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Actors can audition for ‘Charlie Brown’
The St. Marys Little The
atre will hold auditions for
“You’re a Good Man, Charlie
Brown” on Sunday, June 2, at
Theatre by the Trax, located
at 1000 Osborne Road in St.
Marys.
The time will be from 2 to
4 p.m.
Roles to be filled include
the following: Charlie Brown,
Snoopy, Lucy Van Pelt, Linus
Van Pelt, Sally Brown,
If you go...
Audition time is 2-4
p.m. Sunday, June 2, at
1000 Osborne Road.
Schroeder, Franklin, Pig Pen,
Peppermint Patty, Marcie,
Rerun Van Pelt and Wood-
stock. All parts call for adults
or teenagers except for Rerun
and Woodstock, which call
for children ages 8 to 11.
“Charlie Brown is a classic
and a play that every member
of the family will love,” said
Barbara Ryan, chair of St.
Marys Little Theatre. “Char
lie Brown is a lovable loser, a
child possessed with endless
determination and hope, but
who is ultimately dominated
by his insecurities.”
Ryan said that inside us all
is a little voice that can iden
tify with Charlie Brown, and
audiences will be amused by
the antics that bring Charles
Schulz’s characters alive
through music and scenarios.
Charlie Brown appeared in
the first Peanuts comic strip
in 1950, and he continues to
be one of the world’s most
recognized comic characters.
Those interested in per
forming in the cast of “You’re
a Good Man Charlie Brown”
should prepare a song
(preferably one from the mu
sical, Charlie Brown) to per
form on the day of auditions.
Performances will be held
at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Sept. 13 and 14, and Sept. 20
and 21, and at 2 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 22. Interested parties
should make sure there is no
conflict with this schedule.
For more information, call
(912) 729-1103.
Stansak asked to
‘score’ AP exams
Jeanne Stansak of Cam
den County has been se
lected to participate in the
College Board’s Annual Ad
vanced Placement (AP)
Reading in Microeconom
ics.
Each June, AP teachers
and college faculty mem
bers from around the world
gather in the United States
to evaluate and score the
free-response sections of
the AP exams.
AP readers are high
school and college educators
who represent many of the
finest academic institutions
in the world. AP reading is a
unique forum in which an
academic dialogue between
educators is both fostered
and encouraged.
“The reading draws upon
the talents of some of the
finest teachers and profes
sors that the world has to
offer,” said Trevor Packer,
senior vice president of AP
and College Readiness at
the College Board. “It fos
ters professionalism, allows
for the exchange of ideas
and strengthens the com
mitment to students and to
teaching. We are very grate
ful for the contributions of
talented educators like
Jeanne Stansak.”
The Advanced Placement
Program enables willing
The reading draws upon
the talents of some of
the finest teachers and
professors the world has
to offer.
— Trevor Packer
senior vice president,
College Board
and academically prepared
students to pursue college-
level studies — with the op
portunity to earn college
credit, advanced placement
or both — while still in high
school. Through AP
courses in 34 subjects, each
culminating in a rigorous
exam, students learn to
think critically, construct
solid arguments and see
many sides of an issue —
skills that prepare them for
college and beyond.
Research indicates that
students who score a 3 or
higher on an AP exam typi
cally experience greater aca
demic success in college and
are more likely to earn a
college degree than non-AP
students.
In 2012, more than
11,000 AP readers evaluated
more than 3.7 million AP
exams.
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Rotary International has named Congressman Jack Kingston (R-GA) and Sen. Johnny Isak-
son (R-GA) “Polio Eradication Champions” for their key role in the fight to eradicate the dis
ease. Kingston and Isakson were two of only five legislators honored recently at a ceremony
in the U.S. Capitol Building.The ceremony was also attended by Dr.Tom Frieden, director
of the CDC, a key partner of Rotary along with UNICEF, WHO and the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation. Pictured (from left) are Isakson, Rotarian Robert Hall and Kingston.
Simmons tosses grad cap
Moleek Simmons of St.
Marys was among the 352
students receiving degrees
from Piedmont College at
the recent May commence
ment ceremony.
Simmons earned a Bache
lor of Arts degree in musical
theater.
Piedmont College is an
independent liberal arts col
lege of about 2,600 students
with campuses located in
Demorest and Athens.
Founded in 1897, the col
lege offers undergraduate
degrees in 50 major areas
and graduate degrees in edu
cation and business, includ
ing doctoral degrees in
education.
Trader
set to
serve
St. Mary Middle School
teacher Chuck Trader has
been elected to the board
of directors of the Georgia
Accrediting Commission
(GAC). The 18-member
board makes policy and de
termines commission
membership.
As a board member,
Trader will make decisions
regarding standards of in
struction of Georgia stu
dents and will encourage
schools to meet commis
sion standards. The board’s
next meeting will be in
September.
The commission serves
as a means of ensuring that
its membership meets cer
tain standards for the oper
ation and support of quality
school programs in Geor
gia. GAC also determines
the accreditation status of
the educational program of
each school and publishes
an annual list of schools
with accredited programs.
The GAC executive direc
tor issues certificates for
those schools and agencies
Provisionally Accredited,
Accredited Annually, Ac
credited, Accredited Fully
and Accredited With Qual
ity.
