In Your Schools - Nov. 9, 2009

ACHIEVEMENTS

Appomattox

-  The following Appomattox Elementary School students were recognized recently as Reading Explorers on the Treasure Ship for Success: Mikalia Bagby, Elizabeth Moore, Temia Pennix, Madelyn Driskill, Dylan Kidd, Austin Robertson, Lauryn Foster, Jaden Fitch, Mark Applewhite, Ashleigh Maxwell, Michael Spangler, Juliana Ayers, William Huffman, Amy Jackson, Cameron Jackson, Devin Chandler, Delaney Henderson, Randall Mayberry, Tamiah Robertson, Curtis Brown, Alexis Dolan, Blake Johnson, Monica Nash, Maria Arriaga, Cody Drinkard, Frieda Fitch, Austin Richardson, Deontre Walker, Corey Mayberry, Jonathan Watson, Catherine Haggerty and Bridgett Mayberry.

Bedford

-  The following Moneta Elementary School students were named to the All-A Honor Roll for the first nine weeks: Kelly Richardson, Shannon Richardson, Rachel Bishop, Paul Brunell and Archer Merritt, fourth grade; and Dreston Hawthorne and John Kuczmarski, fifth grade.

-  The following Body Camp Elementary School students were named to the All-A Honor Roll for the first nine weeks: Abigail Adkins, Faith Ashman, Virginia Ausband, Dorian Delaney, River Hughes, Grayson Overstreet, Austin Stump, Alyssa Tuck and Kailee Tuck.

Nelson County

-  The Nelson County High School FFA team placed sixth out of 42 teams in the National FFA Farm Business Management Career Development Event held recently in Indianapolis. NCHS student David McCann was named the top individual in the contest. The following team members earned gold medals in the competition: Jonathan Britts, Rebecca Carter and David McCann. Sergio Sanchez earned a silver medal.

SCHOOL HAPPENINGS

Amherst County

Amherst Elementary School

- Nov. 11: Veterans’ Day Activies

Elon Elementary School

- Nov. 14: 5K Turkey Trot Run, 9 a.m.

Madison Heights Elementary School

- Today: FAST, 5:30 to 8 p.m.

- Today through Nov. 13: Book Fair

- Nov. 12: Jamestown-Yorktown Presentation for second- and fourth-graders

Temperance Elementary School

- Nov.10: DARE for fourth-graders

- Nov. 11: 4-H for fourth- and fifth-graders

- Nov. 13: Picture makeups

Amherst Middle School

- Nov.10: Eighth-grade College Day

- Nov. 12: Fall sports awards, 6:30 p.m.

Appomattox County

- Nov. 11: All Appomattox County public schools closed for the Veterans Day Holiday.

- Nov. 12: Interim School Board Meeting, 5:30 p.m. at the School Administration Building

Appomattox Elementary School

- Nov. 10: AES PTO Executive Committee Meeting, 6:15 p.m.; AES PTO Meeting, 7 p.m.

Bedford County

Forest Elementary School

- Nov. 11: Second-grade field trip to Natural Bridge; Flag-raising Ceremony and Veterans Day Lunch

- Nov. 16: Book Fair begins; PTA Board Meeting, 7 p.m. in the library

- Nov. 17: PTA Reflections Contest Rec eption, 7 p.m. in the cafeteria

Huddleston Elementary School

- Nov. 10: Fall Picture Make-up Day; PTA Meeting, 7 p.m.

- Nov. 12: Math/Reading Night, 6 p.m.

Moneta Elementary School

- Today: Make-up pictures

- Nov. 10: Reading night, 7 p.m.

- Nov. 18: Ident-A-Kid pictures

Jefferson Forest High School

- Nov. 11: Senior graduation orders taken all day in the JF Auditorium

- Nov. 12: Blood Drive sponsored by JF Key Club, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the auxiliary gym

- Nov. 17: Jefferson Forest National Honor Society Induction Ceremony, 7:30 p.m. in the JF Auditorium. A reception will follow the ceremony.

Campbell County

- Nov. 10: ‘Partners for Safe Teen Driving’ Program, 6 p.m. at Rustburg High School. Program is for Campbell County 10th-graders and their parents.

-  Nov. 17: End of the second six weeks

Rustburg Middle School

- Through Nov. 24: Canned food drive sponsored by the SCA. Admission to the faculty vs. eighth-grade football game on Nov. 24 will be one canned food item per student. All food will be given to Rural Emergency Assistance Program. Breakfast will be served to the homeroom collecting the most canned food.

- Rustburg Middle School T-shirts are on sale in the main office. Youth sizes (white), $8; adult sizes (red), $10

- RMS is collecting the following items during the school year: General Mills Box Tops, drink tabs for the Ronald McDonald House Charities and used postage stamps. Give these items to homeroom teachers.

