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THIS WEEK AT BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL
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May 18, 2018
ACADEMIC AWARDS:
The underclassmen will receive academic awards this afternoon which will be posted online soon after.
TED TALKS: Mr. Parker Kirwan's Honors World History students prepared and presented TED-like talks this week. The videos for each are posted on our YouTube channel. The students were asked to pick a topic about which
they're passionate or interested in sharing with an audience. Each presenter fielded questions following the presentations which ranged from the pros of GMO products to the benefits of mindfulness. The students were juniors Xavier Kane, Chris Rogers, Shaun Anderson, Ward Carroll, Zain Bankwalla, Omar Jassim, Isaac Soifer, Henry Robinson, Dhruv Mehrotra, Caleb Werner and Charlie King.
GOLDEN APPLE AWARD:
In a ceremony held May 16, Mr. Dan Dunsmore was one of a select group of local teachers who received a 2018 Golden Apple Award. Mr. Dunsmore teaches English, and is the chair of the BRS English Department. He has taught at Blue Ridge since 1998.
Click here to view the Channel 29 news story on the awards ceremony.
Click here for more on the story.
HISTORY CLASS:
During the 1930s the US Government hired out-of-work writers to conduct
interviews
with people who had been born into slavery but were still alive to talk about their experiences. Mr. Peter Bonds' History class researched and read many of these interviews, and created an exhibit to highlight some of these fascinating stories from the past. On Thursday, the students unveiled their exhibit and said a few words about their research and what they had learned. The exhibit occupies the bulletin board between Pete's and Mr. Dunsmore's classrooms.
PERFORMANCE: Several members of the BRS choir and jazz band performed for the residents of Grace Rehabilitation Center in Stanardsville on May 15. For videos of each performance, click here.
The musicians are: Philip Chen, Paul Du, Taku Endo, William Huang, Haedeun Kim, Elias Weldegeorgis, Charles Meadows, Tyler Wills, Franck Germain, Chiti Tembo, Derrick Owusu a
nd InYong Song. These students will be joined by a few more in this evening's Big Spring Concert at 7PM in the auditorium.
On Sunday, May 20 the jazz band will perform at Moss Vineyards nearby on Simmons Gap Road. Come and join the fun!
ATHLETICS:
The VIC Conference Track Meet was held at VES on May 12, 2018. The Barons finished third out of eight schools with a score of 109 - 29 of which were won by Henri Vainola '18!
Click here to view all Baron medalists.
Varsity lacrosse finished the season as the VIC Champions. However they lost in the first round of the VISAA finals 9-14 to Collegiate on Saturday. The team had a great season overall!
The 2018 VAHS State Championship Mountain Bike Race was held on campus Saturday, May 12.
The Baron mountain bikers who participated were InYong Song, Ward Carroll, Alex Dillard, Spencer Glenn, Tucker Fritz, Yuto Hiraki, Tony Jin, MinWoo Ki, Haedeun Kim, Jack Lutzker, Preston Neumann and June Park. They were also joined by Miguel Serrano Hasegawa.
Golf competes in the State Championship on Monday.
Pairings and tee times are now posted on the Tournament information page at visaa.org.
Pairings and tee times are also posted t
here
. Use the Golf Genius site to follow results
on Monday
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DORM MOVERS:
Dorm Movers' Customer Service team created a dedicated line for boarding school parents and students to call with questions or help signing up. That phone number is (623) 295 0589.
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IMPORTANT DATES:
May 18, 2018
Big Spring Concert, 7PM
May 20, 2018
Honors Service, 10:30AM
May 25
Exams End, Underclassmen Depart
Baccalaureate, 4:30PM, Gibson Memorial Chapel
Senior-Parent Dinner, 6PM
May 26
Commencement, 9:30AM
CLOSED WEEKENDS (no leave allowed):
May 18-20
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