
Randolph-Macon Academy The Front Royal Veteran's Day ceremony (in which the band and color guard were going to participate) scheduled for today has been cancelled.

Randolph-Macon Academy Family Weekend was great! It was so nice to see so many parents on campus. And it was fun to watch the Jackets beat Hargrave in football!

Randolph-Macon Academy The girls' cross-country team took 5th in the DAC championship yesterday despite injuries, while the boys claimed 3rd! The girls' volleyball team lost a hard-fought match against WCDS yesterday, but still finish the season as the runners-up in the DAC! Join us tomorrow for the final football game of the season at home against Hargrave at 2:30 pm!

Randolph-Macon Academy R-MA girls' volleyball team defeated Tandem Friends School last night to advance to the DAC finals! We play Thursday against Wakefield Country Day School at 4:30. (More details to follow.) GO JACKETS!!

Randolph-Macon Academy The R-MA Band and Parade Unit won three 1st place awards at the 84th Alsatia Mummers' Halloween Parade (in Hagerstown, MD) on Saturday! The Band won First Place Jr./Sr. High School Band, the Color Guard was First Place Junior Color Guard and the Flag Corps was First Place Organized Body.

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Family Weekend is Nov 6 & 7--see the full schedule by clicking on this link: http://www.rma.edu/images/PDF%20Document s/09%20Fall%20Fam%20Wkndrevised.pdf

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Marguerite Cook '07 is leading a very young team to the small college nationals in women's soccer! See her profile at: http://www.marygrovemustangs.com/roster/ 7/6/137.php And you can read the Mustangs' story at: http://www.marygrovemustangs.com/article /106.php.

Randolph-Macon Academy The leaves are gorgeous here in the Shenandoah Valley! It's hard to believe it, but the first quarter ends this Friday!

Randolph-Macon Academy R-MA's Class of 2010 gather for some fun before classes begin in the fall of 2009.

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Chris Abare '10 enlisted in the Army Reserves yesterday, and his dad performed the ceremony! Chris, who still plans to attend college, and his dad were featured on TV-3 Winchester news yesterday: http://www.tv3winchester.com/home/headli nes/65083517.html

Randolph-Macon Academy It was great to see everyone at Homecoming! We loved hearing all the stories and watching alumni renew their friendships. Plus, in spite of the rain, we got to watch the Yellow Jackets defeat Pope John Paul, 19 – 18 on Saturday. The Jackets were down 18 – 6 late in the fourth quarter and mounted an exciting comeback to win! Go Jackets!

Randolph-Macon Academy Congratulations to the Homecoming Court for 2009: Juliet Arcila Rojas '13, Andrew Ray '13, Maddie Kays '12, Michael Peranich'12, "Ellen" Meng Chu Wang '11, Sam Rechache '11, Margaret Strain '10, Marianne Nell '10, Matthew Walsh '10, and Will Brown '10. The king and queen will be crowned at halftime tomorrow. Come out and support the Yellow Jackets!

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Homecoming Events start today! Even if you haven't registered yet, you can still attend the educational classes today at 2 pm and 3 pm, focusing on technology, healthy eating and living, estate planning, and an update on R-MA. For the full Homecoming schedule, visit http://www.rma.edu/index.php?page=Alumni Homecoming.

Randolph-Macon Academy Calling all cooks, chefs and just plain dinner cookers: The R-MA Parents Association is producing a cookbook as a fundraiser. They request all R-MA staff, faculty and parents submit their favorite recopies—as many as you would like! Email them to sabre@rma.edu, and we'll pass them on to the parent in charge of the project!















