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♦ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2006
10B
Houston Co. FFA program
boosters hold first meeting
Special to the Journal
The Houston County
Future Farmers of America,
Chapter GA 0233 Booster
Club had its first meeting
Sept. 12. During that time,
Dr. Ronnie Thomas and
Cheralyn Boettcher, FFA
advisors, opened the meet
ing and introduced Booster
Club President Sherry
Strickland.
Strickland addressed
the, according to a release,
“enthusiastically energet
ic crowd” of FFA Officers,
members and supporters
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Westside Elementary School held a Learning for Fun night Aug. 31. The event, accord
ing to a release from the school, was held to give Westside Elementary parents the
chance to see what their children will learn and do in their classrooms this year, as
well as the different rules and procedures the children follow daily at school. Pictured:
Parents visit the classrooms of Pam Scott and Amanda Wood.
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These Matt Arthur Elementary Mighty Knights were chosen for being great examples of
the character trait of the week, “school pride” during the week of Sept. 11.
Houston County 4-H enrolling new members
Special to the Journal
4-H, one of America’s larg
est non-formal education
programs for youth, makes
a major contribution to our
nation by helping youth
acquire knowledge and
develop life skills that help
them become self-directing,
productive and contributing
members of our society.
Today, 4-H involves more
than 6.6 million young peo
ple - from the city, from the
farm and in between.
They are learning practi
cal skills in hundreds of proj
ects. But more importantly
they are developing attitudes
and habits that help them
meet the challenges of today
and also asked for volun
teers to fill the remaining
club officer paositions.
The positions were filled
immediately by, the release
read, the “eager group.”
They are: Vice President
- Dan Porter; Treasurer
Jim Strickland; Reporter
- Michael Abbott; and Fund
raising Chairperson - Cheri
Adams.
The next order of busi
ness involved the gathering
of ideas for this year’s fund
raisers. The group came up
with many ideas to include
a Biggest Buck contest for
and tomorrow.
4-H is family and commu
nity-oriented - 4-H members
devote much of their time to
community service in a wide
variety of projects, ranging
from helping the elderly and
disabled to restoring historic
sites, to landscaping public
buildings, to helping pre
serve their environment.
Going on tours, attending
special programs and par
ties, conducting communi
ty service, making things,
and sharing what they have
learned are some of the
things youth can do in 4-H.
Through their club expe
rience, youth gain skills in
decision making, coopera
tion, and communication.
deer hunters, a golf tourna
ment for the golf enthusiasts
and a raffle idea.
The Booster Club would
like to ask all business
leaders and individuals in
the community to become
involved and support the
Houston County FFA pro
gram, which helps develop
future leaders of tomorrow.
You can contact any member
of the booster club and spon
sor an event or donate items
of value or money by calling
478-987-3117 or e-mailing
amikeabbott@alltel.net.
4-H today is indeed hav
ing a strong impact on
youth and on America. 4-
H meets at many schools
throughout Houston County.
Additionally young people
can sign up for either the
countywide 4-H club for sth
-Bth graders or the Houston
County 4-H Teen Club for
high school students. Both
groups meet monthly in the
evening and are open to all
youth. Find out how you
can become involved by con
tacting the Houston County
Extension office at 478-987-
2028 or sellison@uga.edu.
Visit us on the web at:
http://www.caes.uga.edu/
extension/houston/index,
html.
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Morningside Elementary School students in Sandy Cooper’s third grade class wore
red, white and blue recently, to celebrate Constitution Day. Many of the other activi
ties enjoyed, according to a release from the school, were writing a class Bill of
Rights, working in groups to illustrate the meaning of the preamble and participating
in a sing-along of patriotic songs.
HONORS
From page iB
Linwood Elementary won
a silver award in 2005 for
being in the top four per
cent for the greatest gain
in percentage of students
meeting arfc exceeding
standards.
The awards are present
ed in collaboration with
the Governor’s Office and
the Georgia Department
of Education as part of
Georgia’s Single Statewide
Accountability System,
which was implemented in
2005.
The SSAS award struc
ture combines criteria for
making Adequate Yearly
Progress with Criterion
* Referenced Competency
Test scores achieved by
elementary and middle
schools.
Awards include platinum,
gold, silver and bronze lev
els of recognition in two
different categories:
■ 1) greatest gain in meet
ing and exceeding academic
standards; or
■ 2) highest percentage
of students meeting and
exceeding academic stan
dards.
“I am so proud of the
achievements that you,
your staff and students
have accomplished this past
year,” Superintendent of
Schools Danny Carpenter
THREAT
From page iA
8:30-8:45 a.m. and the stu
dents were allowed to go
back into the school.”
Police are also investigat
ing an armed robbery at
the Danfair Express con
venience store on Russell
SERIES
From page iA
an official representative of
Belgium.
The season closer on April
29, 2007 will be presented
by George Chesnut, pianist,
who has won acclaim with
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told the award winners.
“You have certainly accept
ed the challenge to move
your school to greater aca
demic heights. Thank you
for your hard work and ded
ication to student achieve
ment. We are all celebrat
ing your success!”
Matt Arthur
Elementary earned a
Platinum award - the high
est award possible - for
being in the top two per
cent, or 98th percentile,
for the greatest gains in
the percentage of students
who met and exceeded stan
dards on the 2006 Criterion-
Referenced Competency
Test.
At least 35 percent exceed
ed standards. Matt Arthur
Elementary also won a
Bronze award for having at
least 95 percent of students
meet and exceed standards,
with at least 20 percent
exceeding CRCT standards.
Linwood Elementary
won the Gold for being in
the top three percent, or
97th percentile, for the
greatest gains in the per
centage of students who
met and exceeded standards
on the 2006 CRCT. At least
30 percent exceeded stan
dards.
Quail Rim Elementary
and Huntington Middle
each earned a Silver award,
for being in the top four
percent (or 96th percentile)
for the greatest gains in
Parkway at Belmont at
about 9:30 a.m. Wagner
said two males, one armed
with a handgun, robbed
the clerk of an undisclosed
amount of cash and fled the
scene on foot.
Wagner said, investiga
tors, a canine unit and the
Criminalistics were sent
over to process the scene.
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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
the percentage of students
who met and exceeded 2006.
CRCT standards. At least
25 percent of their students
exceeded standards.
Centerville
Elementary achieved a
Bronze award for being in
the top five percent for the
greatest gains in the per
centage of students meeting
and exceeding standards.
At least 20 percent of
Centerville’s students
exceeded CRCT standards.
Kings Chapel Elementary
also won a Bronze, but for
having at least 95 percent
of students meet and exceed
standards, with at least 20
percent exceeding CRCT
standards.
Last year, Quail Run
Elementary earned a Gold
award in the highest per
centage category because
at least 97 percent of its
students met or exceeded
standards with at least 30
percent exceeding stan
dards on the 2005 CRCT
as compared to the 2004
CRCT.
In addition, Linwood
Elementary won Silver for
being in the top 4 percent,
or 96th percentile, for the
greatest gain in percentage
of students meeting and
exceeding standards.
For more information
about the SSAS, please
visit the Governor’s Office
of Student Achievement’s
Web site www.gaosa.org.
More information and
a description of the sus
pects will be released later
afternoon, Wagner said
Wednesday.
Anyone with informa
tion on either incident is
asked to contact the Warner
Robins Police Department
Criminal Investigations
Division at 929-6911.
For information, call
Glenn Heck at 922-8338.
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