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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
The Braselton News
Page 7B
School
Mill Creek HS Advanced Placement scholars announced
The College Board Advanced
Placement (AP) Program recent
ly recognized 84 Mill Creek
High School students as AP
award recipients. The Advanced
Placement program allows high
school students to take college
level courses in high school and
receive college credit. AP awards
are based on student performance
on the end of course AP exams.
The College Board recognizes
students for several different lev
els of achievement. These cat
egories include AP Scholar, AP
Scholar with Honor, AP Scholar
with Distinction and National AP
Scholar.
Principal Jim Markham said he
is pleased with the number of stu
dents recognized by the College
Board.
“It shows our curriculum is
paying off,” Markham said. “We
are doing what we are supposed
to be doing. I would like to see
the numbers increase exponen
tially.”
Mill Creek High School student
Sifat Ahmad was recognized as a
National AP Scholar. This award
is granted to students who receive
an average grade of at least four
on all AP exams taken and grades
of four or higher on eight or more
of these exams.
Sixteen MCHS students were
honored as an AP Scholar with
Distinction. To achieve this
honor, students must receive an
average grade of 3.5 on all AP
exams taken and must score a
three or higher on five or more of
these exams. This year’s award
recipients are Sifat Ahmad, Joshua
Allen, Amanda Carman, Lauren
Colburn, Brittany Grimes, Jack
Herron, Amnah Hillou, Ameenay
Khan, Alexander Limardo,
Jorge Nessi, Tyler Reed, Robert
Sewell, Nitesh Singh, Amanda
Vanduynhoven, Yaroslav Vasyliv
and Maurine Westover.
The AP Scholar with Honor
award was granted to fifteen
MCHS students. This distinc
tion is awarded to students who
score an average of 3.25 on all
AP exams taken and score three
or higher on four or more of
these exams. Mill Creek High
School Scholars with Honor are
Stephanie Aguilar, Andrew Clarke,
Brett Edgerton, Kimberly Ingram,
Joseph John, Ian Maijer, Kevin
Malavet, Angelique Marable,
Joseph Marinelli, Lee Nettles,
Elyse Pate, Tan Pham, Abhishek
Purohit, Bethany Ullrich and
Nicholas Wood.
Fifty-two students received the
AP Scholar award. AP Scholars
must receive three or higher on
three ormoreAP exams. Mill Creek
AP Scholars are Eric Antepenko,
Lindsay Baker, Charles Blackwell,
Thomas Boland, Jeremy Bolian,
Christopher Brakhage, Danielle
Bryant, Emily Burns, Lindsey
Cape, Timothy Carson, Lillian
Cash, Jacob Chastain, Michael
Churillo, Emily Clayton, Cody
Clickner, Christopher Collins,
Chad Crowe, Jenna Davis, Melinda
Dolphyn, Paul Evavold, Brittany
Farmer, Wally Foon, Spencer
Gay, Elizabeth Halcone, Anita
Hasni, Jane Ho, Barton Kennedy,
Corbin Klett, Alex Knight, Alina
Lianguert, Jakob Margert, Kayla
McGee, Victoria Menendez, S ergio
Minchey, Elizabeth Norris, Laura
Nuta, Yuliana Orozco, William
Padgett, Susanne Pribeagu,
Meghan Purohit, Radu Reit, Keri
Rich, Kelley Samples, Morgan
Schrader, Alexandria Seay, Pedro
Silva, Seth Smith, Robert Tanga,
Joshua Teague, Daniel Vanbeek,
Evin Winkelman and Jung Yang.
TRIP TO EDINBURGH
Mercer University students are shown visiting Edinburgh Castle
during a trip to Scotland. Shown (L-R) are: Susanna Grantham,
Hannah Kosater, Vicki Bartlett, Katelyn Dellinger, Kaitlyn Morris
and Kelli Banister. Kosater is from Braselton.
Braselton student travels to Scotland
47 Mill Creek HS students compete for Governor’s Honor Program
The Governor’s Honor
Program is a six-week summer
program created by the Georgia
Department of Education. The
program is designed to provide
additional educational opportuni
ties for intellectually and artis
tically gifted students. Rising
juniors and seniors in public and
private schools are eligible for
nomination by their teachers and
counselors.
The program is held each year
at Valdosta State University.
Students selected for the pro
gram spend six weeks on campus
studying their academic or artis
tic field of interest.
Students are selected through
a rigorous testing and interview
process. Students who test suc
cessfully at the school level must
complete a detailed program
application. The students then
participate in interviews, and
in some cases auditions, at the
county level. Of these students, a
small percentage will advance to
state level interviews. Only 675
students from the entire state will
be chosen to participate in the
Governor’s Honor Program.
Mill Creek High School stu
dents nominated for the program
in the area of art are: Emily Beck,
Joseph Cobb, Kaitlin Henre,
Rachael Keplin and Sue Kim.
Linda Chen, Matthew Compton,
Cacey Henderson, Angel Lowe,
Emily Mason, Nakia Smith,
Deborah Soh and Matthew
Thiman were nominated in the
communicative art category.
Ten students were nominated
for performance arts. Music
nominees are Kyle Cunningham,
David Thomas and Aaron Lutz.
