In Your Schools - Oct. 27, 2008

ACHIEVEMENTS

Campbell

- The following Brookville Middle School students were named to the Principal’s List for the first six weeks: Darian Barksdale, Sallie Blanks, Ashton Brown, Kyle Davis, Madeline Dean, Hailey Dyke, Alejandro Enriquez, John Epperson, Erika Esterline, Jessica Hawkins, Cierra Houts, Dylan Hudson, Robert Johnson, Ashley Kohinke, Shelby Lutz, Marcus Mariner, Danielle Martin, Jamie May, Caeley McMillan, Celine Nguyen, Alyssa Noegel, Justin Reid, Taylor Rice, Cassidy Ruhland, Yue Chen Tao, Emily Toth, Madison Woodroof and Kathryn Yoder, sixth grade; Carsen Baldree, Joshua Barger, Leland Bertrand, James Bowles, Morgan Bruce, Kevin Bryant, Ana Cedillo, Katie Chen, Ethan Craft, Riley Dewitt-Rickards, Kailey Dill, Natalie Duong, Kristin Ewing, Ulyssa Farmer, Sarah Gorman, Benjamin Hogg, Constance Kessinger, Jae Yoon Kim, Jessica Kincaid, Michael Lichtenberger, John Lowter, Alexa Luna, Jacob McCormick, Richard Middaugh, Christopher Miller, Amanda Myrick, Thanh Nguyen, Nicole Nicholson, Rebecca Peters, Shannon Peters, Leah Porter, Tiffany Pribble, Addy Puckett, Charlotte Smith, Alexis Snider, Joshua Stone, Lauren Swan, Sarah Tucker, Haley Tweedy, Chelsea Umberger, Julie Von Gemmingen, Justin Whetsel, Winstin Wilson and Jonathan Yu, seventh grade; and Joshua Alderman, Kayla Baldino, Matthew Blanks, Cari Buckley, Camden Canfield, Megan Collier, Benjamin Curling, Lesley Durrett, Ellen Glickman, Kirsten Glover, Marcus Goodman, Taneisha Graves, Jacob Grigsby, Tyler Harris, Joshua Lancaster, Jessica May, Eric Parker, Theodore Pham, Zachary Sahadak, John-Thomas Simmons, Nathaniel Smith, Dong Joo Sohn, Aja Stevens, Rebecca Turek and Morgan Tyree, eighth grade.

