ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, April 15, 1997 TAG: 9704150054
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
COLUMN: Class Notes
SOURCE: HALE SHEIKERZ
Several children at Margaret Beeks Elementary School will have a chance to take the stage and show off their singing skills with professional opera singers today in two performances at the Blacksburg school.
The classic fairy tale opera "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" will be performed at Beeks today at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. as part of a Virginia Opera Company production.
Members of the opera will play the roles of the queen, Snow White, the prime minister, huntsman and the prince.
But those plum roles of the dwarfs will be sung by fourth- and fifth-graders from the school. The children are Jessica Alderman, Trent Angelucci, Caitlin Baird, Nick Grimes, Jocy Guynn, Shane McKelvy, Hayley Reynolds and Ben Smoot.
The Virginia Opera performers worked in residency with the students to prepare for their performance on Monday afternoon. Before Monday's dress rehearsal, the children practiced their singing parts with their music teacher.
Other students involved in the production are technical assistants Ella Camburnbeck and Julisia Banach; and poster staff members Amanda Reinholtz, Kirsten Hite, Carson Davis, Oliver Chapman and Adam Hodge.
Several students from Community Christian Academy in Christiansburg participated in three separate competitions of the Association of Christian Schools International. Listed below are the names of students who participated and won awards:
District Writing Festival: Jeffrey Skiles, red ribbon winner; Katie Brown, Joshua Skiles, David Lookabill, Joshua Goodhart and Monica Miles, all white ribbon winners. Barry Keller, Ashley Cole and Bethany Kitts participated in the writing festival.
Regional Science Fair at Timberlake Christian School in Forest on March 7: Keller, Joshua Skiles and Stephen Shanks, received excellent awards; Jeffrey Skiles, Lookabill and Reagan Miles received superior awards.
Spelling Bee at Faith Christian Academy in Hurt on March 15: Lookabill, Stephen Shanks, Leah Kirby and Katie Shanks.
MEETINGS, EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS
Kindergarten registration for Montgomery County Public Schools started Monday and will continue through Friday. Registration will be at each of the 13 elementary schools in the county from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Children who are 5 years of age by Sept. 30 are eligible to enter school in the fall of 1997. Parents are asked to bring the child's Social Security card and birth certificate to the school when registering. For more information or to ask questions, call Doris McElfresh at 382-5120.
In addition, the schools will offer a full-day program for "at risk" 4-year-olds through the Virginia Preschool Initiative. This program is new to the school system and is available to children who will have their fourth birthday on or before Sept. 30. Information on enrollment for the 1997-98 school year will be available this week at the following schools: Beeks Elementary, Bethel Elementary, Christiansburg Primary, Falling Branch Elementary, Prices Fork Elementary and Shawsville Elementary.
Christiansburg Middle School presents "An Evening for the Arts" Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. in the school's library. The program includes performances by band and choral students, demonstrations by the art students and an exhibit of student artwork. The event is open to the public.
High School students interested in the arts can attend Radford University's Summer Arts Conservatory. The program is July 6-12 and offers programs in classical guitar, film and video animation, percussion, madrigal singing, screen printing, dance and theater/musical theater. The program is sponsored by Radford's College of Visual and Performing Arts and the Virginia Department of Education. Students will participate in individual and group instruction, as well as attend featured performance series presented by residents and guest artists.
The $350 cost includes tuition, room and all meals at the university dining facilities, recreation and supplies. One chaperone/counselor will be provided for every 10 students. For more information, call Joseph Scartelli at 831-5265 or send e-mail to jscartel@runet.edu.
The Gifted Advisory Committee of Montgomery County Public Schools will meet April 22 at 7 p.m. in the School Board Office on Junkin Street in Christiansburg. The meeting is open to the public.
The Parent Teacher Student Association of Radford High and Dalton Intermediate schools will have its first general meeting April 22 at 7 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. This is a newly formed group. The by-laws will be approved and voting for officers will take place. A list of the group's purposes will also be presented. Copies of the by-laws are available at the schools for review. For more information, including on being an officer, call 731-1977.
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