October 24, 2015
Chairman of the Board of Trustees Dickie Brawley presented Blue Ridge School chairs to retiring trustees Xavier Richardson (left) and William Elliott '71 (right) for their many years of service and generosity to the School at the Trustee meeting on October 22.
PARENT WEEKEND: The Fall Parent Weekend was a huge success. A number of families enjoyed the beautiful weather, attended classes and watched their sons compete in a several home games. A well-attended reception for parents preceded a dinner and Live Auction on Friday evening. The Parent Association also sponsored a Silent Auction and offered snacks at the football game. Highlights of the weekend included the
official dedication of the new observatory pod, which was donated by the Hall Family Foundation, and the blessing of the new Baron Athletic Complex's turf field. For photos of the weekend, click
here.
For videos of the live-streamed games, click
here
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From the Parent Association President:
"I would like to thank everyone for coming out last weekend and supporting the Parent Association! It was nice to see and meet so many people. I hope everyone enjoyed their time on campus with their son!
"We got off to a good start reaching our goal of $35,000. Keep in mind, all of the funds raised by the Parent Association go back to the school in one form or another providing enhancements for our sons. If you weren't able to attend or maybe didn't make it up to Battle House, you can still help. Be on the lookout for our 'Be A Hero' campaign, which will be sent soon. Also, we have spirit wear! We are working to get it available online, but in the meantime we will have sweatshirts, hats, chairs and umbrellas available at the remaining home football games or you can contact
Sareena Ryan to purchase.
"I would also love to hear from you! Please let me know if you have ideas on how we can make Parent Weekend and even better event!"
APPLE BUTTAH:
The Blue Ridge School campus was quite busy last Wednesday, October 14, with an array of appetizing scents. Not only was there an International Food Day event taking place on the quad at dinnertime but there was also an enormous kettle of apples boiling through the morning, day and night in preparation for the annual production and canning of apple butter. For more on this story by Nick Patnaude, including links to photos and videos, click
here
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COLLEGE COUNSELING: Congratulations to Cole Jackson on his acceptance to the University of Mississippi! In the past two weeks, our students have met with representatives from the University of Virginia, Emory University, Randolph-Macon College, Hampton-Sydney and Queens University (Canada).
ATHLETICS:
Both JV and Varsity Soccer teams won their home matches on Friday, October 16, against FUMA. Varsity Soccer also beat Miller the following Tuesday 4-1. Football won two games this week, beating Christchurch at home 38-8 and at North Cross 51-20. For photos of the games, click here.
PARANORMAL RACE: Blue Ridge School's Mountain Bike team competed in the Paranormal mountain bike race in Earlysville, Virginia, on Saturday, October 17. The six-hour race was a fund-raiser for the Charlottesville Mountain Bike Club. Mr. David Welty and senior Jonah Werner joined the team that included Harry Buchanan '16, Spencer Cook '17, Paul Du '19, Garrett Greiner '18, John Grieves '17, Howard Jiang '19, Freeman Paulson '19, Sasha Ryan '17, RoRo Rymer '17, Aamir Simms '17, Harrison Strickler '17, Brian Walker '17 and Tony Wang '16.
Riders were encouraged to dress in a costume for this race that took place on an 8-mile lap of wooded, tight, fast, single-track trail while dodging rocks and roots, bats and beasts. (The trail was decorated for Halloween.)
The Barons all completed one lap - as it was Parent Weekend and they wanted to spend more time with family.
