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THIS WEEK AT BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL
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February 17, 2017
SAVE THE DATE:
On Friday, March 17, a very outstanding young Polish artist, Anna Miernik, will perform at Blue Ridge School (time to b
e announced). For more information on the artist, click
here
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YEARBOOK:
The yearbook staff is busy creating the 2016-2017 yearbook. This year the staff would like to include photos of the seniors as toddlers or babies. Please send your digital images to hkeldermans@blueridgeschool.
SENIOR TRIP:
Members of the Class of 2017 spent two days this week in DC on their annual trip. They visited several sites on Capitol Hill, met with Senator Tim Kaine and Representative Tom Garrett, toured several museums, shared a wonderful meal and enjoyed live theater.
For more on the trip, click here.
For photos, click here.
EAGLE SCOUT: Senior Tanay Pandey is now an Eagle Scout and has recently completed his Eagle Scout project
which entailed building twelve wooden wreath stands for the Cheltenham Veteran's Cemetery. Tanay has been a scout since second grade.
COLLEGE NEWS:
Congratulations to the following seniors for being accepted to the following colleges and universities this week:
Joseph Kim: Ringling College of Art & Design
Jared Brown: University of Puget Sound
Marcus Valeiras: Hawaii Pacific University
John Stubbs: Dean College
Harrison Strickler: Randolph Macon College
Jahlil Puryear: Bridgewater University and Stetson University
Forrest Rosen: Florida Atlantic University
Oscar Palin: University of New Haven
Harry Wang: UMASS Boston
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: On Tuesday, February 14, Senior Justin Armwood signed a letter of intent to play football with Wingate University. For photos of the signing, click
here. To view Channel 19's news coverage, click
here.
Good luck to our wrestlers who are at the State Semi-finals today: Junior Camara, Doug Cahn, Sean Karr, James Forbes and Nathan Santos! And good luck as well to the Squire and Varsity B Basketball teams which play at VES this evening!
JV Basketball hosts VES tomorrow at 3PM and Varsity plays at 4:30PM. Seniors and their parents will be honored prior to this game - which is their last home game.
