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Posted on september 24, 2012

Homecoming 2012 Spirit Week - October 1-6

The 2012 Turner Ashby Homecoming Spirit Week will run from Monday, October 1, 2012, throught Saturday, October 6, 2012.  The theme is "There's No Place Like Homecoming."  Hall decorations will have a Wizard of Oz flavor.  Class colors will be as follows: Freshman-Rainbow/Tie-dye; Sophomores - Yellow; Juniors - Red; Seniors - Green.

Dress-up Days sponsored by the Cheerleaders:

  • Monday = Western Day
  • Tuesday - Superhero Day
  • Wednesday - Class Colors Day
  • Thursday - Camo Day
  • Friday - Black and White Day

Spirit Week Events:

  • Monday - Hall Decoration Judging
  • Wednesday - ESD Powder Puff Football game - 6:00 P.M.; SCA Bonfire - 8:00 P.M.
  • Friday - Pep Ralley - 2:10 P.M.; Football game vs. SHS - 7:00 P.M.
  • Saturday - Homecoming Dance - 8:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M.

SCA Officers 2012-2013

President – Corbin Fawley                                                                                                          Vice-President – John Denlinger                                                                                            Secretary – Aaron Stapel                                                                                                     Treasurer – Anna Slater                                                                                                        Reporter – Sara McAlister.


Class Officers 2012-2013

Senior Class                                                                                                                        President – Austin Walker                                                                                                          Vice-President – Sara McAlister                                                                                            Secretary – Jessica Craun                                                                                                    Treasurer – Anna Slater                                                                                                        Reporter – David Pence


Junior Class                                                                                                                        President – Hanson Cook                                                                                                            Vice-President – Tess King                                                                                                   Secretary – Margaret Foster                                                                                                 Treasurer – Mariah Liskey


Sophomore Class                                                                                                                 President – Erin Cunningham                                                                                                      Vice-President – Maressa Cortes                                                                                           Secretary – Kylie Britt                                                                                                         Treasurer – Mariah Staple                                                                                                     Reporter – Savannah Witt


Freshman Class – TBD

Awards

 

2010 Crag Wins Awards

Last year's book "Total Impact" was awarded a Trophy Class rating (which is the equivalent of a State Championship) for the 6th year in a row!

We were also awarded the Charles Savage Journalism Award for Continued Excellence. In order to receive this award, a school has to earn 5 Trophy class ratings in 7 years. We earned this award last year with our 5th Trophy, but they always present it the following year.

Individually, Kelsey Smith and Amanda Davis received 3rd place on their Golf page and Logan Richmond received Honorable Mention on her Foreign Language club page.

 

National Scholastic Press Association has named our 2010 book "Total Impact" an All-American book with 4 marks of Distinction. This is the highest honor the evaluator awards.  This is the fifth consecutive year that the TA yearbook has won this award.


 

Accolades

 

Cindy Ferek - National Health and Physical Education High School Teacher of the Year

Congratulations to Mrs. Cindy Ferek for being named the AAHPERD National Health and Physical Education Teacher of the Year.  Click here for more details, including an interview with WHSV.

 

America's Best High Schools

U.S. News and World Report has named Turner Ashby High School one of the top high schools in the country for the second year in a row.  Broadway and Spotswood High Schools were also named to this year's list.

Ramirez, Eddy. "America's Best High Schools; At top schools, success in math and science is a priority." U.S. News & World Report 145.13 (Dec 15, 2008): 43.

VASSP Presentation

In June of 2008, members of the TAHS administration, counseling staff, and faculty made a presentation at the Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals conference on the Effective School-wide Discipline and CORE programs established in the last few years at TAHS.  The presentation was met with such enthusiasm that the presenting team was asked to post it on the school web site.  To view the presentation, click on the link below.

TA_interlocking.jpg   TAHS and VASSP Presentation - June 2008