ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, February 27, 1996 TAG: 9602270082
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
COLUMN: Classnotes
SOURCE: HALE SHEIKERZ
Some students think it's not fun or cool to go to school everyday. But that hasn't been the case for students at Bethel Elementary.
Each grading period, Little Caesar's Pizza in Radford rewards classrooms that maintain high attendance rates at Bethel Elementary. The classroom with the best attendance rate then has a pizza party. During the first grading period, three classrooms maintained at least a 98% attendance rate. The classrooms were Mrs. Frye's 5th-grade, Mrs. Vengrin's 2nd-grade and Mrs. Epperly's 3rd-grade homerooms.
For the second and third grading weeks, Mrs. Johnson's 3rd-grade class has maintained the best attendance. The following students are in Mrs. Johnson's class: Whitney Carroll, Gregory Cox, Michael Duncan, Tyler Eller, Kellie Epperly, Jared Flesher, Crystal Joyce, Vici Kemp, Blair Maupin, Kelly Perry, Jennifer Ross, Kristin Smith, Tommy Snook, Joey Welker, R.J. Wofford.
Seven Radford High School students were selected to represent District VI in the All-Virginia Choir. The students auditioned for the choir earlier this month at Radford University. Twenty delegates were selected to represent District VI. The students will perform with the state choir April 24-27 in Virginia Beach.
The students are seniors Robyn Carroll and Kelly Underwood; and juniors Zack Boor, Melissa Garnett, Evan Gregory, Melissa Hicks and Kira Jelincic .
Sixth graders at Belle Heth Elementary recently completed 16 weeks of study about drug and alcohol abuse. The 112 students graduated and received diplomas from the 1995-96 Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program. Detective Angie Moore conducted the program at Belle Heth. To make the program more fun, Moore divided each 6th-grade class into color-coded groups and had the students write poems and rhymes. At the end of each class each week, the group who contributed the best writing would win the DARE bear. Before the program ended, Moore asked the entire class to vote on one person to take the bear home permanently.
DARE is is a nation-wide program that warns against the dangers of drug abuse and teaches children alternatives to taking drugs.
WORLD WIDE WEB
Area teachers, administrators, staff members and parents can attend a free workshop to learn how to use the Internet. The workshop will be offered twice on March 18, from 1 to 4 p.m. and from 5 to 8 p.m. The workshop will be at the Donaldson Brown Center on the Virginia Tech campus.
The workshop is designed to brief educators on exemplary Internet activities, such as browsing, searching and learning how to design home pages. Each participant will receive a CD-ROM to assist with developing World Wide Web pages.
The workshop also will brief teachers on a national competition called ThinkQuest. The workshop will provide applications and prepare and assist attendees on how to apply to the competition. Cash awards to students, coaches and institutions may total more than $1,000,000.
Awards will be given to teams of teachers and students who develop web pages that can serve as "Internet style" educational tools. Students must be in grades 7-12. Teams can include two or three students and two or three teachers. There are detailed requirements and the program encourages partnerships among dissimilar schools at different locations. There are five categories: science and math, social sciences, interdisciplinary, arts and literature and sports. Proposals deadline is April 15.
For more information, call the Montgomery County Education office at 381-6158 or by sending e-mail to thinkquestbev.net. Registration is available on-line at http://www.bev.net.
MEETINGS, EVENTS HAPPENINGS
There will be an orientation and registration for rising 9th-graders who will attend Blacksburg High School Monday, March 4 from 7 to 9:15 p.m. Tours will be given of the vocational and fine arts departments. Teachers and guidance counselors will be available to answer questions.
Students and parents of students who are planning to attend a four-year college after graduating from high school can attend a "college talk" program at Christiansburg High School March 6. The program is sponsored by the school's guidance department and will be at 7 p.m. in the library.
Several topics will be covered during the program, including importance of SAT/ACT exams, how to select a college, financial aid information, advanced placement courses, deadlines and stress, scholarship information, schedule for senior year and new application procedure.
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