In Your Schools - Nov. 24, 2008

From staff reports
Published: November 24, 2008

ACHIEVEMENTS

Appomattox

- The following Appomattox County High School students placed in the Appomattox Sr. Future Farmers of America Tractor Operating Career Development Event held in October on the Appomattox FFA Alumni Land Laboratory: Tyler Franklin, first place, Clinton Robertson, second, and Richard Mason, third. ACHS students James Hudson, Kyle Primm and Michael Williamson also competed in the event. Tyler Franklin also took first place in the 2008 HUB Future Farmers of America Federation Tractor Operating Career Development Event held recently at William Campbell High School. Franklin will represent Appomattox FFA at the Southside Area FFA contest to be held at Chatham High School.

Lynchburg

- The following Lynchburg middle school students performed in the Middle School Strings Honors Recital held Nov. 10 at the Dunbar Middle School Auditorium: Katie Gray Brammer, Hannah Bush, Rebekah Chun, Carson Creasy, Casey Driskill, Lindsey Ford, Megan McMahon, Jessica Payne, Liza Pittard, Lauren Poletti, Lindsay Riordan, Chris Tugman, Rebekah Barrow, Brian Carey, Alexa Dahlin, Olivia Davis, Madeleine MacDonald, Emory McVeigh, Alex Minnix and Matt Pittard, Linkhorne Middle School; Rose Baker, Sophia Bolton, Katherine Coates, Atticus Dickson, Kiley Overstreet, Mary Alexander Patterson, Bryan Rapp, Olivia Varah, Hope Wright, Dean Flores, Daniel Horn, Bryan Penalva, Brandon Raines, Joseph Seo, Galen Shen, Cassie Smith and Victoria Varah, Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School for Innovation; and Daniel Hong, Lindsey Edwards, Grace Kim, Jamie Lindsay, Jenny Roach and Alex Thurston, Sandusky Middle School.

- The following William Marvin Bass Elementary School students were named ‘Terrific Kids’ by the Lynchburg Kiwanis Club: Machelah Scott, Michael Doss, Zaquon Lee, Hailly Sines, Taylor Morgan, Tariq Benson, Ashley Ragland, Daron Hubbard, Tyson Hancock, Tyrek Bradley, Selena Demecio, Rodt’edric Laprade, Carl Horsely, Amanda Bersch, Candace Brimm, David Seigla and Isaiah Jackson.

Private Schools

- The following Liberty Christian Academy students auditioned and earned membership into the 2008-2009 Senior High All-District Chorus:  Autumn Struhar, Claire Ehrman, Allison Mills, Joy Quarmout, Felicia Addato, Tyler Warner and Philip Velek.

