In Your Schools - Jan. 26, 2009 | The News & Advance

ACHIEVEMENTS

Appomattox

- The following Appomattox Elementary School students were recognized recently as award winners on the reading safari: De-Andre Booker, Cassidy Carter, Brandon Litchford, Amy Burks, Damon Patterson, Delaney Henderson, Joshua Enders, Gillian Fanney, Michael Ryan, Tamara Hartman, Makari Ferguson, Jordan Kidd, Erin Thompson and Julia Jones.

Bedford

- Forest Middle School sixth-grader Jake Richardson will represent his school at the County Spelling Bee to be held Feb. 5 at Liberty High School.

Lynchburg

- The following Lynchburg students in grades 7-9 earned a spot in the Southwest Virginia Regional Advanced or Intermediate Orchestras and will perform in the Junior Regional Orchestra Concert to be held March 21 at Albemarle High School: Mary Alexander Patterson of Dunbar Middle School, concertmaster for the advanced orchestra; Greg Childress of E.C. Glass High School, principal violinist, and Will Light of E.C. Glass, principal cellist. The following students will also perform in the advanced orchestra: Shannon Raines, Alexandra Wray, Desyre Calloway, Jazelle Toure and Adryan Flores, all of E.C. Glass; Lindsey Kim, Anna Hutcherson and Caitlin Roberts, all of Heritage High School; Joseph Seo, Hope Wright, Katherine Coates, Kiley Overstreet, Brandon Raines, Bryan Rapp and Atticus Dickson, all of Dunbar Middle; Daniel Hong, Anna Yoon, Kiana Darby and Julie Jeong, all of Sandusky Middle School; and Jessica Payne, Carson Creasy, Lindsay Riordan, Liza Pittard and Hanna Bush, all of LInkhorne Middle School. The following students will perform in the intermediate orchestra: Laura Cass of Linkhorne, principal bassist; Barry Randolph, Claire Etheridge, Kiana Cardwell and Sarah Saville, all of E. C. Glass;, Asha Nithianandan, Grace Kim, Samantha Terry and Emily Kim, all of Heritage; Natasha Billard, Andrea Clements, Dean Flores, Jolito Rivera, Sadie Natour and Olivia Varah, all of Dunbar; Jenny Roach and Jake Carrol, both of Sandusky; and Matt Pittard, Brandon Coffer, Brian Carey, Rebekah Barrow, Olivia Davis, Megan McMahon, Alex Minnick and Kelsey Thomson, all of Linkhorne.

- The following Lynchburg schools earned the Board of Education Excellence Award: Bedford Hills, Paul Munro, Sanduksy and William Marvin Bass elementary schools. These schools earned the award by meeting all state and federal accountability benchmarks for at least two consecutive years and have made significant progress toward goals for increased student achievement and expanded educational opportunities set by Governor Timothy M. Kaine and the board. The following Lynchburg schools earned the Board of Education Competance for Excellence Award: Dearington Elementary School for Innovation, Heritage Elementary, Heritage High School and Sheffield Elementary. These schools earned the award by meeting all state and federal accountability benchmarks for at least two consecutive years and are making progress toward the goals of the governor and the board.

- The following members of the E.C. Glass High School Ambassador Club participated in a Christmas party for students at the Laurel Regional School: Kim Amerell, Ella Baldwin, Sydney Bolton, Lianne Brown, Caty-Betz Holcomb, Kathleen Lifsey, Caroline Moore, Anna Newton, Michael Taheny, Logan Troyer, Kevin Truitte, John Vincent and Addison Walker.

Private Schools

- Holy Cross Regional Catholic School students Nina Rezai and William Loftus took second place in the Public Forum event during the South-Western Virginia Forensics League Annual Championship competition held Jan. 15.

SCHOOL HAPPENINGS

Amherst County

Amelon Elementary School

- Thursdays: J. King Karate, 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. (until Feb. 12)

Amherst Elementary School

- Jan. 29: Winter School Improvement Team Meeting, 6 p.m.

Central Elementary School

- Jan. 27: Accelerated Reader Incentive field trip to FunQuest, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

- Jan. 30: Spirit Day

- Jan. 31: MARS, 9 a.m. to noon

Elon Elementary School

- Jan. 27: Basketball Club, 3:45 to 4:45 p.m.; Chorus, 3:45 to 4:45 p.m.

- Jan. 28: Science Club, 3:45 to 4:45 p.m.; SCA Meeting, 3:15 to 4:15 p.m.

