Washington County Career & Technical Centers receive $10,000 grant from SkillsUSA and Lowe's.
The Washington County Career & Technical Center received a $10,000 grant from SkillsUSA and Lowe's for community service projects. This grant will allow the Career & Technical Center, in partnership with Habitat for Humanity, to prepare a site on campus for building modular homes for the Washington County Habit for Humanity. Over one hundred students will be involved in designing and building one modular home per year that will be moved to a designated Habitat location and completed by volunteers for Washington County families. Drafting students will design the homes that will be built by Carpentry, Masonry and Building Trades students. The building process will begin at the beginning of each school year in August and continue throughout the year, allowing students to engage in relevant hands on learning while providing much needed housing for families selected by Habitat for Humanity. The Washington County Career & Technical faculty and students are grateful for the generosity of Skills USA and Lowe's and are excited to begin the partnership with Habitat for Humanity.
The John S. Battle Envirothon team stands with their 3rd Place medals at the District competition.
The John S. Battle Envirothon team competed on April 5 at Sugar Hollow where they placed 1st Overall, then competed at Districts on April 20 at the Breaks Interstate Park where they placed 3rd overall. They will be competing at the state competition on May 21 at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The team consists of Jessica C., Katelyn C., Megan C., Julie K., and Nathaniel M. The alternates include John H. and Laura R. The team was tested on Forestry, Wildlife, Aquatics, Soils, and Special Issue, then they had to do a presentation on Low Impact Development/Non-Point Source Pollution. They had to study content, learn new skills, as well as put together a presentation based on the Current Issue which required them to develop a solution to a problem based on the issue. The students have worked very hard and spent a lot of time preparing for the competitions and have done an excellent job.
Kevin Sigmon, Abingdon Town Arborist, leads the Abingdon Arbor Day Celebration at E. B. Stanley Middle School.
On Tuesday April 4th, the town of Abingdon held its annual Arbor Day Celebration on the front lawn at E. B. Stanley Middle School. The event opened with Vice Mayor Cathy Lowe reading the Arbor Day proclamation. Following the proclamation, Monty Vernon, Chair of the Abingdon Tree Commission, presented E. B. Stanley Middle School Librarian Pam Smith with three books to be placed in the school’s library. Town Arborist Kevin Sigmon presented t-shirts to three E. B. Stanley Middle School Computer Technology students, Bryce Chapman, Natalia Childers, and Kaylee Patterson, for creating the top three Arbor Day brochures. Mrs. Gina Hamm is the Computer Technology teacher at E. B. Stanley Middle School. The town of Abingdon donated a Brandywine Red Maple tree, which was planted on the school grounds with the help of Mr. Sigmon and a select group of E. B. Stanley Middle School students. The E. B. Stanley Middle School Jazz Band, under the direction of Beverly Campbell, provided the event with Arbor Day music. The event ended with refreshments for all and a tree give-away by the Abingdon Tree Commission.
Students take a few minutes to enjoy the book fair.
Patrick Henry High School held its fourth annual Scholastic Book Fair April 16th through April 20th. Held the week after National Library Week, students participated in many activities. Students visited the book fair before school, after school, and during their English class. The English class purchasing the largest dollar amount of books was given a pizza party, sponsored by the library. This year the winner was Mrs. Duncan’s English 9 class. On Thursday, students were treated to cola floats provided by the library. On Friday, students were allowed to wear their favorite hat all day by donating a $1.00. The proceeds helped support the library. “Name That Book” was played again this year. Students were given three clues to three different books and asked to identify what book the clue described. For example, “trapping ignition” was used to describe the book “Catching Fire.” Students had the opportunity to put their answers in a box located at the book fair and a “goodie” bag was given to the daily winner. Students could also guess how many gumballs were in a container. The student with the closest answer won the gumballs and a “goodie” bag. The book fair was a huge success. The library was able to purchase over $400 in new books for Patrick Henry High School students! Thanks to everyone for a great book fair.
Abingdon High School senior, Katelyn S., signs an intent, with her parents, AHS coaches, and Walters State coach.
Abingdon High School senior, Katelyn S., will be continuing her softball career as a Walters State Lady Senator next year. Katelyn recently signed a letter of intent with Walters State Community College, located in Morristown, Tennessee. Katelyn's parents, several family members, friends, and Abingdon High School staff were in attendance for this occasion. Katelyn has a career .378 batting average while boasting a .416 on-base percentage as a Lady Falcon. She has led her team to the Virginia Class AA State playoffs for the past two seasons, including an appearance in the State championship game in 2010. Katelyn will be entering the nursing program while attending Walters State.