September 2, 2016

 

 

BARON BACKERS & SPONSORSHIPS:  The Fall Parent Weekend will be upon us soon! Be sure to reserve your hotel early. We hope you'll come on Thursday, October 20, and attend the inaugural Baron Backers' Cocktail Party! We're still looking for a few more sponsors and Baron Backers for the weekend. Here's the link to more information. 

 

(Pictured above: Jonathan Ballato of Sage offers Paul Fehlner several milk shake choices at Wednesday's registration.) If you and your son are registering on September 7, be sure to look at some of the great merchandise the Parent Association has on sale. You may pre-order a number of items and have a chance to win cool stuff in the PA raffle.

 

BOARDINGWARE:  In a week or so, parents will receive an e-mail invitation to join Boardingware. Many parents have previously said that the invitation to Boardingware has gone to their spam/junk mail so please check those folders. Boardingware is the system that parents should use to request, describe and/or approve leaves.

PARENT COMMENTS: We are in the process of creating a blog that will include articles written by teachers, parents, alumni and students. The blog's focus is our brand: Built for Boys. We welcome any contributions from you on why you chose Blue Ridge as well as why an all-boys, all-boarding environment was best for your son. Specific stories about the growth you've seen in your son, his character development, etc. will be welcomed. Contact me at hkeldermans@blueridgeschool.com.

 

HOSTING:

 

COLLEGE COUNSELING: The deadline for the October 22 ACT is approaching. Be sure to sign up for this by September 16. Select Blue Ridge School as your testing center.  The deadline for the October 1 SAT has passed. The late deadline is September 20.  You will have to pay an additional fee at this point.  Remember that seniors should plan on taking either the SAT or ACT at least twice prior to applying to college. 

Seniors need to send their college essays to Nick Patnaude so that he may begin giving your son important feedback. 

Here's the  link  to this year's testing dates.

 

ATHLETICS: Soccer team members arrived on Wednesday, August 31, and have already participated in a number of practices. Here's a  video of this morning's soccer practice.    For more photos, click here.

The football team took a break on Wednesday to go bowling in Charlottesville, but they were back on the field later that day.

 

To view a video of the football team members during their Marine boot camp training exercise, click  here . 

 

You will find the fall schedules  here .