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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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