April 16, 2018


(Above: the mountain bike team completed 100 miles in the "Tour de Blue Ridge" intersquad race this week. See below for more on this story.)


TUITION RAFFLE:  Don't forget to purchase your Tuition Raffle ticket. The more tickets sold, the more the winner receives! The winning ticket will be drawn on May 25! You do not have to be present to win.

CHARACTER ED TRIPS: The freshmen departed for their wilderness trip on Saturday morning while sophomores are in Washington, D.C. and juniors
are in West Virginia. Both groups are  completing community service projects. The seniors began their twenty-mile hike this morning.
 
BIOLOGY PRESENTATIONS: Students in Mr. Jack Warren's Biology classes researched various illnesses that cause disabilities. Working in small groups, they were required to demonstrate to volunteers the symptoms and biological impact of each illness. Volunteers were asked to fill out a questionnaire following each exercise. For a video, click here. 
 
HISTORY FIELD TRIP: On April 9, Mr. Patrick Curtin's History students visited the University of Virginia's Fralin Museum of Art to view the numismatic collection of ancient coins, many of which are of Greek and Roman origin. The students who participated were: Bryce Adkison, Sanjar Abdychev, Tristan Emmanuel, Ben Faulconer, Zymir Faulkner, William Huang, Cole Kennedy, Kevin Li, MarQuis Roberts and Edwin Robinson. For more on this field trip, click here. 

SUMMER STORAGE:  Click  here  t o learn more about My Dorm Movers, the service BRS has partnered with to store your son's dorm room contents over the summer.
 
BLOOD DRIVE: Members of the BRS chapter of the National Honor Society organized a blood drive with Virginia Blood on Thursday. Members include: seniors Franck Germain, Harry Jiang, Juan Mareco, Connor Modd, In Yong Song, Jaab Veskijkul, Allen Xiang, Ryan Amer, Kyle McCurley, Aaron O'Donnell, Juan Pitty, Alex Tembo, Harry Xue  and Jason Yu as well as juniors Khaled Aburamadan, Bryce Aylor, David Ayriyants, Colby Boyd, Paul Du, Keane Emmans-McGill, Justin Hu and Selby Morgan.
 
SENIOR SPEECH: Abdoulaye "Junior" Camara spoke about diversity in his senior speech on Thursday. To view his speech, click here. 
 
ATHLETICS:
The mountain bike team completed an intersquad, five-stage "Tour de Blue Ridge" mountain bike race last week that tested each riders' mental and physical stamina. "Together, the team rode a combined distance of about 100 miles and climbed over 17,000 feet in a week," says Coach Tony Brown.  For more on this story, click here. 

Congratulations to Darius McGhee '18 who was named first team All-Central Virginia Boys Basketball and to Sardaar Calhoun '18 who was named second team All-Central Virginia. For more on this story, click here. 
 
On Tuesday , the golf team beat Middleburg but lost to VES. Tyler Wills shot a 40.  Jaime played well, posting a 44 (second lowest score for the team).  Varsity tennis won their home match against Miller 8-1 and v arsity lacrosse hosted VES winning 15-11.
 
On Thursday, April 12, varsity lacrosse team members volunteered at the Charlottesville Special Olympics on Thursday morning. For photos, click here.  For a video, click here . 
 
On Friday, April 13 , varsity lacrosse beat Middleburg 18-2.
 


HEART AND SOLE OF BRS:  From the top of your head to the soles of your feet, you bleed Blue and White. Your heart knows. Your mind knows. Now show the world by rocking a pair of limited edition Blue Ridge School socks!  Make a gift of $50 or more and we'll send you a pair as our way of saying thank you!

Learn more about supporting Blue Ridge School's Annual Fund and how gifts of all sizes make a difference  here.




 
  
 
IMPORTANT DATES:

April 27-28
Spring Parent Weekend

May 25
Exams End, Underclassmen Depart

May 26
Commencement
 
CLOSED WEEKENDS (no leave allowed):
May 18-20

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