Pleasant View Elementary School

- Today: Naglieri Testing for first-graders

Amherst County High School

- Jan. 28: Amherst Middle School eighth-graders visit ACHS

- Jan. 29: Monelison Middle School eighth-graders visit ACHS

Appomattox County

- Today: Report cards issued

Appomattox Elementary School

- Jan. 30: Accelerated Readers’ Safari Scavenger Hunt

Bedford County

- Jan. 28: Report cards issued

Big Island Elementary School

- Through Jan. 30: Pennies for Patients collection for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Forest Elementary School

- Jan. 28: AR Point Club Prizes

- Jan. 30: Spirit Day

Moneta Elementary School

- Today: Afterschool Enrichment Classes begin

- Jan. 27 and 29: Jump Rope for Heart

Thaxton Elementary School

- Today and Jan. 28: Jump Rope for Heart

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School

- Jan. 28: Leadership Team, 3:20 p.m.

Staunton River Middle School

- Feb. 2: SRHS Orientation for eighth-graders, 6:30 p.m.

- Feb. 2-6: SCA Valentine’s Day Carnation Sale, $1

Jefferson Forest High School

- Jan. 28: BSTC field trip for sophomores

- Jan. 30: ‘Making it Count’ Assembly

Lynchburg

- Jan. 27: LCS Kindergarten Pre-registration, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at each Lynchburg City elementary school, the Parent Resource Center and Carl B. Hutcherson Early Learning Center. Registration is for Lynchburg children who have reached their fifth birthday by Sept. 30, 2009. For more information, contact Michael Rudder, Director for Elementary Education, 522-3700, ext. 137.

- Feb. 3: “Color Your World With a Smile’ dental hygiene seminar, 3:15 p.m. at the Jubilee Family Development Center. LCS dental careers students will provide dental health education and goodie bags for younger students.

Dearington Elementary School for Innovation

- Today: Third-grade Parent Workshop (multiplication); Fourth-grade Parent Workshop

- Jan. 27: Alpha Tutorial, 8 a.m.

- Jan. 27-29: ACE IT Math Tutorial, 3:45 to 4:45

Perrymont Elementary School

- Jan. 27 and 29: Great Readers for selected first- and second-grade students, 3:30 to 4:15 p.m.

Thomas C. Miller Elementary School for Innovation

- Jan. 27: Kindergarten Open House and Orientation, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Fifth-grade Rangers, 2:15 to 3:15 p.m.

- Jan. 29: Spring play auditions for kindergarten and first-grade students; PTO Meeting, 7 p.m.

- Feb. 4: Dental hygiene seminar for first-grade students, 10 a.m. Seminar taught by LCS dental careers students.

Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School for Innovation

- Jan. 27: National Assessment of Educational Progress for selected eighth-graders, 8:45 a.m.

- Mondays: DMS Show Choir practice, 3 to 4:15 p.m. in room C108; Sign Language Club, 3 to 4:30 p.m.

- Fridays: Bible Club, 3 to 4 p.m. in room M101

Private Schools

Appomattox Christian Academy

- Today: Upper School Recitation, ‘I have a dream’ project, to be presented to the student body

- Jan. 29: Color Guard tryouts in the multipurpose room. Students should be in best uniform. All Color Guard activities and scheduled appearances through February are indoor events.

- Jan. 30: In-school rehearsal for Open House presentation. Best uniform is not required for this rehearsal.

- Jan. 31: Workshop for Board of Directors Projects. Project sign-up will be handled through the office.

- Feb. 2: Headmaster to announce Color Guard appoinments. ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams will be required to attend all scheduled events in best uniform.

Holy Cross Regional Catholic School

- Today: Catholic Schools Week Liturgy, 10:15 a.m.; Admissions Open House, noon to 4 p.m.; School Advisory Board Meeting, 5 p.m.

- Jan. 27: Communion/Chapel Service, 7:40 a.m.; no homework night (annual tradition)

- Jan. 28: Faculty and Clergy Appreciation Day

- Jan. 30: Student Appreciation Day

Liberty Christian Academy

- Today: First LCA Parent’s Club meeting, 7 to 8 p.m. in the TRBC Sanctuary. Light refreshments will follow the meeting.

- Jan. 29: Kindergarten Round-up for parents and students of prospective kindergarten students, 7 p.m. in the LCA Choir Room. Event includes tours and meetings with principal and teachers.

- Feb. 2-13: Re-enrollment for current families. Open enrollment for new families begins on Feb. 23.

New Covenant Schools

- Jan. 28: School dismissed at noon for Faculty Forum

- Jan. 31: Upper School Cotillion and Ring Ceremony, 7 p.m.

New Vistas School

- Jan. 29: Sub Day

- Jan.30: Favorite Character Day