ACHIEVEMENTS
Appomattox
- The following Appomattox County students earned at least one perfect score on the 2007-2008 SOL tests: Taylor Archer, Lindsay Austin, Devin Bagby, Alec Baldwin, Destine Berkley, Taikori Booker, Matthew Cocks, Irving Demecio, Sidney Dewitte, Christoper Dodson, Cody Drinkard, William Drinkard, Taylor Ferguson, Kendra Fetty, William Ford, Camryn Gallier, Vondelle Geh, Catherine Haggerty, Allison Harris, Tamara Hartman, Claire Hegmann, Gerran Hinds, Zenobia Hubbard, Brandon Hudson, Matthew Hudson, Bryce Jordan, Joshua Judy, Christian Kennedy, Brittany Klein, Nathan Kuegler, Emily Lawson, Lauren Lawson, Katherine Marquez, Leonard Marshall, Jordan Martin, William Mayberry, Shanti Mensah, Johnryan Nantz, Cory Neal, Sinead O’Neill, Doniel Paige, Persia Poteat, Joshua Richardson, Willie Richardson, Dakota Roach, Lakima Robinson, Sophia Romano, Andrew Sams, Nicholas Servis, Nathaniel Shrewsberry, Jaime Smith, Steven Tappan, Brody Tobias, Casey Vandegrift, Robert Vaughan, Brandon White, Zackery Whitt, Lauren Williams, Noah Williams and Geoffrey Zdgiebloski, third grade; Marissa Banton, Riley Blankenship, Tyler Bohannon, Chad Cantrell, McKinley Cardwell, Isaiah Christian, Summer Coffey, Destiny Cooper, Robin Croner, Danielle Decker, Whitley Drinkard, Lisette Felipe, Paul Ferguson, Adam Fleshman, Hannah Foster, Amber George, Dallas Guill, Andrea Hodges, Tiana Hubbard, Abigail Huffman, Samantha Hunter, Casey Jenkins, Frank Kennon, Keshawn Lee, Shameeka Lewis, Tamara Lockner, Dustin Logue, Chasity Marshall, Brandy Martin, Courtny Martin, John Martin, Gregory Mayberry, Laura McClenny, Zane McCoy, Kayli McCullough, Martina Miller, Brandon Mills, Ashley Minks, Jordan Moore, Jared Motley, Colton Mullins, Alexandra Pack, Ashlyn Paulette, Alan Prioletti, Sidney Ragland, Lindsey Richardson, Chelsea Roberts, Alex Rothgeb, Brian Rubio, Alexander Sayre, Caylie Scruggs, Amanda Shaver, Bruce Shober, Blake Smith, Morgan Smith, Ethan Stratton, Erin Thompson, Bethany Walker, Brianna Wiggins, Malik Wiley, Robert Wilkins, Brandon Williams and Jasmen Wright, fourth grade; Angel Allen, Chantay Bailey-Iwuji, Jonathan Barksdale, Blake Bryant, Tyler Burge, Graham Comeau, Raideandr Croner, Kristie Cummings, Shaquan Davis, Rebecca Decker, Savannah Dorian, Gabriela Fano, Mason Farley, Christoph Ferguson, Lauren Fields, Troy Fitch, Collin Ford, Trevor Gannicott, Raven Garrett, Nicole Gilson, Alexis Hamlet, Alonso Hamlett, Caleb Hamlett, Brooklyn Harvey, Chandler Harvey, Devin Harvey, Octavia Haskins, Cory Hauser, Antonio Hayden, Kristin Hill, Cora Hodge, Tamera Hudson, Matthew Hunter, D’Shawn Jackson, Virgil Jackson, Devin Jones, Kaitlyn Kennedy, Jonathan King, Schyler Landrum, Chandler Martin, Leah Martin, Nicholas Matullo, Devin Mayberry, Kaitlyn McCleese, Dominique McCoy, Khalil McCoy, Pamela McFadden, Ebody Moore, Karleigh Moore, Ryan Neal, Carter Neiswander, Emily Osterberg, Chad Owen, Nathan Owen, Cynthia Paulette, Tristan Phelps, Brandon Pierce-Ware, Michael Prue, Jacob Ranson, Megan Ray, Haley Raymond, Delilah