In Your Schools - June 9, 2008

ACHIEVEMENTS

Appomattox

-The following Appomattox Elementary School students were recently named All-Star Readers:  Aaliyah Daniel, Tristan Campbell, Markevious Berkley, Erin Thompson, Jesse Jennings, Kelsie Meredith-Hill, Kijana Robinson and Kaitlin McDaniel.

-Appomattox Elementary School student Hannah Royal earned more than 500 Accelerated Reader points, and fellow student Mason Farley earned more than 400 points.

Bedford

-Liberty High School teacher Mark Day was recently named Liberty’s ‘Teacher of the Year’ for the 2007-2008 school year. Day teaches U.S. and AP European History and serves as the department chair. He has taught social studies at LHS for 13 years and is an avid participant in historical re-enactments.

-Liberty High School student Elizabeth Goff will receive her State Future Farmers Association Degree at the 81st State FFA Convention to be held June 16-19 at Virginia Tech. Goff is eligible to run for the state offices of secretary or treasurer during the convention.

-The following Staunton River High School students received awards during Senior Awards Night held June 2: Justin Carr, SRHS Art Club’s Janet Ayers Ramey Scholarship; Caitlin Falls, Bank of the James-Ronald C. Dolan Scholarship; Victoria Stoyk, Barbershop Chorus of SML Scholarship; Lorrissa Taylor, Bedford Business and Professional Women Scholarship; Sarah Witt, Bedford County Education Association’s Trudy Thaxton Scholarship; Will Epperly, Sarah York and Allison Huddleston, Bedford County Farm Bureau Insurance Scholarships; Alexander Ruano, Bedford County PTA Scholarship; Vanessa Bradley, Burger King Scholarship; Britain McCullough, Central Virginia Community College Honors Scholarship; Lauren Thumann, Comcast Cable Scholarship; Sarah Vaden, Georgia Tech’s President’s Scholarship; Lauren Thumann, GFWC Women’s Club of Vinton Scholarship; Lauren Thumann,Great Valu Shoprite Scholarship; Nathan Ferguson, Huddleston Recreation Association Kelli Dellis Scholarship; Brittany Adams and Samuel Stevens, James A. Meador Foundation Scholarships; Lauren Thumann, Mary Davidson Bryan Scholarship; Caitlin Falls and Megan Holdren, Moneta Garden Club Scholarships; Lauren Thumann, Laura Beth Woodford and Megan Holdren, Moneta Lions Club Scholarships; Laura Beth Woodford, Moneta Area Recreation Association Scholarship; Caitlin Falls and Laura Beth Woodford, Moneta Elementary School’s Cynthia Garner Brinn Scholarships; Lauren Thumann, Moneta Ruritan Double Your Dollar Scholarship; Will Epperly and Britain McCullough, Moneta Ruritan’s C. Eldred Mauldin Scholarships; Caitlin Falls, Nora Field Rakes Scholarship; Caitlin Falls, Samuel Stevens, Lorrissa Taylor, Lauren Thumann and Heather Woodford, Piedmont Community Impact Organization, Inc.’s Concerned Christians of Evington and Vicinity Scholarships; Alexander Ruano, Russell J. Otey Scholarship; Shawn Cavendish, Smith Mountain Arts Council Scholarship; Lauren Thumann, SRHS Dwight Stone Memorial Scholarship; Sarah Witt, SRHS Eunis Saunders Scholarship; Justin Carr, Jeremy Shrewsbury and Damien Thomas, SRHS Football Booster Club Scholarships; Ashley Cassidy, Andrea Crawford, Alicia Dillon, Will Epperly, Caitlin Falls, Jessica Hodges, Megan Holdren, Jamie Hoover, Allison Huddleston, Lauren Thumann, Lauren Smith, Jesse Tucker, Sarah Witt, Laura Beth Woodford and Taylor Young, SRHS Golden Eagle Booster Club Book Grants; Caitlin Falls, SRHS Judy Wilson Scholarship; Sarah Witt, SRHS Latin Club Scholarship; Samuel Stevens, Lauren Thumann and Sarah Witt, SRHS National Honor Society Scholarships; Andrea Crawford, Will Epperly, Jamie Hoover, Jayme McAlister, Aaron Swearingen, Lauren Thumann, Emily Weeks and Laura Beth Woodford, SRHS PTSA Scholarships; Andrea Crawford, SRHS Robert Lee Bonds Scholarship; Jayme McAlister, SRHS Teresa B. Rogers Scholarship; Robert Faucher, United States Air Force Scholarship; Johnny Flowers, Carrissa Pribble and Vernon Ward, United States Army Scholarships; Robert Smith, United States Marine Corps Scholarship; and Laura Beth Woodford, Virginia Tech Pamplin Leader Award Scholarship.

