Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, May 23, 1995 TAG: 9505230076
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: HALE SHEIKERZ
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
SODA is a cooperative program between CMS and Christiansburg Elementary and Falling Branch Elementary schools. CMS eighth-graders visit the elementary schools monthly and conduct attitude development lessons with fourth-graders. In essence, the older students become role models to the younger students by reaching out to them in ways that adults cannot. Topics covered at the monthly presentations include accepting responsibility, handling peer pressure, being honest, caring for others, being dependable and a team player.
The program also helps make the transition to middle school easier for the younger students.
The program was started six years ago when BOBBI JO HALL, a teacher at CMS, wrote a STAR grant. CMS is the only middle school in the state to have such a program.
The following are the names of the students who were members of SODA during the 1994-95 school year.
WALTER BADILLO, SUZANNE BARNES, TRACI BARR, EMILY BISHOP, NATASHA BROOKS, GOPOLA CHEVALIER, JENNIFER CLARK, HEATHER GEARHEART, RHONDA HAWLEY, MATTHEW HELBLING, AMY HENDERSON, ASHLEY HUGHES, NATALIE HUVAR, DYLAN KNOWLES, CHRIS LAMBERT, KATIE PORTERFIELD, CALLIE RAULFS, CHRIS SIMPKINS, JUSTIN SMITH, AMY STANFORD, BRAD SUMPTER, AARON SUMMERVILLE, MATTHEW WADE, AMBER WALSON, CARRIE WARREN, BRIDGET WEST.
Several students at Radford High School were inducted into the National Honor Society on May 3. Membership is open to students who have a grade point average of 3.5 or better. Members must also meet high standards of leadership, service and character.
The following is a list of students inducted: MARY KATHERINE ARTHUR, MATT BARTON, RUSS BOYD, RABIA BRANARD, JAMIE BROWN, HOPE CARPER, AMELIA CHILES, JEFF GUMAER, JENNIFER HATFIELD, SARA HATFIELD, NIKKI HOLLAWAY, CRYSTAL HUBBARD, DAVID JOHNSON, REBECCA LERCH, ERIC MERKT, BRAD NUNN, BRITT OSBORNE, KIRK PERROW, ELENA PUGLIESE, AYESHA ROOP, SARAH SHOEMAKER, ROBERT SPEIRS, SCOTT TURNER, KELLY UNDERWOOD, STEPHANIE WATTS, JENNIFER WILKINSON, CAROLINE WRIGHT.
This year's president is BRIAN CULLATY and the sponsor is JANET JOHNSON.
The Regional Odyssey of the Mind winners from Giles County High School won second place at the Virginia State OM competition on Norfolk in April. Team members include HEATHER AUSTIN, MIKE HARTLEY, AMBER JONES, BECKY MCCRACKEN, BEN MILLER, JASON TAYLOR and JONATHAN VITTUM.
The team was coached by GAIL AUSTIN and ELLIE MILLER.
Ten Christiansburg High School students have been chosen to be Teens Need Teens members for 1995-96 school year. They include freshmen ERIC BEASLEY, KASEY BOWLES, TISH CAMPBELL, BRIANNE DULANEY, SHANE GWYNN, RACHEL WALDEN; sophomores JENNIFER EASTER, LISA HEASTER, JENNIFER KAMINSKI and ERIC SCHUMUCKER.
During the summer, the students will attend a two-day training seminar sponsored by the Office of Community Education and Prevention.
Four TNT members will represent the high school at the annual Youth Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Project Conference. The conference will be at Longwood College during the last week of July. The students attending the conference are SABRINA COLE, KAREN COX, CHAD DANNER and GARRETT BONNEMA.
In April, three Christiansburg High School TNT members trained as "teens as teachers." The training session was provided by previously trained members of the Auburn High Peer Support Group. JAY CLARK, CHAD DANNER and APRIL ORANGE will make presentations on the dangers of tobacco use to elementary school students.
