[June 10, 2013] In Your Schools for June 10, 2013 Tweet Jun 10, 2013 (The News & Advance - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Achievements BEDFORD --The following Otter River Elementary School students were named to the All-A Honor Roll for the fourth nine weeks: Noah Ahrens, Alyssa Colling and Josh Hubbard, fourth grade; and Olivia Bell, Aubrey Franklin, Jazmine Knowles, Kyle McGehee, Jacob Reynolds and Jacob Woodford, fifth grade. PRIVATE SCHOOLS --James River Day School student Emma Eubank recently was awarded the $20,000 Book Award from Chatham Hall, an all-girls school located in Chatham. The $20,000 scholarship is for each year of attendance at Chatham Hall should Eubank apply, be accepted and enroll. This award is given to a rising seventh-grade girl who is in excellent academic standing, demonstrates leadership and character and exhibits a love of learning. Additionally, Eubank will receive the book, "Georgia O'Keeffe: An Eternal Spirit," by Susan Wright. O'Keeffe is one of Chatham Hall's most noteworthy alumnae. --James River Day School student MacKenzie Allen recently was awarded the Science Summer Camp Award from Chatham Hall, an all-girls school located in Chatham. This award, which comes with a $500 scholarship, is given to a rising seventh-grade girl who is in excellent academic standing and exhibits a love of science. --The following James River Day School students were recipients of 2012-13 All School Awards: Patrick Hardison, Edna Gilchrist Scholarship Award; Mary Katherine Guthrie, William and Nancy Coursey Writing Award; Caroline Dabney, Mary DuVal Horner Leadership Award; Libby Davidson, Sheree H. Bowen Award; Kenton Marshall, Edwin Nelson James, Jr. Athletic Award; Emily Foster, Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) Citizenship Medal; Virginia Haga, Eli Wood and Hugh Selby, Citizenship Awards; Row Sterne, Alma McCarthy Award; Hannah Montgomery, Clunet Pettyjohn, Jr. Award; Hardt Lesko and Michael Caprise, Neil Dooley Award; Carter Cundiff, Scholar Award, given annually to the student with the highest overall grades during the student's fifththrough eight-grade tenure at James River Day School). --James River Day School teacher Anne C. Taylor was the 2012-13 recipient of the William M. Walker Family Meritorious Teacher Award. --The following James River Day School students in grades 4 to 8 received High Honors for the third trimester of the 2012-13 school year: Wood Carrington, Harry Cook, Nicholas Ebert, Liza Green, Patrick Hardison, Hardt Lesko, Catherine Olson, Wolfgang Ploch, Isabel Rhodes, Hugh Selby, Owen Selden, John Tharp, Randy Trost, Julia Varner and Cole Workman, fourth grade; Grant Brammer, Jack Brestel, Hundley Burger, Vassar Camden, Robert Carrington, Thomas Cook, Addison Cox, Jette Davidson, Spencer Diminick, Megan Foster, Lilly MacCallum, Daniel O'Brien, William Robertson and Alex Showalter, fifth grade; MacKenzie Allen, Trigg Anderson, Bebe Brogan, Michael Brogan, Michael Caprise, Bryson Carter, Anna Kate Dabney, Dylan Glorioso, Asia Miller, Jackson Mutch, Claire Owens, Maz Selby, Carson Shepherd, Sallie Sorenson, Joseph Sterne, Grace Williams and Theo Woods, sixth grade; Sally Carrington, Will Carrington, John Cook, Sarah Gordon Duerson, Elizabeth Edmunds, Emma Eubank, Gillian Gondi, Anna Gunter, Benjamin Khoury, Matthew MacCallum, Kate O'Brien, McKenna Pettyjohn, Reece Schietinger, Peyton Tompkins, Amanda Vie, Sackett Wood and Madison Workman, seventh grade; and Isabel Anguera, Joshua Barnard, Connor Burgess, Mary Cook, Alysha Cranmore, Carter Cundiff, Caroline Dabney, Libby Davidson, Emily Kathryn Foster, Oliver Gilbert, Mary Katherine Guthrie, Holly Harkins, Jenna Holliman, Clayton Jones, Kenton Marshall, Mitch McMahon, Hannah Montgomery, Hannaleigh Pierce, Caroline Taylor, Douglas Thom and Peter Woods, eighth grade. REGIONAL PROGRAMS --The following area students placed in the Central Virginia Regional Science Fair held at Central Virginia Community College: Brittany Gallahan of CVGS/Rustburg High School, Grand Award Biological Sciences; Sarah Tucker of CVGS/Brookville High School, Grand Alternate Biological Sciences; Jason Wilkinson of RVGS/Staunton River High School, Grand Award Physical Sciences; Richard Middaugh of CVGS/Brookville High School, Grand Alternate Physical Sciences; Sarah Tucker of CVGS/Brookville High School, first place, Lindsay Stephens of CVGS/Amherst County High School, second, and Amanda Myrick of CVGS/Brookville High School, third, Animal Sciences; Carter Gottschalk of RVGS/Staunton River High School, first place, Madalyn Baldwin of CVGS/Appomattox County High School, second, Jordan Pfau of CVGS/Brookville High School, third, and Cassie Willis of CVGS/Jefferson Forest High School, honorable mention, Behavior & Social Sciences; Blake Nowakowski of CVGS/Jefferson Forest High School, first place, Cellular & Molecular Biology; Elizabeth Francis of CVGS/Jefferson Forest High School, honorable mention, Chemistry/Biology; Eryn Campbell and Jill Ferguson of RVGS/Staunton River High School, first place, and Kevin Sankoorikal of CVGS/Jefferson Forest High School, honorable mention; Richard Middaugh of CVGS/Brookville High School, first place, Ana Cedillo of CVGS/Brookville High School, second, Danny Choi of