In Your Schools - Sept. 15, 2008

School happenings

Amherst County
-Sept. 25: Amherst County School Counseling Department information session for collegebound juniors and seniors and their parents, 7 p.m. in the auditorium. Topics include the college application process, ACT/SAT registration and testing strategies and financial aid/scholarships.

Amelon Elementary School
-Sept. 17: Interim Reports issued
-Sept. 18: Parent/Teacher Conferences, 4 to 6 p.m.

Amherst Elementary School
-Sept. 17: Interim Reports issued

Central Elementary School
-Today through Sept. 19: ‘Healthy Virginia Week’
-Sept. 16: Back to School Night, 6 p.m.
-Sept. 17: Interim reports issued
-Sept. 18: Parent/Teacher Conferences, 4 to 6 p.m.
-Sept. 20: M.A.R.S., 9 a.m. to noon

Elon Elementary School
-Sept. 17: Interim reports issued

Madison Heights Elementary School
-Sept. 17: Interim reports issued
-Sept. 18: Back to School Picnic, 6 p.m.
-Sept. 19: Fundraiser Kickoff, 2 p.m.

Pleasant View Elementary School
-Today: SOL Celebration, 6:30 p.m.
-Sept. 16: Louie, Louie AEP Assembly
-Sept. 17: Interim Reports issued

Temperance Elementary School
-Sept. 16: Louie, Louie AEP Assembly, 10 a.m.; SOL Celebration, 6:30 p.m.
-Sept. 17: Interim reports issued

Amherst Middle School
-Sept. 16: School Pictures
-Sept. 17: Interim Reports issued

Monelison Middle School
-Sept. 17: Interim reports issued
-Sept. 18: Parent/Teacher Conferences, 5 to 7 p.m.

Amherst County High School
-Sept. 16-18: Interim Reports issued
-Sept. 19: Homecoming Football Game (vs. E.C. Glass), 7:30 p.m. at Lancer Stadium

Appomattox County

Appomattox Middle School
-Sept. 16: PTO Meeting, 7 p.m.

Appomattox County High School
-The Appomattox County High School Class of 1988 is holding its 20th high school reunion, 7 p.m. to midnight on Saturday, Oct. 11 at The Grand Ballroom,Commerce Street in Lynchburg. For more information, call Kim Parr, 434-277-5035, or Susan Cheatham, 434-352-8124.

Bedford County

Bedford Primary School
-School calendars ($12) are currently on sale in the main office. Sales benefit the Bedford Primary PTA.

Forest Elementary School
-Today: PTA Meeting, ‘Back to School Night,’ 7 p.m.
-Sept. 23: Picture Day

New London Academy
-Sept. 17: Constitution Day Activities
-Sept. 18: PTA Board Meeting, 6 p.m.; Back to School Night, 7 p.m.

Otter River Elementary School
-Sept. 17: Constitution Day Activities and Assembly

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
-Sept. 17: Principal’s Coffee, 8:30 a.m.
-Sept. 22: Interim Reports issued

Jefferson Forest High School
-Today through Sept. 19: Writing Predicator Tests for 11th grade
-Sept. 18: First Club Day
-Sept. 22 through Oct. 3: Stanford 10 Testing for ninth grade
-Sept. 23-26: Work Keys Writing Testing

Lynchburg

Perrymont Elementary School
-Sept. 17: Citizenship Day
-Sept. 18: Volunteer Coffee, 9 a.m.

Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School for Innovation
-Sept. 18-20: ‘Chalk for Peace’ international event

Heritage High School
-The Heritage High School Marine Corps Junior ROTC is currently selling the following items in its fundraiser: HHS car flag ($10), HHS refrigerator magnet ($2), and hot and cold drink mugs ($10).

