ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, June 18, 1996 TAG: 9606190006
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
COLUMN: Class Notes
SOURCE: HALE SHEIKERZ
Several art students from both Blacksburg and Christiansburg high schools recently participated in the annual Roanoke Arts Commission High School Exhibition. More than 750 high school entries were considered and only 95 were selected for display by the commission. Judges chose six pieces from Christiansburg High and 21 from Blacksburg High. In addition, several students were recognized for their artwork.
BLACKSBURG - Brandie Lemmon, two pieces; Lauren Foutz, certificate of distinction; Noe Rossi; Michal Phiel, two pieces; Shawn Cobb; Kelly Fagan, certificate of distinction; Robert Emmett; Beth Libey; Robert Rudd; Alison Murphy, second place award and $100 prize; Jamie Wright, award of merit and $25 prize; Gilee Reid, two pieces; Cassie Seiple, certificate of distinction; Brie Gettleson, award of merit and $25 prize for two pieces; Marie Louise Van Der Schnf; Tatiana Fournajieva; and Thomas Saffle.
CHRISTIANSBURG - Cindy Fenton, two pieces and judge's choice award; Chandra Overstreet; Carrie Gwinn; Helen Smartt; and Lindsay Yearick.
Art instructors at Blacksburg are Linda Hinson, Lee Worley and Jesi Pace-Berkeley. At Christiansburg, art instructors are Pam Taylor and Jean Wonderley.
Each year, an artwork created by a student is selected to become part of a permanent collection of artwork at Falling Branch Elementary. Artwork by second-grader Adrienne Kingman has been chosen as the selected piece.
Two other Falling Branch Elementary students were winners of the Mathematics Awareness Week poster contest sponsored by the Virginia Tech Department of Mathematics. The winners were third-grader Mallory Brame and her brother Jameson Brame, a fourth-grader.
Three area students were winners in the 1996 Wildflower Picture Contest sponsored by the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests. The contest was open to all students and had the theme of "Celebrating Wildflowers." The winners are:
Hannah Glasson of Margaret Beeks Elementary received first place at the first-grade level.
Lulu Ma of Margaret Beeks Elementary received honorable mention in the first-grade level.
Susie Frasca of Gilbert Linkous Elementary received first place at the second-grade level.
TEACHER RECOGNITIONS
Blacksburg High School teacher Linda Hinson recently was recognized by the Blacksburg Area Branch of the American Association of University Women as Educator of the Year. The association recognized Hinson because she "celebrates the identity of her female students, connects female students to caring adults, empowers female students to realize their dreams and ensures the participation and success of female students in their education."
Hinson is an art teacher at Blacksburg, where she has worked for nine years. She also is sponsor of the Women's Studies club.
Hinson received two $100 checks, one to use personally and one to spend at the high school, which she will use to help establish a women's center at the school.
Teacher Peggy Sue Plum recently received a certification of recognition by the New River Valley Chapter of the Council for Exceptional Children. Plum is a special education teacher at Dalton Intermediate School in Radford. The certificate recognizes her contributions to the education of exceptional children and youth in the area during the past school year.
Plum has initiated several new programs to enhance the learning atmosphere for students in her classes. In April, she presented the curriculum for her Math Lab 2000 class at the National School Board Association Fair of Excellence in San Francisco. She also has presented programs at several other conferences.
Plum has taught in Radford for nine years and is the immediate-past president of the Radford Education Association.
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