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March 17, 2017
BARON AWARDS: A number of students earned Baron Award lapel pins and certificates on Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Lapel pins are presented to boys who have not earned any infractions during the winter trimester, while certificates are presented to all the boys who have earned two or fewer. For the list, click
here.
TRUSTEE AWARD: Chairman of the Board of Trustees Mitch Rue '81 presented the Trustee Award to Hans Hermanson '97 at this morning's assembly. Hans is the Residence Life Coordinator and Assistant Dean of Students.
Hans served in the U.S. Army as a Middle Eastern intelligence specialist with Special Forces. After his military service he completed his Master's of Theology in Religious Studies at the University of Edinburgh. At Blue Ridge, Hans has multiple responsibilities including residential life, coaching an outdoor activity and advising.
Members of Blue Ridge School's Board of Trustees met on March 16 and 17. This august body holds two-day meetings on campus three times a year. The group is comprised of successful and dedicated alumni, alumni parents and friends of the School.
CONCERT:
World renowned soloist Anna Miernik performed at Blue Ridge School on Thursday, March 16 in a workshop for our music students in Gibson Memorial Chapel. The boys enjoyed the performance and asked Anna a number of questions about her career and music in general.
This evening, Friday, March 17, Anna will perform for the public at 7PM in Gibson Memorial Chapel. The concert is free and part of the "Chopin in Virginia" series which is in its thirteenth season. Thanks to Cindy and Robert Joskowiak for sponsoring this event!
ATHLETICS: Pictured above, members of the Varsity Basketball team and their coaches presented Headmaster Trip Darrin with the VISAA Div. II State Championship plaque on Monday.
The spring sports season began just before Spring Break. Varsity Lacrosse had a great win (13-4) over John Paul the Great on Friday, March 10, 2017. They host Covenant at 4:30PM today. Golf beat Covenant on Thursday. For the roster and season schedule, click
here.
ACADEMICS: Jim Douglas' math classes are working on a project that requires them to fill out an NCAA bracket and create a formula based on statistics from the 2016 - 2017 season. They'll use this formula to fill out their bracket. "There is quite a lot of number crunching involved in this project," reports Jim.
COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES: Letters of college acceptances are arriving in seniors' mailboxes every day. Here is the list for this week. Congratulations to all!
Elliot Appelman - Furman University
Jonkai Brown - Wilkes University, La Salle University, Robert Morris University and Saint Francis University
Albert Che - Georgia Tech and University of Miami
Dennis Dai - UC Davis, UC San Diego, UC Santa Cruz, Ohio State University, University of Denver, State University of New York Stony Brook
James Forbes - James Madison University and The Citadel
Clarence Han - Rutgers University, University of Denver, University of Kansas, University of Iowa, Ohio State
Koko Huang - Northeastern
Tanay Pandey - Hampden Sydney
Phil Peng - University of Iowa
Jahlil Puryear - Hampton University
Oscar Palin - Seton Hall University
Nick Roscoe - La Salle University
John Stubbs - Radford University, Lynn University and Old Dominion University
Marcus Valeiras - James Madison University
Brian Walker -
James Madison University
Pearson White - North Carolina Wesleyan, Lander University and Davis & Elkins
MORE COLLEGE NEWS: An SAT prep class sponsored by Blue Ridge High School and taught by a Kaplan Test Prep Expert will be offered from 1-4:30PM, on Sunday afternoons and 6:30-9:30PM on Monday and Wednesday evenings from April 09 - May 03, 2017. To enroll, please call 1-800-527-8378 (select option 4, followed by option 2) or go to
kaplanatschool.com/blueridge. There is an early bird pricing sale until March 26.
RIDE THE RIDGE:
On April 1, join us for Blue Ridge School's annual Ride the Ridge (Race #2 in the
Virginia Off Road Series). This race is a high-quality challenge that supports World Bicycle Relief. This year the race includes miles of new trails! Check-out an interactive map of the
BRS Trail System here or view it on
MTB Project. A race course map will be available soon. The race begins at 10AM. Click
here to Register.
