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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2016
BARROW JOURNAL
PAGE 9A
School
ATTEND STATE RALLY
Members of the Apalachee High School SkillsUSA
chapter traveled to Perry to attend the Georgia
SkillsUSA Champions Rally. Pictured are: (bot
tom row, L-R) Ashleigh Phillips, Alexis Hubbard
and Nadar Muhanna; (second row, L-R) Brandon
Chavez, Eduardo Garduno, Imelda Garduno
and Natasha Higuera; (third row, L-R) Zechariah
Rodney, JoyAnna McDonald, Katie Valdes, Zach
Smith and Douglas Nix; (fourth row) Josie Solis,
Zarianna Green, Gabrielle Kinney, Razaad Ahmad,
Haley Ponder and Shaq Tapia; and (back row,
L-R) Gracie Jones, Yency Cruz, Farnaaz Ahmad
and Mireya Bugarin. Ms. Rodney and Miranda
Harris, advisors Glenn Morris, Amanda Pugh and
Michael Simmons (with students from Winder-
Barrow High School) were also in attendance but
are not pictured.
Locals attend SkillsUSA state rally
Members of the Apalachee High
School SkillsUSA chapter traveled
to Perry to attend the Georgia Skill
sUSA Champions Rally.
Chapter members compet
ed in six competitions including
the SkillsUSA Georgia Chapter
Recruitment Poster contest (placing
eighth); SkillsUSA Georgia Chap
ter Recruitment Display (placing
eighth); SkillsUSA Georgia Chap
ter Banner; SkillsUSA Georgia
Career Pathway Poster; SkillsUSA
Georgia Career Pathway Display
(placing eighth); and the SkillsUSA
Georgia Chapter T-shirt.
All members wore the AHS Skill
sUSA T-Shirt designed by a club
member. Three members partici
pated in the Chapter Banner Parade
and provided interesting facts about
AHS.
Chapter President, Imelda Gardu
no. pledged for the chapter to have
Schools seek parent input on improvements
Local schools are seeking input
on improvement plans. Each school
in the Barrow County School Sys
tem will hold meetings to get input
from families and community mem
bers as each begins to identify areas
of improvement for the 2016-17
school year.
Input is sought on:
•school and district improvement
plans
•balanced scorecard goals
•professional learning plans
•federal program budgets and
plans: Title I-A (academic achieve
ment for disadvantaged students);
Title II-A (leader, teacher and para-
professional quality); and Title III
(English learner and immigrant stu
dent achievement)
Schools will hold their compre
hensive needs assessment stake
holders meetings on the following
dates:
•Apalachee High School - March
17 at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
•Auburn Elementary School -
March 8 at 5:30 p.m.
•Bear Creek Middle School -
March 29 at 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.
•Bethlehem Elementary School -
March 15 at 6 p.m.
•Bramlett Elementary School -
March 17 at 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
•County Line Elementary - March
15 at 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
•Haymon Morris Middle School -
March 8 at 6:30 p.m.
•Holsenbeck Elementary School
- March 17 at 6 p.m.
•Kennedy Elementary School -
March 15 at 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.
•Russell Middle School - March
17 at 6:30 p.m. *Statham Elemen
tary School - March 29 at 5:30 p.m.
•Westside Middle School - March
29 at 5 p.m.
•Winder-Barrow High School -
March 14 at 6 p.m.
•Yargo Elementary School -
March 8 at 5:30 p.m.
PLACES THIRD IN
DISTRICT COMPETITION
Competitors look on as Rachel Baker, a sixth
grade student at Westside Middle School, com
petes in the Georgia District 3 Spelling Bee
competition.
Baker places third in
district spelling bee
Rachel Baker, a sixth
grade student at Westside
Middle School, recently
competed in the Georgia
District 3 Spelling Bee
competition. She placed
third out of 23 spelling
bee competitors from
neighboring counties.
Baker competed in 22
rounds. The spelling bee
had a total of 38 rounds,
and lasted three hours.
Baker will serve as an
alternate to the winner
and runner-up in the state
spelling bee.
BAKER
Local schools
recognized for AP
course offerings
Two local high schools were recognized last week
by the Georgia Department of Education. Apalachee
High School and Winder-Barrow High School were
recently recognized for their Advanced Placement
programs. Both schools were recognized as an AP
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
(STEM) school and as an AP STEM Achievement
school.
AP STEM Schools are schools with students testing
in at least two AP math courses and two AP science
courses.
AP STEM Achievement Schools are schools with
students testing in at least two AP math courses and
two AP science courses, and at least 40 percent of the
exam scores on AP math and AP science exams earn
ing scores of 3 or higher.
Ellington
honored at
Mercer Univ.
Kaitlyn Ellington, of
Winder, was named to the
Mercer University presi
dent's list for the fall 2015
semester. Ellington is a
junior in the College of Lib
eral Arts.
Inclusion on the pres
ident's list requires stu
dents to meet rigorous
grade-point-average stan-
Headmaster’s
Corner
by
Steve Cummings
SIXTH GRADERS TO
FLORIDA - Our 6th graders
have been in St. Augustine, Flor
ida this week on their annual
class trip. This year’s class vis
ited the famous Castillo de San
Marcos, the oldest masonry fort
in the continental United States.
This fort, built by the Spanish
in the 1670’s, changed hands 6
times before being reclaimed by
the United States government
following the Civil War.
Our 6th graders also visited
the Old Jail, the Fountain of
Youth, and the Museum of Avi
ation. They wrapped up their
trip on Thursday with a visit to
the Kennedy Space Center.
Thanks to all those who
helped make this trip a great
and memorable experience for
our kids.
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March 2,2016 ~ Crossword Puzzle
Across
1. Swedish rock group
5. Teen skin disorder
9. An instrument that magnifies
14. Sledgehammer
15. Ran away from
16. Old European silver coin
17. “Rule Britannia” composer
18. Rend or tear apart
19. Oats genus
20. Greater TV resolution
23. Kiln
24. A furrow in the road
25. Family Turdidae
28. Duck-billed mammal
33. German tennis star Tommy
34. “You Send Me” singer Sam
35. Volcanic mountain in Japan
36. Governed over
38. Process of decay
39. Clear wrap brand
41. Put into service
42. Snake catcher tribe of India
44. Best section of the mezzanine
45. Masseur
47. Funereal stone slabs
49. Before
50. Again
51.1 of 10 official U.S. days off
58. Alternate name
59. One of Bobby Franks’ killers
60. Port capital of Vanuatu
61. Individual dishes are a la
62. Shellfish
63. Welsh for John
64. Fencing swords
65. Griffith or Rooney
66. Titanic’s fate
Down
1. Far East wet nurse
2. Apulian seaport
3. Barrel hole stopper
4. Tavern where ale is sold
5. Anew
6. Actor Montgomery
7. Pigmented skin moles
8. Adam & Eve’s garden
9. Legislative acts
10. Pit
11. Butter alternative
12. Actor Sean
13. A major division of
geological time
21. Hyrax
22. Country of Baghdad (alt. sp.)
25. Repetitive strumming
26. WestChadic
27. Rattling breaths
28. Savile Row tailor Henry
29. Burbot
30. Christmas lantern
in the Phillipines
31. Utilization
32. Sound units
34. Leg shank
37. Umlauts
40. Female owners of #4 down
43. One who regrets
46. Serenely deliberate
47. Stuck up
48. Cablegram (abbr.)
50. In advance
51. Envelope opening closure
52. Ireland
53. Australian Labradoodle Club
of America (abbr.)
54. Poetic forsaken
55. Female operatic star
56. Actor Alda
57. An American
58. Highest card
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