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8 THE METEOR
ISSUE 1, 1990
by Arie Richards
The V.E.S. Faculty had another great summer in 1989. Almost all of the Faculty had something to say about their summer adventures, life-
styles, and occupations.
The Battle's were married in Richmond and honey- mooned down in Bermuda. They both took Learning Styles, Teaching Styles class at Lynchburg College. Mr. Battle painted V.E.S. with Mr. Leake's crew and Mrs . Battle moved in from Richmond dur- ing the remaining summer
days.
Mrs. Berry's summer was
highlighted with a week trip to Washington where Tom Berry ('89) received the dignified Presidential Scholar Award. This experience was topped with a performance at the Kennedy Center and a Recep- tion at the top of the State Department. Mrs. Berry went on to Illinois to see her family and "long lost" brother. She ended the summer by prepar- ing Tom and her daughter
Heather for college.
Mr. Bailey welcomed
another new addition to the Bailey Bunch and life-guarded at the Presbyterian Home down the road.
Mrs . Cuccio studied the ef- fects of solar energy on water displacement and acquired a great tan.
Ms. Davis experienced reconstructive knee surgery and then went on to learn to walk (again) this summer.
Mrs. Farmer, on June 15th, led a big, big trip to the Soviet Union with Mr . McCormick and twelve students. In the ten
days they stayed, the group
Hiking on the Blue Ridge Parkway Beammer."
SUMMER ADVENTURES
saw Moscow and Leningrad, and caught a glimpse of East and West Berlin. Upon her
return, Mrs. Farmer went to Lynchburg College for 3 weeks and vacationed in Mississippi, Mountain Lake Virginia, and Virginia Beach. Amid all of these adventures, of course, Mrs. Farmer played quite a few games of tenni!';.
Mr. Foster "didn't do much,'' butheandMrs. Foster biked through Napa Valley, California and visited West Coast friends .
Mr. Garmey worked at V.E .S. on pressing ad- ministrative changes and also had the great pleasure to serve in the Virginia Association of Independent Schools New Teachers Institute. There, he taught new faculty members Miss Davis, Mr. O'Keeffe, and
Mr. Moore.
Mr. Huffman took Graduate
Courses at Lynchburg College and took it easy because he is expecting a new little Huffman this January.
Mr. Jenkins stayed home all summer to create a new com- puterized Register System which handles the scheduling and grades.
Mr . Longo took nine students, four from VES, to Spain for three weeks.
Mr. McCormick went with Mrs. Farmer to Russia for ten days and took Teaching Styles; Learning Styles with Mr. and Mrs. Battle at Lynch- burg College for three weeks, then went to Nags Head for one week during August and rounded out a good summer with "road-trips between Halifax and Lynchburg- in the
Mr. Meador went with Tom and Mrs. Berry to Washington in June to receive the Distinguished T eacher A ward in the White House Scholar Program. At a luncheon he heard Mrs. Quayle speak (just like Mr. Quayle) and he saw Tom receive the Presidential Scholar A ward and heard President Bush and the Secre- tary of Education speak. In Ju- ly he was the best man in his son Randy's (VES '80) wed- ding. In August Mr. Meador took a well-deserved Florida vacation for two weeks in Venice, highlighted by a trip to the EPCOT Center.
The Mundy's stayed a t home to start a family but got out to go to the Sjolund's and Battle's weddings.
Mr. Norment took four V.E.S. students to Spain for ten days then stayed a week himself and had fun.
Mr. O'Keeffe spent an in- tellectual summer picking weeds for $7.15 and hour and got an awesome back tan.
Mr. Ross worked at the VES Sports camp for three weeks. Then he went fishing, and went fishing, and went fishing....
Mr. Smith was the Academic Dean at St. George's School, in Newport, Rhode Island, his usual summer job.
Then there is Mr. Leake. After teaching a class in Adult Development and Motor Skills Development at Lynchburg College, he worked at the UVA basketball camp. Mr. Leake was also in the softball city league championship and his team came in second in the state. He played goalie for a city soccer team (third in the city). Mr. Leake lifted weights, and, more strenuous- ly, planted the garden. Then he was supervisor of Leake's Painting Crew: Mr. Arlotto, Mr. Sjolund, Mr. Battle,
Johnny Hunter ('87), David Hunter ('89)and John Foster Jr. ('89). They painted all the classrooms on third Jett, Pendleton top to bottom and Faculty homes.
WOW!
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sions offices use the A.P. courses and resultant grades as another arbitrary manner to distinguish among can- didates. This in particular bothers me, as the colleges make students responsible for the colleges' decisions. "Y ou must take this course and do well in it if you want admit- tance to ." The college can not lose-all of the
pressure is on the student. What should a high school student do? The advantages of the A.P . program are clear. T ake A.P . courses if you're a good student and a legitimate candidate for an academical- ly strong college. But don't take too many. And remember that the college you attend really doesn't matter very much. What matters is how
well you do at that college.