Upcoming BRVGS 9th Grade Orientations

Welcome Parents and Upcoming 9th Graders to BRVGS! Congratulations! BRVGS looks forward to working with you all. 

Upcoming BRVGS Freshman are invited to one of the BRVGS Freshman Orientations:

• Wednesday, July 11th, from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM, at the Best Western Zion Crossroads at 135 Wood RidgeTerrace, Zion Crossroads, VA, 22942 for Fluvanna, Goochland, and Louisa Counties.

• Wednesday, July 18th, from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM, at the Piedmont Virginia Community College Eugene Guiseppe Center at 222 Main Street, Suite 201, Stanardsville, VA, 22973 for Greene, Madison, Nelson, and Orange Counties.

You must register to attend the orientation through BRVGS by filling out this form.  If your summer travel plans prevent attendance to your designated date for your county, attendance at the other orientation is allowed. You must indicate that on your form. Please note:

• 9th grade BRVGS teachers from each school will attend the designated orientation for their county and will not attend the other orientation.
• If attending the orientation not designated for your county, parents must provide their child's transportation to and from the Orientation. Both orientation sessions will feature the exact same content, so students should only plan to attend one.

Here are a few details concerning our Orientation:

• First, the BRVGS Freshman Orientation is for students and teachers only. The purpose is to introduce new students to their classmates from other BRVGS districts, to provide an overview of their upcoming BRVGS WorldHistory course, to get them started with BRVGS technology, and to begin student training on some of the learning skillsspecific to BRVGS.
• There will be a brief information session at 2:30 for parents, who wish to attend.
• The orientation and information session are NOT mandatory. It is recommended, but NOT required.

Transportation is only provided for students attending the Orientation designated for their county:

• Buses will leave from each local high school. Schedules to follow on our website. 
• Parents may bring students directly and pick up students, but will need to indicate that on the above form. If transportation changes happen, please contact BRVGS at KBunovich@brvgs.k12.va.us of that before the orientation. 
• Students attending the Orientation will be expected to be at their high school no later than 15 minutes prior to the scheduled time. 
• Students MUST bring a completed and signed parent permission form with them on the day of the Orientation to board the bus. 

Here is BRVGS Parent Orientation Packet. If you would like a paper copy mailed to you, you may request that on the above form also.

Any questions may be emailed to Kristi Bunovich at KBunovich@brvgs.k12.va.us

BRVGS Goes To BAMUNC (Baltimore Area Model United Nations)!

15 students from 6 different BRVGS schools participated this past weekend in our first-ever Model United Nations conference.  Students were assigned to specific countries and to committees such as the Security Council and General Assembly. They prepared for the conference by creating fact sheets for their countries and writing position papers for their committee topics.  They boarded a charter bus at 5:00 AM on Saturday and spent the entire day at Mount St. Joseph¨s High School in Baltimore, working with students from a number of other schools on topics such as nuclear proliferation on the Korean Peninsula and next steps for the Paris climate accord.  The event was fast-paced, very intense at times, and a great experience for our students, who did a wonderful job, and were troopers throughout the long day. BRVGS is very proud of these students, and we hope to participate in more Model UN events in upcoming years.

To see pictures of the events of the Model UN, please go to: https://photos.app.goo.gl/GpB1TPr5CuQxSpNE2

BRVGS Student Wins Tech Tour Scholarship

Congratulations to BRVGS/Nelson County High School Junior Chloe Hellerman for being one of only two recipients chosen to receive a scholarship in the amount of $2,500 for the Charlottesville Business Innovation Council’s 2017 Tech Tour Scholarship.  The Tech Tour is ¨a local event to introduce area middle and high school students to the dynamic high technology world that exists in the Charlottesville/Albemarle County metro region.¨ Chloe attended the Tech Tour as part of her participation in technology-centered courses in BRVGS, including UVa/BRVGS Engineering and BRVGS Advanced Placement Computer Science A.  We are very proud of Chloeś accomplishments in these courses and of her achievement of this scholarship!

Please see http://cvilleinnovation.org/tech-tour for more information about the Tech Tour.

BRVGS Students Sweep Miss Orange County Contest

On March 3rd, Miss Courtney Yancey of the Blue Ridge Virtual Governor's School/Orange County High School class of 2018 was crowned Miss Orange County for 2018.  Fellow BRVGS/OCHS students Caroline Richards and Autumn Dawn Rogers also finished as 1st and 2nd runners-up in the competition, which awards nearly $3000 in scholarship prizes.  This marks the third year in a row that a BRVGS student has served as Miss Orange County.  Congratulations to these talented young ladies!  

BRVGS Student Helps Others Cope with Grief

Tuyet Chuong, a senior at William Monroe High School and in the Blue Ridge Virtual Governor's School held a "strategies for coping with loss and grief" seminar at the high school this January, helping those who have a lost a loved one to cancer.  She has been volunteering at the Orange County Free Clinic and shadowed a pediatric oncology nurse at UVA for her 30 hour internship.  Her research question explores both new treatments in oncology and wrestles with the ethical question of WHEN (at what age) a child is ready to make their OWN decisions regarding treatment.   Tuyet states that her community service and legacy were meaningful because "it allowed me to help not only people that need help, but also make a difference in people's lives.  I wanted to help students at WMHS with issues they face struggling with coping with a death of a loved one who has cancer.  I just want to make a difference in people's lives at the end of the day."  She has done an amazing job in her research, community service, and internship and we are very proud of her!