George Mason

Named 1,792 times. These are the 400 blocks the name was read from (the first 400 kept), in the order the paper printed them.

Oct 6, 1983 Rappahannock News Photo/Ginger Perry ...the f ree throw line in last Thursday s double overtime win against George Mason.
Oct 6, 1983 By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON ...apart last night at Clarke County. They battled their way to victory over George Mason in double overtime and then were buried by the Warren Wildcats, a team they had trounced decisively earlier
Oct 6, 1983 i hey called 30 touls on Kappahannock compared to ...September 27, however, McLawhorn had a lot to smile about. Her Panthers defeated George Mason in double overtime, 53-49. “It was a 100 percent team effort!” she reported, her characteristic grin back in place. Jordan was high for the Panthers...
Oct 27, 1983 Panthers ...Theresa McLawhom gave the district rankings at Strasburg first. Stonewall second, Clarke third, George Mason fourth and Rappahannock fifth. The Panthers lost to the Mason Mustangs, a team they beat at home earlier ir a 49-47 double overtime thriller, in...
Oct 27, 1983 Rapp's final score came as Lucky McCoy took a ...ball through pass the crowd,” coach Davis reported. The final game came at George Mason in Falls Church in the mud Friday afternoon. “The George Mason players had been coached well on how to play on a wet field. 1...
Nov 3, 1983 As in the final meet of the season when ...less—a title winning 39. Stonewall w’as third w’ith 62, Brentsville fourth with 119, George Mason fifth with 129 and Clarke County sixth with 132. “Scott did a great job,” reported coach Ann Spieker. “He gained a nice lead after
Nov 3, 1983 margin. “But the girls kept pouring it on even ...cautiously optomistic McLawhorn. The Generals finished in a three-way tie with Clarke and George Mason in the regular season wdth identical 7-5 district marks. A tiebreaking procedure used by district officials gave Stone
Nov 10, 1983 defensive pressure by having senior guards Kim Settle and ...in scoring with 280 points (20 per game average) and Denise Shuster from George Mason. Rounding out the second team were Karen Smitherman and Julia Wightman (Stonewall Jackson), Pam Hall (Manassas Park) and Jennifer Piercy (Brentsville).
Nov 10, 1983 “They beat us by 20 points in both regular ...after finishing the regular season with an 8-6 record, tied with Clarke and George Mason behind Strasburg, 12-0 in district and 191 overall. “But Stonewall should have been the second place team (in regular season district play),” said McLawhorn. “They...
Nov 10, 1983 And even with that disappointing ...by freshman Carla Holmes with 24 points, 15 rebounds and five steals, defeated George Mason, (12-45. In the championship contest on Saturday, Holmes tossed in a game-high lit points but the Eagles still fell, 54-42, to powerful Strasburg. Both teams...
Nov 17, 1983 graduate of Rappahannock County High School and is now ...School and is now a senior nursing student in the BSN Program at George Mason University. A 1979 graduate of Randolph Macon Academy in Front Royal, Phillip is a senior double major in Philosophy and Zoology at George Washington University...
Nov 24, 1983 ren and Loudoun and- Pam Tribino is home from ren and Loudoun and- Pam Tribino is home from George Mason University in Fairfax. She went to see the Sally Nash dancers Saturday while she was home. She liked the unusual movements and especially enjoyed seeing her good friend Laurie...
Dec 8, 1983 A Rappahannock County college freshman is among 277 students ...Rappahannock County college freshman is among 277 students accepted into what officials at George Mason University call “a bold new effort in the direction of general college reform ” She’s Pamela M. Tribino of Castleton and she’s enrolled in a...
Dec 22, 1983 Estabrook said. But every high school, according to the ...that the school system participate in the Northern Virginia writing project administered by George Mason University which coordinates grants for teachers to study composition during the summer. Participants can work with their own students as well as help other teachers....
Jan 12, 1984 By jim McCullough Rappahannock News Special Writer The cheer ...gear just before Christmas break and they’ve been cruising ever since. After defeating George Mason, Clarke and Strasburg, ranked fifth preseason in Virginia’s single “A” division by the Roanoke Times, the Panthers hold the number one slot as the only...
Jan 12, 1984 utes later to give the Panthers their biggest lead ...neck in the third quarter. But with the tally at 43-44, Mustangs up, George Mason was charged with a technical foul. Momentum changed to the Panthers’ side as RCHS closed the third quarter on top, 51-48. \ A Defensive Show...
Jan 12, 1984 Rappahannock’s Junior Varsity Panthers annihilated George Mason in their Rappahannock’s Junior Varsity Panthers annihilated George Mason in their last game of the old year, giving the RCHS five their second win overall and first win in district competition for the season. Still charged up by their tremendous victory over...
Jan 19, 1984 By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON ...home opener of the new RCHS girls’ volleyball team on January 25 against George Mason. These Lady Panthers hit fake spikes and dinks, move from 4-2 to 5-1 to 6-2 offenses (the numbers distinguish between setters and spikers). “And there’s...
Jan 19, 1984 their scrimmages, and the players, scorekeepers, manager, linesmen and ...team in the Bull Run District and that’s Clarke. The rest — Brentsville, George Mason, Strasburg and Stonewall — have established programs. “I’m not aiming for any particular mark in our first season,” coach Brand said. “I’ll be satisfied if...
Jan 26, 1984 By MICHELE MAY ...the educational programs at tuv nearby schools, Prospect Heights in Orange County a)id George Mason in Falls Church, which have been recognized as outstanding by the president’s “Nation at Risk" commission.) One of the nation’s model schools stands only about...