- The following Liberty Christian Academy students were named to the All-A Honor Roll for the first nine weeks:  Lindsay Barber, Morgan Burggraf, Will Cheatwood, Hooly Clay, William Collie, Taylor Collins, Natalie Crawford, Carrington Crossland, Nicholas Cumby, Sean Dalton, Leah Dorman, Emily Drewry, Tres Erquiaga, Jessica Falwell, Rachel Falwell, Hayley Fleming, Elisha Foster, Haley Grosvenor, Andrew Guercia, Taylor Hillis, Samuel Housman, Hannah Hyland, Samuel Kappler, Mackenzie Kirkland, Jacob Knight, Megan Miller, Emory Moore, Allison Newman, Quinn Radka, Jennifer Rice, Jacob Robertson, Deanna Rossman, Emmilee Sinclair, Gregory Stienbarger, John Struble, Mandi Walton, Wade Webb, Bianca Wesbrook and Cevell Wright, sixth grade; Chandler Alder, Kenneth Allison, Emma Ayers, Joshua Barrick, Callie Bradley, Josh Campo, Madison Carroll, Kirk Carson, Lindsey Clair, Zachary Clinton, Jansen Collins, John Davenport, Brett Ehrman, Jonathan Falwell, Cassie Gagon, Allyson Gilbert, Rachel Haldren, Amelia Harrington, Rachel Harvey, Stephen Hueber, Griffin Hughes, Austin Inman, Mikayla Jobe, Kristin Kelly, Tyler Kidd, Brady Leffew, Lyndon Lewis, Lyndsey Lingenfelter, Nicole Lommers, Glenna Manns, Elizabeth Martin, Felicity Martin, Savannah McGuirt, Evan Meinke, Christopher Moore, Rachel Morris, Austin Morton, Austin Murphy, Timothy Murphy, Heather Nance, Jennifer Olmstead, Jessica Overstreet, Candace Padgett, Joshua Padgett, Quentin Palmer, Dana Paulson, Morgan Powell, Caroline Roberts, Ted Simopoulos and Kyle Werthman, seventh grade; Daphne Allen, Landon Anderson, Steven Atkinson, Kathleen Barber, Whitney Burnette, Madison Clarke, Katherine Corwin, Kirsten Doss, Jack Erdly, Ashley Eubank, Jennifer Garrett, Caleb Good, Evan Graybill, Nicole Hawkins, Morgan Horne, Jessica Jarvis, Michael Johnson, Neil Judd, Elizabeth Kappler, Dakota Kelly, Kristin Kingery, Andrea Lowery, Caleb Lynn, Catherine Malone, Kristin Miller, Charles Moore, Blake Papet, Abigail Quiqq, Bradley Spiron, Amber Taylor, Hannah Tchividjian, Claire Thompson and Brittany Tyree, eighth grade; Isaac Abedzadeh, Andre Beckles, Nathaniel Bettcher, Kristina Cheatham, Trey Cooper, Kathleen Dewitt, Jessica Eto, Mary Grace Falls, Kellie Glynn, Elizabeth Green, Lora Lieb, Evan McDouall, Bethany McGann, Casey McGuire, Matthew McLeod, Dana Mercer, Jin-Young Noh, Courtney Powell, Brittany Queen, Kacey Reichard, Rebecca Roberts, Alyssa Saffin, Bethany Singleton, Emily Smith, Whitney Warner and James Williams, ninth grade; Da Sol Ahn, Kelsey Brooks, Lindsay Collins, Cassie Foster, Jordan Gillispie, Casey Graybill, Anne-Marie Hancock, Keri Hunt, Shannon Jamerson, Neema Kessy, Leata Laidlow, Jennifer Lieb, Frank Manns, Matthew Maynard, Michael Maynard, Elly Meinke, Sohee Park, Sarah Quigg, Lyndsie Ramsdell, Amy Rocco, Charles Scruggs, Shinah Shin, Trey Tomlin, Joy Trost and Jenne Whitt, 10th grade; Douglas Burks, Joshua Cromwell, Michael Dixon, Josh Eto, Stephanie Eubank, Kristyn Gallian, Thomas Grabaskas, Andrew Haldren, Matthew Hamilton, Seongji Kim, Laura Lawhorn, Bobby Leffew, Jonathan Mitchell, Mary Norris, Samantha Peeples, Erik Radka, Michael Rocco, Jessica Velastegui and Matthew Williams, 11th grade; and Jennifer Barrick, Rebecca Brungard, Kaitlyn Evans, Amanda Falwell, J.W. Garrett, Matthew Grandey, Viktor Jankov, Abby Kappler, Patrick Kelly, Namwoo Kim, Vrajesh Makhijani, Daniel Quarmout, Kaelynn Queen, Melissa Ripley, Emily Song, and Jocelyn Van Den Bos, 12th grade.

- The following Holy Cross Regional Catholic School students were named Elementary Student Government Association officers: Brooke Valentine, president; Glenn Trent, vice president; Niki Leal, secretary, and Haydn Updike, reporter. The following students will serve as class representatives: Leonardo Lupinetti and Molly Graham, third grade; Sydney Walker, Mary Key, Brad Parker-Pond, Ocean Graybill, Grace Campbell and Avery Combs, fourth grade; and

Brendan Dougherty, Makayla Rony, Michael Charlton, James Schubert, Gabriel Siegenthaler and Lanie David, fifth grade.

