ACHIEVEMENTS
Appomattox
- Appomattox Middle School seventh-graders recently voted to give the Pedestal Award of High Honor to the following staff members: Nadine Pannell (support staff) and Laura Taylor (teacher).
- The Appomattox County School Board recognized the following students and staff members at their March 26 meeting: Chandler Reid of Appomattox Elementary School, third place in the Regional Spelling Bee; Appomattox County High School student Cole Dow, first place in Automotive Servicing in the 3rd District SkillsUSA Automotive Contest; Appomattox County High School student Kyle Primm, recognized for extinguishing a car fire in the Auto Mechanics Shop; Albion Strout, ACHS auto mechanics teacher, recognized for extinguishing a fire on a student’s hands in the Auto Mechanics Shop; Stephanie Allen, guidance counselor at ACHS, named ‘School Counselor of the Year’ for the Local Charter of the Lynchburg Area Counselors Association; Camille Rabon, music teacher and band director for Appomattox Middle and High schools, recipient of the Yale Distinguished Music Educator Award; Appomattox County Schools, awarded the Division Leader Award by the Southside Virginia Regional Technology Consortium; Susan Fisher, recipient of the SVRTC Technology Support Award; and Jason Wells, recipient of the SVRTC Technology Teacher Award.
- The following Appomattox Primary School students’ works have been selected for display during the Annual Students Art Exhibition at the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts held March 29 through May 9: Julianna Southall and Ellie Peterson, kindergarten, William Donghia and Lexus Wells, first grade, and Katelin Savage, Desire Hamlett, Ilyana Servis, Rakeem Wright, Hallie Drinkard, Le-Shae Hubbard, Kody Wagner, Maddie Driskill, Avery McClenny and Johnny Hamlett, second grade.
Bedford
- The Jefferson Forest High School Indoor Marching Percussion Ensemble took the Gold Medal as Class PSA2 Champions at the Atlantic Indoor Association Championships held March 29 at Potomac High School. The following students were members of the ensemble: Kyle Veres, Coty Heiser, James Gurdal, Kevin Wheeler, Emily Wheeler, Nathan Moffat, Sarah Chan, Kaitlyn Dougherty, Chris Acquafredda, Laura Francis, John Burns, Dylan Bishop, Dylan Barber, Jin Know, Ben Hill, Andrea Gingrich, Jake Snow, Ashley Kim, Sarah Boyd, Nick Guzek, Carter Layne, A.J. Warner, Chris Cousins, Sidney Coates, Steven Kurasz, Samantha Wooldridge and Hannah Frank. The JF Winter Colorguard took the Bronze Medal for third place in Class CGA2 at the competition. The following students were members of the colorguard:Jessica Merchant, Justin Griffis, Thomas Woodridge, Cara Levinson, Ashley Dougherty, Jenny Crouse and Lindsay Raysor.
Campbell
- The following Altavista Elementary School students placed in the Campbell County Young Authors Contest and will advance to the regional competition: Dylan Allen, Olivia Baker, Abby Robinson and Nicole Walker, first; Mollie Green, Autumn Roach, Madeline Tweedy and Caitlin Wagner, second; and Elizabeth Dowdy, Bryan Gillespie, Wyatt Jordan and Hayley Kirby, third.
- The following Concord Elementary School students placed in the Campbell County Young Authors Contest and will advance to the regional competition: Owen Evans, first, Isaiah Dixon, second, and Tyler Ramsey, third.
- Gladys Elementary School student Paul Morton took second place in the Campbell County Young Authors Contest and will advance to the regional competition.
- The following Leesville Road Elementary School students placed in the Campbell County Young Authors Contest and will advance to the regional competition:Madison Dillard, first, and Skylar Page, third.
- The following Rustburg Elementary School students placed in the Campbell County Young Authors Contest and will advance to the regional competition:Josef Bryant, Taylor Finley, Cheyenne Frazier and Schyler Sitton, first; Kayla Driskill, Ridge Filchock, Nathan Gunter, Ryan Nolley and Joshua Tipold, second; and Lindsay Bates, Tony Close and Eli Morgan, third.
