Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, December 29, 1994                   TAG: 9501060030
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: W-2   EDITION: METRO 
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IN SCHOOL

HILLS DEPARTMENT STORE customers are giving their register receipts to area schools participating in the company's Supply-a-School program. Supply-a-School is a receipt redemption program allowing schools to collect Hills receipts and turn them in for such items as computers, supplies, and library books. Since the program's inception in 1990, over $1.2 million in classroom supplies and equipment have been award to hundreds of schools.

STEPHEN R. MCCORMICK, son of Cheryl S. McCormick and Roy L. McCormick Jr., recently graduated from East Tennessee State University in Johnson City with a degree in business management.

McCormick is a 1988 graduate of Cave Spring High School.

DAVID H. HURLEY, Chapter One reading teacher at Highland Park Learning Center Magnet School, has been named the Roanoke Valley Reading Teacher of the Year.

Hurley, who wrote a book entitled "Chip's Fishing Rodeo" and two guides for teachers, "May I Share My Silver" and "Hooked on Reading Aloud," has 30 years of teaching experience with the Roanoke schools.

Hurley was nominated by John Lensch, principal at Highland Park, and members of the school's management team.

Hurley now is eligible for the Virginia Teacher of the Year award, to be chosen in March. The state winner will be given a scholarship.

The teaching award is sponsored by the Roanoke Valley Reading Council, which promotes literacy in the area. It is an affiliate of the Virginia State Reading Association and the International Reading Association.

NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL recently announced the names of several students selected to participate in the All-District Chorus: Ailee Steele, Michael Giles, Carmen Davis, Melissa Robertson, Brian Hill, Allison Hurd, Kenny Malloch, Tony Stockton and Stacie Nixon. Ashley Baroulette was chosen as an alternate.

The students were chosen through auditions held by the District VI Division of the Virginia Choral Director's Association.

VALISSA DUERK of Roanoke received the Ruby Andrews Aviation Endowment. Duerk, an aeronautical studies major at the University of North Dakota, has maintained a grade-point average of 3.35 while being an active member in several associations.

The Ruby Andrews Aviation Endowment is given to a student who has demonstrated scholastic achievement, leadership and service to University of North Dakota aerospace.

VALERIE COFFEY of Roanoke participated in the production of the play "Becoming Memories", which was recently presented by the Juniata College Theatre in Huntingdon, Pa. Coffey was the assistant director.