CVGS/Brookville High School, honorable mention; and Bradley Wetzel of CVGS/Heritage High School, honorable mention, Engineering; Jason Wilkinson of RVGS/Staunton River High School, first place, and Jae Bae of CVGS/Jefferson Forest High School, honorable mention, Environmental Science; Sara Natour of CVGS/E.C. Glass High School, honorable mention, Medicine & Health Sciences; Samuel Fedeler of CVGS/E.C. Glass High School, first place, Evan Lindsay of CVGS/Heritage High School, second, Braelyn Riner of CVGS/Brookville High School, third, and Esther Kim of CVGS/Jefferson Forest High School, honorable mention, Microbiology; Chris Chueh of CVGS/E.C. Glass High School, first place, Christopher Olson of CVGS/E.C. Glass High School, second, Joshua Ratliff of CVGS/Amherst County High School, third, and Jason Zhang of CVGS/Jefferson Forest High School, honorable mention, Physics & Astronomy; and Brittany Gallahan of CVGS/Rustburg High School, first place, and Timothy Burnette of Liberty High School, second, Plant Sciences. The following students received Special Awards: Esther Kim of CVGS/Jefferson Forest, Society for In Vitro Biology; Jill Ferguson and Eryn Campbell of RVGS/Staunton River High School, Margaret Duncan Excellence in Science Research Award, Association for Women Geoscientists Award and National Society of Professional Engineers Innovative Engineering Award; Jordan Pfau of CVGS/Brookville High School, U.S. Surgeon General's Special Science Award; Prabdeep Mathone of CVGS/Heritage High School, Mu Alpha Theta Mathematic Award and the U.S. Metric Association Award; Logan Merkle of CVGS/Jefferson Forest High School, American Chemical Society, Blue Ridge Chapter Award; Elizabeth Francis of CVGS/Jefferson Forest High School, Nobel Prize Women in Science Book; Carter Gottschalk of RVGS/Staunton River High School, American Psychological Association Award; Ana Cedillo of CVGS/Brookville High School, Yale Science & Engineering Association Award; Amelia Greene of CVGS/E.C. Glass High School, ASM Engineering Award; Jae Bae of CVGS/Jefferson Forest High School, Virginia Lakes & Watersheds Association Award; Jason Wilkinson of RVGS/Staunton River High School, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Award; Sarah Tucker of CVGS/Brookville High School, National Association of Biology Teachers; Sarah Tucker of CVGS/Brookville High School (Grand Award), Amanda Myrick of CVGS/ Brookville High School, Lindsay Stephens of CVGS/Amherst County High School, Madalyn Baldwin of CVGS/Appomattox County High School, Jill Ferguson and Eryn Campbell of RVGS/Staunton River High School, Sara Natour of CVGS/E.C. Glass High School, Timothy Burnette of Liberty High School and Joshua Ratliff of CVGS/Amherst County High School, Virginia Dental Society Awards for Recognizing Science Talent; Danny Choi of CVGS/Brookville High School, first place, Jason Wilkinson of RVGS/Staunton River High School, second, and Richard Middaugh of CVGS/Brookville High School, third, VSPE/ASCE Engineering Awards; Jae Bae of CVGS/Jefferson Forest High School and Jason Wilkinson of RVGS/Staunton River High School, American Meteorological Society; Jae Bae of CVGS/Jefferson Forest High School and Jason Wilkinson of RVGS/Staunton River High School, U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize; Joshua Ratliff of CVGS/Amherst County High School, Jason Wilkinson of RVGS/Staunton River High School, and Carter Gottschalk of RVGS/Staunton River High School, Naval Research Award; Ana Cedillo of CVGS/Brookville High School, Prabdeep Mathone of CVGS/Heritage High School, Richard Middaugh of CVGS/Brookville High School, and Jason Zhang of CVGS/ Jefferson Forest High School, U.S. Air Force Awards; and Eryn Campbell and Jill Ferguson of RVGS/Staunton River High School, Jason Wilkinson of RVGS/Staunton River High School, Chris Chueh of CVGS/E.C. Glass High School, Sarah Tucker of CVGS/ Brookville High School and Logan Merkle of CVGS/Jefferson Forest High School, U.S. Army Awards. --The following Central Virginia Governor's School students were winners at the Virginia State Science and Engineering Fair held April 6 at Virginia Military Institute: Richard Middaugh, of Brookville High School, second place, Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical and Dental Award, and Blake Nowakowski, of Jefferson Forest High School, second place, Cellular and Molecular Biology. --The following Central Virginia Governor's School students represented Central Virginia at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held May 12 to 17 in Phoenix: Brittany Gallahan of Rustburg High School and Richard Middaugh of Brookville High School. Middaugh won the third place Grand Award in Energy and Transportation, a $1,000 prize. School Happenings AMHERST CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL --June 11: SIT, 12:30 p.m. MONELISON MIDDLE SCHOOL --Today: Summer School begins. APPOMATTOX --Aug. 1: Deadline for parents of rising kindergarten students to submit the School Entrance Physical Examination and Immunization Certification form. ___ (c)2013 The News & Advance (Lynchburg, Va.) Visit The News & Advance (Lynchburg, Va.) at www.newsadvance.com Distributed by MCT Information Services [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]