Private Schools

Appomattox Christian Academy
-Today: Board of Directors Meeting, 5:30 p.m.; golf tournament sponsorships due
-Sept. 17: Field trip to Liberty University Convocation Service for students in grades 6-12. Parents and members of the larger school community encouraged to attend. To reserve a place on the bus, call the school office, 434-352-7373.
-Sept. 21: Feast of St. Matthew, 4 p.m.
-Sept. 26 Fourth Annual Golf Tournament at Mountain View Golf Course in Appomattox, noon registration and lunch followed by shotgun start of the captain’s choice tournament at 1 p.m. Registration is $60 per golfer, $240 per foursome. Students with tournament duties will have transportation to the golf course. Parents, volunteers, and sponsors coordinate with Deb Thomas, 434-352-3320.

Bedford Christian Academy
-Today: Walk of Faith, 8:10 a.m.
-Sept. 23: PTF Meeting and pizza dinner, 6:30 p.m.
-Sept. 24: Progress Reports issued

Holy Cross Regional Catholic School
-Today: Celebrate the Feast of Holy Cross Liturgy, 10:15 a.m.
-Sept. 18: PTO Meeting, 6:30 p.m.
-Sept. 19: Noon dismissal; Teacher Work Day; First Grade Parent Night, 6:30 p.m.
-Sept. 20: PTO and Athletic Association Yard Sale, 6:30 a.m. to noon

Liberty Christian Academy
-Today: Junior Class Retreat
-Through Sept. 18: Virginia Diner Peanut sale to raise money for new playground. To purchase peanuts or to help with this project, call the Lower School office at 434-832-2057.
-Sept. 16: Sophomore Class Retreat; Senior Class Fundraiser at Dairy Queen, 4 to 8 p.m. at Timberlake Road location. Proceeds benefit the senior trip.
-Sept. 17: Freshman Class Retreat
-Sept. 18: Eighth-grade Class Retreat
-Sept. 21 and 22: Senior Class Retreat
-Sept. 22: Seventh-grade Class Retreat
-Sept. 23: Sixth-grade Class Retreat
-Sept. 24: See You at the Pole, 7:30 a.m.

New Covenant Schools
-Today: Virginia Diner Sales begin (juniors only). Proceeds benefit the senior trip.
-Sept. 16: NCSA Back-to-School Picnic, 6 p.m. Food will be available for purchase.
-Sept. 19: NCSA Innisbrook fundraiser ends

Achievements

Bedford

-Moneta Elementary School librarian and gifted coordinator Stella Osborne traveled on a 20-day European Heritage tour this summer as a People to People delegation leader.
-The following Bedford Primary School students were recently named winners of the School Calendar Contest: Emma Arrington, Marissa Turner, Makayla Brown, Christopher Powers, Daniel Miller, Nicholas Bernard, Tyanna Robertson, Hailey Cash, Gracyn Herbst, Kathryn Painchaud, Leah Arthur and Caleb Eckart. These students had their artwork chosen to be displayed in a school calendar benefiting the Bedford Primary PTA.
-Thomas Jefferson Elementary School earned the Governor’s Award (bronze level) for Best Practices in Nutrition and Physical Activity.

Lynchburg

-Cadet Captain David Honse of the Heritage High School Marine Corps Junior ROTC program was recently awarded the ‘Legion of Valor’ award, the highest award a JROTC cadet can earn. This award is given to one cadet from each Marine Corp Junior ROTC region that has excelled above all others in academic standing, community service, military excellence and personal character and integrity. Honse competed against 50 other schools and approximately 4,500 other cadets.
-The Heritage High School Marine Corps Junior ROTC program earned the title of National Naval Honor School for the 2007-2008 school year, ranking the school in the top 20 percent of the region’s Marine Corps Junior ROTC programs.
-Cadet Captain David Honse and Cadet Gunnery Sergeant Sidney Jackson of the Heritage High School Marine Corps Junior ROTC program earned Distinguished Leadership Awards this summer during Senior Leadership Camp at Camp Outdoor Odyssey in Pennsylvania.