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THIS WEEK AT BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL
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Above, cast of "Decatur 404" in opening scene.
WINTER MUSICAL:
The premiere of senior Franck Germain's original musical "Decatur 404" was a great success yesterday evening. Franck composed the music with Mike Burris and Will McGreal. He wrote the lyrics with Myles Jones. A second performance takes place today at 3PM on the DeAngelis stage. Click here to view the
video /
photos. Click
here to read the article in The Daily Progress.
CARNIVAL & LUNAR NEW YEAR: On Tuesday, February 13, the Spanish and Portuguese students and teachers helped prepare dishes celebrating Carnival. Director of Food Services Jonathan Ballato and his SAGE staff prepared
Mexican, Puerto Rican and Spanish dishes.
On Friday, Jonathan and his staff prepared a variety of Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese dishes. He also served the dumplings assembled by several students. For photos, click here.
SPEAR: On Wednesday morning, February 14, Athletic Director Bryan Puckett announced the three new members of SPEAR (Service, Perseverance, Excellence, Academics, Respect). This trimester's SPEAR athletes are Bryce Aylor '19, Chris Rogers '19 and Ernesto Torres '19.
VARSITY ART FIELD TRIP:
The afternoon Varsity Art students toured the Virginia Museum of Fine Art in Richmond earlier this week. Tristan Adams '19, Colby Boyd '19, St. George Donovan '20, Hanbo Jiang '18, Jiahao Jin '19, Jimmy Li '19, Xol Mike '20, Finn Schulman '18 Dylan Strasser '20, Peter Sun '21, Justin Trent '19 and Caleb Werner '19 saw the visiting Chinese Terracotta figures as well as permanent exhibits at the Museum. This includes work by Kehinde Wiley, who did President Obama's official portrait that was just unveiled.
HEADMASTER'S DAY: Suspense began to build as early as last weekend. Students knew from past history that Headmaster Trip Darrin might just announce a Headmaster's Day this week. Halfway through Wednesday morning's assembly, Trip did, in fact, make an announcement. Students were on the edge of their seats. It proved to be a red herring, and students slumped back into their chairs to prepare themselves for a day full of classes. Then . . . Director of Admissions Jamie Miller '94 asked the students to think about those for whom they should be thankful on Valentine's Day. Disappointed with Trip's "lame" announcement, students did their best to listen to Jamie. They were unenthusiastic as Jamie asked them to recite the second line of a famous poem after he gave the first line. Jamie began, "Rose are red." The students replied, "Violets are blue." Jamie's third line was actually only two words, "Headmaster's Day!" Oh, the humanity! Students leapt from their seats. Young men hugged one another, tears were shed and they danced about the auditorium in celebration. They then flung off their dress coats and ripped off their ties as they ran faster than they ever have before from the assembly to enjoy their day of freedom. (by Dan Dunsmore)
TC BOYLE: On Monday evening, sophomores Andrew Jorgensen, St. George Donovan and Chris Knight sent questions to noted author T.C. Boyle through Twitter. The students had recently read a series of Boyle's short stories in Mr. Dan Dunmore's English class. Mr. Boyle was ready and waiting for the boys, as this was pre-arranged with Mr. Dunsmore. "The students asked probing questions, and T.C. gave insightful answers," says Dan who adds, "I really appreciate this prolific and talented novelist/short story writer giving an hour of his time to budding writers."
REGIONAL EVENTS: Parents are invited to attend two School receptions. The first is on Wednesday, March 21, and hosted by Mark and Tracy Werner (Jonah '16 and Caleb '19) in Midlothian, Virginia. The second reception is on Thursday, April 12, and hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Marc A. Shook '74 in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Midlothian, Virginia - Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Tarrington Club House
3500 Ashwell Drive
Midlothian, VA 23113
Wednesday, March 21st, 2018
6:00 - 9:00 PM
Special Guest - Associate Headmaster Mr. Franklin Daniels
Please RSVP
here
by Tuesday, March 20th, 2018
Virginia Beach, Virginia - Thursday, April 12, 2018
Princess Anne Country Club
3800 Pacific Ave
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Thursday, April 12th, 2018
6:00 - 9:00 PM
Special Guest - Headmaster Mr. Trip Darrin
Please RSVP
here
by Monday, April 2nd, 2018
ATHLETICS:
Congratulations to Tyler Wills '18 who signed a National Letter of Intent to play football for Emory & Henry College on Friday, February 16. Tyler was named
1st Team All-Conference Center,
1st Team All-State Center and is a m
ember of the 2016 State Football Championship team!
For photos, click here. For Channel 19's news coverage, click here.
On Tuesday, February 13, the JV and varsity basketball squads traveled to Hargrave. JV won
75-72
while varsity lost 61-44. On that same afternoon, the Squire team hosted VES for an exciting game, winning 26-19 after a 10-0 fourth quarter.
The Squires played another great game on Thursday, February 15, at Tandem. After leading at halftime, the squad could not quite hold on and took the loss to end a very successful 5-3 season.
The indoor track team is competing in the Indoor State Championship Meet today at St. Christopher's School in Richmond. Adam Maisano is running the 1600 and the 1000, Taku Endo is competing in the 500 and Michael Asher is sprinting in the 55 Meter Dash.
Congratulations to our VIC Wrestling Championship winners! Miguel Serrano '21 (left) finished second in the 126-pound weight class, and Nathan Santos '20 (right) finished third in the 180-pound weight class.
Wrestling grapplers are competing in the VISAA Championship on Friday and Saturday.
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IMPORTANT DATES:
February 17
"Decatur 404" - Musical by Franck Germain '18
3PM
March 2 - 18
Spring Break - Leave request forms are due Feb. 21.
Click
here
to complete a leave request for your son.
March 29 - April 2
Easter Weekend - Click here to complete a leave request for your son.
April 27-28
Spring Parent Weekend
May 25
Exams End, Underclassmen Depart
May 26
Commencement
CLOSED WEEKENDS (no leave allowed):
February 23-24
April 14-18 - Required Character Ed Trips
May 18-20
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