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By Susan Anspach
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
It almost felt like a graduation ceremony at the Mountain Vista Governor’s School celebration in Middletown last Sunday. Students were applauded as they stood proudly before their parents, teachers and administrators for their contribution to their school— one into which they’ve only just taken their first step. The 115 enrolled juniors and seniors haven’t even cracked open their school-issued laptops yet.
They don’t have long to wait.
Mountain Vista’s first classes will commence in less than three weeks at the school’s Middletown and Fauquier campuses. Dr. Michael Lin, a graduate of Thomas Jefferson Governor’s School and the ceremony’s guest speaker, told the students to expect a very rigorous and at times intimidating academic experience.
“Initially, it can be very humbling,” said Lin. “Everyone around me seemed to be way over my head [when I attended].”
But “it’s one of the best experiences I ever had,” he added. “Those four years were the most intellectually stimulating time.. .College was a breeze after that.”
School director Roseanne Williamson introduced the school staff members to parents and students at the ceremony, including mathematics teachers Angela Reinbold and Dr. Youself Abbas, Physics instructor Jim Burton, Research teacher Dr. Gregg Garrison, Carla Gorman for Biology, Humanities teachers Lindsay Hayes and Kathleen Putman, Physics instructor Clelia LaMonica and the school’s Regional Office Manager, DeAnne Wilmore.
“It’s the teacher in the classroom every day who makes the difference,”. Williamson said
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