- The following Brookville Middle School students were named to the Honor Roll for the first six weeks: Delaney Arthur, Brianna Atkins, Michael Belcher, Allison Bellamy, Kyle Bierlein, Reese Booth, Brooke Bosiger, Cameron Braxton, Logan Brooks, Katie Burnopp, Tyler Campbell, Hunter Carson, Mark Caswell, Justin Catron, Nathan Childress, Darryl Christian, Cayce Clifton, Eugene Closs, Ashlyn Collins, Christopher Conner, Zachary Conner, Brandon Cooper,  Zachary Cooper, Michael Coulter, Brian Cox, Tyler Cox, Amber Craig, Kaylee Crochiere, Chelsea Dale, Ernest Dalton, Alexa Dray, Cameron Elder, Casey Evans, Jordan Falls, Senja Flores, Shelby Gerringer, Sarah Glinksi, Tyisha Glover, Alexis Goard, Christian Goff, Allyson Gordon, Zachariah Gowen, Caitlin Graham, Jessica Hamlet, Jeffrey Harris, Taylor Hayden, Kaleigh Henson, Dynasti Hodge-Brown, Justin Hudson, Ashley Jacques, Noah Jarman, Caleb Johnson, Duston Johnson, Carly Jones, Brittani Kesler, Danielle Kidd, Isabel Kidd, Robert Kincaid, Forrest Lambert, Allison Lawrence, Andrew Lennon, Kelsey Lester, Taylor Lethcoe, Kevin Lunsmann, Lindsay Martz, Ashley Mauzy, Kylee McCraw, Marion McDaniel, Cody McGann, Caleb Mitchell, MacKenzie Moyer, Kriston Norton, Kristina Overholt, Matthew Owens, Kelsey Painter, Nathaniel Paxton, Joseph Peters, Gavin Porpora, Taylor Porter, James Putz, Michael Rhodes, Austin Robinson, Robert Rodemann, Emily Rozdilski, Tyler Sassard, Kelsey Schaner, Morgan Schmitt, Donna Schubert, Nathanael Settje, Danielle Sherman, Eric Shockley, Rebekah Talley, Laramie Thomas, Caitlin Tolley, Ethan Tordoff, Celestial Tripp, Logan Wagner, Matthew Walton, Amanda Warden, Tyler Williams, James Wingfield, Halston Wirt, Jacob Wooten, Catherine Wright and Roderick Yearwood II, sixth grade; Hannah Adams, Dayla Agee, Angel Akins, Madison Allen, Alexander Beede, Danielle Bondurant, Forrest Booth, Madison Brooks, Leena Brown, Wynter Burnett, Kathryn Camper, Krista Carter, Hunter Carwile, Tyler Clay, Elizabeth Closs, Kelsey Cook, Johnathan Davis, Ryan Davis, Jasmine Dearing, Anthony Dell’Olio, Hayley Dill, Haley Epperson, Jordan Falinkski, Samantha Frances, Talia French, Tenisha Glover, Kelly Guevara, Gerald Hampton, Malory Harding, Abbey Hedrick, Savannah Herndon, Rebecca Hesson, Ashley Holmes, Jeremy Hudson, Nathaniel Jensen, Sabina Kennedy, Cody Kernen, Christian Kessinger, Madison King, Joshua Mason, Grant Matherly, Ethan McCarron, Brandon McDaniel, Jacob Medinger, Sydney Newman, Samuel North, Kellie Owen, Cheyenne Patton, Jordan Pfau, Neal Reynolds, Corey Ring, Gage Russell, Chelsee Sales, Paola Sanchez, Savannah Schrock, Jamie Sharman, Logan Shores, Darren Smith, Kristopher Smith, Christian Tolley, David Tordoff, Daniel Toth, Allison Walker, Jeremy White, Alexson Williams, James Williams, Johnny Williams, Ethan Wilson, Kara Witt, Amber Wood, Clayton Wright, Tyler Yeatts, Geony Yoo and Tamera Yuille, seventh grade; and Alexis Abbott, Carley Adams, Andrew Alvarenga, Joseph Archambeault, T’Nomal Austin, Kendall Becraft, Jacob Best, Michael Bradt, Colby Brewer, Blake Brown, Destiny Brown, Collin Bryant, Jamie Buchanan, Cassell Bullock, Rachel Burnley, Anthony Calloway, David Cedillo, Samantha Chess, Tyler Childress, David Cho, Ashley Clark, Patrick Clowdis, Cody Cole, Brian Couch, Cody Daniel, Tyler Daniels, Rachel Dolan, Haley Driskill, Lyndsey Evans, Timothy Forbes, DeVante’ Franklin, Page Garbee, Jamie Garrett, Christopher Glaize, DeNequa Glover, Morgan Greene, Alonso Gutierrez, Ashleigh Hall, Bobie Hamrick, Julia Hartlage, Margaret Hartless, Meagan Hawley, Jeffrey Hesson, Brayden Hogan, Thomas Hyres, Cortez Jackson, TiAyra Jackson, Jacob Johns, Ashley Jones, Crystal Jones, Olivia Kekeris, Chancellor LaFratta, Charles Layne, Owen Layne, Troy Layne, Krista Lee, Samuel Light, Laken Loving, Robert Lutz, David Mason, Larbie Mensah, Justin Miller, Robert Moore, James Moran, Quiera Nubie, Collin Ore, Allison Palmer, Kristen Paxton, Jamal Payne, Travon Payne, Courtney Perry, Heather Poore, Zachary Porton, Carl Pyles, Robert Quel, Victoria Quesenberry, Stephen Racanelli, Patrick Regan, Brittany Rice, Parker Rieley, Jamie Rivera, Taylor Ruff, Erica Schmitt, Alec Silverman, Taylor Small, Alden St. John, Laura Stacey, Carl Stamey, Lucas Stewart, Rachel Swyhart, Blake Trent, Granville Truxell, Michael Underwood, Danielle Wagner, Victoria Weiss, William Weller, Corey Wigglesworth, Thomas Wilkinson, Raven Williams, Tomas Williams, Jessica Wilson, David Wingfield, Eric Womack, Jeremy Wood, Maria Wright, Melody Wright, Christopher Yarber and Skylar Yeatts, eighth grade.

