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Christiansburg High School
Christiansburg High School is located at 100 Independence Blvd. in Christiansburg, Virginia in the County of Montgomery and is located just minutes from Virginia Tech and Radford University. The school opened in 1906 and had its first graduating class of three students in 1909. The school was named for the town in which it was built. The town of Christiansburg, the county seat of Montgomery County incorporated November 10, 1792 and was named after Colonel William Christian, one of the first justices. Colonel William Christian studied law with Patrick Henry and courted and married Henry's sister, Ann. The school also is a part of the region that sends students to SWVGS (Southwest Virginia Governor's School) in Pulaski County. Faculty *Principal: Tony Deibler *Assistant Principal: Chris Hewitt *Assistant Principal: Shane Guynn *Assistant Principal: Courtney Craggett *Athletic Director: Tim Cromer *Counselors: Mallory Bacalis, Sarah Ballard, Joel Bates, and Tammy Heft *Libra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiansburg, Virginia
Christiansburg (formerly Hans Meadows) is a town in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States. The population was 21,041 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Montgomery County. Christiansburg, Blacksburg and the city of Radford are the three principal municipalities of the Blacksburg–Christiansburg Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses those municipalities, all of Montgomery County, and three other counties. History European discovery, founding (1671–1792) In 1671, the New River – one of the world's oldest rivers – was discovered by early settlers of German, French, Scot-Irish and English descent. Along the river, there were several Native American encampments, and conflicts were common between those tribes and the early settlers. As settlers began moving into present-day Christiansburg, they discovered that area was also inhabited by the Shawnee and other Native American tribes, who had discovered the river some years prior. In the late 1600s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AA River Ridge District
The AA River Ridge District is a district in Region IV of the Virginia High School League. It is centered around the Roanoke Valley and New River Valley in Southwest Virginia. History The River Ridge District was formed for the 2003–2004 school year out of the AA Blue Ridge District in Region III. In the 2002–2003 school year, the student body of Group AAA Cave Spring High School in Roanoke County was split into two Group AA sized schools with the opening of Hidden Valley High School. These two new schools gave the Blue Ridge District eleven members that year except in football, where Cave Spring remained in AAA and Hidden Valley played a limited, solely non-district schedule. The district was separated for the 2003–2004 school year when both schools played a full schedule as AA members. The assignment of schools to the two districts was not without controversy. The Roanoke County school board wanted all of its schools to be in the Blue Ridge District. However, other s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confederate Flag Protest At Christiansburg High School 1
Confederacy or confederate may refer to: States or communities * Confederate state or confederation, a union of sovereign groups or communities * Confederate States of America, a confederation of secessionist American states that existed between 1861 and 1865 ** Military forces of the Confederate States, the Army, Marine Corps, and Navy of the Confederacy * Confederate Ireland, a period of Irish self-government during the Eleven Years' War * Canadian Confederation, the 1867 unification of the three parts of Canada into the Dominion of Canada * Confederation of the Rhine, a group of French client states that existed during the Napoleonic Wars * Catalan-Aragonese Confederation, a group of Spanish states that were governed by one king * Gaya confederacy, an ancient grouping of territorial polities in southern Korea * German Confederation, an association of German-speaking states prior to German Unification * Iroquois Confederacy, group of united Native American nations in present-day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smaller Confederate Flag Protest At Christiansburg High School
Smaller were an English alternative rock, Britpop band from Liverpool, active during the 1990s. They had hits with "Wasted" and "Is" in 1996 and 1997. History The band was formed in the early 1990s by former Cook da Books guitarist/singer Peter "Digsy" Deary, his brother Steven (drums), Jason Riley (guitar/vocals), and Paul Cavanagh (bass guitar).Larkin, Colin (1998) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Indie & New Wave'', Virgin Books, , p. 391 The band's debut release was the single "God I Hate This Town" in 1995.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, 1-84195-335-0, p. 978 They recorded a session for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show in November that year. A second single failed to chart, but they broke into the UK top 75 with "Wasted" in September 1996.Smaller , Chart Stats, retrieved 2011-02-20 Their next single, "Is", which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
