Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, November 16, 1993 TAG: 9311170254
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: Melissa DeVaughn
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
```The Way Things Work' is an excellent resource for teachers, children and parents,'' Mullins said in a news release. It contains detailed drawings of simple and complex machines with understandable explanations of how they operate.''
Mullins said the MCEA is donating the books to commemorate National Education Week and to ``benefit the community and the children who need the valuable resources the public library system has to offer.''
The public may attend the presentation, which will take place Thursday at 4 p.m.
In Radford, Dalton Intermediate School will celebrate National Education week, beginning with a proclamation that was signed in the city to make National Education Week official.
School Superintendent Michael Wright will swap places with a teacher and teach for a day at Dalton Intermediate, and students will become ``coaches for a day,'' helping school coaches at Belle Heth and McHarg schools. A special luncheon will be held at Dalton on Wednesday.
At Riverlawn Elementary School, there will be a week-long open house, in which parents may meet in discussion groups with teachers and faculty. The one- hour programs will be held today, Nov. 16 Wednesday, Nov. 17 and Thursday Nov. 18 at 10 each morning. The discussions will cover teaching responsibility, disciplining children and raising a happy child. Kay Six, prevention specialist, will lead the discussion groups. For further information, call the school at 639-4241.
The fifth annual MIDDLE SCHOOL FORUM will be held tonight Nov. 16 at 7 at Shawsville High and Middle School on Old Town Road. The theme is ``The Middle Ages: Survival Tips for Parents.'' Diane Jones-Freeman, a counselor with Counseling Associates of Southwest Virginia, will speak, followed by mini- sessions.
For further information, call 268-2264.
The CHRISTIANSBURG HIGH SCHOOL Drama Department will perform ``I Take This Man,'' Friday Nov. 19 and Saturday Nov. 20 at 8 each night. A Sunday Nov. 21 performance will be shown at 3 p.m. The play will be performed at the high school and tickets for all showings are $3.
This screwball farce centers around the efforts of a young lady to get a man, even if she has to find him unconscious in the street and have him delivered to her apartment.
Dan Gardner and Sean Sumner were selected by audition as members of the 1993 Virginia Music Educators Association HONORS CHOIR. They auditioned at Longwood College in October, and will perform this weekend at the Marriott Waterside Convention Center in Norfolk.
The Riner Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association will hold a CRAFT- TRADING CARD SHOW Saturday Nov. 20 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Local artists will sell their wares, just in time for Christmas. Space is still available for those wishing to sell craft items.
For further information, call Kathy Anderson at 382-1056.
Kathy Jamison, special education consultant for Christiansburg Middle School, is the guest speaker for the next meeting of the LEARNING DISABILITIES PARENT SUPPORT GROUP. Jamison will speak and answer questions Thursday Nov. 18 from 7:30-9 p.m. at the meeting room of the Christiansburg Library.
For further information, call 382-5194.
The Belview Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association is sponsoring ``Baubles and Bells,'' the sixth annual CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR at the school. It will be held Saturday Nov. 20 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. There are refreshments, door prizes, face painting, pictures with Santa Claus, raffle tickets and more. Admission is free. The school is on Virginia 114.
For further information on the fair, call 381-1432.
Indian Valley School is holding a COUNTRY HOEDOWN Friday Nov. 19 from 5-10 p.m. A barbecue supper with coleslaw, baked beans and chips is $2, including drinks. Desserts also are available. From 7-8 p.m., Mac and Jenny Traynham will perform, followed by The Blue Ridge Ramblers at 8 p.m. Dancers are The Bibs and Babes.
Admission is free for preschoolers, $1 for those in kindergarten through seventh grade and $2 for eighth grade through adults. For further information, call Norma Stephens at 789-4396.
The ATTENTION DEFICIT SUPPORT GROUP will meet Wednesday Nov. 1 7at 7 p.m.
at Gilbert Linkous Elementary School. For further information, call 951-2206.
