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October 6, 2017
STUDENT COUNCIL:
On Thursday, October 5, ninth and tenth grade students voted for their student council class representatives. Congratulations to Iceysis Lewis and Charles Meadows for being elected as the tenth-grade representatives as well as to Ben Faulconer and Miguel Serrano, who will represent the ninth grade.
MILKSHAKE BAR:
The Parent Association treated the boys to a milkshake bar after lunch on Wednesday, October 4. This is a great example of how your donations to the Parent Association add a little something special to your son's daily routine.
LYRA CONCERT:
Earlier this week,
Bryce Adkinson '21, Duong Dang'19, Paul Du'19, Franck Germain '18, Howard Jiang '19, Yonas Weldegeorgis '18, Zac Wood '20, Allen Xiang '18 and Jimmy Yang '20 accompanied band instructor Mike Vinson to the historic Little Fork Episcopal Church in Rixeyville, Virginia, to hear a free concert put on by the Russian group Lyra. This group has traveled around the world to perform the sounds of Russian sacred music, operas, and Russian classics.
While the boys enjoyed the folk music, they also learned about numerous Russian traditions as well as Russian history, culture and the enormous musical heritage of the Russian Orthodox Church.
VIRTUAL REALITY FIELD TRIP:
Students used Google Expeditions to take a 'virtual field trip' to Jamestown this week in Mr. Peter Bonds' US history class. Peter and English teacher Mr. Dan Dunsmore will be presenting on the various ways to create meaningful movement in the classroom at the November 6th VAIS conference in Richmond, Virginia. Virtual field trips will be part of that presentation.
SPORTS BROADCASTING FIELD TRIP: Mr. Parker Kirwan and his students (Keane Emmans-McGill and Angus Middleton) were treated to a tour of Channel 19's sports studio in Charlottesville, Virginia, by Sports Director Damon Dillman on Friday, October 6. For photos, click
here.
HOSTING AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT:
Please consider hosting an international student over our upcoming Thanksgiving, Christmas and/or Spring breaks. Read about one Blue Ridge family's hosting experience
here.
HAITI TRIP REGISTRATION DEADLINE APPROACHING:
BRS has begun a wonderful partnership with a school in Haiti. This partnership provides our boys an opportunity to serve others and to experience a different part of the world. Last November, we took our first mission trip during Thanksgiving Break. Six boys made the journey, and all of them returned transformed by the experience. I can assure you that this is a safe journey. We are escorted by Haitians at all times. During this upcoming Thanksgiving break, the boys will travel with Blue Ridge faculty members Mr. Evan Graber, Ms. Wendy Evans and Ms. Kim Crandell.
The deadline for signing up for the November trip is Wednesday, October 11. The all-inclusive cost is $1600. We are working to raise funds to defray some of the expenses so please don't let the cost be your only guiding factor. The students will need to have a passport.
The group will leave Friday, November 17, and return Wednesday evening, November 22. Arrangements are available for your son to stay on campus for the remainder of the break.
Please talk with your son about this opportunity over the weekend. Contact the Reverend Anne West with any questions at awest@blueridgeschool.com or (804)761-4111.
ATHLETICS:
Congratulations to the cross country runners for placing second in their meet on Tuesday at the Covenant Invitational. The top five runners were Henri Vainola '18, Druv Mehrotra '19, Adam Maisano '19, Taku Endo '18 and Zac Wood '20.
The varsity soccer squad beat Fishburne Military Academy 4-1 at Fishburne on Thursday. For highlights, click here.
Varsity football player Xavier Kane '19 has been named the Falcon Club Player of the Week. To read more click here.
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