NEWS FORM THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT:The GW Mixed Chorus and Concert Choir will be performing in concert with DACAS (Danville Area Choral Arts Society) on Friday, March 23, at 7:30pm in the GW auditorium.  They will present a program of patriotic music as well as their festival pieces. We also have letters of congratulations to the student members of the George Washington Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble: Hello to everyone,This is just a note to say congratulations to the members of the G.W. Wind Ensemble for receiving an overall Superior Rating at the District Six Band and Orchestra Festival held this past Friday at Blacksburg High School.  The Band performed John Philip Sousa's Pride of the Wolverines March, Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture and Third Suite, by Robert Jager.  The Wind Ensemble has received seventeen Superior Ratings in the last nineteen years.  We would like to thank everyone that supported our work and wished us well in our musical endeavors.  Our spring concert is scheduled for Tuesday, May 22nd, at 7:00pm in the G.W. auditorium.R. Purvis Hi all, The GW Symphony Orchestra traveled to Blacksburg Va. on Thursday, March 8th and competed in the Sixth District Band and Orchestra Concert Festival at Blacksburg H.S.  Congratulations to the 65 members of the symphony and Mr. Sexton for scoring their 22 Superior rating in the past 25 years.  The orchestra received a score of superior from each of the four judges.  The orchestra was graded in 26 areas and received a perfect grade of A in every category.  These scores represent the highest scores possible at the festival. Give the kids a pat on the back when you see them.  They represented us with distinction!

 

NEWS FROM THE GWHS LITERARY MAGAZINE:The George Washington High School Euantes is having a Coffeehouse of student work (poetry, prose, artwork, and photography) on Thursday, March 29th, from 7 - 9 p.m. at the North Theatre at 629 North Main Street in Danville. We hope you will come and celebrate with us. There will be door prizes and fun. Tickets are free and available from any Euantes staffer or Ms. Leigg in room V201 of the Vocational Building.  We do ask for a small donation on the night of the event.  Every quarter, dollar or amount of change would be appreciated.  Proceeds will go toward the purchase of a new printer to help with magazine production.  We hope to see you there.  

 

GWHS'S KEY CLUB ACTIVITIES:The Danville Police Dept. is currently sponsoring a raffle of diamond jewelry donated by Ben David Jewelers.  The proceeds will benefit the Virginia Special Olympics.  The Key Club has sold about $500 in raffle tickets to support our school resource officers and the Special Olympics. Please contact Officer S. K. Anderson at GWHS at 799-6511 for more tickets for those interested in making a purchase.  The tickets are $5 and will greatly benefit the Special Olympics. The Key Club is also holding a Fantasy Fest '07 Children's Carnival in April.  The proceeds from this children's carnival will benefit the Danville Reading Center. The theme of Fantasy Fest '07 is Pirate's Paradise.  We will have a 29' foot ship, the S.S. Buccaneer, that contains a climbing wall, slide, and bouncing room for the children to enjoy.  In addition to 20 games, we will have an old-fashioned dunking booth.  Children will have an opportunity to dunk their respective beloved principals for a nominal fee.  Children can also visit our petting zoo.... bunnies and puppies and goats and sheep and have their picture taken with the critters or with "pirates" on the ship.. Cotton candy, popcorn, pizza, hot dogs and. other such food will be available.  Delegate Danny Marshall will bring one of his racing cars for car fans to see and there will be a cakewalk with exceptional goodies which will make the event fun for Mom and Dad, as well.  Please join in the fun on April 21st, from 10 - 2pm, at GWHS, near the football stadium. The admission fee of $2 will include $2 's worth of tickets that can be used for the games and the ship.  Additional tickets can be purchased on site for 25 cents each.  

 

INTERNATIONAL "PI" DAY AT GWHS:The students in Ms. Tiana Taylor's classes engaged in a host of activities celebrating Pi Day (which also happens to be Albert Einstein's birthday). They include singing Pi songs, creating a chain link representing Pi that is over 500 links long, an activity discovering the value of Pi, a memory challenge to see which student could remember the most digits of Pi (the winner received a prize), and a Pi Trivia quiz. Students were encouraged to contribute to the celebration; they responded by bringing in Pi jokes and math brain teasers. Of course, no celebration of Pi would be complete without eating pie (and other circular-shaped treats), so the students enjoyed this part of International Pi Day the most.Ms. Taylor also reminds her students frequently of this very important quote, "We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit!"  

 

GWHS ATHLETIC NEWS:

We are very proud of our Boy’s and Girl’s Basketball teams as they advanced through the season to compete in high ranking games.  Our Varsity Boy’s team represented GW in the final state championship game on Saturday, March 10, in Richmond, VA, against Highland Springs.  The GW team was defeated but, their fighting spirit gave them the momentum to get to the finals.  We celebrate their victories and lift them up in their defeat, knowing the best teams in the state faced each other and George Washington High School was one of the best!