The Montgomery Council of Parent-Teacher Associations will hold its annual FALL BANQUET Wednesday Nov. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at Christiansburg High School. Elaine Fogliani from the Virginia Tech Department of Education will speak on ``What's Next After the Fall of the Common Core of Learning and Outcome Based Education?'' For further information, call Glenda Thomas at 382-1090 or Nanci Purcell at 382-0670.
The PULASKI COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS will present a studio presentation of ``The Midway'' Saturday Nov. 20at 7 p.m. The production is a collection of scenes from One-Act plays about adolescence and includes some writings by theatre students and the director at Pulaski High. The students involved in this play have pledged to donate 20 percent of the $1 ticket price from each audience member to a new emergency youth shelter being formed in the county, and are challenging ticket holders to match the ticket price with another $1 donation to the shelter.
For further information on the play, call Brenda Conner at 980-1220.
The Exploratory teachers at Dublin Middle School are sponsoring an EXPO OPEN HOUSE Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. for parents and community members to see what students are learning in their classes. Exploratory classes are available to all students as electives to enrich the regular course schedule. It provides students with a sampling of courses that will be available to them in high school.
Shawsville High and Middle School's Parent-Teacher-Student Association will meet Monday night Nov. 22 at 7 p.m. in the high school library. The subject this month is the ``REFLECTIONS PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS.'' Reflections is a competition of original works and interpretation in the areas of literature, visual arts, music and photography.
CHRIS BARRY, an eighth grader at Dalton Intermediate School in Radford, has been selected to perform at the Concert of Original Compositions for the Virginia Music Educators Conference in Norfolk on Saturday Nov. 20. Chris will perform his own composition of ``Sonata in G Major.''
The Radford High School Choral Patrons is holding its annual Virginia Diner PEANUT SALE again this year. Peanut brittle, peanuts in the shell, gourmet peanuts and honey-roasted peanuts are available in attractive decorative tins.
The sale will continue through the end of November. To place an order, call 639-5730 or contact a choral student or patron.
A SILENT AUCTION will be held at Prices Fork Elementary School Nov. 23 beginning at 6:45 p.m. to raise money for the school. Items have been donated by local merchants, parents and other community members for the auction. Bids for items will be accepted in writing.
For further information on the auction, call Jenny Moore at 552-8916.
Bethel Elementary School is gearing up for its second annual CRAFT SHOW AND SALE to be held Dec. 4 at the school. Those who would like to reserve a table should call the school at 639-9381. The proceeds from this show will be used for the fifth grade trip to Washington, D.C.
Giles and Montgomery county schools are teaming up for a CAREER FAIR to be held Nov. 23 at McBryde Hall on the Virginia Tech campus. The fair is designed for Giles and Montgomery county high school freshmen who would like information about major career areas that will be available when they hit the work force.
Over 30 career areas will be represented from practitioners and business, to government and industry jobs. For further information, contact your high school counselor.
Gilbert Linkous Elementary school is again this year participating in ``CHILDREN ARE READING EVERYWHERE,'' - CARE - a community-school reading program in which school faculty, staff and members of the community spend time reading to children in the area.
CARE is held every other Thursday at the University Village Trailer Park`s laundromat facility from 4 to 5 p.m. Kids can read books, listen as stories are read, play games, have a snack and work on arts or crafts projects. There also is a library set up so students may check out books to take home. To become involved in CARE, call Gilbert Linkous at 951-5726.
Six second graders from CHRISTIANSBURG PRIMARY SCHOOL recently had the chance to hold $20,000 in their hands - but only for an instant. The children toured Central Fidelity Bank to learn about money and how banks operate. The kids played the ``Money Game,'' in which they were encouraged to learn the faces on the various bills of money. This tour was one of several projects being sponsored by Central Fidelity Bank, which is sponsoring the school as a Partner in Education.
by CNB