ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, February 20, 1996 TAG: 9602200047
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
COLUMN: CLASSNOTES
SOURCE: HALE SHEIKERZ
The results are in.
The Montgomery County Council of PTA recently announced its Reflections Winners. The organization sponsored a social at Blacksburg Middle School Feb. 18 to recognized the winners.
Each year, the National PTA sponsors a Reflections program. This year's theme, "Just Open your Eyes and See..." was selected after children across the country suggested ideas. Entries had to be directly related to and express the theme, or the theme had to be used in a title or subtitle. There were four entry categories: visual arts, literature, music and photography for different grade levels: primary, preschool-grade 2; intermediate, grades 3-5; middle/junior, grades 6-8; and senior, grades 9-12.
Many Montgomery County students participated in the program at their school in the fall. Each school then submitted its first-place winners in each of the categories to the County Reflections Program contest. First-place winners from the county will compete in the district competition. Successive first place winners then move on to the state and then the national level.
Winners in the county program are listed below.
VISUAL ARTS
PRIMARY:Susie Frasca, Gilbert Linkous, first; Elsa karamaoun, Kipps, second; Falyn Wells, Prices Fork, third.
INTERMEDIATE: Sarah Dickerson, Falling Branch, first; Lauren Trice, Harding Avenue, second; Derek Johnson, Margaret Beeks, third.
JUNIOR MIDDLE: Sandra Karamaoun, Blacksburg Middle, first.
SENIOR HIGH: Ashley Harpole, Blacksburg High, first; Carrie Gwinn, Christiansburg High, second; Aba Orden, Auburn High, third.
LITERATURE
PRIMARY: Meredith Miller, Belview, first; Laura Hobeika, Harding Avenue, second; Cheryl Heatwole, Christiansburg High, third.
INTERMEDIATE: Rachel Roberts, Harding Avenue, first; Samantha Hamlin, Elliston-Lafayette, second; Cheryl Heatwole, Christiansburg, third.
JUNIOR MIDDLE: Amanda Hincker, Blacksburg Middle, first; Alicia Keister, Auburn Middle, second,
SENIOR HIGH: Jennifer Gezymalla, Christiansburg High, first; Erin Bull, Auburn Middle, second; Beth Libey, Blacksburg High, third.
MUSIC
PRIMARY: Miriam Piilonen, Gilbert Linkous, first.
INTERMEDIATE: Kristen Farrenkopt, Riner, first; Ira Klein, Gilbert Linkous, second; Michael Scales, Christiansburg Elementary, third.
JUNIOR MIDDLE: Lisa Ashley, Blacksburg Middle, first.
SENIOR MIDDLE: Tim Nelson, Christiansburg High, first; Sumeet Sarin, Blacksburg High, second; Nicole Hooper, Auburn High, third.
PHOTOGRAPHY
PRIMARY: Georgia Pfeiffer, Margaret Beeks, first; Caitlin Wolf, Riner, second; Nash Pleasant, Prices Fork, third.
INTERMEDIATE: Chad Sowers, Kipps, first; Mary Ogburn, Prices Fork, second; Carly Thompson, Falling Branch, third.
JUNIOR MIDDLE: no qualifying entries.
SENIOR HIGH: Collin Henley, Auburn High, first; Michal Pfeil, Blacksburg High, second.
MEETINGS, EVENTS & HAPPENINGS
Parents, students and the community can enjoy and participate in the fifth annual family reading celebration sponsored by the Title I Program of Montgomery County Public Schools. The event will be at New River Valley Mall Saturday, Feb. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The event will feature listening centers, puppet making, computer centers, clowns, balloons, face-painting and displays. The "guests" will make appearances, Louie the Lightning Bug and Clifford the Big Red Dog.
The Check Elementary School PTA will have a health fair Saturday, Feb. 24 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the school. Nutrition students from Virginia Tech and Radford Universities will be volunteering at the event. Activities include games with prizes, nutrition information, recipes and videos.
The program is coordinated by Carol King, who is studying nutrition at Virginia Tech and is a parent of a student at Check. King has worked with classes on various nutrition topics, including vitamins, minerals, healthy snacks and heart disease. She also helped students with their nutrition projects, which will be displayed at the fair.
Check Elementary PTA received $300 from a Nutrition Education grant that was made available by the Nutrition Education and Training Program of the Virginia Department of Education in cooperation with the Virginia PTA/PTSA. The health fair is included in the grant.
The Gilbert Linkous PTA will have a general meeting for parents Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. in the school's multi-purpose room. Montgomery County Instructional Aides Judy Barylske and June Clowes will talk about the Literacy Passport Test and how it impacts children at all grade levels. They also will discuss about practice tests administered to elementary school pupils and about the first test given in middle school; students must pass the test to receive a high school diploma.
Students in 5th-, 6th- and 7th-grades who have been identified as gifted and talented as well as academically motivated A and B students are eligible to attend the Summer Enrichment Camp at Ferrum College during the summer.
The one-week program is offered July 14-20 and July 21-27. Cost per week is $385 and includes room and board and all materials needed. Application deadline is May 31. For more information, call Linda Waggaman at 382-5100.
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