ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, January 30, 1996 TAG: 9601300059
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
COLUMN: Class Notes
SOURCE: HALE SHEIKERZ
Student leaders at Shawsville High School participated in Student Leadership Academy in December. Approximately 50 students attended the workshop, which was arranged by Student Government Association sponsor Deneise Altizer.
Joyce Martin of the Montgomery County Cooperative Extension office assisted with the program, which was held at the school.
The program started with a keynote address on "What It Means to be a Leader." Afterward, student leaders were divided into three groups that attended various workshops to help them improve their leadership skills. Workshops included communications, group dynamics and parliamentary procedure.
The following students have been recognized as Montgomery County Public School Seniors of the Month for January.
Kenneth Wojciechowski, captain of the Auburn High School football team, received the Most Valuable Player and Best Defensive Lineman team awards. He was also First Team All Three Rivers District, tight end and defensive end.
Wojciechowski also plays basketball and was captain for a year, ran track and played baseball.
Academically, he is a four-year member and officer of Fellowship of Christian Athletes, of which he also is a national member. He has been in the choir for four years and has made All County Choir (two years) and All-District Choir (one year).
He is the son of Bernard and Silvana Wojciechowski.
A charter member of Amnesty International at Blacksburg High School, Sarah Landres served as co-president of the organization for a year. She also helped start the committee to establish ties with a school in Blacksburg's sister city in Nicaragua and organized and distributed red ribbons for AIDS Awareness Day. For the past five years, Landres has volunteered at RAM House kitchen and shelter. For four years, she has assisted with a Thanksgiving basket project.
Landres has been active in Students for Service Club, Youth Advisory Board and Inter-Club Council. She has served as vice president of the Student Council Association, is a four-year member of Forensics and a three-year member of peer counseling.
An active Thespian, she has been assistant director for two school plays and the house and publicity manager for theatre productions for three years. She has performed at two Spring Festivals as well as organizing one and organizing the school's homecoming parade. She is the daughter of Jane Goette and Simm Landres.
Jedidiah Marrs played football at Shawsville High School and lettered for four years - three years as a varsity player. He is a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Monogram Club and Students Against Drunk Driving. He is active with the College Club and VICA. He was a member of Black Awareness during his sophomore and junior years.
He is a recipient of the Anderson & Associates LOGO Contest Award and a member of Shawsville Baptist Church. Marrs is the son of Dallas Wiley. His guardians are Donnie and Julia Twine of Shawsville.
Christiansburg High School student Helen Smartt has played on the boy's soccer team for two years. She also has played for the girl's soccer team, of which she was captain and the Most Valuable Player during her junior year. She has participated in other soccer clubs, such as the Olympic Development Central Southwest Virginia Soccer Team and the Traveling Soccer Lady Express New River Team (four years).
In addition to her involvement with athletics, she has been a member of the Beta Club, Government Club, Art Guild, Students Against Drunk Driving and National Honor Society. She has been on the Sweetheart Court and Spirit Court, was a representative for Miss CHS, attended Model General Assembly for two years and attended Virginia Girls' State as a junior. She is a member of her church youth group and the church youth choir. She is the daughter of Douglas and Carole Smartt.
The following students at Blacksburg High School were winners in the school's Reflections Contest. All first-place winners were entered in the Montgomery County competition.
Senior
Visual Arts: Ashley Harpole, first; Beth Libey, second; Felipe Posad, third.
Music: Sumett Sarin, first.
Photography: Michal Pfiel, first.
Literature: Beth Libey, first.
Primary
Literature: Parker Hinson, first.
Visual Arts: Clark DeHart, first.
Children from Critzer and Dublin elementaries in Pulaski County are among pupils across the state whose quilts are on display at the Virginia Quilt Museum in Harrisonburg. The quilts were designed as part of class units in conjunction with Chime Saltz, an art teacher at both schools.
Second-graders in Diane Pryor's 1994-95 class designed the quilt Polar Bear II after reading the book "Polar Bear, Polar Bear" by Eric Carle.
Carol Hancock's 1994-95 third-grade class designed the quilt Gift of the Sacred Dog II. The quilt depicts how Indians found the horse.
The Virginia Quilt Museum was opened in August after years of planning. The children's quilts will be on display through February.
Meetings, Events & Happenings
Christiansburg High School PTSA will meet Monday in the girl's health room. Annette Perkins, the new school board chairman, and Bernard Jortner, newly elected Christiansburg school board member, will be at the meeting.
The National Science Foundation is sponsoring a summer program for students between their junior and senior years of high school. The Manufacturing Engineering Program for Young Scholars will be June 30-July 27 at Virginia Tech. It will provide an introduction to current manufacturing techniques; it is limited to 32 participants. Call Bevlee Watford at 231-7404. Application deadline is March 1.
Win a $1,000 scholarship - from Wal-Mart.
The Sam Walton Scholarship will award $1,000 to a local high school senior to help defray the cost of college. Students need to be actively involved in extracurricular and work activities, and be able to demonstrate financial need. A panel consisting of local business and community leaders not affiliated with the scholarship program will evaluate applicants and conduct interviews to select the winner. Students can receive information or applications from their school counselor.
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