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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2008
SCHOOL
Parkwood
performers
The Parkwood
Elementary School
Chorus and Dance
Team, according to a
release, followed some
great advice and stayed
close to home and
enjoyed a “Fair Cation”
with family and friends
by performing at the
19th annual, state-spon
sored Georgia National
Fair. Per the school
release: “The fair always
provides fun and enter
tainment, but there is
nothing as grand as
being invited to perform
for others. This year,
Parkwood’s singers and
dancers provided one of
the best performances
to date.”
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March of
Dimes walk
Warner Robins High
School’s Future Business
Leaders of America
walked with March of
Dimes Sept. 20 to raise
money for birth defects
and to help prevent pre
maturity. WRHS FBLA
raised approximately S3OO
to donate to the March
of Dimes. Students were
able to walk, play games,
dance and participate in
other activities for this
worthy cause. Pictured
are: Nathaniel WaMerenze,
Julie Folse (adviser)
with baby Madeline,
Stephon Flowers,
Whitney Wellington, Janet
Thonkulpitak, Brian Scott,
and Jennifer Hunnicutt
(adviser) with Kennedy.
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6 from Houston County named 2009 semifinalists
for National Scholarship Program
Special to the Journal
Six high school students in Houston
County, according to a release, have
been selected by the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation as semifinal
ists for either the National Merit or
National Achievement Scholarship
Program. Only about 16,000 students
were selected nationwide.
More than narrowed from over 1.5
million students from nearly 21,000
high schools. Less than one percent of
the nation’s high school seniors make
it to the semifinalist stage.
The National Merit Scholarship
semifinalists continue in the competi
tion for scholarships at their selected
college and through private industry.
To become a finalist, a semifinalist
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must have an outstanding academ
ic record throughout high school, be
endorsed by the principal, and earn a
high SAT score.
Semifinalists from Houston
County High School:
• National Merit: Brandon W.
Munda
• National Achievement: Sonata Y.
Thomas and Shelton Whitley
Semifinalists from Warner
Robins High School:
• National Merit: Melissa S. Hyde
and Nathan T. Westray
Semifinalist from Northside
High School:
• National Merit: Jamie L.
Barnwell
The National Merit Scholarship
Program and National Achievement
Scholarship Program are annual aca
demic competitions which offer high
school students the opportunity to earn
recognition and scholarships. Students
enter the Merit Program by taking the
PSAT during their junior year.
A selection index based on verbal,
math and writing test scores is used
by the NMSC to initially screen more
thap one million students to select
high scorers for recognition.
The first national Merit competition
was in 1956.
The Achievement Program, which
honors outstanding black students,
began in 1964.
HCHB band wins trophies
In Effingham County
Special to the Journal
The Houston County High
School Black and Silver
Brigade competition band,
according to a release, nar
rowly missed the Grand
Championship but won top
honors in three categories at
the Coastal Empire march
ing band competition, held
at Effingham County High
School Oct. 18.
As judges announced the
awards among 13 Georgia
high school bands in the com
petition, tension filled the
air as the Black and Silver
Brigade traded first place
awards with The Richmond
Hill High School Panthers
marching band. Richmond
Hill came away with the
Grand Championship, but
won by only about half a
percentage point.
•HoCo snagged three Best
in Show trophies, along with
the runner-up championship
trophy.
The percussion section won
Best in Show with an overall
score of 95. This was the sec
ond time this year the Black
and Silver Brigade drum
mers won best in show. They
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Doctor, lawyer, mechanic, nurse - which will it be?
Hilltop Elementary Kindergarten students and teach
ers would like to thank the parents who helped them
learn more about occupations recently. The kinder
garten students have been studying about careers.
Parents from the community came and spoke to the
students about their jobs. Students learned about
being: a dental assistant, an aircraft mechanic, a
pilot, an insurance agent, a Verizon technician, a
minister. The list goes on. The parents told about
what they do each day and some brought resources
from their job which made it even more exciting.
The students enjoyed listening and learning about
the numerous jobs available for them in the future.
Pictured are two of the presenters Jason Winters
from Verizon (below) and Tony Whitley (above) from
Shirley Hills Baptist Church.
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captured the first prize two
weeks ago at the Southern
Star Marching Invitational
at South Gwinnett High
School. The percussion sec
tion is instructed by Travis
Roye, Miguel Castro and
Andy Hunt.
Drum Major David Walker
captured first prize in the
drum major category, in
only his second competition
as field commander of the
competition band. He placed
second at the Southern Star
Competition.
The Black and Silver
Brigade also snagged Best
in Show for Overall Visual
Effect.
The HoCo Band was one of
only three groups to receive
superior ratings in all cat
egories: color guard, percus
sion, band and Drum Major
“I’m so proud of these
kids,” said band director
Wally Shaw. “They work very
hard, starting in mid-August
when it’s almost 100 degrees
outside, and they manage to
do very well against bands
that often have much bigger
budgets than we do.
“Plus, we do two entirely
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