Rossi, Hannah Royal, Robert Ryan, Jessica Savage, Donovan Smith, Justin Smith, Tye Stamper, Vincent Stewart, Ashlee Stinnett, Cheyenne Tappen, Tasia Turner, Campbell Wagstaff, Daniel Watson, Maya White, Anna Wingfield, Adam Wooten and Raleigh Worley, fifth grade; Nicole Cabell, Bridge Demecio, Emily Edler, Amber Gilliam, Willis Hamlett, Tucker Harvey, Chance Hastings, Kayla Hix, Wesley Kuegler, Sarah Lawson, Brandy Martin, Casey Martin, Mary McRae, Nicholas Microutsico, Dylan Mitchell, Nelson Moore, Zachary Perkins, James Petty, Tristan Shaner, Donald Simpson and Jacob Slagle, sixth grade; Latifah Bailor, Mallory Baldwin, Jacob Bowling, Joy Brady, Robert Broadwater, Lora Carney, Carrol Christian, Rachel Curtis, Elizabeth Davis, Kirsten Doss, Michael Ford, Eureka Hodge, Michael Hoff, Brandi Koon, Justin Lawson, Amber Litchford, Barrett Martin, Bradley Mayberry, Summer Mitchell, Lucy Reed, Jessie Rogers, Austin Short and Tori Taylor, seventh grade; Melissa Baldwin, Edward Burrell, William Cheatham, Marvin Cox, Sabrina Fano, Timothy Farley, Jacob Franklin, William Gaudlen, Brandon George, Colby Handy, Graham Harris, Emily Hauser, David Johnson, Allison Lincoln, Casey Martin, Amanda Matullo, Jared McFadden, Victoria Mitchell, Karalyn Schimek, Gary Smith, Jonathan Smith and John Spangler, eighth grade; and Dalton Bennett, Jessica Brown, Joshua Dillon, Daniel Disney, Weston Edwards, Braxton Elliott, Patrick Franklin, Brandon Gannicott, Daniella Gaulden, Zachary Grover, Katelyn Hall, Aaron Hamlett, Ashley Harris, Joshua Harvey, Steven Iannaco, Jonathan Jones, Kasonn Jones, Shane Keene, Christina Lanham, Melissa Lanham, Benjamin Lawson, Haley Lawson, Melanie Letterman, Chelsea Loy, Cooper Martin, Christine McRae, Jonathan Moore, Jessica Overton, Daniel Petty, Amanda Prioletti, Howard Ray, James Rogers, Jude Swanson, Susan Tyree, Samuel Webber, Daniel Welch and Laban Wingfield, high school.
Bedford
- The Staunton River Middle School Healthcare Team took first place at the Future Focus Expo held Oct. 21 at Liberty University. The following students were members of the team: Alex Cowan, Travis O’Neal and Peyton Johnson. Other teams representing SRMS were the Engineering Team (Kelsey Blanks, Brittany Heffinger, Michael Stump and McKenna Willis), Energy Team (Wyatt Martin and Trevor Durfee) and Communications Team (Eryn Campbell, Jason Wilkinson, Taylor Tester and Ben Madison).
- The following Bedford Middle School students were named Student Council Association officers for the 2008-2009 school year: Megan Beisser, president, Lamie Carroll, vice president, Casey Rumberg, secretary, and Kennedy Flynn, treasurer, seventh grade; and Jamie Messier, president, Montana Willis, vice president, Carol Rice, secretary, and Michael Moneymaker, treasurer, eighth grade.
Lynchburg
- Heritage High School recently received a $500 grant from Exxon Mobil and Candler Oil Company. The grant will support the school’s Freshman Advisory Program which helps ninth-grade students transition to a high school setting and succeed academically.
