Education

HILLSVILLE — Competition for the James A. Bland Memorial Music Scholarship Contest will be Feb. 19 at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church of Hillsville, 225 Fulcher St.
Any Carroll County resident attending elementary, intermediate or high school (or home school) may compete.
Musical performers may enter one contest only as a vocalist or instrumentalist (all types).

Grayson County Schools’ kindergarten registration is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 13-17 at each elementary school.
Children who are age five by Sept. 30 are eligible to enroll in kindergarten for the 2012-13 school year. All parents with children eligible for enrollment are urged to participate in the registration process during this week, as it is extremely important for planning purposes, according to a press release.

The Carroll County Public Schools’ Adult Education Program started a new Race to GED site class at Oakland Elementary School.
All adult education books, materials and instruction are free of any charges.
Anyone in the surrounding areas and counties may attend these classes.
The site class meets on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5 to 8 p.m. Class is held in the Oakland Technology Room.

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Eight students from the Twin Counties region of Virginia were named to academic honors lists at King College for the fall 2011 semester.
Named to the president’s list were Rhonda Cornett Roberts, Jacob Rhea Singleton and Jilaine Ellen Thompson, all of Galax; and Jessica Ellen James of Mouth of Wilson.
Named to the dean’s list were: Ashley Nichole Vaughn of Fancy Gap, Amber A. Blevins of Galax, Blake Edward Bowman of Hillsville, and Jared Cole Russell of Woodlawn.