Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, June 1, 1993 TAG: 9305290075
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: JOANNE ANDERSON
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
\ GREG HABEEB, a Christiansburg High School junior, has been elected Youth Governor of Virginia and will attend the Youth Governors Conference in Washington in June.
Habeeb will meet youth governors from other states and work directly with senators, representatives, Supreme Court justices, lobbyists and the Washington press corps.
He will attend a senatorial luncheon, a congressional breakfast and special tours of the Pentagon, U.S. Capitol and White House.
In July, Habeeb will attend the YMCA Youth Conference on National Affairs in North Carolina. The program offers young people the opportunity to conduct research on issues of national and international concern.
During the 1993-94 school year, Habeeb will meet with Sens. Charles Robb and John Warner, as well as the newly elected governor of Virginia.
In the spring of '94, he will serve his term at the Model General Assembly.
And after that? A lot depends on his experiences in youth politics. Habeeb has an inclination toward broadcast journalism, particularly in sports. But a place in politics is not out of the question.
During the 1991-92 school year, Greg's brother, Scott, now attending Wake Forest, also was Virginia's Youth Governor.
Tonight at 7:30 p.m. the Blacksburg High School Choral Department will present its SPRING CONCERT.
A variety of music will be performed by the concert choir, the madrigal singers and the jazz choir. The department's fourth annual silent auction also will be held tonight in conjunction with the concert.
LISA JESSIE of Auburn High School has been named a United States National Award winner for Spanish. Her name, photograph and achievements will be published in the annual U.S. Achievement Academy Official Yearbook. She is the daughter of Roger and Janice Jessie.
Also from Auburn High School, freshman ERIN BULL won first place in the District M Association of Teachers of English annual writing contest for her short story "Let Us Cross Over the River."
It is her third first-place award.
Ten students from Blacksburg High School participated in the 29th annual Virginia Vocational Industrial Clubs of America state skill and leadership competition. SHANNON BALE, daughter of Richard and Deborah Bale, took a third-place award, and CRYSTAL LINKOUS, daughter of Bernard and Ellen Linkous, was elected 1993-94 state parliamentarian. She will attend the national convention in June in Louisville, Ky.
STEPHEN MARDER, a Christiansburg High School sophomore, won the 9th District Congressional Arts Competition for his entry "Reclining Figure," a charcoal sketch on brown paper of a man lounging on an open surface.
Marder's painting will be exhibited at the 12th annual high school art exhibition, which opens June 29 and continues until May 1994 in the U.S. Capitol building in Washington.
Belview Elementary School Student of the Month for April was first-grader MICHAEL PENNINGTON. He is the son of John and Kathy Pennington of Christiansburg and likes to play T-ball and study about dinosaurs.
The May Student of the Month was SHANE HOLLOWAY. He is a third-grader and son of Jacqueline and Lionel Holloway of Christiansburg.
Christiansburg High School students who placed in the VIRGINIA HEALTH OCCUPATIONS STUDENT ASSOCIATION LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE are: Jennifer Akers, third place, nursing assistant skills; Stacey Wills, extemporaneous writing; Meghan McMillen, third place, prepared speaking; Anitra Basham and Tracy Sutherland, fourth place, club scrapbook; Sherry Bourne, Paige Chamlis, Kathryn King, Heather Ungar, Amy Sarver, Sherri Blivins and Stacey Wills, second place, parliamentary procedures.
Montgomery County public schools have announced the 1993 SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. The high-school program will be held at Christiansburg High School; the middle-school program will meet at Christiansburg Middle School.
Classes for students enrolled in courses leading to early graduation will begin June 23 and continue to Aug. 12, meeting 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each class day.
All other secondary classes will begin June 28 and continue to Aug. 12 and will meet each class day from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
During the week of June 28, classes will meet Monday-Friday. Classes will not be held on July 5. Other weeks, classes will meet Monday-Thursday.
Tuition for Montgomery County residents is $102 per course or $204 for early graduation. Nonresidents must pay $122 per course or $224 for early graduation. The middle-school program is for students who failed academic courses, the Literacy Passport Exam or both. There is no tuition for Montgomery County students.
For more information, students may contact guidance counselors at their schools.
GILES COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS have received results from the Virginia Department of Education Outcome Accountability Project, which evaluates statistics in several areas. Some specifics in Giles County include increases in academic performance, which will enhance each student's abilities in the work force or higher education.
49 percent of eighth-graders scored above the median score on standardized tests.
93 percent of 12th-graders completed a class with keyboarding or typing skills.
85 percent of graduates with no continuing education plans completed a vocational education program.
99 percent of ninth- to 12th-grade students with disabilities participated in at least one school-sponsored activity with nondisabled peers. The state average is 57 percent.
Joanne Anderson is filling in for Melissa DeVaughn, who is hiking the Appalachian Trail. If you have an interesting news item from your school, write to the New River Current in care of the Roanoke Times & World-News' New River Valley Bureau, P.O. Box 540, Christiansburg 24073.
by CNB