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The Jenkins County Times
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Spotlight on:
Wilcom Sampson
MLK, Jr. Memorial
Scholarship Recipient
Wilcom Sampson is a 2001 MLK, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Recipient. “I graduated from Georgia Southern and currently
work for Securitas,” Wilcom explains. He is also a math
tutor for grades K-12 and a photographer. “Without the
scholarship, it would have been harder to reach my goals.
Thank you, scholarship committee!” Sampson is currently
taking an IT course.
Jenkins County Elementary School staff members nominated students for the April “FLY Student of
the Month” to reward academic excellence and behavior. These students are great representatives of the
school discipline model: “FLY” (F- Fly straight, L- Love of Learning, Y- You are responsible for YOU).
Students received a Planters Electric Student of the Month t-shirt and a lunch provided by our local
Dairy Queen.
Congratulations to the following students:
Bottom Row: Morgan Parris, Zoey Saxon, Bernard Thompson, Annaleigha Vanwey, Raceton Weathersby, Phillip Davis,
Khonor Grier, Landon Lane, Stefin Dias
Top Row: Neriah Young, Jordyn Coleman, Skylar Farrer, Addilee Newton, Brookelynn Scott, Marlon Sapp, Raheem Scott
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Upcoming Dates in School
May 16 - JCES Three-year old
Academy & Cookout
5-6 p.m. JCES Cafeteria
May 26 - Last Day/Early Release/
Graduation
EAGLE
NOTES
Tara Cooper
Superintendant
Jenkins County School
System
It is such an
inconvenience to be
sick. And I was sick last
week. I had to leave my
Spring Superintendent’s
conference because of the
exhausting coughing. I
missed the neon prom, too.
But I did have some time to
lay around, feel sorry for
myself, and think. And I
was reminded of a lesson.
A common misconception
in our world is the
difference between
equality and equity. And
this misconception makes
its way into the perception
of fairness. My favorite
illustration of equality
versus equity involves the
acquisition of apples from
an apple tree. If two people
wanted apples from the
tree, to be equal they could
both be provided ladders
of the same height. Sounds
fair. But what if one person
is shorter? To be equitable,
the shorter person would
need a taller ladder. Equal
is not equitable - and the
world we live in today
should know the difference.
I find myself telling my
children when they say,
“That’s not fair!” that life is
not fair. Every situation that
you encounter is not going
to have a fair ending. And
everything is not always
going to go your way. Deal
with it. Sometimes the
circumstances are not fair.
But every situation does
come with a lesson. It is
important to understand the
lessons.
I am convinced that we
must experience adversity
of some sort to learn how
to deal with it. We cannot,
as parents go swooping in
every time our children are
disappointed to try to fix the
problem for them. Coping
skills are vital for success -
as children, teenagers, and
adults. Learning how to
deal with anger, pain, and
loss in a positive manner
is the best way to prepare
us for situations that are
simply not fair.
I am constantly awed
and proud of how our
students in the Jenkins
County School System
handle difficult situations-
individually and as teams.
And how well they act
in the school setting. We,
as a community, parents,
and schools, have instilled
good manners, good
sportsmanship, and good
attitudes in our children.
Of course, our kids are
not perfect, and they will
get upset and act out
sometimes, but the culture
is solid. I hear it all the
time - really - how well
our students behave. So
obviously we’re getting
there. Creating and molding
good humans for the future.
Choosing to educate
your children about equity
as it relates to equality is
important. Everyone will
not be treated the same.
That’s a fact. My hope,
however, is that everyone
leams to act in a manner
such that they receive
equitable treatment. Our
world could use more
“do unto others as you
would have them do unto
you.” Our world could
use more kindness and
thoughtfulness and peace
and love. Our world could
use less “that’s not fair,”
and more “let’s deal with
it.”
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record catfish back into the Ogeechee River. “You should
have seen that fish. It was just as frisky as ever. I have no
doubt it survived,” he said confidently.
When asked about his other five Ogeechee River records,
he informed me that his butter cat (yellow bullhead catfish)
was actually the world record at the time when he caught it
in 2003. It still stands as the Georgia state record. “I got my
eyes set on a couple more records on the list,” he said with
a laugh. “But some of those are going to be hard to beat!”
He does know of one record that’s possible to beat. That
nearly 30-lb. catfish is still swimming around the Ogeechee
right now... and still growing! Happy fishing friends!
and just maybe you can beat a record of your own soon.
Unitl next time
Unde Sleg&i
Uncle Roger's Hint of the week:
Fishing is picking up all over the ogeechee river in April.
Largemouth Bass are entering the scene, and going after
Redbreast and Shad could pay off big time this month.
