SCHOOL HAPPENINGS
Amherst County
-Sept. 25: Amherst County School Counseling Department information session for college-bound 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. 25: FAST Program begins
-Sept. 26: Book Fair begins
Elon Elementary School
-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
-Today: FAST Program begins
-Sept. 24-26: ACE Testing for fourth and fifth grades
Pleasant View Elementary School
-Sept. 23: Parent/Teacher Conferences, 3:45 to 5:30 p.m.
-Sept. 24: Ident-A-Kid, 9 a.m.
Temperance Elementary School
-Sept. 23: Parent/Teacher Conferences, 3:45 to 7 p.m.
Amherst Middle School
-Sept. 25: Parent/Teacher Conferences, 4 to 6:30 p.m.
Monelison Middle School
-Today: OIP Fundraiser Night, 5 to
7 p.m.
Amherst County High School
-Sept. 25: Back to School Night, 5:30 to 8 p.m.
Appomattox County
-Sept. 24: Curriculum Review and Action Committee, 3:30 p.m. at the School Administration Building, 316 Court St.
-Sept. 25: School Board Meeting, 3:30 p.m. at the School Administration Building
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.
Bedford Elementary School
-Today through Sept. 26: Grandparents Lunch Week
-Sept. 23: Interim Reports issued; fundraiser begins
Forest Elementary School
-Sept. 23: Picture Day
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
-Today: Interim Reports issued
Bedford Middle School
-Today: PTA Meeting, Back to School Night, 7 p.m.; Interim Reports issued
-Sept. 23, 25 and 30: Homework Assistance Program (HAP)
-Sept. 29: Picture Day
Jefferson Forest High School
-Today through Oct. 3: Stanford 10 Testing for ninth grade
-Sept. 23: Fourth-week Interims for first nine weeks issued
-Sept. 23-26: Work Keys Writing Testing
-Sept. 29: Powder Puff Football Game, 7 p.m.
Lynchburg
Perrymont Elementary School
-Today: Interims issued
-Sept. 26: T.C. Miller science resource teacher meets with fourth grade, 9 a.m.
Sandusky Middle School
-Sept. 23: Back to School Night, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Parents and students should report to the cafeteria at 6 p.m.
Heritage High School
-Sept. 26: School Picture Day for all underclassmen; make-up pictures for seniors. All photos will be taken in the auditorium.
-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
-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.
-Sept. 29: Feast of St. Michael and All Angels. Event includes special chapel service and announcement about Bible memory competition. Hot Lunch Menu released for Oct. 5-29.
Bedford Christian Academy
-Mondays: 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
-Sept. 23: Eighth-grade Retreat
-Sept. 26: Brown Envelopes with Interim Grades issued; Middle School Putt-Putt event
Liberty Christian Academy
-Today: Seventh-grade Class Retreat
-Sept. 23: Sixth-grade Class Retreat
-Sept. 24: See You at the Pole, 7:30 a.m.
-Sept. 26: LCA fifth-graders take tethered hot air balloon rides beginning at 8 a.m.
-The second annual Alumni Homecoming BBQ will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m Friday, Oct. 17 at Williams Stadium. The event costs $5 per family and includes admission to the homecoming football game. LCA alumni who have served in the military will be recognized on the field prior to the game. For more information or to RSVP, call the Office of Academy Relations at 592-4935.
New Covenant Schools
-Today: Meeting for parents of Middle School students (grades 5-7), 7 p.m. in the Grammar School Commons
-Sept. 24: See You at the Pole, 7:30 a.m.; Progress Reports issued; noon dismissal
Virginia Episcopal School
-Sept. 26: Founder’s Day celebration,
11 a.m., outside Jett Hall. Ceremony will include honoring three outstanding alumni. John Flippin will receive the Outstanding Service Award, and Anne Mauldin and Lloyd Horton will be honored as well.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Appomattox
-The following Appomattox Middle School students attended the Grow One Summer Camp held at Lynchburg College: Devon Burrell, Nicole Cabell, Elizabeth Davis, Willis Hamlett, Casey Martin, Chase Simpson, Shelby Voorhees and Zachary Williams. Camp topics included economic principles, entrepreneurship concepts and important life and citizenship skills.
Bedford
-The following Jefferson Forest High School students achieved perfect scores on one or more of their SOL exams: Will Aylor, Victoria Blanks, Catherine Boniface, Emily Boniface, Thomas Bourne, Alexis Bowen, Joshua Bowles, Bilynda Brinkley, Emily Broman, John Burns, Matthew Carpenter, Emily Carter, Natalie Clark, Richard Cochrane, Brandley Cox, Justin Crouse, Olivia Daniszewski, Cody Davis, Christopher Deen, Noah Delahunt, Zoey Dorman, Jessica East, Kensley Elliott, Laura Enderson, Eric Fesmire, Hannah Frank, Mitchel Gilman, Andrea Gingrich, Aimee Hadden, Thomas Hall, Jon Hannell, Kyle Hagner, Chad Hicks, Morgan Huff, Nathaniel Hunt, Brooke Hutchison, Kathryn Inman, David Jackson, Steven Kadak, Michael Kerr, Yeji Kim, Mary Lane, Cara Levinson, Erik Lineberry, Chris Luo, Donna Maddox, Jeffrey Miller, Catherine Mohr, Michael Moser, Katherine Nagley, Tyler Nash, Chad Nowakowski, Jordan Noyes, James O’Brian, John Ostrowski, Michael Paliga, Meaghan Parker, Braden Parks, Bhaumik Patel, Vatsal Patel, Kyle Phillips, Katrina Pickering, Jerry Price, William Riordan, Daniel Rudolph, Andrew Sanders, Andrea Schaack, Jeb Schiefer, Leigha Schimmoeller, Kaitlyn Seeberger, Christopher Stanley, Amir Tabaian, Emily Taylor, Samantha Taylor, Todd Tenpas, Gregory Thompson, Daniel Tiller, Michael Vanaman, Forrest Wallace, Alison Washburn, Emily Wheeler, Kevin Wheeler, Jessica White, David Whitmore, Bradley Womack and Paul Zivick.
Lynchburg
-Heritage High School student Candler Paige has been elected lieutenant governor of the Capital District of the Key Club for the 2008-2009 school year. Paige served as the HHS Key Club president for the 2007-2008 school year. As a board member, she will attend district and national Key Club conferences and meetings.
-The following Heritage High School students were elected Student Council Association officers for the 2008-2009 school year: Marquita Ferguson, president, Ryan Davis, vice president, and Kyle Tenny, school board representative.
-Heritage High School senior Benjamin Karaus was recently named a 2009 National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalist.
Private Schools
-One hundred percent of the students in grades pre-K through fifth participated in Holy Cross Regional Catholic School’s Campaign 130 fundraising event. Each class met or exceeded its fundraising goal.
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