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Date published: 6/2/2004

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The seventh-grade art students are on a field trip today.

The Summer Reading Kick Off is today from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The Virginia Marine Science Museum visits the fifth-grade students today.

The Virginia Young Readers Celebration is tomorrow for grades five and six from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m.

The seventh-graders will have a Career Day tomorrow.

Field Day is Friday. The fourth- and fifth-graders will go from 8:20-11:00 a.m., and the sixth- and seventh-graders will participate from 11:20 a.m. to 1:20 p.m. If it rains, the rain date will be Monday.

The seventh-graders will have their last dance Friday

D.A.R.E. graduation for fifth-graders will be Monday at 1 p.m.

The Seventh-Grade Forum takes place Tuesday at 1 p.m.

The fifth-graders are taking a field trip Tuesday.

Fourth-Grade Colonial Day will be June 9.

--Valerie L. Morgan

Summer school begins June 21 for the first semester. Second semester begins July 12. The cost of tuition will be $100 per semester for James Monroe High School students and $150 per semester for students not enrolled at James Monroe.

The June 5 SAT will not be administered at James Monroe. Online registration is available at collegeboard.com.

Exams begin Tuesday, and students will be released from school after exams. Exams for periods 1 and 2 will be on Tuesday, periods 3 and 4 will be on June 9; periods 5 and 6 will be on June 10, and period 7 will be on June 11.

Graduation will be June 11 in Dodd Auditorium at Mary Washington College.

--Heidi Miller

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The school chorus performed for the Kings Dominion Choral Festival May 22. They were adjudicated by a panel of three judges and received a rating of "Good +." The chorus was directed by Patricia McGhee and accompanied by Marilla Haas. They will perform for the school concert Friday at 8:30 a.m.

--Jill Griffith

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Date published: 6/2/2004