Big thanks go to the Crozet PTO for organizing today’s Walk to School Day. In spite of the sudden rain, a lot of families continued on and made it to school on foot and bike without incident. I hear the next Walk to School day is March 9.
Brownsville PTO Fundraiser – 25 February
via email –
Countdown to FUN! Just 6 days away until Brownsville’s Got Talent from 7-11 on February 25 at King Family Vineyards…catered by Green House Coffee, Desserts by Brownsville Bakers, Adult Beverages by King Family Vineyards and Blue Ridge Cafe, Talent show courtesy of gifted Brownsville connected friends and families as well as Dancing to E3’s great cover music!
Let’s not forget the multitude of great Silent Auction items provided by 30 Restaurants, + Local and Cville Businesses, Artisans and CLASSROOMS.
If you have not purchased tickets, email [email protected] to reserve your spot now. Our numbers of enthusiastic Brownsville Elementary supporters are are climbing daily. Buy yours today!
Race To Nowhere at Western – January 25 2012
Get informed. Get involved. Get educated.
Wednesday, January 25 at 7 pm, Western Albemarle High School Auditorium
Post-screening discussion to be held in the Cafeteria:
June Jenkins, Director of Safe Schools/Healthy Students will facilitate the discussion. Panelists will include Lori Wood, Region Ten Prevention Director; Amy Wright, Chair, Western Albemarle HS Guidance Dept.; Â Marc Dawkins, Safe Schools/Healthy Students, and Dyan Aretakis, UVA Teen Health Center
The screening is being sponsored by the ACPS Western feeder pattern PTOs, Health Advisory Board, and Parent Council. The PTOs of the Western feeder pattern schools have paid for the screening; donations to cover their costs will be accepted at the door. Western feeder schools include Brownsville Elementary, Crozet Elementary, Henley Middle, Meriwether-Lewis Elementary, Murray Elementary and Western Albemarle HS.
Seats can be reserved via this EventBrite link.
More information on the film, including background on the issues covered, can be found here. Â
MESA and the Race to Nowhere
Two items of note from the Henley Middle School newsletter:
MESA – OPEN HOUSE
MESA, Albemarle County Public Schools Math, Engineering and Science Academy, is having an open house on January 25 from 5-8 in Rooms 241 and 242.
As always please let me know if there are any questions.
Jeff Prillaman?
Director Math Engineering & Science Academy Albemarle High School 2775 Hydraulic Road Charlottesville, VA 22902 434-975-9300 x 60624
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RACE TO NOWHERE COMING TO A THEATER NEAR YOU!
Save the Date for The Race to Nowhere! It is going to be held in the WAHS Auditorium on Wednesday, January 25th at 7pm. There is no charge for admission, but donations will be accepted. There will be more information coming including a link to reserve a seat.
This initiative is being sponsored by the schools in the Western Feeder Pattern.
Thanks, Crozet Elementary for Moving the Bike Rack
“Daddy! More people should ride bikes! There’s less traffic!”*
What a nice surprise to get to Crozet Elementary this morning after riding just over a mile to find that the bike rack had been moved to a more visibly prominent location. I even heard kids discussing the new location.
* When do 2nd graders not speak in exclamation points?
Henley’s Renewable Resource Center Dedication today
Henley has a wind turbine! Congratulations to everyone at Henley Middle School who worked for so long to accomplish this.
I’ll update this story as the news reports on it.
As promised … the Newsplex has a story up about it .
Update 2: Charlottesville Tomorrow has a thorough account and background about the renewable energy center.
Henley’s Renewable Resource Center – See it 16 December!
From the Henley Matters listserv:
Join the Henley Community on December 16 at 10:00 a.m. as we celebrate/dedicate our new Renewable Energy Resource Center. The Center will include a SkyStream wind turbine, solar thermal panels, solar photovoltaic panels and an electronic display where students can monitor energy savings. This is the only center of this type in the state! Along with expertise from Building Services, many students and teachers did an amazing amount of work over the past three years to make this happen.
So join us on the 16th. We’ll start outside as the wind turbine is put into position and then move into the gym for a few remarks. If you can’t make it on the 16th, drop by the library during the next two weeks as a SkyStream turbine head has been placed in there for students to examine at close range.
Western Albemarle Theatre Ensemble presents The Fifteen Minute Hamlet – 4 November 2011
Western Albemarle Theatre Ensemble presents The Fifteen Minute Hamlet by Tom Stoppard on November 4 at 8pm in the auditorium of Western Albemarle High School.
Tickets available at the door by donation. Featuring improv theatre and followed by dessert and live music to benefit SARA. Â Â Contact 434-823-8700.?Â
Crozet’s Past Comes Alive on Crozet Avenue
via press release:
The Field School of Charlottesville? convenes its annual Spirit Walk on October 21-22.
Crozet, VA, September 16, 2011: Historical haunts return once more to Crozet Avenue on October 21st and 22nd when the Field School of Charlottesville convenes its third annual Spirit Walk to celebrate the history of Crozet and Western Albemarle. The Spirit Walk gathers the Crozet community — the very past, past, and present — for a family friendly evening of visits with the likes of Samuel Miller, Paul McIntire, Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous figures.
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First Cross Country meet in Old Trail today – Be Alert for Runners!
From the Friends of Western Albemarle Cross Country, Track & Field:
WAHS is holding its first cross country meet on its new Old Trail course today. The meet starts at 5:00, so drivers should know that they should be prepared to stop for runners. There will be signs and people at the road crossings – by the trailhead for the nature trail close to 250, by the soccer field and also on Golf Drive. A second and final home meet will be held next Wednesday, October 5 at 5:00, so the same caution applies for next week.
Kim Connolly
President
Friends of Western Albemarle Cross Country, Track & Field