Next week, the seniors we'll embark on a long-time school tradition - their class trip to Washington, DC. This special time for seniors has been made possible by a very generous donation from a former parent and trustee.
The group will leave Wednesday, February 7, at 8AM. All seniors must be on campus to board the bus at this time. They may not meet us in DC nor can they leave the trip Thursday to go home.
PERFORMANCE TODAY: Paul Du '19, Howard Jiang '19,
Will Lowry '20, Peter Sun '21 and Jimmy Yang '20 will perform at the Greene County Library's open mic night tonight, February 2 at 7:00PM.
GUEST CHAPEL SPEAKER: On Thursday morning, February 1, students and faculty were treated to the enthusiastic preaching of the Reverend Frank Lewis, father of Iceysis Lewis '19. Reverend Lewis spoke on the importance of serving others.
BOOK BOWL:
The annual Book Bowl was held on Saturday morning, January 27. Book Bowl offers the more scholarly Barons among us a chance to show their knowledge in a variety of subjects. This year, the Blue team won this lively competition. For a short video, click here.
NYA BALL: The New York Auxiliary of Blue Ridge School's 2018 Blue & White Ball was held at the University Club in New York City on January 27.
More than 100 attendees joined for a triumphant return to The University Club for Havana Nights - a gambling-themed evening with a Cuban flair.
Parent Association President Mrs. Robin Cline and her son Jack '18 as well as Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Morgan (parents of Jacob '15, Connor '16 and Selby '19) represented the parent community this year.
FIELD TRIPS: Mr. Tony Brown's Appalachian Studies class visited Shenandoah National Park on Friday, January 26.
Cam Carr '18, Zymir Faulkner '21, Edwin Robinson '21, Will Rukuba '19, Michael Sloan '18, Joey Szabo '19, Pierce Waller '21, Alec Williams '19 and Zac Wood '20 enjoyed their day of mountain activities. For more on this trip, click here.
Mr. David Welty's art students visited the McGuffey Art Center in Charlottesville on Tuesday, January 30, and met three artists-in-residence - two painters and a photographer. Tristan Adams '19, Colby Boyd '19, St. George Donovan '20, Hanbo Jiang '18, Jiahao Jin '19, Jimmy Li '19, and Mark Matthews '20, Xol Mike '20, Finn Schulman '18, Peter Sun '21, Justin Trent '19 and Caleb Werner '19 participated.
All juniors visited Montpelier on Wednesday, January 31. The trip was organized by Humanities teacher and Assistant Headmaster for Co-curricular Programs Mr. Vinton Bruton. The students toured James Madison's home and learned more about Madison's part in the creation of the US Constitution.
COLLEGE COUNSELING: Congratulations to Jacob Douvres on his acceptance to Old Dominion University and Taku Endo on his acceptances to Kalamazoo College and Coe College.
STUDENT LEADERS: Student Council members have been active in promoting on-campus activities on the weekends. They've begun a Jefferson Cup hunt (with prizes for the winner) and a Saturday night movie in the auditorium with popcorn and snacks. Last weekend's feature was Kingman 2.
BIOLOGY PROJECTS: On Wednesday evening, January 31, students in Mr. Jack Warren's Biology classes presented their projects, which included posters explaining the causes, symptoms and cures for a variety of cancers. The students worked in teams and were also required to present their findings to an audience of judges and other students.
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For videos of several presentations, click here.
ATHLETICS:
Congratulations to Blue Ridge School football players Xavier Kane '19, Tyler Wills '18 and Katiso Tlelima '18 for earning awards at the 63rd Annual Falcon Club Awards Banquet in Charlottesville on Sunday, January 28.
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On Tuesday, January 23,
six of our wrestlers participated in a JV Jamboree at Charlottesville High School. Miguel Serrano '21 won two matches, Matthew Sherbondy '20 won one, Aden Britton '20 won one, and JaShaun Anderson '20 won one, the first victory of his wrestling career! On Tuesday, January 30, three BRS wrestlers attended the JV Jamboree at Albemarle High School. Miguel at 126 and JaShaun at 285 won both of their matches. Joshua Croswell '20 also wrestled well.
On Friday, January 26, the varsity basketball team beat Christ School 69-58 at home. Several members of the UVA marching band performed before and during the game. Click here to view the BSN Highlights.
On Saturday, January 27, the indoor track team had two entries in the 2018 Fred Hardy Indoor Track Invitational at Fork Union. Michael Asher '20 came in 32nd out of 99 in the 55 Meter Dash with a time of 7.01. Taku Endo '18 came in 40th out of 70 in the 500 Meter Run with a time of 1:19.86.
On Tuesday, January 30, the varsity basketball team beat VES 56-42 in Lynchburg. On that same floor earlier that evening, the JV team lost an exciting game to VES 61-60 due to a last-second Hail Mary. "
It was surreal to lose that way, but it was a great game," reports Coach Cole.
The Squire squad won its home game against VES 44-37 that same evening but came up short against Tandem Friends at home on Wednesday, January 31.
On Thursday, February 1, the indoor soccer team traveled to Collegiate for three games. The B team won 4-3, varsity lost 1-2.
Today, the wrestlers are traveling to Covenant for the VIC Quads at 4:00 pm.
The varsity basketball team heads to Richmond today to play in the Coaches 4 the Cure tournament. They play Massanutten at 4:30PM. A portion of the tournament's proceeds is donated to cancer survivors.
