- and second-grade students,

- Dec. 3: Picture Makeup Day

- Dec. 4: Report Cards issued; Awards Assembly, 9:15 to 10 a.m. (grades pre-K-2) and 10 to 10:45 a.m. (grades 3-5); Holiday House Preview Day; Honor Roll Party, 2:45 p.m.

R.S. Payne Elementary School

- Dec. 3: Fine Arts Night Violin/Pop, 7 p.m.

- Dec. 4: Pre-K Story Show in the auditorium; Fifth-grade GO Geography Bee; Report Cards issued

Thomas C. Miller Elementary School for Innovation

- Dec. 1: Fifth-grade Dance, 3 to 4 p.m.; Show Choir, 3 to 4:15 p.m.

- Dec. 3: Fourth-grade Dance, 3 to 4 p.m.

- Dec. 4: Third-grade Dance, 3 to 4 p.m.

- Dec. 5: Lynchburg Christmas Parade

- Dec. 8: Winter Fanfare Rehearsal, 2 to 3:25 p.m.

- Dec. 9: SGA Meeting, 3:30 to 4:15 p.m.

E.C. Glass High School

- Dec. 8-12: ‘Flowers for Algernon,’ 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Studio Theatre. Tickets are $8 and are available through season tickets or one hour prior to the performance at the theatre box office. For more information, call 522-3712 or visit http://www.ecglasstheatre.org

Private Schools

Branches Academy

-  Today: Academy Mid-term Reports issued

Holy Cross Regional Catholic School

-  Today: School Advisory Board Meeting, 5 p.m.

-  Dec. 1: Morning Chapel Service, 7:40 a.m.

-  Dec. 2: Early dismissal at 1 p.m.

-  Dec. 3: Fall Sports Assembly, 2 p.m.

-  Dec. 4: Brown Envelopes sent home

-  Dec. 5: Santa’s Breakfast, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. (pancakes and photos with Santa); Christmas Bazaar, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

-  Dec. 6: Second Week of Advent

James River Day School

-  Today: Technology training for faculty/staff, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. School closed for students; Shadowing Opportunity for JRDS eighth-graders attending E.C. Glass in fall 2010.

-  Dec. 2: Coffee for sixth- and seventh-grade parents, 8:30 a.m. in the Taylor Media Center; Cardinal Buddies decorate ornaments, 1 p.m.

- Dec. 3: Kindergarten and First-grade Open House, noon to 6 p.m. in the Taylor Media Center; Middle School Music Concert, 1 p.m. in the Cafetorium; Hanging of the Greens, 1:45 p.m. (grades K-2), 2:15 p.m. (grades 3-5) and 2:45 p.m. (grades 6-8)

-  Dec. 4: Activities Period for grades 3-5, 1 p.m.; Second-graders build gingerbread houses, 1:30 p.m. in the Cafetorium

Liberty Christian Academy

-  Dec. 4: Pep Rally (assembly day schedule)

-  Dec. 7: LCA Choir and Band Concert, 7 p.m.

New Covenant Schools

- Dec. 2: Progress Reports issued

- Dec. 8: The Annual Service of Lessons and Carols, 7 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 200 Boston Ave. Students in the choir, band and strings ensemble will perfom. Childcare provided for children under age five. To register, call

847-8313. Rehearsal will be held at 8 a.m. on Dec. 8.

New Vista School

- Today: Classes resume

- Dec. 3: Sub Day

Virginia School of the Arts

- Dec. 12:  25th Anniversary Holiday Celebration, ‘In Perfect Harmony ... a medley in community spirit’ featuring the songs of Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa and the talents of the Virginia School of the Arts, Marcia Jones Thom, Peter Worford, Diamond Hill Baptist Church, Holy Cross Singing Angaels and members of the E.C. Glass Choral Department, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the E.C. Glass Auditorium. General admission is $10 and tickets can be purchased at the Virginia School of the Arts, Carolina Connection and Givens Books. For more information, call 847-8688 or visit http://www.vsaart.com