- The following Tomahawk Elementary School students placed in the Campbell County Young Authors Contest and will advance to the regional competition: Gabrielle Hogg, Ethan Hooker, Dylan Onuffer and Audrey Webb, first; Katherine Druding, Nikayla Kosse, Kendall McDowell, second; and Olivia Austin, Jonathan Bumgarner, Tyler Deaton and Landon Foutz, third.
- The following Yellow Branch Elementary School students placed in the Campbell County Young Authors Contest and will advance to the regional competition: Christian Adkins, first, Suzanna Dawson, second, and Kaleb Harris, third.
- The following Altavista Combined School students placed in the Campbell County Young Authors Contest and will advance to the regional competition: Briar Barbour, second, and Logan English, third.
- The following Brookville Middle School students placed in the Campbell County Young Authors Contest and will advance to the regional competition: Kathryn Camper, Ashlyn Collins, Riley DeWitt-Rickards, Erika Esterline and Ellen Glickman, first; Salli Blanks, Katie Chen, Cody Gunn and Ethan McCarron, second; and Carol Cheung, Hailey Dyke, Jamie May, Anthony Yost and Shannon Yost, third.
- The following Rustburg Middle School students placed in the Campbell County Young Authors Contest and will advance to the regional competition: Joshua Hendricks, first, and Brooke Leonard, second.
- The following William Campbell Middle School students placed in the Campbell County Young Authors Contest and will advance to the regional competition: Peyton Dunn, first, and Ryan Thompson, second.
Lynchburg
- The following E.C. Glass High School students placed at the AAA Western Valley District Forensics Competition held Feb. 17 at Patrick Henry High School: Meezah Ehtesham, first, and Lehka Pandya, second, Oratory; Amelia Golcheski, first, and Jasmine Jones, second, Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking; Chris Hackman, first, Impromtu; Kara Simon, first, and Jeremy Smith, second, Serious Dramatic Interpretation; Catherine Patterson, first, and Nick Dunn, third, Humorous Dramatic Interpretation; Ross Benar, third, Prose; Jenni Muddiman, third, Storytelling; and Chris Brown and Kiana Cardwall, third, Duo Interpretation.
- The following E.C. Glass High School students placed at the AAA Northwestern Regional Forensics Competition held March 7 at Stonewall Jackson High School:Ross Benar, first, Prose; Jeremy Smith, fourth, Serious Dramatic Interpretation; and Amelia Golcheski, fourth, Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking.
- The following E.C. Glass High School students placed at the AAA Western Valley District Debate Competition held Feb. 19 at E.C. Glass: Chris Hackman, first, Jasmine Jones, second, Steven Webb, third, Morgan Lupton, fourth, Colin Trepanitis, fifth, and Samantha Casey, sixth.
- The following E.C. Glass High School students placed at the AAA Northwestern Regional Debate Competition held March 24 at North Stafford High School: Jasmine Jones, first, and Chris Hackman, fifth.
- The following E.C. Glass High School teachers attended the College Board AP Institute at the University of Virginia: Cheri Armstrong, Aaron Reid and Patty Worsham, AP English; Richard Green, AP Chemistry; John Nye, AP Physics; Jessica Bibb and Jerry Salmon, AP History and Government; and Julie Mayhew, AP French.
Private Schools
- The following Holy Cross Regional Catholic School students were named city winners in the Young Authors Contest: Carynne Posey, Rachel Williams and Spencer Knight, first-grade poetry; Mikayla Burton, Elizabeth Brooker and Meghan O’Neil, second-grade fiction; Thomas Mathews, second-grade poetry; Molly Graham, third-grade fiction; Elizabeth Taylor, fifth-grade fiction; Maleah Manion, David Loftus and Alexandra Roach, sixth-grade poetry; Joshua Woodell and Brady Dougherty, seventh-grade fiction; Thomas Schubert, seventh-grade poetry; Liam Roach, Brian Loftus and Tiffani Andersen, eighth-grade fiction; Marissa Parker-Pond and Jessica Winters, eighth-grade poetry; Alex Sandifer, eighth-grade essay; Stephen St. Angelo, Joe Bruzek and Adam Jack, ninth-grade fiction; Claire Wittman, Nicole Sites and Zach Keaton, ninth-grade poetry; William Loftus, 10th-grade fiction; Natalie Pruitt, Hannah Faidley and Carly Roy, 10th-grade poetry; Ches Bono, 10th-grade essay; Elizabeth St. Angelo, Sandy Serio and Karen Butler, 11th-grade fiction; Carrie Kuhn, Katelyn Duncan and Nasia Olinger, 11th-grade poetry; Mary King and Alex Kovalesky, 12th-grade fiction; and Taylor Thomas and Amanda Thacker, 12th-grade poetry.
