BRVGS Launches 2013-14 School Year

Blue Ridge Virtual Governor's School is in full force for the 2013-14 school year beginning this week, August 12-16. Although many of the districts served by BRVGS have their official openings over the next few weeks, this is an opportunity to welcome all students, parents, schools and communities to a new school year.

Computer Science students in 11th grade have already received communication from their teacher, Mr. Reynolds regarding the fall semester online class. They will convene for their kick-off meeting on September 4.

Students taking the "Explorations in Engineering" course through the University of Virginia, are busy this week with online enrollment, materials acquisition, and initial introductions to the course and professor.

Incoming freshmen participated in a day of orientation in July.

All Governor's School students in Nelson and Fluvanna counties meet their BRVGS facilitators and instructors this week. Students in other districts will do so after their start dates, which are: Louisa August 14, Goochland August 19, Greene August 21, Madison August 27, and Orange September 3.

Kick-off field trips have been scheduled for Senior Internship students on September 5th, and World History students on September 24th. AP Biology students will meet with Virginia Tech professor Dr. David Lally on September 18th concerning the BRVGS/Tech Arabidopsis project. Dates for fall Chesapeake Bay Foundation trips are also being set. Information about additional activities and parent nights will be forthcoming once scheduling is complete. 

Freshman Orientation Welcomes Class of 2017

New freshmen entering BRVGS this fall spent a day meeting each other and getting a taste of the Blue Ridge field trip for facetime meeting with peers. 

About 130 out of the incoming class of 145 students attended BRVGS Freshman Orientation on Wednesday, July 24 at Best Western in Zion Crossroads. 

Events of the day included introductions to faculty, staff, and other 9th-graders from seven counties. Students were apprised of expectations and policies, had official BRVGS photos taken, learned about career planning, and engaged in cooperative problem-solving/creative thinking activities in which they interacted with their peers. Of course, they were treated to the famous Blue Ridge Pizza Lunch amidst all the hustle and bustle of the day's agenda.

The new students will be tackling summer work at home for their World History classes, which officially begin when high school fall sessions start. Summer work can be accessed by going to goo.gl/rscay. The entire BRVGS freshman class will convene again once the school year commences for all districts.

Parent Orientation Packet Is Now Online

The Parent Orientation Packet for parents of incoming students for 2013-14 is now available online.  Parents who requested paper copies will receive them in July.  To review the online Parent Orientation Packet, go to or click on: http://tinyurl.com/BRVGS-parent-packet        

Orientation Correction!

Parents of incoming 9th grade BRVGS students recently received a letter with information regarding the BRVGS Freshman Orientation, which will be held on July 24th.  The letter inadvertently listed "Thursday, July 24th" as the day of the week for that event - which might cause some confusion, as the 24th of July actually falls on a Wednesday this year.  

The actual date of the BRVGS Freshman Orientation will be Wednesday, July 24th.  We apologize for any confusion or inconvenience resulting from this misinformation.  

BRVGS Google Apps Login Issues

BRVGS Users may find an odd redirect when logging into thier Google Apps accounts.  If you experience this issue, simply go to www.google.com and click on the "Sign In" link in the upper right corner if you do not see your email address there.  If you do already see your BRVGS email address simply click on the tool you would like to use in the black bar at the top of the window.