-The following Liberty High School students were named finalists in the Anne Spencer Poetry Contest: Maggie Esposito, Olivia Graff and Stephanie Overstreet. These students read their winning poems during a ceremony held June 2 at the Anne Spencer Garden.

-Liberty High School student Virginia Phillippe took first place in the medicine and health division at the Virginia Junior Academy of Science held May 21 at Hampton Univerity.  Phillippe’s project was entitled, ‘The Effect of Extended Ultrasonic Exposure on the Lifecycle of Brine Shrimp.’ Phillippe is also at student at the Central Virginia Governor’s School.

-The following Liberty High School students were Southside Area Future Farmers of America Proficiency Award winners: Camden Harrison, Vegetable Production, Austin Beaty, Specialty Animal Production (placement); Elizabeth Goff, Small Animal Care (placement); Jacob Danby, Agricultural Processing (placement); Derrick Anderson, Dairy Production (placement); Cody Goff, Forest Management (placement).  The Southside Area encompasses 17 counties and awards are based on their Supervised Agricultural Experience Program conducted at home or on their job placement.

-The following Liberty High School art students won prizes at the Bedford County High School Art Competition held May 22 at Bedford Science and Technology Center: Tyler Key and Britney Leemkuil, first place, Megan Bettez and Josh Booth (two pieces), second place, and Reginald Meadows, Ian Anderson (two pieces), Ginna Sheay, Stormy Flowers and Trevor Bowyer, honorable mention, Monochromatic; Heather Curry, Ian Anderson and Josh Booth, first place, Heather Curry, third place, and Carolyn Hensley and Aimee Schetrompf, honorable mention, Sculpture; Taron Ware, first place, Ian Anderson, second, Logan Alborn, Danielle Shuey, John Hariman, Maggie Esposito, Carly Goodwin and Aspen Rautio, third, and Tyler Key, Carter Moss, Ian Chiltan, Nicole Smith, Eric LaFon, Amy Whyte and Brittany Heck, honorable mention, Opaque Paint; Brad Hoback, third place, and Ben Turpin, Caryn Hensley and Dustin Glass, honorable mention, Transparent Paint; and Britney Leemkuil, Reggie Meadow and Ian Anderson placed in Chromatic.

-Jessica Jefferson, a 2008 graduate of Jefferson Forest High School, was selected by the University of Mary Washington for ‘Honors Admission’ for the fall of 2008. Jefferson is a member of the National Honor Society, was captain of the forensics team and a member of the JFHS Advance Symphonic and Marching bands. She is also a Girls State delegate, an emergency medical technician with the Boonsboro Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad, and a member of the Peakland United Methodist Church mission team. Jefferson is the daughter of Dr. Terry and Julianna Jefferson of Forest.

Campbell

-The Brookville Middle School students received Stinger Awards for the month of April: Landon Curry, sixth grade, Andrew Alvaranga, seventh grade, and Jordan Curry, eighth grade.

Lynchburg

-The following Sandusky Middle School students earned perfect scores on their SOL tests: Felix Milea-Ciobanu, Brandy Nguyen, Derek Lin and Samantha Terry, Writing; Aejoo Hong, Samantha Terry and Benjamin Thomas, Earth Science; Asia Brown, Kane Bryant, Hailey Lilly and Evan Lindsay, Reading 6; Micah Protzman and Meghan Jones, Reading 7; Brittany Adams, Casey Myers, Brandy Nguyen, Samantha Terry, Anne Bradstreet, Soyun Kim, Andrew Locascio, Haim Park and Whitney Warner, Reading 8; Charley Gorman, Algebra; Will Johnston, Sean O’Neil, Mitchell McCormick, Adrielle Lau, Omar Jones and Sounjeo Yoon, Math 8: Gayeong Jeong, Math 7; Kelsey Comerford, Aaron Scicli and Gayeong Jeong, Math 6; Sydney Diggs, Andrew Newman, Soyun Kim, Aejoo Hong and Felix Milea-Ciobanu, Civics; and Anthony Berkley, Amber Burford, Patrick Hehir, Ye Chan Jeoung, Omar Jones, Charles Trey King, Chavez Reynolds, Nick Shade, Terry Simonson, Jalon Stevenson, Cadasa Strange, Tylia Turner, Sounjeo Yoon, John Hicks, Jeanette Levin, Robert Spencer Mason, Avery Reed, Zack Sparrow, Kaitlin Staton and Micah Votaw, History 7.

