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THIS WEEK AT BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL
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March 24, 2017
The drawing for the tuition raffle has been extended to May 26! The winner receives half of the total raised to go toward next year's BRS tuition (if a returning student) or a senior's college tuition.
Click here to purchase your ticket.
Click
here
to register for Parent Weekend.
SENIOR PARENTS: Please send high res images of your son as a baby or toddler to
[email protected]
. We want to include these on the senior pages of the yearbook. Also, a representative of Josten's will be at Parent Weekend. This is your opportunity to order your son's class ring as well as invitations and announcements for the upcoming commencement ceremony on May 27.
ACADEMIC HONORS: The students who earned a spot on the Headmaster's and Dean's list received certificates and lapel pins this week. For a list, click
here.
HIGHLAND FIELD TRIP: On Thursday, March 23, Mr. Vinton Bruton's Humanities students toured Highland (formerly Ashlawn), one of James Monroe's homes. Juniors Ryan Amer, Spencer Cadieux, Jack Cline, Ty Ewen, Franck Germain, Juan Mareco, Connor Modd, Rhys Rodriguez, Alex Tembo and Katiso Tlelima enjoyed touring this residence of our fifth President. The students had clearly done some research as they impressed the docent with their responses to her questions. They also posed some excellent questions themselves. The highlight of the tour was the opportunity to listen to President Monroe (performed by
Dennis Bigelow),
who stayed in character as he answered our students' questions. The boys were treated to lunch at the historic Michie Tavern before returning for their 4th period class.
MACBETH: Covenant School's Drama Director Jerry King brought several actors to Blue Ridge today. The group performed a compressed version of Macbeth, which the students had written and directed using physical theater,
a type of theatrical performance that encompasses storytelling primarily through
physical
movement.
SATURDAY PROGRAM: On Saturday, March 18, Jill Kalinski, mother of Sam (2013) and vice chair of the Board of Trustees, was our guest presenter. She had recently returned from a mission trip to Greece where she worked with refugees, mainly from Syria. The program consisted of three parts. Mrs. Kalinski shared some of her experiences before everyone met in small groups to discuss possible solutions to some of the dilemmas she had introduced. Finally, all reconvened in the auditorium to share their thoughts.
COLLEGE COUNSELING: Congratulations to these seniors, who have been accepted to the following schools of higher learning:
Elliot Appelman - Texas Christian University, Indiana University and Binghamton University
Jared Brown - Lewis & Clark
Jonkai Brown - Bloomsburg University and Temple University
Albert Che - Parsons School of Design
Dennis Dai - University of Miami
Tariq Gough - Bluefield College
Marcus Valeiras - Elon University
Tanay Pandey - Randolph Macon
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.
Parents of seniors, please e-mail Nick Patnaude at
[email protected]
if your financial aid award letter requires deciphering.
ATHLETICS:
Baseball opened its season in a tournament at United Christian last weekend.
The team lost on Friday 3-2 but won both games on Saturday as they bested Roanoke Christian 8-6 in extra innings and Legacy Christian 11-1. The team finished second in the tournament. Above from left: Josh Toston '17, Tyler Wills '18, Perry King '19 and Huntley Hacker '17 were named to the All-Tournament Team!
The Winter Sports Awards were announced on Tuesday. To view the list, click
here. To view photos, click
here.
Mark Yee won his singles set against Covenant on Tuesday, March 21.
V
arsity Lacrosse beat Covenant in a come-from-behind 12-11 win on Friday, March 17. The Barons found themselves down 3-9 before launching an exciting rally in the fourth quarter.
The VISAA Division II All-State basketball team was announced this week. The Player of the Year was Aamir Simms '17. Josh Colon '17 was named to the First Team, and Sardaar Calhoun '18 was named to the Second Team. Cade Lemcke was selected as Coach of the Year.
