[BrownsvilleOnline] Before Spring Break...

[Sally Cushing]

FOUR THINGS:

1.)	After yesterday's events, THIS FRIDAY Is "BEE PROUD DAY"!  Wear 
your B-ville colors (gold and green) or B-ville t-shirts!  The PTO (as 
well as many B-ville individuals) has shown our teachers and staff our 
appreciation for their solid leadership yesterday. On Friday, let's 
show EVERYONE how proud we are of them and our school!

2.)  Did you show your support for the school budget by signing the 
online petition?
So far, only 54 people have signed it!  Tell your friends and 
neighbors!  This petition simply states support for School 
Superintendent Dr. Pamela R. Moran's 2007-2008 school budget plan:
http://www.gopetition.com/online/11550.html

3.)  B-ville T-shirts and Shorts Due Date has CHANGED to FRIDAY, APRIL 
13!

4.)  Are you aware of Albemarle County's Summer Opportunities?
 
A3 Summer Opportunities ~ Authentic, Academic, Accelerated 
Registration opens on April 16 at 9 am at the County Office Building on 
the third floor or by email
Registration forms will be available at www.k12albemarle.org next week 
and in schools
(Please note that the Robotics program went to a wait list status 
within the first 10 minutes last year, so if students are interested it 
may be wise to arrive early.)  


Gear Up! – Beginning Lego Robotics 
Learn the basics of robotics and computer programming in this fun, 
hands-on engineering experience.  Using the Lego RCX system, students 
will build robots from scratch.  They will write programs to bring 
their robots to life.  They will design their own robots and use the 
engineering process to solve a variety of challenges.  The course will 
conclude with a Robot Expo, an opportunity for students to showcase 
their robot creations before the public. Students need no prior robotic 
or computer experience—the only requirement is a desire to learn more 
about the fascinating world of robots!

Rising 4th – 6th graders ~ 14 students  
At Jouett
June 18 – 29 ~ 8:30 am – 12 pm
Tuition $250
 
Gear Up! – Advanced Lego Robotics 
Take your knowledge of robotics to the next level.  In the Advanced 
Robotics course, students already familiar with the Lego RCX system 
will design and build complex robots that interact with the world 
around them. Through a series of challenges, students will explore 
advanced Robolab programming, robot design, and mechanical engineering 
concepts.  This class will also conclude with a Robot Expo, giving 
students a chance to show off what they have learned and built.  
**Students must have knowledge of Robolab or RIS programming in order 
to take this class.  

Rising 6th – 9th graders ~ 16 students
At Jouett
June 18 – 29 ~ 12:30 – 4:00 pm 
Tuition $250

Once Upon a Musical
Calling all future technical managers, painters, builders, singers, 
actors, and dancers - a new performing arts program is here!   Join us 
for our summer musical workshop and hone your skills in music, acting, 
dancing, solo and ensemble singing, as well as set management and 
design. Master back-stage tech skills such as working lights, sound 
systems and building sets as we produce the 90 minute musical “Once 
Upon A Mattress” for a live, public performance. 

Summer Stock is an intensive, authentic performing workshop that puts 
you on and behind stage.  After auditioning for roles and jobs, 
students will benefit from private voice lessons, acting coaching, 
music and drama lessons, instruction in choreography and stage 
management.  The curtain on our performance of “Once Upon A Mattress” 
opens at Albemarle High School on July 26, 2007.  Plan to look out from 
the stage lights and smile as you take those well-deserved bows!

Rising 7th – 9th graders ~ 30 students
At AHS
July 9 – 27 ~ 8 am – 2 pm, bring your own lunch  
Tuition $350

Journey through Hallowed Ground I
Students are invited to move through history this summer as they hike, 
bike, canoe, and pod along the Journey Through Hallowed Ground, the 
Route 15 corridor in central Virginia boasting innumerable historical 
treasures.  Their mission is to unlock the stories and lessons of our 
nation’s history as they work with expert historians, archaeologists, 
and national park guides.  Along the path, students will record the 
trials and triumphs of leaders from the Revolutionary period through 
the Civil War using video iPods and digital cameras to create an 
original vodcast. These documentaries, which demand careful analysis of 
historical information and creative expression, will then be used as an 
authentic promotional tool by Journey Through Hallowed Ground 
organization.   Specific sites and activities include biking along the 
C&O Canal tow path and the Gettysburg battlefield, canoeing at Ball’s 
Bluff, hiking Antietam, sleuthing at Montpelier and digging at Ash 
Lawn.
 
Rising 6th – 8th graders ~ 24 students
At Henley
July 16 – 27 ~ varied schedules
Tuition $600 
 
Journey through Hallowed Ground II
Students are invited to hike, bike and canoe along the Journey Through 
Hallowed Ground II.  Destinations will be different from Journey I, but 
participants will continue to work with expert historians, professors, 
archaeologists, and national park guides to unlock the significance of 
sites along the corridor. Gettysburg will be included in this session, 
as well as a canoe adventure with Professor John Phillips. Journey I is 
not a prerequisite.
 
Rising 6th – 8th graders  ~ 24 students
At Henley
July 30 – August 3 ~ varied schedules
Tuition $300 
 
Ceramics I – for credit
Do you want to design and create your morning cereal bowl?  Be 
creative, work with your hands, and shape clay to make just about 
anything you can imagine?  In this class you will make functional and 
sculptural objects with clay coils, slabs, pinch pots, and use a 
potter’s wheel.  From wedging a block of clay to bisque fires, glazing, 
and glaze firings, you will learn the ceramic process used by artists 
from various cultures for thousands of years.  

Rising 9th – 12th graders ~ 22 students
At AHS
June 21 – July 12, July 16 – August 3 ~ 8 am – 1:45 pm
$460

Summer Destination Imagination
Just when you thought it was safe to put away your duct tape…it’s 
Summer DI!
Take your brain to a new level this summer with a week of creative 
problem-solving, Destination ImagiNation-style! Each day will include a 
full range of warm-ups, team-building activities, Instant Challenges, 
and construction and performance challenges. We’ll explore teamwork, 
improvisation, physics, costumes, and much more. Oh, and we’ll have 
lots of FUN! No prior experience with DI needed. Requirements for 
campers: Enthusiasm for group activities, curiosity, a sense of humor, 
enjoyment of problem-solving. 
 
Rising 4th – 6th graders  ~ 16 students
July 9 – 13 ~ 10 am – 2 pm, bring your own lunch
At Greer
Tuition $125 
     
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