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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2016 BARROW JOURNAL PAGE 9A School READING BOWL CHAMPS Holsenbeck Elementary School placed first among elementary schools in a recent reading bowl. The group placed first in the district and first in the region. Local students compete Holsenbeck Elementary School and Haymon-Morris Middle School took top hon ors in a recent reading bowl at the Barrow County School System. The district held its second annual Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl last week. All four middle schools and seven elementary schools sponsored teams for the event. HES placed first in the elementary division, followed by Yargo Elementary School, County Line Elementary, Statham Elementary School, Kennedy Elementary School, Bethlehem Elementary School and Auburn Elementary School. HMMS placed first in the middle division, followed by Bear Creek Middle School, Russell Middle School and Westside Middle School. HES and BCMS went on to win the regional competition. To compete in the HRRB, students must prepare by reading all 20 selected books and practice answering questions about each book as a team. The books change annu ally. During the bowl, there are six rounds of competition with 10 questions in each round, and the team with the most points at the conclusion wins. “We’re very proud of all our teams this year, and the first and second place winners from the BCSS district competition advanced to compete in the Regional Bowl on Feb. 6 in Greene County,’’ said BCSS event organizer and instructional improvement specialist, Meggan McNally. She went on to say, “We want to further congratulate Holsenbeck Elementary and Bear Creek Middle School, who won in the regional competition this past weekend, and will now advance to the divisional competition Feb. 27 at Georgia Southern University. We are proud to have these teams represent ing Barrow County.’’ The state competition will be March 19 at the University of Georgia. For more information on the HRRB, visit http://www.dekalb.kl2.ga.us/www/hel- en-ruffin-reading-bowl/. HMMS TEAM Haymon-Morris Middle School placed first in the district Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl. in reading bowl contest BCMS TEAM The Bear Creek Middle School placed second in the district but first in the region Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl. GRANT TO FUND STEAM PROGRAM Adam Emrich, Georgia Power area manager for Barrow and Jackson counties, presented a $500 grant to Barrow County School System Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) integration specialist Lee Bane. STEAM program awarded grant money The Barrow County School System recently received a grant to expand its Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) program. Georgia Power pre sented STEAM integration specialist Lee Bane with a $500 grant check last week. Bane said that grant will help purchase storage bins for the district’s elementary schools. “Our students at all eight elementary schools now have access to robotics and coding resources, and obtaining sturdy and moveable storage bins would go a long way in helping keep this equipment in good working order, when they are moved from classroom to classroom,’’ said Bane. STAR students to be recognized Feb. 17 The Barrow County Chamber of Commerce will host the STAR Student and STAR Teacher Award Breakfast on Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 7:30 a.m. at the Park Avenue Event Center located at 138 Park Avenue in Winder. The breakfast will honor Bethlehem Christian Acad emy’s STAR Student, Aaron James Gano, the system winner, and his chosen STAR Teacher, Jennifer Proch; Apalachee High School’s STAR Student, Cassidy Eden Hayes and her chosen STAR Teacher, Amy Cronic and Winder Barrow High School’s STAR Student, Bradford John Hagin and his chosen STAR Teacher, Jerry Pharr. The breakfast is sponsored by Park Avenue Event Cen ter and Georgia Power Company. For information on becoming a table sponsor or to purchase tickets, contact Missy Milner at the Chamber of Commerce at 770-867-9444. "F Ss. w jft 11 jr>i_ COMPETE IN SCIENCE FAIR Students from Russell Middle School competed in the Regional Science and Engineering Fair held at Athens Technical College on Jan. 29. Peyton Hanson, 6th grade and Kelsey Goss, 8th grade won bronze. Zane Peeler, 6th grade, won silver and Ava Peeler, 8th grade, won gold and a $50 cash prize. Peeler will attend the State Science and Engineering Fair at the University of Georgia. Shown in the photo from L-R Russell Middle School teacher, Nicole Baker, Assistant Principal, Terri Seeley, Kelsey Goss, Ava Peeler, Zane Peeler, Peyton Hanson and Principal, Paul DeFoor. BCSS announces Pre-K lottery Applications for the Barrow County School System 2016-17 Georgia Pre-K program lottery will be accepted on March 1-31 on Mon- days-Fridays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the BCSS Professional Devel opment Center (PDC). No appli cations will be taken March 21-25. The PDC is located at 179 West Athens Street in Winder. Children must be four years of age on or before Sept. 1, 2016, to apply for the Pre-K program. Chil dren who are five years of age on or before Sept. 1, 2016, and have not attended Georgia’s Pre-K program as a four year old may enroll in the BCSS Pre-K program. Families should come to the PDC to pick up and complete a lottery application. This information will also be available online at www. barrow.kl2.ga.us on March 1. Parents will be required to show current proof of residency to verify their elementary school attendance zone. Proof of residency is a utility bill (electric, gas, water, cable/satel lite, garbage or house phone), set tlement statement, or a rental/lease agreement. Parents will also need to bring a copy of their child’s birth certificate or other acceptable proof of age and identity to verify the child’s birthday/age. A lottery num ber will be issued to each applicant. The Pre-K Lottery application information must be turned in to the BCSS Professional Develop ment Center Pre-K Program by the end of the day on Thursday, March 31. No faxes will be accepted. Any applications received after March 31 will be placed on the waiting list and will not be eligible to partici pate in the lottery. Completion of an application does not guarantee that a child will be enrolled, but instead places the child on the list for the BCSS Pre-K lottery for 2016-17. On April 8, eight separate lottery drawings will be held to deter mine the class lists and waiting lists for each elementary school. These drawings are open to the public and will be held at the PDC. Fami lies who are interested in attending these drawings may attend accord ing to the following schedule: Auburn Elementary School, 9 a.m.; Bethlehem Elementary School, 9:30 a.m.; Bramlett Elementary School, 10 a.m.; County Line Elementa ry School, 10:30 a.m.; Holsenbeck Elementary School, 11 a.m.; Ken nedy Elementary School, 11:30 a.m.; Statham Elementary School, 12 p.m.; and Yargo Elementary School, 12:30 p.m. BCSS currently has two Pre-K classrooms at each of the elemen tary schools for a total of 16 Pre-K classes. All Pre-K students must attend a Pre-K class within their elementary school attendance zone. The first 22 students drawn in the lottery from each elementary school attendance zone will be in Pre-K Class A, and the next 22 students drawn will be in Pre-K Class B for that school attendance zone. The rest of the students drawn in the lottery will be used to establish the order of the waiting list for that school attendance zone. Enrollment is limited to 22 students per class. Any openings that become avail able in the 16 elementary Pre-K classes will be filled using the wait ing list.