Brookville High School

- BHS is competing with Rustburg High School to see which school can collect the most donations through their canned food drives. Cash donations are also accepted (50 cents = one can). For more information, contact Misty Elmore at .

Lynchburg

Perrymont Elementary School

- Nov. 10-12: Afterschool Program for selected students in grades 3-5 (Reading on Tuesday, Writing on Wednesday, Math on Thursday)

- Nov. 10 and 12: Great Readers for selected students in first and second grades

- Nov. 13: Fourth-grade field trip to Lynchburg Museum, 9 to 11:30 a.m.

R.S. Payne Elementary School

- Today: Fifth-grade field trip to Maier Museum, 12:30 p.m.

- Nov. 10: Dental Clinic for kindergarten and first-grade students, 9:30 a.m.; Lynchburg Morning Rotary Club presents dictionaries to third-graders, 1 p.m.

- Nov. 11: Picture retakes; Dental Clinic for students in first and second grades, 9:30 a.m.

- Nov. 12: Dental Clinic for students in second and third grades; fifth-grade GO Center field trip to Maier Museum, noon; Family Fun & Fitness Night, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

- Nov. 13: Career Fair

- Nov. 16: American Education Week Assembly Kick-off with Mayor Joan Foster, 9:30 a.m.

- Nov. 17: Invite Your Parents/ Grandparents to School Day; Dental Clinic for students in fourth and fifth grades

- Nov. 18: Student Educator for the Day

Thomas C. Miller Elementary School for Innovation

- Today: SGA Election Assembly, 9:30 a.m.; Play Rehearsal, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

- Today and Nov. 16: Boys’ Dance, 3 to 3:30 p.m.

- Nov. 10: Parent workshop, 11:30 a.m.; SGA Installation Ceremony, 1:30 p.m.

- Nov. 10 and 17: Fifth Girls’ Dance, 3 to 4 p.m.

- Nov. 11: Parenting class, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; In School rehearsal, 2 to 3 p.m.

- Nov. 11 and 18: Core Dance, 3 to 3:45 p.m.

- Nov. 12: Fall Musical, 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.

- Nov. 13: Third Girls’ Dance, 3 to 4 p.m.

- Nov. 16-20: American Education Week activities. Open house, 10 a.m. to noon Monday; Education assembly (families invited), 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday; Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day, Wednesday; Educator for a Day, Thursday; and Innovation Education Day, Friday.

E.C. Glass High School

- Nov. 16: E.C. Glass Orchestra Contest, 7 p.m. in the E.C. Glass Auditorium. Concert is free and open to the public.

- The E.C. Glass Drama Department is organizing an All-Alumni Reunion.  A variety of reunion events are scheduled for Feb. 19-21, 2010 and alumni from throughout the years are encouraged to attend. All former students who participated in Drama, Technical Theatre and Orchestra Pit while attending E.C. Glass are asked to contact the Drama Department at 522-3712 or for more information.

- The 2009-2010 Glass Yearbook order form is available online at the E.C. Glass website.

- Throughout the school year,  the Mercy Care Council of E.C. Glass is collecting used books, broken iPods (include note to explain what is broken) and used cell phones. All proceeds benefit the Mercy Care Center in Nairobi, Kenya.

Private Schools

Branches Academy

- Nov. 11: School Pictures

Desmond T. Doss Junior Academy

- Nov. 11: Fruit call-in date (navel oranges and red grapefruit)

- Nov. 14: Fall Festival, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Event is open to the public.

Holy Cross Regional Catholic School

-  Nov. 10: Morning Prayer, 7:45 a.m. in the chapel

-  Nov. 12: Admissions Open House for prospective families, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

-  Nov. 13: Middle School Bowling Trip, 1:35 to 4 p.m.

-  Nov. 15: Elementary School Musical, 3 p.m.

James River Day School

-  Nov. 11-13: Sixth-graders at Sheridan Mountain School

-  Nov. 12: Second-graders visit Virginia School of the Arts; first-grade parents invited to join Head of School Mary Riser for coffee and conversation, 10:30 a.m. in the Taylor Media Center

-  Nov. 13: Grades 3-8 Activities

Liberty Christian Academy

- Nov. 12: LCA Chapel, 8:30 a.m.

-  Monday through Friday: Lower School Fitness Program, 7:30 to 8 a.m.

New Covenant Schools

- Nov. 14: Fall Athletic Awards Ceremony and Fall Dance

Timberlake Christian Schools

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

- Nov. 10: All Parents Basketball Meeting, 7 p.m.

- Nov. 13: LEGO Tournament, 3:30 p.m. in both gyms