-The following Sandusky Middle School students were recently inducted into the National Junior Honor Society: Brittany Adams, Alyssa Baber, Gloria Bang, Jeanette Barnes, Sarah Bowman, Anne Bradstreet, Nick Comerford, Shaina Darby, Charley Gorman, Maya Hamlett, Kylee Hammersmith, Aejoo Hong, Charmay Jones, Soyun KIm, Zach Knight, Breenan Landis, Jessica LaReau, Derek Lin, Taylor Lucado, Jeremy Mason, Matthew McDaniel, Nikki Millner, Jueun Park, Haim Park, Casey Myers, Asha Nithianandan, Brandon Norris, Kelsey Roark, Jennifer Smith, Griffin Spencer, Patrick Sullivan, Samantha Terry, Whitney Warner, Hannah Wetzel, Carina Wicker, Megan Williams and Lekiara Watkins.

-The following Sandusky Middle School students earned perfect attendance for the 2007-2008 school year: Brittany Adams, Kaylen Arnold, Raquan Barksdale, David Cardwell, Jacob Carroll, Michael Chambers, Allison Chavis, Adrianna Cheeks, Bernanrde Cobbs, Tyasia Coleman, Lz’Niqua Davis, Laveka Davis, DaAna Doughtry, Shawn Garland, Brittany Blass, Tyquon Goss, Maya Hamlett, Aejoo Hong, Cameron Jamerson, Ye Chan Jeoung, Caleb Johnson, Charmay Jones, Katara Jones, Omar Jones, Soyun Kim, Payton Knight, Brea Marshall, Robert Mason, Mia Mays, Matthew McDaniel, Diana Milea-Ciobanu, Felix Milea-Ciobanu, Dane Miller, Amelia Millner, Andrew Newman, Brandy Nguyen, Brandon Norris, Hiam Park, Jueun Park, Kaela Parrish, Julie Patterson, Zenub Qureshi, Arkeem Robey-Horsley, Devin Sales, Terry Samonson, Griffin Spencer, Simone Stewart, Schuyler Tret, Shunita White, Dajha Williams, Caitlin Woodard and Soun-Jeo Yuon.

-E.C. Glass High School senior Joseph Koes recently received a Jefferson Scholarship from the University of Virginia. This scholarship, given annually to only 35 students, gives Koes a ‘full ride’ to UVa, including spending money.  Koes is a catcher for the E.C. Glass baseball team,  plays eight musical instruments and is a ski instructor at Wintergreen Resort. He is currently pursuing his Eagle Scout award and is a volunteer at the local emergency room.  Koes plans to become a doctor.

wChristopher Hackman, a rising senior at E.C. Glass High School, is one of 14 recipients of the Finland-U.S. Senate Youth Exchange Scholarship administered through Youth for Understanding USA.  Hackman will depart June 25 for an eight-week trip to Finland where he will live with a host family and attend academic classes with Finnish teenagers.

Regional Programs

-The following Central Virgina public and private school students were recipients of the second annual Bank of the James-Ronald V. Dolan Citizenship Award: Quratul Ain of Altavista Combined School, Franklin Hughes of Amherst County High School, Jennie Yuhas of Appomattox County High School, Kristofer Tolle of Brookville High School, Michael Tucker of E.C. Glass High School, Courtney Safritt of Heritage High School, Geoffrey Walker of Holy Cross Regional Catholic School, Shannon Benton of Jefferson Forest High School, Andrew Drake of Liberty Christian Academy, Bradley Hoback of Liberty High School, Marti Deacon of New Covenant Schools, Joshua Mays of New Vistas School, William McIvor of Rustburg High School, Caitlin Falls of Staunton River High School, Natashia Layne of Temple Christian School, Jessica Wood of Timberlake Christian Schools, William Huffman of Virginia Episcopal School, and Allen Francis of William Campbell High School. This award is given to one graduating high school senior in each of the Region 2000 high schools. Recipients are selected by the faculty and administration of their school as demonstrating outstanding leadership qualities that show loyalty, integrity, trustworthiness and a genuine concern for the well being of others.

