In Your Schools - Dec. 8, 2008

ACHIEVEMENTS

Bedford

-Thomas Jefferson Elementary School student Maddie Stinnett earned a savings bond for winning her school’s Alliance for Family and Children essay contest.

-The following Thomas Jefferson Elementary School students were school winners in the PTA Reflections contest: Colin Merkle, Alyssa Lowry and Aaron Doss, Theme Search winners; Cassidy Johnson, first place, Sam Owen, second, Brendan Ogden, third, and Christian Tyree, honorable mention, Primary Division Photography; Anna Doss, first place, Natalie Murphy, second, Alyssa Lowry, third, and Logan McClurg, honorable mention, Intermediate Division Photography; Sam Owen, first place, Kyle Beck, second, Bethany Martin, third, and Clare Cocker, honorable mention, Primary Division Visual Arts; Shelvia Forrest, first place, Madelyn Knight, second, Reagan Snead, third, and Sydney Price, honorable mention, Intermediate Division Visual Arts; and Anna Harrington, first place, Brandon Pulliam, second, Kylie MacDonell, third, Demel Bolden, honorable mention, and Karishma Nair, honorable mention, Literature.

SCHOOL HAPPENINGS

Appomattox County

-Dec. 10: Remedial and Special Education Advisory Committee, 1:30 p.m. at the School Administration Building

-Dec. 11: School Board Meeting, 6:30 p.m. at the School Administration Building

Bedford County

Boonsboro Elementary School

-Today: Theatre IV performance for kindergarten, ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf,’ 9:45 a.m.

-Dec. 16: PTA Meeting and Holiday Program

-Dec. 17: Boonsboro Dinner Night at Golden Corral

Forest Elementary School

-Today: Theatre IV performance for kindergarten, ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf,’ 9:45 a.m.

-Dec. 9: Barnes & Noble Celebration Night, 5 to 8 p.m.

-Dec. 11: School Board Meeting, 7 p.m. at BSTC

-Dec. 15: PTA Meeting, Second-grade Program, 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.

-Dec. 16 and 17: SCA Candy Cane Sales; Lori’s Night, 5 to 8 p.m. (take out only)

Moneta Elementary School

-Dec. 11: Enrichment Classes end

-Dec. 16: Second- and Third-grade Musical Performance

Thaxton Elementary School

-Dec. 9: Breakfast with Santa

-Dec. 15: Second- and Third-grade Dress Rehearsal Assembly, 2 p.m.; PTA Program, ‘T’was the Night Before Christmas,’ featuring second- and third-grade students, 6:30 p.m.

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School

-Today: Theatre IV performance for kindergarten, ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf,’ 9:45 a.m.

-Dec. 16: PTA Holiday Sing-along, 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. Event includes card-making for U.S. soldiers, a student art sale and refreshments.

-Dec. 17: Principal’s Coffee, 8:30 a.m.

-TJES is collecting new board games for the Bedford Community Christmas Station and toys for Toys for Tots. Drop boxes are located in the main hallway for the Christmas Station and near classrooms for Toys for Tots.

Forest Middle School

-Dec. 9: Choral Christmas Concert, 7 p.m.

-Dec. 11: Holiday Band Concert, 7 p.m. at JFHS

Lynchburg

Perrymont Elementary School

-Dec. 9: P.T.O. Executive Board, 5 p.m.; Panther Parents, 5:30 p.m.; Holiday Sing-along and Dinner, 6 p.m.

-Dec. 9 and 11: Great Readers for selected first- and second-graders, 3:30 to 4:15 p.m.

-Dec. 9-11: Leap Into Literacy Reading Program for selected students in grades 3-5, 3:30 to 5 p.m.

-Dec. 12: Spirit Day (students wear PES apparel)

Thomas C. Miller Elementary School for Innovation

-Dec. 9: Fifth-grade Rangers, 2:15 to 3:15 p.m.

-Today through Dec. 12: Kid Pan Alley Artist-in-Residence Program for grades 1-5

-Dec. 10: Second-grade field trip to Amazement Square

-Dec. 12: Kid Pan Alley Performance, 2 p.m.

-Dec. 13: Breakfast with Santa

-Dec. 16: Rangers field trip to Camp Kum-Ba-Yah, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Linkhorne Middle School

-Today through Dec. 12: Book Fair, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the library

-Dec. 11: Book Fair Family Night, 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the library

Private Schools

Appomattox Christian Academy

-Dec. 13: Santa’s Workshop, ‘Make & Take’ craft workshop for kids ages 4-12, 9 to 11 a.m. Each child makes five crafts. Cost is $10 per child. Pictures with Santa, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Event is free to the public and includes refreshments, stories and games.

-Dec. 17: Field trip for all students to U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum and U.S. Army Women’s Museum. Students and chaperones must bring bag lunch.

Blue Ridge Sudbury School

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

New Covenant Schools

-Dec.9: ‘The Annual Service of Lessons and Carols,’ featuring the choir, band and strings ensemble, 7 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 200 Boston Ave. Childcare provided for children under age five. (Rehearsal at 8 a.m. on Dec. 9)

-Through Dec. 19: Tickets are on sale for Panache’s dinner theatre productions of ‘The Princess and the Pea’ to be held at 6 p.m. on Jan. 16 and 17. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children. Meat and vegetarian dinner options are available. To purchase tickets and choose dinner selections, come by the school office or call 434-847-8313.

New Vistas School

-Dec.11: Sub Day

Timberlake Christian Schools

-Today: Booster Club Meeting, 7 p.m. in the Campus II conference room

-Dec. 11: Elementary Christmas Program, ‘Christmas Carol,’ 7 p.m. in the Campus II auditorium