Events This Week: April 29 - May 3, 2013

Monday’s scheduled Chesapeake Bay Foundation trip for BRVGS AP Biology students at William Monroe High School was cancelled due to inclement weather. May 22 is a tentative reschedule date, but more information will be forthcoming. 

Semester presentations will be given by BRVGS World History students from Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, and Nelson counties on Tuesday, April 30th. These will be held in the Fluvanna County School Board auditorium, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Parents are cordially invited to attend. 

The Blue Ridge Virtual Governor’s School Joint Board will meet on Wednesday, May 1st at 1:00 p.m. at Best Western Zion Crossroads.  Click on “BRVGS Board Draft Agenda May 2013” to view the meeting agenda. 

World History students from Greene, Madison, and Orange counties will give semester presentations on Thursday, May 2nd. This event will be held in the Madison County High School auditorium, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Parents are encouraged to attend. 

Goochland seniors give their Senior Presentations this Friday, May 3rd in Studio B at Goochland High School, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Students will show media presentations and discuss project research, internships, and community service. 

Please contact BRVGS Director Marc Carraway at 434-989-3972, or by email at: mcarraway@brvgs.k12.va.us for questions regarding any of these events.

BRVGS Orange Senior takes Athlete of the Week Honors!

BRVGS Senior, Alex Montes de Oca, from OCHS was recently recognized as the Student Athlete of the Week! 

Read the article here. 

BRVGS World History Classes Travel to Washington, D.C.

“Looking at those [Auschwitz] shoes, the pain the entire Jewish culture must have felt came alive for me.” This is one student’s response following his visit to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Last week all BRVGS World History classes traveled to Washington, D.C. to see the Holocaust museum, as well as the World War II Memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Another student wrote, “The Korean War really is The Forgotten War...The men that went through this war have tales to tell, and many of them go unheard.”

“The Vietnam War was one of the most controversial wars in history.  It is only suitable that the memorial for that war is controversial as well,” was a student’s response to the Vietnam Memorial wall.

Students’ photos and written reflections of their experiences can be found at: https://sites.google.com/a/brvgs.k12.va.us/wh-sem-2-13-memorials/home  

(www.washingtonpost.com photo)

Events This Week: April 22-26, 2013

This week, two groups of BRVGS AP Biology students embark on field trips with environmental educators from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Fluvanna County High School students go to the Rivanna River on Tuesday, April 23, and Louisa County High School students take their trip to Lake Anna State Park on Thursday, April 25. The groups will conduct water tests, and learn about human impacts on the Bay.

Senior Presentations are also on tap this week. William Monroe High School seniors in Greene County give their presentations on Monday, April 22nd in the WMHS Library, beginning at 8:30 a.m. The Orange County High School seniors will present on Friday, April 26th beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the OCHS Media Center. Students will show media presentations and discuss project research, internships, and community service. Parents are cordially invited to attend.

Events This Week: April 15-19, 2013

 Today, BRVGS World History students from Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, and Nelson counties embark on a field trip to Washington, D.C. They will visit sites such as the war memorials on the National Mall and the US Holocaust Museum, and will also lunch at the Pentagon City Mall. Students from Nelson, Greene, and Madison take their D.C. trip on Wednesday, April 17th.

 Bioethics Presentations will be given by AP Biology students from Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, and Nelson on Tuesday, April 16th at Fluvanna County High School. This will be held in the auditorium, beginning at 9:20 a.m.

On Thursday, April 18th, Madison County High School AP Biology students go to the Rivanna Reservoir for a field trip led by an environmental educator from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. The group will conduct water/organism tests, and learn about human impacts on the Bay.

Louisa County High School seniors give their Senior Presentations this Friday, April 19th in the LCHS Library, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Students will show media presentations and discuss project research, internships, and community service.

Last week’s scheduled Chesapeake Bay Foundation trip for Goochland High School students was cancelled due to inclement weather. This field trip has been rescheduled for Thursday, May 30th.