Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, March 16, 1993 TAG: 9303160034
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: MELISSA DeVAUGHN
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
BUSINESSES TO HONOR SHAWSVILLE SCHOLARS
The Lewis-Gale Clinic and other local businesses are working with SHAWSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL to give a bonus to honor roll students. The program, called "Students Making Achievement Real Today" - SMART - awards academic and service achievements of high-school students.This is how the program works:
Students who make the honor roll receive identification cards that allow them to get discounts in over 50 stores. The ID card contains the student's name and picture, just like a drivers license, and is good for a semester.
There are two cards for which students can qualify. A Gold Card is for students on the A or AB honor roll for the semester, and who also have completed eight hours of community service per month.
A Silver Card is for students on the A or A-B honor roll or who have improved in at least two subjects over the previous semester with no failing grades.
Shawsville High School is one of 14 schools participating in the SMART program.
The BLACKSBURG NEW SCHOOL will hold an open house Wednesday and Thursday from a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Visitors can observe classes, meet teachers, speak with parent representatives and obtain written information on the school.
The school, a parent-teacher cooperative, is located at 1600 Whipple Drive. For further information, call 552-6693 or 552-8335.
April Corvin has been elected president of the PULASKI COUNTY High School Players, succeeding Courtney Crockett.
Vice presidents are Aaron Parks and Damien Lorenz; secretaries, Sandra Rapp and Shawn Faulkner; treasurers, Ellen DeHaven and Bobby Petty, and alternate, Kat Norris.
The RADFORD HIGH SCHOOL concert choir is sponsoring a festival of choirs Saturday, March 20, at 7 p.m. in the school auditorium. The concert will feature various community, gospel, youth and high school choirs from the New River Valley.
Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for students. Children under 12 are admitted free.
Proceeds from the concert will go toward the concert choir cultural exchange with Laurier Secondary School of London in Ontario.
For further information, call Lois Castonguay at 639-0430.
A four-hour EARLY RELEASE is scheduled for Thursday for students in Giles County. The afternoon will be used by teachers for parent-teacher conferences and other staff activities.
The CHRISTIANSBURG HIGH SCHOOL Demon Booster Club will honor its winter athletes at a sports awards program Wednesday March 17 at 7 p.m. The event will be held in the auditorium, followed by refreshments.
\ RADFORD HIGH SCHOOL held its science fair last week and many students came out winners. They are:
\ Consumer Testing: Chris Fleisher, first place; Hayes Morehouse and Sara Turnauer, second place; Josh Hatfield, third place.
\ Behavior, Health and Safety: Emily Brower, first place; Alicia Dobbins, second place; Allen Cox, third place.
\ Earth and Environment: Kass Kastning, first place; Andy Clark, second place; Brian Boggess, third place.
\ Chemistry and Physics: Rajiv Tayal, first place; Raymond Chung, Andrew Cogswell and Josh Hawley, second place; Amy Chung, third place.
In addition to these awards, 28 other students received honorable mention. Five grand-prize finalists were selected to represent their school at the Western Regional Science Fair at Hollins College April 3. They are Kass Kastning, Andy Clark, Brian Boggess, Josh Hawley and Rajiv Tayal.
Brad Dulaney and Cheryl Yopp of SHAWSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL were selected to sing in the All-State Chorus presentation April 29 and May 1 in Harrisonburg. Amy Simpkins was chosen as alternate.
\ MARGARET BEEKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL pupils recently formed a production company called "Where the Creative 1s R." The company plans to write an original opera, to be presented the first week in May.
There are 27 pupils in the company whose jobs include production manager, stage manager, assistant stage manager, public relations, writers, composers, set designers, carpenters, electricians, costume designers, makeup artists and actors.
Here's the scoop at BLACKSBURG HIGH SCHOOL:
The school recently received an award from the American Lung Association for having 380 students pledge on Valentine's Day not to smoke for a year.
Fred Speers will attend the fourth annual Business Hall of Fame Reception and Awards ceremony at the Marriott later this month.
Senior Chris Evans, who plays soccer, and Jon Maher, Blacksburg High class of 1992 basketball player, have been approved to play in the World Scholar Athlete Games in Newport, R.I., this summer.
The jazz band performed for the New River Valley Realtors Association last month.
The CHRISTIANSBURG HIGH SCHOOL choral department will sponsor "A Song Between Friends," an evening focusing on fine arts in the Christiansburg area schools, tonight at 6:30 p.m.
The event begins with an exhibit featuring student art work in kindergarten through grade 12. At 7:30 p.m., a concert will feature the combined voices of over 400 students in second through 12th grade.
Scott Stevens, morning air personality for WPSK radio, will be the master of ceremonies. The event celebrates a month of Music in the Schools, Youth Art month and Theaters in our Schools month. There is no admission charge.
The CHRISTIANSBURG HIGH SCHOOL Band Boosters are sponsoring an Adult Sock Hop featuring Don and the Deltones to raise money to purchase new band uniforms. The event will be held March 20 from 8 to 11 p.m. Tickets are being sold now for $10 single, $15 for couples. Tickets can be purchased at Ridenhour Music or Thompson-Hagen Drugs in Christiansburg, or at Ken's Music or Books, Strings and Things in Blacksburg. Band members also will be selling tickets, which also will be available at the door. Door prizes will be awarded.
For further information, call 382-6521.
If you're like most other high school students, SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT TESTS are loathsome things that cause ulcers and all sorts of other discomforts. To make matters worse, you can't study for these things.
But the Stanley H. Kaplan company is coming to the rescue. Tonight at 7:30, at Blacksburg High School, there will be a free compact course on SATs to help prepare students for the May 1 SAT.
The mini-course will give you an overview of SAT preparation, but if you would like to prepare further, check out a 6-week course offered by Kaplan.
The course will be held at the Blacksburg Jewish Community Center beginning Sunday and continuing through April 28. The course covers all areas of the SAT.
For further information, call (800) KAP-TEST (527-8378).
If you have an interesting news item from your school, write to Melissa DeVaughn at P.O. Box 540, Christiansburg, Va. 24073.
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