- The following Tomahawk Elementary School students were named to the Principal’s List: Sung Woo Cho, Callie Moran, Elvis Yang, Geoffrey Will, Logan Hoffman, Michae Xu, Daniel Burnett, Juandrito Cedillo, Katherine Druding, Landon Foutz, Alexis Hendricks, Brian Hogg, Josh Jennings, Kendall McDowell, Dylan Onuffer, Miranda Quel, Tristan Floyd, Danielle Medinger, Jayde Swope, Allison Tomlin, Adonis Trent, Brittany Miller, Hannah Moore, DaEun Ahn, Ashlyn Booth, Kali Floyd, Morgan Laprade, Jessi Miller, Rachel Murphy, Alexandra Pack, Cameron Roberts and Sara Swain.

- The following Tomahawk Elementary School students were named to the Honor Roll: Niki Bower, Kirsten Gilbert, Marvelous Glenn, David Hunter, Scott Poindexter, Greyson Taylor, Cameron Cook, Brianna LaFratta, Megan Marston, Lindsey Mason, Tristan Nichols, Dakota Simonton, Tyler Thomas, Autumn Allis, Eric Laughlin, Brea McConnell, Krissy Page, Derrick Tedder, Katelyn Coghill, Josh Greene, Charissa Kinchen, Skylar Peters, Zach Wilson, Ashley Woody, Tyler Anderson, Kaylor Bolling, Jacob Hamel, Calah Mayhew, Choloe Peters, Billy Pleasants, Carly Pollard, Sam Turner, Dayton Attocknie-Trent, Jacob Brooks, Grace Deal, Collin Hooper, Kiala Marshall, Jennifer Meeks, Alec Samples and Daniel Tordoff.

Lynchburg

- The following Heritage High School students earned internships for the fall semester at BWX, AREVA and Nova Tech: John Bailey, Sam Caroll, Justin Nguyen, Javaughon Black, Stefan Phelps and Chalandra Reid.

- Heritage High School student Benjamin Karaus received the AP Scholar with Distinction Award for earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken.

- The following Heritage High School students received the AP Scholar Award for completing three or more AP exams with grades of 3.0 or higher: Jake Haskins, Cyrus Hinkson, Joshua Knight, Sarah Lavinder, Lauren Maxwell, Sarah Nilles and Kyle Tenny.

- The Heritage High School Big Orange Marching Machine earned first place and a superior rating in the Class AAA division at the Patrick County Cougar Classic Marching Band Competition held Oct. 11 at Patrick County High School. The HHS band received first-place honors in color guard, music, percussion, marching and general effect. The band was also named the invitational’s Grand Champion, receiving the highest overall score of any band regardless of class.

- The following E. C. Glass High School students qualified, by audition, to participate in the South Central Senior Regional Orchestra to be held Nov. 15 at Harrisonburg High School: Sarah Catherine Straw, John Petrey, Anne Patterson, Elizabeth Fisher, Anna Wade and Sami Natour.  Patrick Clark and Adam Fabirkiewicz were chosen as alternates. These students are now eligible to audition for the All-State Orchestra in February.

- The following E. C. Glass High School seniors were named Early College Scholars by Gov. Tim Kaine: Kendra Alleyne, Laila Asghar, Ella Baldwin, Ross Benar, Courtney Boyd, Kent Brizendine, Lianne Brown, Fletcher Bryant, John Bush, Sydney Campbell, Thell Campbell, Hunter Carrington, Cameron Cawthorne, Priscilla Chong, Stuart Craighill, Haden Cross, Sarah-Louise Dechow, Yasmine DiGuilio, Peyton Doyle, Shane Dreher, Sama Ehtesham, Rebecca Elcan, Renata Esquillo, Anna Fairchild, Cheyanne Fick, Elizabeth Fisher, Bolling Gereau, George Gianakos, Kayla Godsey, Kendall Good, Chris Hackman, Johannah Hallstrom, Patrick Hamilton, Abbey Harris, Arielle Hendrix, Daniel Hostetler, Emily Hughes, Sarah Hutt, Caleb Kidd, Charlie Kitts, Jennifer Knight, Aimee Levesque, Kellie Lewis, Jewel Llamas, David Lundeen, Andrew Lyons, Kate Martin, Kelly Mayberry, Aster Mengesha-Gubay, Evan Mickles, Katelyn Milam, Hunter Mitchell, Nick Moon, Ty Moseley, Andrew Naisawald, Adam O’Kane, Christian Paxton, Danielle Pinn, Greg Robey, Monica Romine, Will Ruehle, Zach Scharf, Chris Schweikart, Christian Seufer, Ken Simon, Hannah Smith, Rachael Smith, Adam Stucke, Kevin Truitte, John Vincent, Anna Wade, Ariel Wheelock, Chelsea Wilson and Burke Wombwell.  The Governor’s Early College Scholars Program is intended to encourage eligible high school students to complete requirements for a high school diploma and concurrently earn credits toward a college degree.  Participants must have a GPA of B or better, be pursuing an advanced diploma, and be completing or have completed AP courses that will earn at least 15 transferable college credits.

