Family vacations, helping out at home, temporary jobs, beach time, and lots of lawn mowing are not the only ways our BRVGS students spent the summer.
Philip Archer, Louisa County High School Class of 2016, participated in the BLAST summer program at the University of Virginia. This three-day residential experience is a joint UVa, NASA, and Virginia Space Grant Consortium academy. Philip was selected for this opportunity which allows students just out of 8th and 9th grades to explore science, technology, engineering, and math, and to help them consider these areas for potential careers. For more information on the program, follow this link to the BLAST website http://blast.spacegrant.org
Ann Mohrmann spent two weeks in July as head intern for Summer Quest, a summer Governor’s School program held at Emerald Hill Elementary in Culpeper for 5th, 6th and 7th grade gifted students. She worked in all classrooms assisting students with medical needs, and accompanied students on a field trip to D.C. This year’s theme was all about Space. “We went to the Air and Space Museum and saw The Discovery,” Ann said. “I absolutely loved it!” She was also in charge of taking photos, and created an end-of-the-program slide show for students and parents. Ann, now a senior at Orange County High School, participated in Summer Quest when she was younger.
So we’ve heard from a few of our BRVGS students about their summer activities, but we would love to hear from more of you! Please click on the following link, and write about your interesting summer experience. Tell Us What You Did This Summer