Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, May 9, 1995 TAG: 9505090067
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: HALE SHEIKERZ
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
VISUAL ARTS: CARRIE BISHOP, Auburn High School; NATHAN KYLE, Blacksburg High School; TAMIA McNEILL, Christiansburg High School; BOBBY BONDS, Auburn.
VOCAL MUSIC: DAWN HIMES, Blacksburg; ELIZABETH MILLER, Auburn; MEGAN SIMMONS, Christiansburg; DEREK BOBBITT, Auburn.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC: MATTHEW LUCAS, Christiansburg; SCOTT BELVINS, Auburn; PHYLLIS CHEN, Blacksburg.
ERIN MCINTYRE, a senior at Christiansburg High School, is recipient of a $20,000 scholarship from the Kimberly-Clark Foundation. She is one of 83 Bright Futures college scholars, an awards program for the sons and daughters of employees of Kimberly-Clark Corp. and its subsidiaries. The scholarship is based on academic performance, college board exams, activities and letters of recommendation. McIntyre is active in the school choir and runs on the track team.
McIntyre, the daughter of Duane and Kathy McIntyre, will use the scholarship to study elementary education and music at Radford University.
SIDNEY LINKOUS, a fifth-grader at Belview Elementary School, has been accepted to a residential summer enrichment program for gifted students at the University of Virginia. The two-week program will emphasize problem-solving, critical examination and evaluation in the sciences.
She is the daughter of Tony and Olivia Linkous.
TAN MARIE TES, a fifth-grader at Elliston-Lafayette Elementary School, was a runner-up in the 1995 Virginia State Arbor Day Poster Competition. This year's theme was "Trees are terrific....''
Tes received a $100 savings bond and was recognized, along with other winners from across the state, at a luncheon at the Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville on April 28.
Freshman LEIGH ANNE MOYE was crowned 1995 Miss Blacksburg High School on April 21 by principal Alfred A. Smith. The Blacksburg High School Chapter of Future Business Leaders of America sponsored the 52nd annual pageant.
Moye is vice president of the freshman class and a member of the junior varsity volleyball team and will be on the junior varsity cheerleading squad in the fall. Her goals are to attend a four-year college and play collegiate volleyball. She was sponsored by her parents, Randy and Nancy Moye.
Several students at Blacksburg Christian School received awards at the All-State Math Olympics in Roanoke on April 28. The competition was sponsored by the Association of Christian Schools, International.
The following students received awards: JOSELYN TRAVIS: first place with high honors, sixth-grade computation; EMILY LEMASTERS, third place, sixth-grade computation; JACOB BENSON, first place with high honors, fifth-grade computation; JOSHUA LEMASTERS, first place, fourth-grade computation.
The Virginia Association of Speech Coaches named KAREN FINCH Coach of the Year for 1993-94. Finch has coached the Blacksburg High School forensic team since 1985.
Her forensic teams have won the Virginia High School League Group AA State Team Championship for seven consecutive years. Team members have won close to three dozen individual state championship awards. The team has grown from five to more than 50 members. Three of Finch's team members have won national championships, a record that triples that of any other Virginia coach.
Finch teaches honors geography, psychology, sociology and African-American studies at BHS.
Students at several area schools celebrated the 25th anniversary of Earth Day by participating in school and class activities.
Students at Harding Avenue Elementary School in Blacksburg planted Norway spruce and honey locust trees on the north corner of the school's playground. Students also participated in a Hobby Day celebration. Several people from the community shared their hobbies and collections, including: model airplanes, dolls, playing chess, juggling, and volunteering with ambulance and rescue squad teams.
Members of Phi Gamma Delta from Virginia Tech supervised and directed play and physical activity stations.
At Christiansburg Middle School, students collected money during a four-day period to purchase tropical rain forest through the Nature Conservancy's Adopt An Acre Program.
Students raised more than $260 in nickels, dimes and pennies. At $35 an acre, CMS students were able to purchase 7.6 acres of tropical rain forest in Costa Rica.
CHRISTOPHER BRADLEY SAUNDERS, a senior at Radford High School, has been awarded a Belk scholarship by Wingate College in North Carolina. The scholarship is worth $5,000 annually for four undergraduate years. The scholarships are awarded based on classroom performance, SAT scores and academic and leadership positions.
Saunders is president of the student government at Radford High and involved with the school newspaper, social studies academic team and National Honor Society. He was also a Boys' State Delegate and a member of the youth group at First Baptist Church in Radford. He is the son of Benny and Thelma Saunders.
School Events
Pulaski County High School Players will perform Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" Friday-Sunday.
More than 98 students are involved in the production, including performers and technical support. For many cast members, this is their first experience with a Shakespearean production.
More than 40 students in the school's stagecraft and set-design classes have been working for several weeks on the design and construction of the stage to provide traditional Shakespearean scenes.
All performances will be in the Little Theater at PCHS. Tickets are $3 and will be available at the door. Performance dates and times are: Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 7 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m.
The Virginia Quality Education and Sciences and Technology, or V-QUEST, will sponsor a one-day conference titled "Border Crossings II'' at Radford University, Saturday, May 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
V-QUEST is a National Science Foundation-sponsored program to reform mathematics and science education in Virginia. The conference will provide hands-on/minds-on strategies for teaching science, mathematics and technology. The program is designed for middle and secondary school teachers and community college and university faculty.
Shelia Tobias, educator and author of 10 books, will be the keynote speaker. The conference will include presentations from 27 other educators and teachers who have developed successful classroom curriculum materials, model programs and innovative techniques for education.
For more information, call Chelista Linkous at Radford University's physical sciences department, 831-6304.
The Guidance Department at Christiansburg High School will hold a special meeting in the school's auditorium Thursday from 7-8:30 p.m. for parents of students who will be in grades 10, 11 or 12 next year. The meeting's agenda is to share information about block scheduling. For more information, call Charlene La Luz, 382-5178.
The Bethel PTA will install officers for 1995-96 Tuesday. A spring concert will be performed by the Bethel students in kindergarten, first and second grades. This is the last PTA meeting for the year. The program will start at 7 p.m.
by CNB