February 10, 2017
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"DAMN YANKEES": Yesterday's performance was a great hit enjoyed by a packed auditorium! Directed by Mr. Will McGreal with musical direction by Mr. Jim Niederberger and Mr. Mike Vinson, the cast includes Keane Emmans-McGill '19, Tristan Adams '19, Katiso Tlelima '18, Caleb Werner '19, Bryce Aylor '19, Alex Tembo '18, David Ayriyants '19, Elias Weldegeorgis '18, Allen Xiang '18, Frank Germain '18, Juan Mareco '18, Kellam Lloyd '20, Pearson White '17 and Huntley Hacker '17 among others. During scene changes the audience is treated to hot dogs and popcorn by stadium hawkers Oscar Palin '17 and Freeman Paulson '19. A special guest appearance includes several varsity basketball players. The musical is by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, based on the novel by Douglass Wallop, The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant.
For photos of Act I, click here. Photos of Act II will be posted later today.
SUPER BOWL PARTY: The Parent Association hosted a Super Bowl Party on Sunday, February 5, in the Student Center during which the boys enjoyed the big game and snacked on a wide variety of great food including sandwich sliders, chicken tenders, super bowl-themed cupcakes and more! For more photos, click
here.
CONGRATULATIONS: Senior
Tanay Pandey earned an Eagle Scout Honor at a ceremony last week. He also earned certification of recognition from The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution for outstanding Achievement in Exceptional Leadership and Citizenship.
For his Eagle Scout project, Tanay built twelve-foot wooden wreath stands for Cheltenham Veteran's Cemetery in
Prince George's County,
Maryland. For photos of his project, click here.
UVA PANELIST: On Tuesday, February 7, history teacher Mr. Pete Bonds spoke on a
panel of educators who addressed students at the UVA Curry School of Education about the ins and outs of working at a boarding school.
FIELD TRIP TO THE FAHLIN MUSEUM: History teacher Mr. Patrick Curtin took his 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.
Nova Arsenault '20
,
Devin Corini '19
,
Dennis Frantsve '20
,
Cristian Graham '20
,
Mike Han '20
,
Amon Johnson '20
,
Jack Lesser '20
,
Chuck Reinhard '20
and
Nathan Santos '20 enjoyed the field trip.
COLLEGE COUNSELING: Congratulations to the following seniors for being accepted to the following colleges and universities.
Justin Armwood - Shenandoah University, UVA-Wise, Shepard University, Wingate University
Bryce Bongiovanni - University of Mississippi
Jarad Chouai - Dickinson College, James Madison University, Allegheny College
Dennis Dai - Penn State
Pablo Juan Llado Diaz-Agero - College of International Studies
Huntley Hacker - Brevard College
Oscar Palin - Allegheny College
Tanay Pandey - Guilford College, Radford University
Jahlil Puryear - Tiffin University, West Virginia Wesleyan College
Harrison Strickler - Mercyhurst University
John Stubbs - Sierra Nevada College, New England College, City College at Montana State University
Billings
Marcus Valeiras - Truman State University
Pearson White - St. Petersburg College
The college counseling department recommends that all juniors sign up for both the ACT and SAT tests. We have scheduled an SAT prep class through Kaplan in May. Please visit kaplanatschool.com/blueridge to sign up. Note that this course will occur only if enough students sign up. Please sign up prior to March 26, 2017, as the price will increase after that date.
The dates of the two tests at BRS are as follows:
ACT: April 8, 2017, deadline is March 3, 2017.
A late fee is required after March 3, 2017.
SAT: May 6th, 2017, deadline is April 7, 2017.
A late fee is required after April 7, 2017.
Parents of seniors should have filled out the FAFSA for their sons. If you have not done so, please do so immediately in order to be considered for federal aid and work-study opportunities in college. Please note that you will need to add each individual college for which you want your son to be considered for aid. The maximum is ten schools. Please follow this link if you have not filled out the FAFSA.
ATHLETICS: The wrestling team lost their match at Fork Union on Wednesday. They head to
Roanoke today for the VIC championship!
The Indoor Soccer team played in the Valentine's Classic at Collegiate on Friday evening. The Blue Ridge Blue team beat Benedictine's B team 5-3.
JV Basketball beat Carlisle 56-22, and Varsity Basketball beat Carlisle
79-36 in home games on Tuesday! In two more home games against the Liberty Patriots on Thursday,
JV won 53-32 but Varsity B lost 48-74.
The football team's championship rings have arrived and will be officially presented at the February 22 Ring Ceremony in the auditorium at 11AM.
