In Your Schools - March 9, 2009 | The News & Advance

ACHIEVEMENTS

Appomattox

- The following Appomattox County High School and Appomattox County Middle School students were recognized by the Appomattox County School Board for outstanding achievement and placement in the Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association’s District III Band: Amy Davis, fourth place, bass clarinet; Hal Microutsicos, sixth, trumpet; Tyler Gage, fifth, euphonium; Jessica Austin, 25th, trumpet; Graham Harris, third, tenor sax; Alex Brown, first, baritone sax and participant in Junior Honors Band; and Josh Seay, 16th .

- The following Appomattox Elementary School students were recognized recently on the Reading Safari: Madison Totty, Candice Coleman, Juwan Irving, Katelynn Carr, Christopher Bohannon, Noah White, Brian Tracey, John-Ryan Nantz, Harmonie Elliott, Dylan Ford and Hannah Craddock.

Lynchburg

- E.C. Glass High School junior Daron McDaniel earned a spot on the All-Virginia Chorus after auditioning for the group during the Virginia Music Educators Association All-District Chorus event held in February at Salem High School. McDaniel will perform with the chorus in April. Fellow E.C. Glass juniors Jimmy Rapiejko and Timothy Pugliese were named Alternate Delegates to the All-Virginia Chorus.

- The following Lynchburg City elementary schools earned the Virginia Board of Education’s Excellence Award: Bedford Hills, Paul Munro, Sandusky and W.M. Bass. The following schools earned the Board of Education’s Competence to Excellence Award: Dearington Elementary School for Innovation, Heritage Elementary, Heritage High School and Sheffield Elementary.

Private Schools

- The following Virginia Episcopal School students were named to the Honor Roll (grade point average of 90 and above) for the winter term: Virginia Duerson, Lindsay Leake, William Manning, Katherine McWane, Katherine Nylund, Virginia Taylor, Mackenzie Winston and Arthur Zablotska, ninth grade; Gray Antonelli, Lee Ayscue, Natalie Coleman, James Cook, Alice Donaldson, Nicco Freeo, Sarah Gencarelli, Margaret Girling, Cooper Graham, Tereika Grooms, Meredith Haga, Brier King, Dixon Moore, David Ponder and James Robertson II, 10th grade; Brett Beeson, Mark Bohling, Nan Bowden, Rachel Bowman, Chelsea Giles, Edwin Higgingbotham, James King, Clara Moomaw and Meredith St. Clair, 11th grade; and Marsh Baker, Connor Bell, Hank Donaldson, Rowland Girling, Noah Grabeel, Tevin Jefferson, Amber Joyner, Spencer King, Holly McWane, Tyler Overfelt, Jacob Pierce, Hannah Snead and Katelyn St. Clair, 12th grade.

SCHOOL HAPPENINGS

Amherst County

- Elon Ruritan Club will be granting two college scholarships to area seniors . Applications are due March 27 and may be obtained from the guidance counselors office at Amherst County High School or by calling Henry Allen at 384-1670. Public, private and home schooled students are encouraged to apply and will be judged based on grades, extracurricular activities, volunteer efforts and character references.

Appomattox County

- March 11: Literacy Committee Meeting, 3:30 p.m. at the School Administration Building

- March 12: School Board Budget Work Session and Interim Board Meeting, 3 p.m. at the School Administration Building

Appomattox Elementary School

- March is ‘Music in Schools Month’ at AES

Appomattox County High School

- Today and March 10: Herff Jones taking class ring orders during lunch

- March 10: ‘Living Proof’ presentation by Sarah Panzau, 8:30 to 10 a.m. Public is invited to attend. Event sponsored by L.E. Lichford Inc. of Lynchburg.

- March 11: Report cards issued

Bedford County

- March 13: All Bedford County schools closed for Late Winter Holiday

Forest Elementary School

- Today: FMS representative to speak with fifth-graders

- March 10: Fifth-grade Animal Safety Lecture

- March 16: Fifth-graders tour FMS, 9:15 a.m. PTA Board Meeting, 7 p.m.

- March 17: Talent Show Rehearsal, 6 p.m.

- Through March 27: Humane Society Collection

New London Academy

- March 12: Fourth-grade field trip to Roanoke; FMS representatives to speak with fifth-graders

Thaxton Elementary School

- March 10: Spring Pictures

Forest Middle School

- Today: PTA Meeting, 7 p.m.

- March 11: Spring Pictures, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the auxiliary gym

Lynchburg

- March 10: Partners in Education Recognition Program and Breakfast, 7:30 a.m. at Lynchburg College’s Burton Center;‘Music in Our Schools’ event featuring a performance of ‘On the Radio’ by students from 11 city elementary schools, 7 p.m. in the E.C. Glass Civic Auditorium. Event is free and open to the public.

- March 11: LCS Education Foundation ‘Breakfast with the Superintendent,’ 7:30 a.m. at Lynchburg College’s Burton Center

- March 12: ‘Music in Our Schools’ Choral Festival, featuring students from city middle and high schools. Event is free and open to the public.

Dearington Elementary School for Innovation

- Today: Second Grade Parent Reading Workshop, 6:30 p.m.

- March 10, 12 and 17: Alpha Tutorial, 8 a.m.

- March 16: SGA Members Meeting, 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. (parents are responsible for transportation home)

Thomas C. Miller Elementary School for Innovation

- Today and March 10, 16 and 17: English/Reading Afterschool Program, 3:45 to 4:45 p.m.

- March 10: TCM Show Choir performs at Celebrate the Arts Program, 7 p.m. at E.C. Glass

- March 10 and 17: Fifth-grade Rangers, 2:15 to 3:15 p.m.

- March 11: Second-grade field trip to Maier Museum, 12:30 to 1:45 p.m.

- March 11 and 18: Dance, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

- March 11, 12 and 18: Ace-It! Program, 3:45 to 4:45 p.m.

- March 12: K/1 Play Rehearsal, 3:30 to 4:15 p.m.

- March 16: Tar Wars for fifth-graders, 2 to 2:45 p.m.

Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School for Innovation

- March 12: Sixth-grade Evening of Innovation, 6 to 8 p.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

Holy Cross Regional Catholic School

- Today: ‘Living Proof’ presentation for all middle and high school students, 1:40 p.m.

- March 12: Terra Nova Pre-Test

- March 13: Scholastic Book Fair begins

- March 14: City Spelling Bee Finals; High School Dance, 8 p.m. to midnight

- Holy Cross School is offering summer camps and summer day care. All parish families are welcome. For more information, call Pat at

847-5436.

- Holy Cross is now registering new and returning students for Fall 2009 enrollment in grades pre-K through 12.

Liberty Christian Academy

- Today through March 13: Spring Break

- Wednesdays: Moms in Prayer, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the LCA Cafeteria Annex. For more information, contact Mary Hensley at sistermk62@aol.com

- 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

- March 10: Final day of Sophomore/Junior pizza kit and cookie dough fundraiser. Place orders with sophomores or juniors or see sales brochure in the lobby. Sales benefit their senior trips. Orders delivered on March 24. Tenth- and 11th-grade students compete in the Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) Competition at Liberty University

- March 13: Early dismissal at noon. Spring Break begins. Faculty Forum scheduled for afternoon.

New Vistas School

- Today: School closed for Mid-Winter Break

- March10: Classes resume

Timberlake Christian Schools

- Today: Seniors leave for Senior Missions Trip to Romania