The Lord Botetourt boys basketball team defeated William Byrd 54-51
on Tuesday, February 21st, in the opening round of the regional tournament. Next up: The
Cavaliers play Amherst County on Thursday, February 23rd at 6 p.m. at Staunton
River.
Stephanie Klein-Davis of The Roanoke Times has thisphoto gallery.
Botetourt County School Board held a regular meeting on Feb. 9.
February is School Board Appreciation month. Many of the CTE classes
sent tokens of appreciation to the board. The Horticulture Class and FFA
at BTEC arrived with beautifully arranged roses for each member of the
School Board and for Betty Holland the School Board clerk. she also
received and azalea from the school board. those students were: Joey
DaVolio, Rebecca Harlow, Billie West, Hailey Garrison.
Notably Beth Umbarger, the principal at Greenfield Elementary
School, presented each school board member with an historic film called “Shaping the world, Conversations in Democracy.”
Produced for Poplar Forest by Blue Ridge Public Television, the summer
home of Thomas Jefferson the series is for schools to explore the
history of Thomas Jefferson and his encounters during the time of and
prior to the American Revolution. Umbarger proudly detailed the
Greenfield consort’s musical involvement on the DVD.
The school calendar for 2012-13 was approved. Here are some important dates :
First day of school: August 22, 2012
Winter Break: Dec. 19-Jan 2
Spring Break: April 1- 5 (not counting weekends)
Last day of school: June 11, 2013
Breckinridge Reading specialist Rhonda McDonald was honored for
receiving the George Irby, Jr. incentive grant. She also has two non
fiction children’s books “Polar Bears” and “White Whales” to be
published in the next year! McDonald has been a McGlothlin Award
finalist in the past.
The School Boundary issue will go to public comment on March 19 at 7 p.m. at the Central Academy Forum.
School Board members Scott Swortzel and John Alderson have been named
to the joint committee to study and plan the building of a new Blue
Ridge Elementary School and upgrades to Lord Botetourt Science classes.
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Coach Chuck Pound's Cavaliers are off and running to a 15-3 start, 6-0 in the Blue Ridge District. A year ago they ran the table in the District, and advanced to the Division 4 Region semi-finals, before falling at Turner Ashby.
They are doing it with a cohesive team unit. The team is just nine deep, but all the parts of this machine work in unison.
Senior Jade Lewis just eclipsed the 1,000 point mark for her career. Point Guard Emily Wampler is starting for her second season, and is running the team at a high level.
Balanced scoring and defense make the Cavaliers a tough out come tournament time. And with 11 straight wins and counting, the Cavs are a tough out all the time.
The players explain that this group spends a lot of time together off the court, and that has led to better communication and chemistry on the court. It's working, and it's possible this group could surpass the 21 win season they had a year ago.
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RMMS students, under the direction of Mr. Jamie Lawson, spent the weekend of January 21-22 auditioning, rehearsing, and performing. The students were selected to participate in the 15th annual VA Tech Honor Band. The weekend event gave the students the opportunity to work with conductors, meet other music students, hear performances from several VA Tech bands and perform at Burris Hall.
Lauren Alaina came to JRHS on Tuesday afternoon January 24 for the Toy Mountain reward concert. Her song“Georgia Peaches” and album “Wildflowers” are climbing the charts. The rising country star is a 17 year old from Rossville, Georgia and runner up on season 10 of American Idol.
James River won the concert for the 5th straight year with the most toys donated to the annual Toy Mountain Drive competing with a host of local high schools. Star Country sponsors the competition with a promise of a concert. The students have been fortunate to have many terrific stars including Josh Turner and Lady Antebellum previously performed at the high school.
Alaina performed well and really related to the students. Several including Thomas Ayers the quintessential athletic manager for the high school. Junior Dylan Flint asked her to the prom and she didn’t say no. When asked if she could go to the prom, Principal Jamie Talbott said, “Ok.” We’ll see what happens.
Talbott also congratulated Lori Hall the Key Club sponsor and toy Mountain champion. For four years at LBHS and the past five at JRHS, Sibley’s schools have won Toy Mountain. She said, ” I hope you will do well next year. I’ll think of you when I am laying on the beach.” The student body gave Hall a standing ovation. She plans to retire in June.
After the show Alaina autographed pictures. The cafeteria staff presented her with a stuffed cookie. She spent a great deal of time with the students, telling them about her high school days and that she had not been in school for the past year and a half since going on American Idol. She participated in cheerleading while she was in high school. She was the most approachable singer even surpassing Chuck Wicks for the best ever. A fitting good bye to Lori Hall.
The Central Academy Middle School and James River High School Athletic Departments will hold a required spring meeting that will cover the new Botetourt County Concussion Policy, the Botetourt County Drug and Alcohol Policy, Drug Testing Policy, as well as VHSL and school rules and information. All athletes must attend this meeting accompanied by a parent or legal guardian to hear new information regarding the Drug Testing Policy, unless the athlete/parent attended in the 2011 Winter meeting that was held in October.
The same informational spring meeting is offered twice, once at each location for your convenience. Student athletes from either school may attend at either location.
Monday, February 6, 2012 starting at 6:00 pm at Central Academy Middle School
Monday, February 13, 2012 starting at 6:00 pm at James River High School
