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♦ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008
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four midiiiß schools advance to region academic howl competition
Special to the Journal
Houston County’s eight
middle schools competed in
the district academic bowl
;on Nov. 13. The four top
teams - Bonaire Middle,
IHuntington Middle, Perry
Middle and Warner Robins
.Middle - according to a
! release, will next compete
in the regional Professional
Association of Georgia
Educators Academic Bowl
for Middle Grades Jan. 10,
12009, at Feagin Mill Middle
School.
Students fielded questions
on subjects ranging from
Georgia history to math
ematics, science, literature
and the performing arts.
The questions are developed
‘using the Georgia Middle
'School curriculum. Students
; answer toss-up and bonus
questions to score points.
; “I am so proud of our
students,” commented Jan
; Jacobsen, director of gifted.
!“They displayed grace, con
fidence, and good citizenship
.during the academic bowl.
.Many thanks to the judges,
ioaches and parents for their
of this event. Their
encouragement to further
the pursuit of knowledge
and the joy of learning are
appreciated. I am grateful
to the PAGE Foundation for
sponsoring this activity for
our children, offering them
an opportunity to broaden
their horizons in the areas of
factual information, team-
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VI watches me, my Papaw ‘cause he plays with me outside.
[1 my Courtney, Kayla, Morgan, Collin, macanoni & cheeze,
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Robbie White, 3 1/2, Perry
I’m most thankful for my Mom. She get’s me most every
thing in the world andshe’s sweet & nice to everybody.
Haley Foust, Bonaire
I’m thankful to have a nice grandmother.she b nice be
cause she buys things for me. she takes good care of the
family. I’m thankful to have God because he made us. He
prabes us and He washes away our sins.l’m thankful to be
born.l can do all kinds of stuff. Abo I can read and write.l’m
| thankful to have a family. My family b always there to cheer
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Pictured is the Huntington Middle School academic bowl
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work and respectful compe
tition.”
The two teams that win
the regional competition will
proceed to the state semi
finals, which will be held
Jan. 24, 2009. The four
teams that emerge victorious
that day will compete for the
state championship on Feb.
7, 2009, in Milledgeville.
Statewide, more than
2,000 students compete
at the local, regional and
state levels of the PAGE
Academic Bowl for Middle
Grades. The Academic Bowl
is sponsored by the Frances
Wood Wilson Foundation,
Inc., the Georgia Power
Company & Foundation, the
Georgia-Pacific Foundation,
AIG VALIC and the PAGE
Foundation.
Members of the winning
teams are as follows:
Bonaire Middle, coached
by Telisa Cunningham,
Christy Peterson: Brandon
Cauley, Somnath Das, Matt
Taylor, Alexis Hnatiak, Josh
Russell, Diana Winecoff,
Clint Rogers,
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me on. They’re very sweet. They love me alot.l’m thankful to
have a life.l can have a home, and! can do what everybody
ebe does.l am thankful I have a Mom. She takes very good
care of me. She really loves me.she buys food and cloths for
me.l’m thankful to be alive.l can run, jump, talk, and do all
kinds of stuff.
Jasmine Thomas, Kathleen
I am thankful for friends, family, Jesus, Angel, my dog Mo
ses, food, house, toys, Chrbtmas, santa and my new little
brother.
Dana Mae Hendley, 5, WR
I am thankful for laughs, screams, grins and giggles, toys,
bike, AT Vs, cars, family, friends, Aunty Angel, fodd <5, candy,
clothes S, shoes, me & girb.
Hunter Hendley, R, WR
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Meagan langston', 8, Perry
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