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THIS WEEK AT BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL
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November 1, 2015
FRESHMEN LEADERS: On Thursday, October 22, seven of our BRS freshmen gave speeches in front of their teachers and peers prior to an election.
Congratulations to Harry Xue '19 and Eric Li '19 who ultimately won the election and are the freshmen representatives to the student council! Click
here to read more.
CORMANY HONORED: On Saturday, October 31, Headmaster Trip Darrin presented retired teacher Tim Cormany with the Faculty Emeritus award. He is only the tenth faculty member in the School's history to be given this prestigious honor which he's receiving for his 21 years of service. Tim served as a science teacher, hall parent, director of residential life, chaplain and led the Baron cross country team to a historic 16-3 season and won the "Coach of the Year" award in 1995. For photos of the event, click
here.
MOVEMBER: It's Movember - so grow a mustache! At Friday's morning meeting Jaab Veskijkul '18 and Andrew Link '16 encouraged students and teachers to participate in Movember - an event led each year by a leading organization committed to changing men's health.
How can you help? Grow a mustache and donate $20 or more. Go to
http://us.movember.com. Our school team name is Blue Ridge Mobros. Mothers, sisters and friends can sponsor the team as well.
There will be an award for the best and the worst mustaches. "Make your mustache the most creative one," encourages Jaab.
HOST FAMILIES: Our ELL Director, Sarah Kushwara, is looking for host families for international students for the upcoming Thanksgiving break. If you are able and interested in sharing your family's Thanksgiving tradition with an international student, please contact Sarah at
skushwara@blueridgeschool.com.
HALLOWEEN: On Thursday, October 29 there was a pumpkin carving contest sponsored by the Parent Association.
On Friday, October 30, several students and teachers dressed-up for Halloween. To view the photos, click
here.
ATHLETICS: Blue Ridge School's Malik Johnson is this week's Falcon Club Player of the Week. Malik rushed for 78 yards on four carries and also caught seven receptions for 90 yards and two touchdowns in the Baron's 51-20 win over North Cross. For more on this story, click
here.
On Saturday the Barons beat Randolph-Macon at home 60-14. Next Saturday they host STAB. The live-stream link will be posted on Facebook. Photos of Saturday's game are here.
Congratulations to our Cross Country Team who won its meet at VES: 24-32 this week. High scorers were: Taku Endo 18:41, Adam Maisano 20:35, Jaab
Veskijkul
21:29, Albert Che 22:11 and Jim Jiang 23:31.
The team came in 5th out of 9 teams at the VIC Conference Tournament on Saturday, October 31. Taku finished 8th overall!
