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THIS WEEK AT BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL
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May 22, 2016
COMMENCEMENT: All underclassmen may leave after their last exam on Friday, May 27. Parents of seniors are welcomed to attend the Baccalaureate Ceremony at 4:30PM that same day in Gibson Memorial Chapel. The Ceremony is followed by a dinner for the seniors and their parents. Please
click on this link by Monday midnight to reserve seats. The Commencement Ceremony begins at 9:30AM and is followed by lunch. Please see below for important information about a possible detour. An article on today's Honor Service will be posted soon.
 BIG SPRING CONCERT: On Friday, May 20, Blue Ridge School musicians went all out in the biggest concert of the year. The multi-media performance included video backdrops as the band performed numbers that included "Pipeline," "Take Five" and more. The concert included an original song by Franck Germain '18 and Jared Brown '17. The concert concluded with a song composed by Jerry King and with lyrics based on a speech from Shakespeare's
Henry V. The Barontones sang a number of songs that ranged from American spirituals to contemporary tunes. The Barontones also accompanied the band on "In the Still of the Night" with a solo by Jonah Werner '16.
Mr. Mike Vinson is the band director and teaches instrumental music. Mr. Jerry King is the Performing Arts and Choir Director. A video of the entire concert may be viewed here. For more on the concert, click here. For more on the concert, click here.
 FIELD TRIPS: On Sunday, May 15, Mr. Jerry King and his Humanities students Spencer Ammen, Jason Hess, Andrew Link, Matt Minford,
Connor Morgan, Paul Sienke, Siqiao Yin and Joe Zhou (all seniors) spent the night at the home of the Hess family and spent Monday touring the Frank Lloyd Wright house called Fallingwater. On the trip home, the group stopped at Kentuck Knob and Bear Run.
Mr. Cory Woods took his Mountain Ecology students Yousef Abdel Kader '16, Harry Buchanan '16, Colby Burchfield '16, John Grieves '17, JeMeil King '16, Forrest Rosen '17, Paul Seinke '16 and Tae Watts '16 to Shenandoah National Park on Wednesday, May 25.
 ATHLETIC AWARDS: The Spring Sports Awards Banquet was held on Friday, May 20. Coaches of junior varsity and varsity teams summarized their seasons. They also presented awards to student-athletes who had made important contributions to their teams and/or had exceptional performances throughout the season. For a list of winners, click
here. For photos of the banquet, click
here.
 ATHLETICS:
The VAHS State Championship Mountain Bike Race took place at BRS on Saturday, May 14. Harry Buchanan '16 came in 21st out of more than 80 riders in the jv category. Spencer Glenn '18, RoRo Rymer '17, InYong Song '18 and Jack Stanton '17 also completed two loops of the grueling four-mile course. The race included elementary, middle school, junior varsity and varsity categories. For photos, click
here
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The track state qualifiers traveled to Richmond for the VISAA Track and Field Championships at Sports Backers Stadium on Saturday, May 21. The day began on an exciting note as Scott Spencer '16 took second place in the high jump with a leap of 6' 2". For more on the meet, click
here
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 SENIOR PRANK: Members of the Class of 2016 pulled the senior prank in the early morning hours of Thursday, May 19. The prank involved moving furniture and canoes as well as strategic placement of toilet paper, balloons, confetti and various political slogans. The students spent the morning cleaning up the mess. For photos, click here.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR PARENTS:
The Virginia Department of Transportation will be replacing a drainage pipe on Bacon Hollow Road in Greene County. During this time, a portion of Bacon Hollow Road (the road that runs in front of the BRS campus) will be closed near the Dyke Road intersection. The closure is scheduled to begin on May 23 and last two weeks.
During the closure, northbound drivers will be directed to stay on Dyke Road
(Route 810) to Mt. Olivet Road (first left after the Dyke store at Route 627) and then to Evergreen Church Road (first left at the T intersection with stop sign), which will reconnect drivers to Bacon Hollow Road (first left at the T intersection with stop sign). Continue a short distance to the maintenance of the School on the right.
Southbound drivers will reverse that detour, taking Evergreen Church Road to Mt. Olivet Road to Dyke Road.
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May 27
Bus to Dulles leaves at 4:30PM. the bus to CHO leaves at 2:30PM.
May 27
Baccalaureate, 4:30PM (followed by the senior-parent dinner)
May 28
Commencement, 9:30AM
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