PARENT WEEKEND: Spring Parent Weekend began this morning with an assembly at which the senior leaders presented awards to several faculty members. Parents attended classes throughout the morning. The fine arts show opened at 1pm, the climbing tower and zip line was open to all from 3-6pm, while baseball hosted Blessed Sacrament. A welcome reception was hosted by Associate Headmaster Franklin Daniels and his wife Kate. On Saturday, parents of juniors can attend a college meeting, and parent-teacher conferences will also be held throughout the morning. The annual Ride the Ridge mountain bike race will begin at 10am. The Parent Association meeting will be at 11:30am. Varsity Lacrosse will host Bishop Sullivan at 2pm.
AWARDS:
Haedeun Kim '18 and Alex "Chiti" Tembo '18 won high awards in the 2018 Williamsburg Heritage Festival WorldStrides music competition on April 21. Blue Ridge School's jazz band and the Barontones choir participated in this competition that includes high school and middle school musicians from Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia.
The competition recognizes excellent musicianship with only eight "Maestro" awards out of the hundreds of students participating in the festival. Of those eight, Haedeun and Alex won three.
The Baron's Jazz Band won the Outstanding Band Award - the top honor for a group!
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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT:
Fifty-two students (29% of the student body) made the Headmaster's List with a GPA of 3.7 (with no grade lower than 3.0). To view the Headmaster's and Dean's lists, click here.
SENIOR SPEECH: Alex "Chiti" Tembo gave his senior speech on Thursday, April 26. To view his speech, click here.
ATHLETICS:
Blue Ridge School came in second out of six teams on Monday, April 23, at the Saint John Paul The Great Catholic Quad Meet. The team scored 151 points.
100 Meter - 1st place Andy Nwaoko '20
200 Meter - 2nd place Andy Nwaoko '20
300 Meter Hurdles - 1st place Souley Sylla '18
4x100 Relay - 2nd place Souley Sylla, Andy Nwaoko, Keenan Alexander '20, Chiti Tembo '18
High Jump - 1st Darius McGhee '18, 2nd Henri Vainola '18
Long Jump - 1st Henri Vainola '18, 2nd Darius McGhee '18
Triple Jump - 1st Katiso Tlelima '18
Shot Put - 1st Junior Camara '18, 2nd Jack Dickey '20
Discus - 1st Junior Camara '18, 2nd Jack Dickey '20
On Monday, Varsity Tennis hosted Fishburne at Penn Park winning 8-1. Varsity lacrosse beat Roanoke 20-4, and Wednesday the team beat Benedictine 17-0 in back-to-back home games.
Six JV tennis players went to East Mennonite School on Thursday. Ernesto Torres '19 and Phillip Chen '19 won their singles matches; Hanbo Jiang '18 and Janfeng (Jimmy) Li '19 won their doubles match.
Today, the
track team is traveling to Woodberry Forest for a match;
golf is hosting Timberlake Christian and b
aseball is hosting Blessed Sacrament.
Tomorrow, April 28, v
arsity lacrosse is hosting Bishop Sullivan at 2pm.
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.
