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Welcome to all new Blue Ridge Governor’s School students recently accepted into the 2015-2016 Freshman class! Acceptance letters were mailed on Friday, March 20th. Please contact local school officials if you have any questions regarding the process. Information regarding summer Freshman Orientation will go out to students and parents at a later date.
The Virginia Catholic Forensics League (VCFL) has named Jonathan Corbin the 2015 State Champion in Original Oratory and also in Extemporaneous Speaking. Jonathan will represent the VCFL at the Catholic Forensics League Grand National Speech and Debate Tournament in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on May 23-25.
The Virginia Catholic Forensics League, founded in 1954 is open to all public and private schools, and offers monthly competitions in all Speech events.
Jonathan, an 11th grade BRVGS student who attends Fluvanna County High School, is the son of Cindy and Carl Corbin of Palmyra. Congratulations to Jonathan on his recent achievements, and good luck at CFL Nationals!
Photo by: jeremybarwick, Creative Commons
Interested in traveling to China in 2016? Students who will be Blue Ridge Governor’s School juniors or seniors in the 2015-16 school year are eligible for this possible venture.
The BRVGS Board authorized a survey to determine interest in this proposed student/teacher trip. If enough interest is shown, and plans meet Board approval, students and teachers will travel to Beijing, Xi'an (site of the Terra Cotta Warriors) and Shanghai over the nine-day period of June 20th through June 28, 2016.
If approved, BRVGS plans to organize several fundraising events in the summer of 2015 and throughout the 2015-16 school year to help students raise money to defray trip costs.
Director Marc Carraway has emailed the survey to 2015-2016 juniors and seniors, and will present results to the Board. Deadline for responding to the survey is March 27, 2015. Please feel free to contact Mr. Carraway at mcarr1@brvgs.k12.va.us with any questions regarding the proposed trip.
10 BRVGS students got to see their state government up close on Feb. 9th. The students took part in the Friends of Virginia Governor's School Capital Day, in which students visit legislators to educate them about Governors, tour the Virginia State Capitol building, and watch the legislators at work. Students also had the chance to meet and talk with their peers from other Virginia Governor's Schools.
These students deserve a big thanks for the great job that they did in respresenting their home schools and BRVGS at Capital Day this year. To see a slideshow of the day, click on FOVGS Capital Day Slideshow.
“An average of only one out of twenty people that tour the Montpelier mansion walk down to the Archaeology Lab,” notes Orange County High School student Eric Deloriea. After attending a summer archaeology program at President James Madison’s home, Montpelier, Eric chose to continue the Montpelier work through his Blue Ridge Virtual Governor's School Senior Project this year. He developed a blog and a series of short videos highlighting archaeological techniques used at the site which are posted on YouTube and linked to the Montpelier website. The purpose of the video project is to increase tourist’s knowledge of archaeology and promote interest in work going on in the lab.
The BRVGS Senior Project requirements include a research question, internship, and community service, and Eric’s research has centered around verifying the integrity of oral history through archaeology. “What we learn in books about history is nearly always true, but archaeology provides the most solid historical evidence with the presence of physical historical artifacts.”
Besides his work at Montpelier, Eric loves science and history, holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, is a member of the Orange County JROTC Battalion, is interested in technology, and is also a member of the National Honor Society.
To view the video series Eric developed, click on http://www.montpelier.org/content/archaeology-expedition-videos
