Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, December 6, 1994 TAG: 9412060052
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: LAURA ZIVKOVICH
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Representatives from more than 50 local businesses gathered in McBryde Hall at Virginia Tech to relate the details of their jobs - from educational requirements to their daily activities - to students eager to follow in their footsteps.
All participating students attended a mandatory session on interviewing skills and career decision making and selected two of 35 sessions conducted by volunteer speakers in different careers.
The sponsors plan the event in the fall to help students with the curriculum choices they face in the second semester of their freshman year that will affect the rest of their high school education.
The high schools plan to follow up on the career ideas by getting students to think about the skills they must have for anticipated professions and how to go about getting them.
The Montgomery County and Giles County school systems and the Greater Blacksburg, Montgomery County-Christiansburg and Giles County chambers of commerce sponsor the event.
Kathy Pinkerton, an artist with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, will teach fifteen Blacksburg HIgh School students about "DRAWING WITH PAPER" today at a craft workshop in her Blacksburg studio.
She will demonstrate how she uses paper pulp as a textured and colorful drawing medium and lead students through the steps of making paper by hand.
The workshop is sponsored through a partnership between the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Blacksburg Regional Art Association.
Riner Elementary's traditional Appalachian Christmas tree, decorated by second-through fifth-graders is on display through Dec. 22 at the American Red Cross's Festival of Christmas Trees at the New River Valley Mall.
The pupils made the tree's decorations of clay ornaments, gingerbread cookies, dried flowers and garland in art classes.
Admission to the festival is $1 for adults and 50 cents for children. Pick up a ballot at the school before your visit and make your vote for the best tree count twice. The winner receives a cash prize.
Kindergartners at Christiansburg Primary School prepared a THANKSGIVING FEAST of chicken casserole, cranberry salad and pumpkin pie to share with their honored guests before leaving school for the holiday break.
Teachers Barbara Middleton and Teresa Varney supervised the pupils' culinary efforts.
This year, the school shared some ideas from this annual tradition with Elliston-Lafayette Elementary pupils who prepared their first Thanksgiving feast.
A combined effort from pupils, parents and staff at Gilbert Linkous Elementary School raised $1,700 for the American Heart Association by jumping rope in a two-hour JUMP-A-THON.
The school's Student Council Association and the Physical Education Department cosponsored the event; the Parent Teacher Association refreshed the participants with snacks after the jump-a-thon.
Patsy Caldwell's and Diane Pruitt's Newbern Elementary School pupils gathered BUTTERFLY PUPAE from Pulaski County roadsides, nurtured them, and watched them change as they moved through the stages of growth.
The butterflies inspired stories, discussions and artwork in the classes.
The pupils recently released the mature butterflies, giving them a royal send-off to their winter home of Mexico.
The 1994 HERITAGE DAY celebration at Shawsville Elementary School gave pupils a chance to learn about the culture and traditions of the area's Appalachian ancestry.
Volunteers taught students about doll-making, hunting, pottery-making, weaving, wood carving, milking, storytelling and music and even took them on hayrides.
The Margaret Beeks Elementary School BOOK FAIR continues this week with hours today from 3 to 7 p.m. and Wednesday and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Holiday Happenings
Kipps Elementary School pupils raised $884 for the Montgomery County Christmas Store in a one-hour read-a-thon during Childrens Book Week.
The money will be used to buy toys for school-aged children.
The Christiansburg High School Blue Demon Marching Band will present its annual WINTER CONCERT Thursday night at 7 in the high school auditorium.
Admission is free.
The Blacksburg High School Concert and Symphonic Band's WINTER CONCERT is scheduled for Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the school auditorium.
A silent auction to raise money for new band uniforms precedes the event at 6:30 p.m.
The snow date for the event is Dec. 12.
Radford High School and Dalton Intermediate School bands and choirs will present a HOLIDAY CONCERT Dec. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Radford University's Preston Auditorium.
Admission is $1; children under 12 get in free.
Radford High School chorus and concert choir alumni are welcome to join in on the singing of "Hallelujah Chorus" from Handel's "Messiah."
For more information, call Lois Castonguay at 639-0430 or 731-3649.
The Blue Demon Marching Band Boosters Club is selling CHRISTMAS TREES to raise money for a band trip to Orlando each day starting at 3 p.m. in the parking lot to the right of the entrance to Christiansburg HIgh School.
Tree prices start at $12.
For more information, call Fred Chang, band director, at 382-5178 or club copresidents Blair and Peggy Meldrum at 382-4407.
by CNB