-The following Class of 2008 seniors received certificates of completion of the Central Virginia Governor’s School curriculum: Quratul Ain, Amy Allen, Courtney Baker, Catherine Burnett, Rebecca Burns, Lisa Campbell, Collin Conrad, Elizabeth Cooper, Courtney Davis, William Dewberry, Daniel DiGiulio, Jessica Dill, Melanie Dunn, Maria El-Abd, Patricia Evans, Nicolas Gorman, Phillip Gorman, Bryan Hedrick, Kaitlyn Hickson, Joseph Koes, Roberty Laverty Jr., Julie Lotz, Joseph Mahanes, Ashley McHaney, Michelle Meade, Stephanie Meade, Joshua Milas, Gilbert Miller, Randall Morcom, Joshua Nakama, Dalia Natour, My Kim Nguyen, Ashton Ogden, John-Morton Padgett, Kaitlyn Pendleton, Anna Pettyjohn, Andaleeb Rahman, Laura Rapp, Maria Rodriguez, Jacob Sale, Vineeth-Joseph Sankoorikal, Paula Shaibani, Margaret Sloan, Wesley Spangler, Karl Speer, Chelsey Stimpson, Aaron Supernaw, Pooja Usgaonkar, Camille Walton, Ellen Watson, Eli White, Jamie-Elisabeth Whirte and Stephanie Wilson.

Private Schools

-James River Day School fourth-grade students Zachry Martin and Quinn Anderson were honored recently for their outstanding Accelerated Reader accomplishments.  Martin earned 709.6 points, and Anderson earned 745.7 points.

SCHOOL HAPPENINGS

Appomattox County

Appomattox County High School
- Today: Graduation, 7 p.m. at the Vines Center, Liberty University

Campbell County

Brookville Middle School
- June 16-27: ACT I Summer Theater Workshop, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Students will learn theater skills and participate in a production of ‘Peter Pan.’ Workshop is open to area students entering grades 5-7. Workshop is limited to 30 participants. Registration is $150. For registration forms, visit http://www.campbell. k12.va .us/bms. For more information, e-mail .

Lynchburg

-  Lynchburg City Schools will offer Summer String Lessons (viola, cello and bass) for rising sixth- through ninth-grade LCS students.  No previous experience is necessary. Fifty-minute group lessons will be held June 23, 26 and 30, and July 3, 14, 17, 21 and 24. Lessons are $50 (for the session) and will be held in the Dunbar Middle School Orchestra Room. For more information about lessons and instrument rental, call 522-3740.

Dearington Elementary School for Innovation
- Today: DESI Market Day; DESI Night at CiCi’s Pizza
- June 10: Third-grade End-of-the-Year Cookout
- June 12: Awards Assembly, 9:30 a.m.

Sheffield Elementary School
- June 11: Hummer Limousine rides to Amazement Square for students with perfect attendance, 9:45 and 10:15 a.m.

Linkhorne Middle School
- Today: Dance in the auxiliary gym (for all students who pass their SOL tests)
- June 10: Sixth-grade Outdoor Field Day; Foreign Language Exam; LMS Percussion Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble performance at E.C. Glass, 7 p.m.
- June 11: Seventh-grade Outdoor Field Day; Earth Science Exam
- June 12: Eighth-grade Outdoor Field Day; Algebra I Exam

Private Schools

Blue Ridge Sudbury School
- June 13: Information Session and Discussion, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Forest Public Library. Event is for families interested in the Sudbury model of education. Children are welcome. For more information, contact coordinator Jeff Meyer,
426-1866.

Holy Cross Regional Catholic School
- Today: Teacher Work Day
- June 10: Teacher Work Day (grades due)
- June 17 and 18: Brown Envelope and Report Card pick up, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the front lobby