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THIS WEEK AT BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL
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May 4, 2018
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.
DORM ROOM MOVERS:
The School is using
Dorm Room Movers
for your son's summer storage and shipping. They will pick up your son's items, store them over the summer, and have your son's items waiting for him in his dorm room when he returns next fall. They can also help you ship boxes home or to his college after he graduates. To sign up, click
here
.
WORKSHOP: Foreign Language Department Chair Mrs. Marcia Kozloski and Spanish teacher Mrs. Vicki Laub attended
a workshop for Spanish teachers titled
"Interdisciplinary Approaches to Spanish Teaching" at UVA's Center for the Liberal Arts last Sunday.
RIDE THE RIDGE: Blue Ridge School's mountain bike team competed in the annual Ride the Ridge Mountain Bike race on Saturday, April 28. In the sport junior category (fourteen miles), Tony Jin was first (1.37.17.5), Selby Morgan was second (1.50.43.0) and InYong Song was third (2.01.16.4). Yuto Hiraki was first out of fourteen riders in the junior division (52.21.9). To view a video of the race, click
here.
For more results, click here.
TROUT FEST: Mr. Vinton Bruton, Mr. Cory Woods and Mrs. Robin Cline along with six students caught a total of twenty-seven fish last Saturday including thirteen native brook trout, nine rainbow trout, four chubs and one small mouth bass. Moses Moran caught a total of 77 inches of trout in the twelve-hour event. Along with Moses were Jack Cline, Michael Sloan, Edwin Robinson, Zach Neumann and Wai Kwan Ng. For photos, click
here.
FIELD TRIP:
On Wednesday
afternoon the Environmental Studies students visited several significant sites in Shenandoah National Park to support various topics covered throughout the school year. The students were Nawaf Al Saud, Charles Bell, Ward Carroll, Ballard Earley, Ty Ewen, Grant Kramer, Logan Marshall, Wai Kwan Ng, Chris Richmond, Will Rukuba and Finn Schulman.
ATHLETICS:
On Monday, Coach Trip Darrin and six golfers played in a special tournament at Boonsboro Country Club against VES, Covenant and Timberlake Christian. The players included
Tyler Wills
,
Jaime Messa
,
Freeman Paulson
,
Jaden Frazier
,
Charles Bell
and
Pablo Cavestany.
Track won their meet on Thursday, and several student-athletes had personal bests including Sardaar Calhoun, Franck Germain, Katiso Tlelima and Souley Sylla. Full results will be posted soon.
This week, varsity tennis won two matches, the first with Hargrave and the second with Eastern Mennonite.
On Saturday, senior lacrosse players and their parents were honored prior to the home game with Bishop Sullivan (which they won 17-8). For photos, click here. On May 1, varsity lacrosse beat Patrick Henry 17-13.
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.
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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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