Above: Professor John Dobbins with Mr. Curtin's History students at UVA's Fralin Museum
SAVE THE DATES:
DAMN YANKEES: February 10 (7PM) and February 11 (2:30PM and 7PM). For a video of the Varsity players rehearsing their number, click
here.)
SENIOR TRIP TO DC: (Required for all seniors) February 15 and 16
STATE CHAMPION FOOTBALL RINGS: February 22 (11AM)
PARENT WEEKEND: March 31 and April 1
Parents, we welcome your feedback and comments! Please take a moment to complete
this survey and let us know what you plan for your son next year. (Parents of seniors need not comment on this particular form.)
LUNAR NEW YEAR: Dr. Chrisantha Hermanson and several students have been
w
orking hard this week to prepare for the Lunar New Year celebration. A group prepared dumplings, as well as rice cakes, for Friday's lunch while others helped decorate the dining hall. On Friday morning, the students were entertained by local dancers who performed a Lion Dance (click
here
to view the video
). This evening, a number of students were treated to dinner at local Korean and Chinese restaurants.
Matt Chan '17, Albert Che '17, Dennis Dai '17, Phil Peng '17, James Shen '17, Jaab Veskijkul '18, Harry Wang '17 and Allen Xiang '18 are among the students who helped this week (click here to see a video of the boys making dumplings).
FIELD TRIP - UVA MUSEUM:
On January 24, Mr. Patrick Curtin took his History students to The Fralen Museum of Art to view the Numismatic Collection of ancient coins, many of which are of Greek and Roman origin. This trip is part of a class project that will culminate in the students creating their own coins. For more on this project, click here.
HONORING EMPLOYEES: On Wednesday, January 25,
Headmaster Darrin honored Cameron Shifflett, Herb Shifflett, Jeanette Shifflett, Jamie Miller and David Welty for their ten years of service to Blue Ridge School.
STOP HUNGER NOW: This past Saturday morning, January 21, the students, faculty and staff of Blue Ridge School once again partnered with Stop Hunger Now to pack 10,000 meals to feed the hungry in Honduras. Blue Ridge has joined this organization in not only raising awareness of world hunger but actually doing something about it for the past eight years. For more on this story, click
here. For videos, click
here.
COLLEGE COUNSELING: Congratulations to the following seniors on their acceptances to schools of higher learning:
Albert Che to the University of Virginia; Bryce Bongiovanni to the University of Mississippi, James Forbes to the University of Alaska Anchorage, Texas Tech and University of Alabama; Adrian Jansen to Old Dominion University; Joseph Kim to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Owen Mutiganda to La Roche College; Oscar Palin to SUNY Alfred State College and St. Peter's University; and John Stubbs to Wesley College and Hartwick College.
Parents of juniors, please start signing up your sons for the April 8th ACT and the May 6th SAT. You should select Blue Ridge School as your son's test center in both cases. Contact Nick Patnaude at npatnaude@blueridgeschool.com if you have questions or need any help.
ATHLETICS: The Winter Lacrosse team recently attended a UVA lacrosse practice and
met with UVA's Head Lacrosse Coach Lars Tiffany. JV Basketball lost to Middleburg Academy on Tuesday (56-42) while the Varsity team beat Middleburg 71-53. Both JV and Varsity teams travel to Virginia Episcopal today.