Chad Cowgill was nominated
for theatre. Dance nominees
are Morgan Anderson, Skylar
Brennan and Erin Day. Katie
Glaze, Sun Ban and Erica Wright
received nominations for vocal
performance.
Carole Hong, Shelby Ledbetter,
Jesus Munoz, Tyler Ricks and
Leena Zacharias will compete in
the executive management cat
egory.
Two students, Dalai Hillou and
Ephraim Kim, were nominated in
the area of social studies.
Eight students were nominat
ed for foreign language studies.
Vanessa Beltran and Julian Duque
were nominated for French. Kyle
Bradshaw and Kevin Gasaway
were nominated for German.
Spanish language nominees were
Amanda Beaver, Blake Elston,
Michael Mendoza and Laura
Nuta.
Michael Back, Timothy Kinsey,
Midhun Matthew and Steven
Zwick will compete for spots in
this year’s mathematics program.
Science nominees are Charles
Evavold, Ryan Gasaway, Anne
McPeters and Zach Meeks for
physics and Chrissy Henderson
for chemistry.
Students are nominated for the
instructional area in which their
abilities and interests lie. The
number of nominees per school is
determined by the average daily
attendance of sophomore and
junior students.
Local educator earns Georgia Master Teacher Certification
Doug Callahan of Glenn Jones
Middle School has been certi
fied as a Master Teacher through
a statewide program created to
honor experienced teachers. These
teachers are recognized for hav
ing a positive impact on student
achievement.
The Georgia Master Teacher
Certification Program was cre
ated in 2005 by an act of legisla
tion designed to provide statewide
recognition for certified teachers
who demonstrate excellence in the
classroom that can be linked to
improvement in student academic
achievement.
To be certified as a Master
Teacher, the applicant must dem
onstrate the ability to tailor their
instruction for each student’s
strengths, needs and prior experi
ences. Master Teachers must use
a variety of instructional resources
and multiple assessment measures
to plan future instruction and pro
vide feedback to students.
Master Teachers must follow
the Georgia Professional Code of
Ethics. They also participate in
mentoring programs and serve as
instructors in local professional
development courses.
The Georgia Master Teacher
Certification Program describes
Master Teachers as “an elite group
that has the opportunity to influ
ence student learning and achieve
ment in Georgia.”
Callahan is part of the state’s
second Master Teacher class. Last
year, 25 Gwinnett County teach
ers were recognized as Master
Teachers.
Hannah Kosater, Braselton, traveled overseas to study the education
system of Scotland in October.
The daughter of Gregory and Leigh Kosater, of Braselton, Kosater is a
senior at Mercer University’s Tift College of Education. She is enrolled
in the college’s Holistic Child program, which focuses on elementary
and special education.
She and five other students spent a week studying the Scottish curricu
lum, best practices in teaching, assessment, school culture, and structure
of nursery and primary schools in the Edinburgh area.
The General Teaching Council for Scotland, which regulates and sup
ports professional standards for teachers, hosted the Mercer group from
Oct. 5-12.
‘Taste of Mill Creek 9 Dec. 15
The third annual ‘Taste of Mill Creek’ will be held December 15 from
11 a.m. until 3 p.m. in the commons area of Mill Creek High School.
The event features food tasting along with a craft fair, silent auction,
poinsettia sale and entertainment. Proceeds benefit the Mill Creek
Soccer Club and the Mill Creek Running Club.
Over 30 local restaurants will provide samples of their specialty
dishes at the event. Participating restaurants include Arby’s, Artuzzi’s,
Barbaritos, Beaners, Beef O’ Brady’s, Big Apple Bagels, Blessings
Cottage, Blimpie, Blue Bell Ice Cream, Buffalo’s Cafe, Bruster’s,
Cabos Mexican Grill, Chick-fil-A, Chili’s, Cold Stone Creamery, Dos
Copas, The Fieldhouse, Feddeaux, Harvest Table, Holy Smokes BBQ,
Honeybaked Ham, Jeffrey’s, Johnny’s New York Style Pizza, La Cazuela
catering, Log Cabin BBQ, Mellow Mushroom, Mi Mexico, Pizza Hut,
Publix, Shane’s Rib Shack, Starbucks, Sweet Escapes and Wing World.
Tickets are $10 in advance. Each ticket is good for seven food tasting
opportunities and entry in a grand prize drawing. Tickets will also be
available at the door.
‘Living History and Skirmish’ to be held this weekend
A “Living History and
Skirmish” will be held this
weekend at Hurricane Shoals
Park.
Jackson County Parks and
Recreation will open Hurricane
Shoals Park for the event on
Friday, November 30, from
noon to 6 p.m.; Saturday,
December 1, from 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. and Sunday, December 2,
from noon to 6 p.m.
The Georgia 5th Cavalry
and Georgia Volunteer Cavalry
Battalion will start arriving on
Friday to set up for a “Living
History and Skirmish” to take
place on Saturday and Sunday.
Re-enactors will set up camps
on Friday to prepare for a liv
ing history and show how the
troops lived during the War
Between the States from 1861
to 1865. There will be a skir
mish in the Heritage Village
area between the Union and
Confederate troops. At 1 p.m.
on each day, the skirmish will
begin. Saturday night, they will
be playing period music and
will have a Christmas singing
and dance.
The event will be open to the
public. There will be no admis
sion fee but donations will be
accepted.
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