BRS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE TOP SCHOOLS IN VA:
Virginia Living magazine recognized Blue Ridge School in its "Top High Schools and Colleges 2016 State of Education" issue. The magazine also recognized Mr. John Young's senior English project based on Walden Pond. For more on this, click
here.
CONVOCATION: On Sunday, September 11, 2016, Blue Ridge School's 2016-2017 School year officially began at Convocation in Gibson Memorial Chapel. The Reverend Anne West officiated, Headmaster Trip Darrin gave an opening welcome and Mr. John Young addressed the seniors on leadership. Faculty Emeriti Mrs. Dolores DeAngelis and Mr. Carl Frye joined the faculty for this service. Charges for the 2016-2017 student leaders were also part of the ceremony. For a list of leaders, click
here.
For photos of the convocation, click here.
Mr. Jim Niederberger played the Chapel's historic pipe organ during this service for the last time - at least on campus. The organ has now been carefully dismantled and will soon move to its new home at nearby Buck Mountain Episcopal Church. A new state-of-the-art digital organ, donated by Trustee Emeritus Turley Higgins (father of Trey Higgins '86) will arrive sometime this fall. For a brief history of the former organ, click
here.
COLLEGE COUNSELING:
College Counselor Nick Patnaude attended a college counselors' workshop at the University of Virginia on Monday, September 12. The workshop covered
writing recommendation letters, admissions statistics and trends, and college essays. There was also a question and answer period with admissions counselors as well as opportunities for networking.
Representatives from Hampden Sydney College and the University of Alabama met with our students this week. There was a great turnout for both, and the students asked some very thoughtful questions.
Today (Friday, September 16th) is the last day to register for the October 22nd ACT. A student may still register for the October 1st SAT, but a late fee will be required at this point. The deadline for late registration is September 20th.
If a minimum of ten students sign up, an ACT prep course will be offered by Kaplan in November and December. Please contact Nick Patnaude (
npatnaude@blueridgechool.com
) for more details.
COMMUNITY SERVICE: The community service group led by Chaplain West has taken on the task of refreshing our Adirondeck chairs on campus every Monday. They will be power washing and coating a number of chairs each week until all chairs look fresh and new again.
LIVE EVENT:
The first Facebook live event took place on the School's page on Thursday, September 15. A big "thank you" to Bryce Aylor '19, Dr. Kevin Miller, Katiso Tlelima '18 and Mr. Franklin Daniels. Following minor glitches, several parents and alumni joined in with questions and comments. We hope to offer more live events on various topics throughout the year. Please let me know from whom you'd like to hear (teachers, administrators and students) during future events.
ATHLETICS:
The Varsity Soccer team lost to Woodberry 2-0 in a home game on Tuesday, September 13th. The Varsity team traveled to Holy Cross for a 4:30pm game today while the JV squad traveled to FUMA for a 4pm game.
For photos of Tuesday's soccer game, click
here
and
here
.
On Saturday, September 17, the Varsity Football team will host Flint Hill at 2pm. This game will be live-streamed. Go to our YouTube live-streaming channel,
BRS Video, to watch live.
For photos of last Saturday's Varsity Football win over Hargrave, click
here.
LEAVES:
The first three weekends of the school year are closed weekends so that boys are better able to acclimate to the community. The term closed weekend refers to overnight trips. Boys may still go on day trips to town with their parents. They just have to be back on campus by bedtime. A few circumstances for which exceptions would be made are as follows:
1) football players -- because they've been here two weeks longer than everyone else
2) college visits
3) weddings
4) funerals
Any other overnight leave request will be declined.