- The following William Marvin Bass Elementary School students were named ‘Terrific Kids’ by the Lynchburg Kiwanis Club: Christian Godin, Alexander Phelps, Keyasia Wood, Christopher Colbert, Tremaliq Thompson, Keadre Lewis, Tyra Hancock, Caitlyn Ramos, Katelyn St. John, Destini Robertson, Arionn Kiser, Jeffery Price, ChyDasia Morgan, Shakiera Daniel, Taj McRath, Kevin Scott, Coolena Ramos, Airic Cook, Dsharee Hubbard, KaShawn Brooks, Jackie Burge-Reynolds, Tariq Benson, Kiaheem Harrison, Shunti Al-Siddiq, Terrell Hill, Amari Phelps, Gabrielle Barley-Dean, Tenaeja Garland, Julian Douglas, Hunter Coles and Afenah Ashby.
- The E.C. Glass High School Marching Band won the following categories in the Group IV-Open Class at the United States Scholastic Band Association Regional Championship held recently in Bassett: best music, best visual, best marching, best percussion, best guard and best band: The band also received the highest overall score of the day out of 13 schools competing.
- The 2008 E.C. Glass High School Crest Yearbook won a first-place rating in the Virginia High School League competition.
- The following members of the E.C. Glass High School football team participated in E. C. Glass Reads, a community outreach program co-sponsored by the Lynchburg Public Library: Cameron Barksdale, Corey Bradley, Dexter Bowling, Buck Burton, Tom Casey, Terry Coker, Jack Collins, Matt Elliott, Derek Gale, Demetrius Garland, La Shawn Gordon, Chris Harper, Saul Hicks, Trevor Hicks, Cornelius Jones, Lakeem Kennedy, Trey Kennedy, Kevin Lang, Spencer Latham, John Leamon, Chris Lyle, Desmond Mack, Sean McLaughlin, Denzel Patterson, Jake Prest, Matthew Smith, Matt Taylor, Dimitri Tweedy, Joe Wertz and Cody Winfield. The players read to students in pre-K through 5th grades at Linkhorne, R. S. Payne, Bedford Hills, and Paul Munro elementary schools.
- The following Sandusky Middle School students were named First Six Weeks Scholars: Emily Adams, Aisha Alexander, Tylysha Anderson, Kyle Arnett, Timothy Banks, McQuaid Beaumont, Jahnia Boyd, Kaitlyn Bradley, Seandre’ Bradley, Deja Brown, Dasija Burton, Karen Canzanella, Nikolaus Chamnsanara, Stanley Chen, Antonias Clark, Emily Cox, Turner Crouch, Kevin Dong, Vincent Early, Lindsey Edwards, Jordan Ferguson, Patricia Garcia, Zoie Grossman, Sidney Hall, Sony Hall, Shyheim Hamlett, Achaia Hardy, Keith Harris, Taylor Harris, Chelsea Holcomb, Alexis Horsley, Tiarra Ingram, Tyler Jackson, Ajah Johnson, Trent Johnson, Kelsey Jones, Naomi Kennard, Chantal King, Amber Klein, Sariah Lambert, Jamie Lindsay, Danielle Logan, Eric Malone, Ashley Martin, Noemi Martinez, Brianah Mawyer, Megan Miller, Allison Morris, Lance Moses, Alexis Mosley, Alahna Moss, Tony Muriell, James Murphy, Landon Naulty, Brian Newman, Matthew Nunley, Lynda Palacios, Jun Young Parks, Ronnie Pazmino, Brittany Pickeral, Tyler-Mirando Prophet, Minji Protzman, Zaid Qureshi, Christina Reinhardt, Blake Reynolds, Cadejha Samuel, Maryah Sandidge, Aaliyah Smith, Troy Spencer, Kinnadi Thomas, Benjamin Thulin, Max Trent, Alexandra Wieczorek, Tarique Withers, Katherine Abell, Kaylah Anthony, Allana Dorsett, Alessia Duran, Ye Heon Hong, Travis Jones, Alicia McCray, Latrice Morris, Ayja Moss, Jacob Petrie, Jennifer Roach, Katherine Rogers, Letisha Rogers, Zhakia Scott, Chelsee Shavers and Jacob Spano, sixth grade; Rachel Adelstein, Richard Armenti, David Bilbo, Kali Bonner, Daniel Bradley, Amber Brooks, Marissa Bucklew, Chase Casadidio, Timothy