- Holy Cross Regional Catholic School students Nina Rezai and William Loftus took second place at the Catholic Forensics Meet held Nov. 8 in Richmond.

- Holy Cross Regional Catholic School student Joe Bruzek received one of eight Best Actor/Best Actress awards during the Virginia Theatre Association 2008 Conference and Competition.

- The following New Vistas School students were named to the All-A Honor Roll for the first six weeks:

Cort Mays and Cole Werner, middle school, and Alison Kramer, upper school.

SCHOOL HAPPENINGS

Amherst County- Nov. 26-28: Schools closed for Thanksgiving holiday

Amelon Elementary School

- Nov.25: Kindergarten Pow Pow, 2 p.m.

Amherst Elementary School

- Nov.25: Talent Show (third and fifth grades)

Central Elementary School

- Nov. 25: Spirit Day

- Nov. 29: No M.A.R.S.

Elon Elementary School

- Today: Parent/Teacher Conferences, 4 to 6 p.m.

- Nov. 25: Chorus, 3:45 to 4:45 p.m.

Pleasant View Elementary School

- Nov.25: Enrichment Claymation Class, 3:35 to 4:45 p.m.

Amherst Middle School

- Today: Parent/Teacher Conferences, 4 to 6 p.m.

Monelison Middle School

- Today: Parent/Teacher Conferences, 3 to 5 p.m.

Appomattox County

- Nov. 25: School Board Meeting, 6:30 p.m. in the School Administration Building

- Nov. 26: Early dismissal at 1 p.m.

- Nov. 27 and 28: Schools closed for Thanksgiving holiday

Appomattox County High School

- Nov. 26: Report cards issued

Bedford County

- Today: Schools closed for students; Parent/Teacher Conferences, noon to 7 p.m.

- Nov. 25: Schools closed for students; Professional Development Day

- Nov. 26-28: Schools closed for Thanksgiving holiday

Boonsboro Elementary School

- Dec. 2: Interim reports issued

Forest Elementary School

- Dec. 2: SCA Officers Meeting, 8 a.m.

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School

- Dec. 1: Interim reports issued

Lynchburg

Perrymont Elementary School

- Today: Two fifth-grade classes visit DESI Science Lab

- Nov. 25: End of six weeks grading period; one fifth-grade class visits DESI Science Lab

- Nov. 26: School closed for students; teachers work half day

- Nov. 27 and 28: School closed for Thanksgiving holiday

Thomas C. Miller Elementary School for Innovation

- Today: Kindergarten field trip to Avoca Museum, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; Recycling Project with Region 2000 and Citizens for a Clean Lynchburg visit first-graders, 1:30 p.m.

- Nov. 25: Kindergarten field trip to Amazement Square, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Private Schools

Appomattox Christian Academy

- Nov. 25: The Great Feast, noon. Parents must make a reservation.

- Nov. 26-28: School closed for Thanksgiving holiday

Bedford Christian Academy

- Today: Walk of Faith,

8:10 a.m., followed by Parents’ Prayer

- Nov. 25: Annual Pastors’ Luncheon, 11 a.m.; early dismissal at 1 p.m.

- Nov. 26-28: School closed for Thanksgiving holiday

Branches Academy

- Nov. 26-28: Academy and Early Learning Center closed

Holy Cross Regional Catholic School

- Today: School Board Meeting, 5 p.m.

- Nov. 26: ’America is Born’ elementary musical, 11:15 a.m.; noon dismissal for Thanksgiving holiday

- Nov. 27-28: School closed for Thanksgiving holiday

Liberty Christian Academy

- Today through Nov. 28: School closed for ACSI Conference and Thanksgiving holiday

New Covenant Schools

- Nov. 25: Thanksgiving celebration activities beginning at noon; all-school chapel service, 2:15 p.m. in the Moomaw Gymnasium

- Nov. 26-28: School closed for Thanksgiving holiday

New Vistas School

- Nov. 25: Thanksgiving Feast

- Nov. 26-28: School closed for Thanksgiving holiday

Timberlake Christian Schools

- Nov. 24-28: School closed for Thanksgiving holiday