The GAC, an independ
ent agency, is governed by
a board of elected educa
tors who have an interest in
education in Georgia.
Membership of the gov
erning board represents
teachers, instructional su
pervisors, school adminis
trators, Regional
Educational Service
Agency personnel, Georgia
Department of Education
personnel, and college per
sonnel who are responsible
for the preparation of
teachers and other profes
sional educators.
Valdosta State University students graduate, earn honors
The dean of Valdosta
State University (VSU) an
nounces the names of stu
dents from spring 2013 who
have earned the academic
status of dean’s list.
Students who achieve a
semester grade point aver
age of 3.50 or higher on
nine or more semester hours
with a VSU grade point av
erage of 3.00 or higher are
recognized by being placed
on the dean’s list.
Students from Kingsland
who have been named to the
dean’s list include Cory
Allen Acoff, Valerie Carol
Blatz, Deanna Carol Car-
reira, Matthew Paul Clover,
Melisa Elayne Cox, Kristo
pher Diaonte’ Dawson,
Devin Joseph Gillette,
Sarah Marie Henderson,
Melvin Houston, Keith J.
Hrabik, Karin L. Johnson,
Samantha Laura Lewis,
Christopher Glenn Lom
bard, Tammy Lynn Mulhair,
Desiree Nicole Rieper,
Dawn Rebecca Shaw,
Megan Leigh Shaw, Daniel
James Staub, Brendan
Joseph Taylor, Michael
Austin Waldrop, Claire
Elise Walker, Donald
Birth
Williams, Kiara Lauren
Wilson, Samantha D. Wil
son, Sarah Elizabeth Yawn
and Rebecca Molly Young.
Students from Woodbine
include Keegan Thomas
Anderson, Ronald Flowers,
Rachael Elizabeth Goble,
Calen Elizabeth Lee,
Nicholas William Lutes,
Leah Nicole Sullivan and
Vance Austin Willbanks.
Students from St. Marys
include Michelle Mary Al
brecht, Grace Ashcroft,
Jessica Marie Bartek, Victor
Miguel Bautista, Amber
Nichole Brady, Rachel
Diane Campbell, Jeffrey
Lee Chafin, Chelsea Marie
Coffey, Christopher Lee
Fields, Daniel Erick Flans-
burg, Jeremy Ryan Franklin,
John W. Gantz, Christopher
David Gladysz, Jonnie Lee
Gualandi, Malcolm An
thony James, Jonjenifer
Anne Kelsey, Jena Ann Lan-
gan, Joshua M. Larock, Joel
Christopher Laws, Jasmine
Taylor Mansour, Lance
Christopher Matlock, Lori-
anne Lea Mitchell, Cierra
Daniella Moore, Ricardo
Alejandro Ortiz, Justin Kyle
Schreiner, Trace Williams
Jackson Phillip Clark
Michael Clark Jr. and Ali
cia Clark of Kingsland an
nounce the birth of a son,
Jackson Phillip Clark, born
May 16, 2013. He weighed 7
pounds, 15 ounces.
Maternal grandparents are
Paul and Holly Winters of
Laura, Ohio.
Paternal grandparents are
Tee Massad of Brunswick
and Michael Clark of Pen
sacola, Fla.
Schuepbach, Christopher
Walker Sullivan, Alyssa
Ashley Tarmey, Allison
Faith Thorpe, Clayton
Waddell Turner, Jessica
Leigh Watson and Larry
Anthony Wilkins.
The dean of Valdosta
State University announces
the students from spring
2013 who have met all qual
ifications for graduation.
Students from Kingsland
include Gregg Cornelius
Westberry with a Master of
Education in Adult and Ca
reer Education; Teira Anne
Cole, with a Master of Edu
cation in Adult and Career
Education; Victoria Eliza
beth Sevilla with a Bachelor
of Arts in Criminal Justice;
Shawnay Giordano with a
Master of Science in Crimi
nal Justice; Dawn Rebecca
Shaw with a Bachelor of
Arts in Interdisciplinary
Studies; Melisa Elayne Cox
with a Bachelor of Business
in Administration and Mar
keting; Gina-Marie A
Guyette with a Bachelor of
Arts in Psychology; Vanessa
Ann Pinkney with a Bache
lor of Arts in Sociology;
Amanda G. Cooper, with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts in
Speech Communication;
and Jason Charles Howes,
with a Bachelor of Science
degree in Education, Work
force Education and Devel
opment.
Students from St. Marys
include Nicholas Joseph
Davies, with a Master of
Education in Adult and Ca
reer Education; Kevin
Mitchell Hatcher, with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in
Criminal Justice; Joel
Christopher Laws, with a
Bachelor of Science in Edu
cation, Workforce Educa
tion and Development; Jena
Ann Langan, with an Asso
ciate of Arts; Rickey
Bernard Cameron Hooks,
with an Associate of Arts;
and Heather Ann Murphy,
with a Master’s of Social
Work.
Students from Woodbine
include Holly Drury Dou
glas, with a Bachelor of Arts
in Criminal Justice; Jennifer
Susanne McLaws, with a
Bachelor of Arts in Criminal
Justice; Ashley Leanne
Griffis, with an Associate of
Arts; and Nicholas William
Lutes, with an Associate of
Arts.
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