Cash, Patrick Chilton, Ta’Shaunda Clark, Cedric Collins, Aaron Conley, Darricka Crews, Amber Cyrus, Marshall Davis, Isaiah Engel, April Fisher, Richardo Garcia Molina, Amy Glass, Zachary Hammersmith, Ricaya Harrington, Elizabeth Howell, Deborah Hudson, Aaron Jackson, Devin Jones, Shelby Jones, Daeeun Kang, Matthew Keeney, Quindon Kittrell, Peyton Knight, Patrick Lacy, Kimberly Leiva, Haley Lillie, Jonathan Meadows, Shamika Mitchell, Shameka Moon, Ashley Morgan, Kelsie Moses, Lillian Nickerson, Chadwick Pedro, KIeran Phelps, Chelsea Sadler, Aaron Scicli, Keyanna Scott, Keiara Smith, Tiara Thompson, Darius Thurman, Schuyler Trent, Alexandra Tweedy, Lynda Vaughan, Megan Warner, Natasha White, Sara Wilgus, Dajha Williams, Mia Williams, Hunter Williamson, Dakota Wright, Duane Yuille, Kane Bryant, Kelsey Comerford, Kirsty Hughes, Ga Yeong Jeong, Alexis Johnson, Evan Lindsay, Judith Nunley, Harley Taylor, Brittney Terry, Bradley Wetzel and Caitlyn Woodward, seventh grade; and Syed Ali, Kyra Bailey, Cassidy Bowyer, Tyler Breeden, Kerria Brown, Jessica Bucklew, Taylor Campbell, Jacob Carroll, Sara Castanes, Allison Chavis, Sarah Cleaver, Bernard Cobbs, Tyler Colley, Kiana Darby, Laveka Davis, Asia Elleyby, Cameron Evans, Shawn Garland, Tylana Harris, Kedra Haynes, Patrick Hehir, Daisy Howard, Donte Jackson, Meghan Jones, Omar Jones, Yeji Kim, Charles King, Katie Kuliesh, Jeanette Levin, Jacob Lindsay, Darius Logan, Kearra Lovelace, Brea Marshall, Jessica Martin, Robert Mason, Asia Mays, Jessica Mays, Diana Milea-Ciobanu, Nicholas Musser, Jaime Palacious, Micah Protzman, Jamie Pugh, David Pultz, Zenub Qureshi, Avery Reed, Elizabeth Reinhardt, Brandon Rhode, Emily Rogers, Samantha Shupe, Kechiwah Stamps, Kaitlyn Staton, Casada Strange, Teshawn Taylor, Berkley Thurston, Erin Tolley, Tylia Turner, Natalia Vanderpol, Megan Webber, Shunita White, Syeda Zahra, Kristopher Burford, Ye Chan Jeoung, Will Johnston and Tiani Pannell, eighth grade.
- The Heritage High School Pioneer Rifles Military Drill team won the American Legion Western Region Drill Team Championship held recently at Heritage High School. This is Heritage’s ninth consecutive regional championship. Heritage will represent the region in the State Championship to be held in March.
- The Heritage High School Pioneer Rifles Marksmanship Team took second place in the Big Orange Classic Marksmanship Competition held recently at Heritage High School. Heritage student Julio Giron was named the high overall marksman and Nick Chilton, also from HHS, was the high overall first-year marksman.
- The following Sandusky Middle School students in the Citizens Service class volunteered to feed the homeless Oct. 25 at the Lynchburg Area Salvation Army: Cheyenne Nickerson, Grae Tweedy, Kelsey Comerford, Myliek Booker, Harley Taylor, Tyonna Bennett, Peyton Knight and Meghan Warner. The class was accompanied by teacher Mike Bremer, Principal Jay Sales and his daughter, Chelsee, and other relatives of students. The students provided food for 51 people. Student Cheyenne Nickerson initiated the idea for the project.
- Holy Cross Regional Catholic School students Nina Rezai and William Loftus took first place in the Public Forum event during the South-Western Virginia Forensics Tournament held Oct. 21.
SCHOOL HAPPENINGS
Amherst County
- Nov. 4: Schools closed for Election Day
Elon Elementary School
- Nov. 5: Picture Makeup Day
- Mondays and Wednesdays: Girls on the Run, 3:45 to 5 p.m.