Private Schools

-The Liberty Christian Academy Band ‘Pride of the Hill’ took first-place honors in all categories at a band competition held recently at Goochland Hill School.

-The following Holy Cross Regional Catholic School students were named Gael Guides for the 2008-2009 school year: Glenn Trent Jr., James Schubert, Lanie David, Hannah Mutchler, Makayla Rony, Michael Charlton and Brooke Valentine, elementary school; Sam Winters, Kate Lemley, Tom Bruzek, Nat LeDonne, Leigh Ann Murdock, Lizzie Main, Laura Wingfield and Jessica Winters, middle school; and Joe Bruzek, Aaron Kovalesky, Nicole Sites, Carly Roy, Kenny Sterne, Emily Hickey, Peyton Howard, Chris Roy, Nina Rezai, Alex Kovalesky, Amanda Thacker and Samantha Thacker, high school.

SCHOOL HAPPENINGS

Amherst County

- Today through Oct. 31: Red Ribbon Week

Amherst Elementary School

- Oct. 30: AAA Assemblies, 9:30 a.m. for grades 3-5, 1:30 p.m. for gradesK-2

Central Elementary School

- Oct. 30: PTO Fall Festival, 6 to 8 p.m.

- Oct. 31: Spirit Day; Awards Assembly, 2:15 p.m.

Elon Elementary School

- Today: First grade visits public library

- Oct. 28: Parent Workshop, 5:30 to 7 p.m.

- Oct. 29: School Improvement Meeting, 8:15 a.m.; SCA Meeting, 3:45 to 4:15 p.m.

- Mondays and Wednesdays: Girls on the Run, 3:45 to 5 p.m.

-Tuesdays and Thursdays: Chorus, 3:45 to 4:45 p.m.

Madison Heights Elementary School

-Oct. 28: Family Reading Night, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Temperance Elementary School

-Oct. 29: First grade visits public library

Amherst Middle School

-Today through Oct. 31: Spirit Week

- Oct. 29: College Day for eighth grade

Monelison Middle School

-Today: Advisory Meeting

-Today through Oct. 31: Book Fair

- Oct. 30: Pep Rally, 2 p.m.

Amherst County High School

-Nov. 1: Junior Ring Dance, 8 to 11 p.m.

Appomattox County

-Today: End of first nine-week grading period; Joint Meeting with Appomattox County School Board and Appomattox County Board of Supervisors, 7 p.m. in the School Administration Building

-Oct. 30: School closed for students; Parent/Teacher Conferences at all schools, noon to 7 p.m.

-Oct. 31: School closed for students; Teacher Workday

Bedford County

- Today: End of first nine weeks; two-hour early dismissal for students

- Nov. 3: Report cards issued

- Nov. 4: Schools closed for Election Day

Big Island Elementary School

- Oct.30: Fire Safety Trailer display

Moneta Elementary School

-Through Oct. 30: Scholastic Book Fair

- Oct. 30: Afterschool enrichment classes begin

- Oct. 31: SCA Costume Day

New London Academy

-Oct. 28: Theatre IV, ‘True Story of Pocahontas,’ for fourth grade at JFHS auditorium

Otter River Elementary School

-Oct. 28: Theatre IV, ‘True Story of Pocahontas,’ for fourth grade at JFHS auditorium

Thaxton Elementary School

- Oct. 28: Picture Retakes

- Oct. 31: Testing window closes for PK and KG Pals

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School

-Oct. 28: Picture Retakes; Theatre IV, ‘True Story of Pocahontas,’ for fourth grade at JFHS auditorium; PTA Math Family Fun Night, 7 p.m.