- Holy Cross Regional Catholic School student Nat LeDonne took second in her age division in the Knights of Columbus Free Throw Shooting Contest held recently in Richmond.
- The following Timberlake Christian Schools students were named to the All-A Honor Roll for the third nine weeks: Ben Mears and Tristan Waller, third grade; Christina Anthony, Philip Brewer, Jessica Dudley, Jason Gregory, Aaron Osborne, Elizabeth Simile, Taylor Tanzar, Lauren Thomas and Samantha Tomlin, fourth grade; Carson Anderson, Ashton Hayes, Allison Maddox and Kristina Sherwin, fifth grade; Kylie Rhoads, sixth grade; Elisa Grandemange and Andy Keeler, seventh grade and Whitney Bryant, Alex Fabrizio, Lauren Good and Jessica Phelps, eighth grade.
- The following New Covenant Schools students were named 2009 Art Fair winners: Hannah Flowers, first, Olivia Hicks, second, and Rebekah Borah, third, Photography, grades 4-6; Lesley Burks, first, Anna Gray Owens, second, and Marni Thompson, third, Painting, grades 4-6; Garrett Reynolds, first and Best in Show for grades 4-6, Stephen Hardey, second, and Chloe Heaton, third, Sculpture, grades 4-6; Tanner Olsen, first, Allie Kittrell, second, and Collyn Towns, third, Mixed Media, grades 4-6; Elizabeth Erhartic, first and second, and Hattie Eshleman, third, Photography, grades 7-9; Kesler Coalson, first, Mattie Sullivan, second, and Sydney Rucker, third, Painting, grades 7-9; Maggie Moomaw, first and Best in Show for grades 7-9, Wesley Price, second, and McKenna Coalson, third, Sculpture, grades 7-9; Sydney Rucker, first, Shanelle Rucker, second, and Delilah Tryall, third, Mixed Media, grades 7-9; Seth Trittipoe, first, second and third, Photography, grades 10-12; Rosemarie Buzzy, first, Taylor Vukich, second, and Rachel Robertson, third, Painting, grades 10-12; Lilly Deacon, first and second, and Taylor Vukich, third, Sculpture, grades 10-12; and Samuel Hurt, first, second and Best in Show, and Lilly Deacon, third, Mixed Media, grades 10-12.
- The following New Covenant Schools students were named 2009 Science Challenge winners: Geoffrey Williamson, Jim Hurt, Keane Rucker and Seth Mayberry, first, Taylor Vukich, Seth Trittipoe, Sam Hurt and Ben Brodin, second, and Alyssa Hartman, Laura Sharrett, Rachel Robertson and Gabrielle Simmons, third, grades 10-12; and Jay Lamagna, T.J. White, Josh McDouall and Josh Bartell, first, Andrew Hartman, Freddie Harris and Jacob Neiderer, second, and Delilah Tryall, Sydney Rucker, Elizabeth Erhartic and Hattie Eshleman, third, grades 7-9.