JAY SMITH, a senior at Auburn High School, received two honors in vocational education. He was awarded a $500 scholarship for being the Outstanding Student for Vocational Education in Montgomery County by the Blacksburg Rotary Club.
Smith also won fourth place in the state in the VICA carpentry contest.
Smith is president of the Riner FFA chapter. He has participated in several contests relating to Federation of Agriculture Mechanics, Federation of Dairy Judges, as well as district, regional and state vocational education competitions.
Smith will attend Virginia Tech in fall 1995 in the two-year Agricultural Technology School.
The Mountain Academic Conference Competition Team at Christiansburg High School completed its season by hosting the Eastern Division Tournament and Super Bowl of Champions.
The All Around Team finished first honors at the tournament and was runner-up in the Super Bowl. Team members include MATTHEW LUCAS, KATE DEROSSET, ANDY ERICKSON, DAWN ESPLEY, JENNIFER INGRAM, ELAINE MELDRUM, JESSICA TICKLE, TIM NELSON and BILL PETRAVAGE. LINDA GREAVER is their coach.
The school's math team finished its regular season in first place with an 8-0 record. The team was runner-up at the tournament. Team members include SOON Il-SONG, RYAN SCHNUTT, SHARON HUPPERT, MATT GARDNER and BILL PETRAVAGE. The team was coached by BETTI KRYE and BETH MOODY.
The English team, coached by MARGIE TEMPLETON, also made the finals of the tournament. The team includes Matthew Lucas, JESSICA HINDLE, SARAH EVANS, AMANDA TAYLOR, SAMANTHA WARD and CHANDRA OVERSTREET.
The Science Team finished the year with a 2-6 record. Team members include ELAINE MELDRUM, LUCAS COVEY, JESSIE BROWN, WENDY FARISS, CHRIS JENKINS, LAUREN KEITH, and BROOKE NUNLEY. KURT GROSSHANS coached the team.
The Social Studies Team completed its regular season with a third-place finish in the tournament and a 5-3 record. Team members include ELAINE ARGABRITE, ANDY ERICKSON, KATE DEROSSETT, TIM NELSON, ALICIA ASHBY, CORD HALL, JAMES KEEN and BRAD MANUEL.
Two Falling Branch Elementary School teachers recently presented a session at the annual conference of the Virginia Council for Learning Disabilities.
KATHY OSTERHOLM and GLENNA GUSTAFSON presented "Five Years of Inclusion - Teachers Talk," which included a discussion of how inclusion has changed their roles as special education teachers and regular classroom teachers and how working together in an inclusive setting has helped them professionally.
JOAN CAMPBELL, a French and Spanish teacher at Blacksburg High School, has been chosen to represent the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship program for foreign language teachers K-12 at conferences. Campbell is a former NEH Fellowship recipient.
Campbell will be a NEH Fellowship Advocate, being a guest speaker at state, regional and national conferences. She will be Virginia's representative for applicants and individuals who may have questions about the NEH program.
School Events and Programs
Montgomery County is offering several Summer Enrichment programs for students in grades 1-12. Courses include chess, watercoloring, jewelry making, book making, building toothpick bridges, clay and papier mache masks, writing, editing and revising using word processing skills and microbiology and more.
Classes are limited in size and cost $10 to $140 depending on the course. For more course names, dates, times, locations and information and registration call the Gifted Programs Office at 382-5190. Registration forms are available at local schools.
Radford University is accepting applications for its Summer Arts Conservatory. The conservatory offers one week programs in dance, theater, madrigal singing and instrumental jazz for students grades 9-12 who have experience in this area. Each group will feature a guest artist and emphasize individual and small group instruction.
The program is a precollegiate program sponsored by the university's College of Visual and Performing Arts in collaboration with the Virginia Department of Education. The program is designed to motivate students who desire an intensive and professional opportunity to further study their art form.
The Conservatory will be July 9-15. Cost is $350 and includes tuition, room in the residence halls, all meals, recreation and supplies. For more information and application call Dean Joseph Scartelli at 831-5265.
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