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A |A|A WRITING V" JR JR ■ ■ jjßfe I &ts. HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL ■L jf S ls3Lt_ 1 JMnj3H| Contributed Pictured are members of the Perry Middle FFA chapter who recently attended the Georgia FFA Day at the Georgia National Fair. Perry Middle FFA chapter attends GNF Special to the Journal Members of the Perry Middle FFA chapter recently attended the Georgia FFA Day at the Georgia National Fair. The event was held Oct. 9 at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry. The program, according to a release Contributed The Matt Arthur Elementary Mighty Knights for the week of Oct. 1 were chosen for being great examples of the character trait of the week, “school pride.” -"<' m"* ’■Up mm’f 4 I wh? wJJ MMI ■■! Y» *- #? Jpr k K I MM w |HhK ■{ WmzMl 1 - *: , W |l r - | Contributed The seventh grade music enrichment class at The Westfield School prepared a 30 minute musical called “S’ Cool” during their eight week enrichment class. The students sang and danced to eight pop/rock tunes about being a teenager. Westfield Chorus instructor, Donna Hooper, taught and directed the students who are pictured above. Hilltop honors bus drivers Hilltop Elementary School recently honored its schoolbus drivers. Oct. 22 was declared Bus Driver Recognition Day. The Food Services Department of Hilltop recognized drivers by preparing breakfast for them along giv ing them goodie boxes to show how much they are appreciated. Hilltop has six buses that serve about half of its school population. Pictured are Nutrina Whitehurst and Mary Land, of Food Services, preparing to hand out goodie boxes to the drivers. Contributed/Deanna Avery Mighty Knights show ‘school pride’ Westfield students ‘S’ Cool’ : I BT; i is designed for students in grades six through nine to learn more and get excited about FFA and agriculture edu cation. Throughout the day’s events, stu dents were able to interact with Georgia FFA area officers while learning more about all that FFA has to offer. Students also had the opportunity to listen to a motivational speaker and are able to enjoy the Georgia National Fair’s midway in the afternoon. There were nearly 1,800 students there to discover the countless opportunities available to them in agriculture educa tion and FFA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2007 ♦ Mossy Creek Middle School Honor Roll Editor’s note: In the Honor Rolls run recently, one name was left off the release submitted for Mossy Creek Middle School's eighth grade. The eighth grade list is printed in its entirety here. Eighth Grade - Roxanne Bartz, Emily Bilcik, Collin Boyd, Clayton Bridges, Chloe Cecchini, Leah Daughtry, Sylvia Epps, Jonathan Fall, Dana Frazier, Travis Huttner, Zachary Kinsley, Garrett Kline, Sara Koohang, Jacob Lukemire, Lauren Me Cullough, Amelia Mercado, Tyler Mercer, Forrest Mercier, Ashleigh Merlino, Christina Moffitt, Lauren Nuclo, Sabrina Park, Sarah Pospisil, Madison Raley, Cody Reese, Clayton Seigel, Karina Smith, Matthew Stagg, Jamie Terry. HP HI ■ fl n ■ fl Contributed Beth McLaughlin, left, is pictured with Jennifer Caracciolo from Forsyth County, who serves on the GSPRA Board of Directors. McLaughlin earns 5 awards Special to the Journal The Georgia School Public Relations Association recently honored Director of Community and School Affairs Beth McLaughlin with five state awards at its annual conference. Out of 23 K-12 and university sys tem entries, Houston County was the only system to win the Gold for every entry sub mitted. Three submissions scored a perfect 100. The following entries won a GSPRA Gold award: ■ Prom Public Service Annoucement, marketing campaign category; ■ New logo and Logo Style Guide, image/identity cat egory; ■ The Houston County Teacher Hall of Fame, special purpose category; ■ Public Relations 101 for School Transportation, spe cial purpose category; and ■ “Welcome to the Houston County School System” recruiting CD, audiovisual category. Entries, according to a release, were judged by a panel from the North Carolina School Public Relations Association. According to Bill Maddox, Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education Communications Director who coordinated the compe tition, “Out of 23 separate entries, Houston County was the only one that scored a Cash award « BE | If .Jills- | 1 fIV iW HF ** ” HI [. »r I Contributed The Houston County Career and Technology Center received a $250 cash award from the Noon Optimist Club recently to be used, according to a release, as a schol arship for a HCCTC student. Shown is Sam Satterfield of Satterfield & Dempsey Jewelers presenting a check Desiree Palmer, HCCTC graduation coach. clean sweep by winning gold in every category entered. The North Carolina judges praised Houston’s entries as some of the most profession al they had ever seen.” Maddox also comment ed that the judges “just raved about the Prom PSA and would like to copy the idea and use it in North Carolina.” The PSA encour aged students to make the right choices during prom. The Warner Robins High School Drama department participated in the campaign by creating a commercial. The judges recommend ed that Georgia make it a statewide campaign. “Have GSPRA make this a state campaign. We salute you and your county for a great idea that has a huge impact on young people.” Judges’ comments about the other 100 percent proj ects follow. ■ About the Logo: “Excellent, top quality work! Great logo! We love the col ors. This is very impressive. We like the guide book so much we would like to copy it. Promotes your system in a very professional manner.” ■ About the Houston County Teacher Hall of Fame: “Magnificent program. Lots of work went into this - we know it was worth it. What can we say - this is excellent. We would love to try it.” 9B