-Tuesdays and Thursdays: Chorus, 3:45 to 4:45 p.m.
Pleasant View Elementary School
-Today: Second-grade field trip to Pedlar/Appalachian Trail, 9:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
-Nov. 6: Enrichment Claymation Class, 3:35 to 4:45 p.m.
-Nov. 7: Picture Makeup Day
Temperance Elementary School
-Nov. 7: Picture Makeup Day; TES ‘Country Cookin’ Night
Appomattox County
-Nov. 5: Report cards issued at Appomattox Primary, Elementary and Middle Schools
Bedford County
- Today: Report cards issued
- Nov. 4: Schools closed for Election Day
New London Academy
-Today: Mock Elections for students
-Nov. 6: Tennis Program begins, 3 to 4:15 p.m.; NLA Chorus performs at The Summit Retirement Center in Wyndhurst
-Nov. 7: Fifth-grade field trip to Dixie Caverns
Otter River Elementary School
-Nov. 6: Fifth-grade field trip to Dixie Caverns; Fire Safety Program for grades 2-4
-Nov. 7: PE
Thaxton Elementary School
- Nov. 7: Dental Clinic for all grades
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
-Nov. 4: Election Day Book Fair, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Library Media Center
-Nov. 7: Veterans Day Program presented by fifth grade, 9 a.m. in the TJES cafeteria. Program honors veterans and current servicemen and women and their families.
-Nov. 11: Second-grade Program
Forest Middle School
-Nov. 10: Family Night at the Scholastic Book Fair, 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the Library Media Center; Drama Club performance, 7 p.m. on the Cafe stage
-Nov. 10-12: Purchase Days at the Book Fair
-Nov. 11: Picture Makeups, 8:30 to 11 a.m. in the auxiliary gym
Jefferson Forest High School
-Nov. 6: Fall Academic Awards Program/Reception, 6:45 p.m.
Campbell County
Brookville High School
-Nov. 9: BHS Chorus and Women’s Chorale, under the direction of Daryl Knott, will present “American Spirit,” a musical tribute for Veteran's Day, 4 p.m., at Fort Hill United Methodist Church. Guests will include David
Harker, former Vietnam POW veteran; and Steve Bozeman, Purple Heart Medal recipient and a Vietnam veteran. The chorus students have requested that the performance be dedicated to the memory of former faculty member, Scott Wright, who passed away recently and served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserves. This concert is free and open to the public, but a free-will donation will be accepted.
Lynchburg
Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School for Innovation
-Nov. 5: Makeup Pictures in the auditorium. Payment due at the time the picture is taken.
-Nov. 7-9: Evening of One-Act Plays, 7 p.m. on Nov. 7 and 8 and 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 9 in the auditorium. Tickets are $5.
-Nov. 10: Middle School Honors Strings Program Concert, 7 p.m. in the auditorium. Concert is free.
Heritage High School
-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 www.heritagebandboosters.com and click on the orange tree branch on the right side of the page.
Private Schools
Bedford Christian Academy
-Mondays: Walk of Faith, 8:10 a.m., followed by Parents’ Prayer
Holy Cross Regional Catholic School
-Today: All Saints Day Liturgy, 10:15 a.m.
-Nov. 4: Ninth-grade Retreat
-Nov. 5: Early dismissal at 1:35 p.m.; Parent/Teacher Conferences; Used Uniform Sale, 1:30 to 3 p.m.
-Nov. 6: Fall Sports Assembly, 2 p.m.
-Nov. 7: School closed; Diocesan In-Service Faculty Training Day
-Nov. 8: Annual Alumni Soccer Game, noon
Liberty Christian Academy
-Today: 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: Parent/Teacher Conferences, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. No classes will be held.
-Nov. 4: Classes resume
-Nov. 8: Fall Athletic Awards ceremony, 6:15 p.m.; Fall Dance, 7 p.m.
New Vistas School
-Today: Elementary Garden Day
-Nov. 4: Government Class Presidential
Debate w Nov. 6: Sub Day
-Nov. 7: Elementary trip to Lynchburg Public Library
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