-Oct. 30: Second-grade field trip to Point of Honor

-Oct. 31: Halloween Sing-along

-Nov. 4: Election Day Book Fair, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

- The fifth-graders are inviting area veteran and current servicemen and women to participate in a Veterans Day program to be held at 9 a.m.  Friday, Nov. 7 in the TJES cafeteria. For more information or to RSVP, contact Mr. K. Smith or Mrs. Schallmo at the school.

Bedford Middle School

-Today: PTA Meeting

-Oct. 29: Picture Make-up Day

Forest Middle School

-Oct. 30: Halloween Social, 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the gymnasium

Staunton River Middle School

-Through Oct. 31: SCA Red Ribbon Week

-Oct. 28: Sixth-grade Band Demonstration, 6 p.m.

-Oct. 30: Eighth-grade Budgeting/Junior Achievement

Jefferson Forest High School

-Today: Senior Picture Retakes

-Nov. 1: Miss JF Pageant

-Nov. 3: Fall Academic Awards Program/Reception, 6:45 p.m.

Campbell County

Brookville Middle School

-Oct. 28: Book Fair Family Night

Lynchburg

Perrymont Elementary School

-Today through Oct. 30: Leap Into Literacy Reading Program for selected students in grades 3-5, 3:30 to 5 p.m.

- Oct. 30: Master Gardeners for fourth grade; Healthy Kids for grades pre-K-1, noon to 3 p.m.

- Oct. 31: Casual dress day for students; pre-K field trip to Johnson’s Orchard, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; first-grade field trip to Amazement Square, 9:30 a.m. to noon

Thomas C. Miller Elementary School for Innovation

-Today: LEGO Club, 3 to 4:30 p.m.

-Oct. 28: Parent Workshop/Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.; Rangers field trip. 1 to 3:15 p.m.

Heritage High School

-Oct. 31 and Nov. 1: HHS Class of ‘78 30-year reunion. Activities include pre-game tailgate prior to football game on Oct. 31 and a social to be held from 7 to 10 p.m. on Nov. 1 at the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 34, 221 Wiggington Road. Food and beverages will be provided at the social. Tickets to the football game are $3, and the social costs $15 per person or $25 a couple. For more information or to RSVP, contact Dickie Burge, , Kelly Crawford, or Dale Glasgow, .

-Nov. 1: Bazaar and Yard Sale benefitting the Heritage marching band, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the HHS Fieldhouse. Proceeds will help pay for the band’s trip to the Chick-Fil-A Bowl in Atlanta. For information about selling or donating items, contact Alicia Stewart, 434-665-1602.

-Through Nov. 7: Heritage High School is accepting orders for Indian River Groves citrus fruit. Fruit will arrive in Lynchburg the first week of December.  To order, contact any HHS band member or call 434-237-5883.  To order online, log onto http://www.heritagebandboosters.com and click on the orange tree branch on the right side of the page.

Private Schools

Appomattox Christian Academy

-Oct. 30 and 31: School closed for students

Bedford Christian Academy

-Mondays: Walk of Faith, 8:10 a.m., followed by Parents’ Prayer

-Oct. 29: Report cards issued

-Oct. 30: Practice for Poetry Contest

Branches Academy

-Oct. 29: Report cards issued

-Oct. 31: Jingling Brothers Carnival and Candy Circus, 5:30 p.m.

Holy Cross Regional Catholic School

-Today: Second quarter begins; School Advisory Board, 5 p.m.

-Oct. 31: Elementary Halloween Parade; Middle School Movie; High School Oktoberfest; report cards/brown envelopes issued; VTA Drama competition

James River Day School

-Oct. 28: Secondary School Fair, 6 to 8 p.m. in the Carrington Field House. Schools attending include E.C. Glass, St. Anne’s Belfield, Holy Cross, Chatham Hall, New Covenant Schools, Episcopal High School, St. Andrew’s School and Virginia Episcopal School.

Liberty Christian Academy

-Oct. 30: Kindergarten field trip to Drumheller’s Apple Orchard

-Oct. 31: End of first quarter

-Nov. 3: Fall Concert Choir, ‘An Evening of Praise,’ 7 p.m. in the main sanctuary

-Nov. 5: Transcripts/report cards on edline

New Covenant Schools

-Today: Second quarter begins

-Oct. 29: Report cards issued

New Vistas School

-Today: Elementary Garden Day, 10:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.

-Oct. 30: Sub Day

-Oct. 31: All-school Fall Festival and Trip to Old City Cemetery, 9 to 11 a.m.