Jan 26, 1984 The Fauquier and Loudoun County Public Libraries are sponsoring ...13 and afterwards at the Paperback Book Store in Middleburg. Richard Bausch of George Mason University will give the keynote address Feb. 6 in Warrenton and Feb. 13 in Middleburg. On Feb. 20 David Wyatt from the Virginia Foundation for...
Jan 26, 1984 In Warrenton March 5, Ann Fisher, University of Virginia, ...stories by Flannery . O’Connor, and March 12, in Middleburg, Stephen H. Goodwin, George Mason University, will discuss Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, by James Agee. Walker Percy’s The Second Cpming will be the topic of Suzanne Jones, University...
Feb 2, 1984 By MICHELE MAY ...“A Look At The Best," the Rappahannock News examines the educational program at George Mason High School in Falls Church, one of RCHS’s opponents in the Bull Run athletic district.) Aside from some posters advertising a "totally, totally awesome bakesale”...
Feb 2, 1984 STANDING PROUD AND TALL in the heart of Falls STANDING PROUD AND TALL in the heart of Falls Church, George Mason School flaunts its unfurled flag of excellence in education.
Feb 2, 1984 among 144 secondary schools honored at White House ceremonies ...are a sort of hinterland somewhere between elementary and secondary in most schools. George Mason has its own middle school course of study. It is published in detail to show students and parents precisely what will be expected. The advanced...
Feb 2, 1984 Truly A Community School Sex education started at George Truly A Community School Sex education started at George Mason in 1972 and high school principal George Thoms says he and middle school principal Nancy
Feb 2, 1984 An 8th grade family life class studies human growth ...serious part of the planning. Advisory committees are not just discussion groups at George Mason, Thackrey added, they are truly important in influencing school policy^ In fact, the citizens of (Continued on Page 9)
Feb 2, 1984 family budget, someone of modest means.” As to the ...bachelor’s degree. He earned a masters degree there and a law degree from George Mason
Feb 2, 1984 We join Robert Eastham in ...plenty of no-cost or low-cost ideas and techniques used at Prospect Heights and George Mason that Rappahannock can borrow. But many will cost extra: computer courses, resource labs, media centers, the best in supplies, additional aides to relieve instructional staff...
Feb 2, 1984 Rappahannock News Photo/Ginger Perry POWER VOLLEYBALL—Wendy “Bean” Stringfellow (left) ...smashes by their teammates. The RCHS girls’ volleyball team made its debut against George Mason last Friday night. The Lady Panthers surprised the veteran Mustangs by taking the first match but the visitors regrouped and came back to win the...
Feb 2, 1984 (Continued from Page 1) Falls Church originally seceded from ...taxes for better schools. There grew up the two square mile area around George Mason Jr./Sr. High School which is the city of Falls Church Says Mrs. Thackrey, “It sort of becomes like one of your own children. We feel...
Feb 2, 1984 Delighted—Not Surprised Mrs. Thackrey says she was “delighted but Delighted—Not Surprised Mrs. Thackrey says she was “delighted but not surprised” that, George Mason was chosen as a model school by the president’s commission. “We’re so proud of so many things,” she said, when asked to name the school’s most...
Feb 2, 1984 Rappahannock News PhoftVM. May LOCKER CLEANING CONFAB at George Rappahannock News PhoftVM. May LOCKER CLEANING CONFAB at George Mason—Principal George Thoms says changing philosophies in education dictate whether it is wonderful to have a hall full of students or whether they should be kept locked in rooms.
Feb 2, 1984 “They make a few mistakes, ...offered through the colleges in Northern Virginia, the University of Virginia and also George Mason’s community center courses. Truly Talented Teachers Both principals at George Mason have doctorate level degrees and the teachers also have education and experience beyond the...
Feb 2, 1984 juty, says Nancy Sprague, IHMtiH! school principal. There is juty, says Nancy Sprague, IHMtiH! school principal. There is a pleasant atmosphere at George Mason because there is almost no vandalism, very few dropouts, no violence and a sense of family, according to Sprague. The school has the second lowest...
Feb 2, 1984 Now Thoms was collecting responses from his kids who ...Cheating on an exam? These are -all typical of topics that teens at George Mason feel comfortable discussing with their teachers. ISnall Classes Make It Easier It’s easier to talk in smaller classes. An English as a second language class...
Feb 2, 1984 Creativity Encouraged Klass isn’t a complainer, though. He likes Creativity Encouraged Klass isn’t a complainer, though. He likes working at George Mason because creativity is encouraged. Also teachers sit on advisory committees, write curriculums, and are a part of many decisions. In other systems such things are relegated to...
Feb 2, 1984 George Mason High School students enjoy being “exemplary.” They George Mason High School students enjoy being “exemplary.” They think their principal George Thoms is exemplary, too. One of his homeroom students drew this “exemplary likeness”
Feb 2, 1984 The school board responds favorably to the free exchange ...a mixed blessing when new ideas are introduced speedily into practice, says Klass. George Mason can respond quickly to major changes in curriculum because it’s a small school. Parents sitting on advisory committees can see their suggestions take fruit “with...
Feb 2, 1984 It’s part of the “high tech” section of the ...has been accompanied by introduction of the computer in a variety of courses. George Mason has an average per pupil cost of $5,500 per year, Thoms says. Special^Reading Program He thinks the reading program is one of the most special...