Regional Programs
- The following area students in grades 6-12 placed in the District One Virginia History Day Program held March 21 at Central Virginia Community College: Alex Minnick of Linkhorne Middle, first, and Mary Gordon and Will Seng, both of Linkhorne Middle, tied for second, Junior Papers; John Petry of E.C. Glass, first, Brandon Bondreau of Heritage High, second, and Christopher Roy of Holy Cross Regional Catholic School, third, Senior Papers; Jeffery Seals of Bedford Middle, first, Cade Skalka of Bedford Middle, second, and Jacob Elbrecht of Linkhorne Middle, third, Junior Websites; Michael Van Derwerker of Liberty High, first, Stefan Moscalv and Tyler Terry of Heritage High, second, and Liesel Anderson of Liberty High, third, Senior Websites; Jana Beeson of E.C. Glass, first Senior Individual Performances; Rusty Roviller, Boylee Jacobs and Emma Nash of Forest Middle, first, Junior Group Peformances; Kenzie Van Derwerker, Lorin Cahow and Phoebe Weber of Liberty High, first, Senior Group Performances; Audra Van Derwerker of Bedford Middle, first, Madison Karnes of Bedford Middle, second, and Kelsey Plankeel of Linkhorne Middle, third, Junior Individual Documentaries; Emily Overfelt of Liberty High, first, Mariah Skalka of Liberty High, second, and Megan Lee of Liberty High, third, Senior Individual Documentaries; Rachel Frey, Sena Roberts and Sophie Rapiekjo, all of Linkhorne Middle, first, Megan McMohon and Monica Gomez, both of Linkhorne Middle, second, and Ashley Blankenship and Rebecca Barrow, both of Linkhorne Middle, third, Junior Group Documentaries; Eleni Phelps, Sarah Stephens and Maria Michael, all of Heritage High, first, Aejoo Hong and Emily Kim, both of Heritage High, second, and Eric Morris-Pusey, Jordan Hudson and Justin House, all of Heritage High, third, Senior Group Documentaries; Casey Driskill of Linkhorne Middle, first, Joey Credit of Linkhorne Middle, second, and Alyssa Morris of Linkhorne Middle, third, Junior Individual Exhibits; Jessica Roberts of E.C. Glass, first, Samantha Allen of Heritage High, second, and Hannah Bondurant of Heritage High, third, Senior Individual Exhibits; Brooke Bentley and Janie Malott of Linkhorne Middle, first, Morgan Mays and Xena Mensick of Linkhorne Middle, second, and Sam McCorkle, Evan McIver and Tom Robertson, all of Linkhorne Middle, third, Junior Group Exhibit; and Addison Walker and Leah Alfieri of E.C. Glass, first, Reed Taylor and Jordan Minot of E.C. Glass, second, and Rosa Yoon and Haley Elder of Heritage High, third, Senior Group Exhibit.
SCHOOL HAPPENINGS
- All area public schools are closed today through April 17 for Spring Break.
Amherst County
Amelon Elementary School
- April 22: Book Fair begins
Amherst Elementary School
- April 20-24: Volunteer Appreciation Week
Pleasant View Elementary School
- April 21: Kindergarten field trip to Natural Bridge
- April 21 and 23: Girls on the Run
Bedford County
Huddleston Elementary School
- April 21: ‘Louie’ program, 1:30 p.m. (grades K-2) and 2 p.m. (grades 3-5)
- April 22: Walk-A-Thon
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
- April 22: Earth Day/SCA Green Day; Principal’s Coffee, 8:30 a.m.
Private Schools
Branches Academy
- Today: Early Learning Center closed
- Today through April 17: Academy closed
James River Day School
- Today: Spring Break begins
Holy Cross Regional Catholic School
- Today through April 17: School closed for Spring Break
Liberty Christian Academy
- Today: School closed for Easter Break
- April 14-16: Standardized Testing for ninth and 10th grades
- April 14-17: Standardized Testing for grades 6-8
- April 18: Spring Fling for sophomores
- April 20 and 21: Circus sponsored by LCA
- Wednesdays: Moms in Prayer, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the LCA Cafeteria Annex. For more information, {encode="mailto:sistermk62@aol.com" title="contact Mary Hensley"}
- The Used Uniform Store is open on Tuesdays from 7:30 to 9 a.m. and on Thursdays from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the LCA Cafeteria Annex.
New Covenant Schools
- Today: School closed for Easter Break
- April 17: Middle School Talent Show, 7 p.m. in the gymnasium
New Vistas School
- Today through April 17: School closed for Spring Break
Timberlake Christian Schools
- Today through April 17: School closed for Spring Break
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