Board of Trustees Elections

The Burgundy Board of Trustees invites you to vote in the annual election of Trustees. You are eligible to vote if you are a current parent or guardian of a student (each parent/guardian has a vote), a life member as defined in the Burgundy Bylaws, or an employee of the School.  The Committee on Trustees recommended the slate of candidates (each for a three-year term) to the Board of Trustees. The candidates are not in competition with each other, and a nominee shall be elected if the number of votes cast "for" such nominee exceeds the number of votes cast "against" such nominee. There are six candidates on the ballot. Please cast your vote in the election by marking yes, no or abstain for EACH candidate and then submitting your ballot. You can access the ballot by clicking here. If you encounter any difficulties or have any questions, contact Nancy Piper, Chair of the Committee on Trustees, at npiper@virginiasoftware.com.

 

Burgundy Brownies, Troop 4720, Selling Girl Scout Cookies!

When:  February 22 during afternoon carpool

Where:  Blacktop (Rain Location: Drama Room)

What: Look for 16 Burgundy Brownies selling delicious Trefoils, Samoas, Thank You Berry Much cookies and Thin Mints on the Blacktop for $4 per box.

Two Burgundy on Broadway (B.O.B.) actors share below what they've enjoyed about the show's pre-production process. We hope you'll come see the performance on February 21 and 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Loft to see the culmination of their hard work!

B.O.B. is really fun! It's fun when we all get to dance around and sing. I think everyone has fun at B.O.B. I love the dancing most of all. B.O.B. is a really good time to get all your energy out too with all the dancing and singing; it's also nice because I can see my friends I don't have classes with. I think B.O.B. is a very fun and active way to learn and rehearse our musical. I think most people enjoy B.O.B. because it's much different from our other classes, and we get to move much more. I hope you will come see B.O.B. It will be a great show. 

-Vivian Gillman

 

B.O.B. is a really great experience. I love that we get the great opportunity to perform plays. I really like the singing and dancing aspects of the plays but also that I get to spend more time with my friends that I don't have many classes with. Rehearsals are a fun time to get my energy out while working and singing for others' enjoyment. It is an active and enjoyable time for students and teachers because students get to move around and have fun, but we are still doing work. I hope you will come see our show! 

How often do your wonderful neighbors' children come knocking on your door hoping to sell you wrapping paper, candy or raffle tickets? Here is your opportunity to allow them to re-pay all of your kindnesses! Sell them Burgundy raffle tickets! Burgundy's raffle has great prizes, and a 50/50 ticket gives every buyer the chance to win everyone's favorite prize: cash! Grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins... they too can buy raffle tickets. Please sell tickets to your neighbors, your relatives, anyone at all! You can click here for more information about the raffles and prizes, and click here to open and print a form for selling tickets. Bring completed forms, cash and checks (made out to BFCDS) to the Advancement Office (above Early Childhood classrooms), or email credit card order information to Michele McCabe (michelem@burgundyfarm.org). Remember, all proceeds benefit financial aid for Burgundy students.  Thanks for your help!

 

-Tricia Maher-Miller, 2013 Auction Raffles Chair 

If you would like to support Burgundy's auction benefitting financial aid, the last day to turn your forms in is Wednesday, February 20. If you need another form, please click here. Forms can be turned in to Kathleen Hennessey in the Middle School.

It has been a busy week for the Burgundy Blazers. On Monday, the Varsity Boys' Red Basketball Team lost to Capitol Hill Day School 26-12. On Tuesday, the JV Boys' Basketball Team lost to Browne Academy 46-11, and the JV Girls' Basketball Team lost to Browne 18-12. On Wednesday, the Varsity Boys' Black Basketball Team defeated Browne 47-27, and the Varsity Girls' Basketball Team lost to Browne 28-9. On Thursday, the JV Boys' Basketball team lost their game against Alexandria Country Day School (ACDS) 35-10, and the JV Girls' Basketball Team defeated ACDS 20-6. 

Mae Hunt '13 is playing the role of Margot in the Mount Vernon Children's Theater production of The Pink Panther Strikes Back at Heritage Presbyterian Church (8503 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria, VA 22308). A stage adaptation of the 1976 film features a madman threatening the world's survival with the ultimate Doomsday Machine. Who can save the world? Why, the world's most unusual criminologist, Inspector Jacques Clouseau, of course! All tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door. Performances are Friday, February 15, and Saturday, February 16, at 7:30 p.m., or Sunday, February 17 at 3:00 p.m.

This March, eight formerly homeless Alexandria families will move into apartments newly renovated, furnished and decorated in part by Middle School students from Burgundy. Community Lodgings has furnished the apartments and teamed with 17 local people and groups, who have each "adopted" an apartment and provided other necessities for starting a home, including linens, kitchen supplies, window coverings, decorations, and more.

 

"This project offered a fun, unique, hands-on opportunity for our students to use their creativity and make a hugely positive, direct and long-lasting impact in their immediate community," said Charlene Pritzker, Community Service Coordinator at Burgundy. "Through the process they are also learning life skills, like how to budget, how to outfit a home, and how to solve real-life problems."

 

The Burgundy students have been collaborating on the project since January, when they first met to see photographs of the two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment, determine a plan of action, divide into teams (two bedroom and bathroom teams, one kitchen team, one living room team), and begin looking through catalogs for items they needed. They have since shopped for items together, delivered them to the apartment and decorated the apartment.

 

"Coming from a homeless shelter into a beautiful new space like this changes someone's outlook immensely," said Bonnie Baxley, Executive Director of Community Lodgings. "These students are empowering a family to live independently and self-sufficiently and to become contributing members of our society. These apartments are for Alexandria families, but the benefits of the work that Burgundy is doing with Community Lodgings extends far beyond Alexandria."

 

Burgundy parents have been a huge help in making this project successful. We'd like to thank all of the adults who have supported design and construction, carpooled to shops and guided shopping decisions, and so much more. Thank you!

If you have a child in Grades 2 through 8, you should have received a flyer for Burgundy Center for Wildlife Studies (BCWS) Summer Camp by now. If you are considering this camp for your child, please be aware that the Junior session (ages 8-10, August 18-24) is almost full, with girls' spaces already waitlisted!

 

With questions about registration, please email BCWS Summer Camp Registrar Michele McCabe (michelem@burgundyfarm.org).

 

With questions regarding the programs, please email BCWS Director Vini Schoene (vinis@burgundyfarm.org).

Thanks to everyone who has already made their pledges or donations toward Burgundy's Annual Giving Fund. You've raised $177,952 to date, 71% of our $250,000 goal. Annual Giving is our most critical fundraising effort of the year, and it supports program and instruction, financial aid and professional development.
 
Please contact Director of Advancement Jen Pusatere (jenp@burgundyfarm.org or 703.842.0466) to ask for more information or to make a donation.  

Kindergarten Polar Bear students enjoy the warmer weather as they ride tricycles during playtime.

Eighth-graders learn more about chemical bonding on Valentine's Day through an 

"Atomic Dating Game."

The 2/3 Viceroys decorate cupcakes with parent guidance as part of their 

Valentine's Day celebrations.