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blackboard The Upson Beacon Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Page 2B This page and subscriptions provided to the Upson-Lee The Peoples Bank ^IVFGriff of Georgia "The way Banking used to be" Member 943 N. Church Street • Thomaston (£} FDIC 706-646-1462 ™ v Insurance Services 517 N. Church Street Thomaston, GA 30286 706-647-8121 School System by these generous partners in education... |o ■ * K. sjfcrj Rifle team members at the state championship match. Courtesy of T-U Schools U-L NJROTC Wins Rifle Semifinals On March 4, the Upson-Lee High School NJROTC rifle team traveled to North Cobb High School to compete in the Georgia High School Associa tion’s rifle semifinals, adding another win to the books by shooting a team score of 1,134. U-L’s Emily Goggins was the high est team shooter with an overall score of 291, followed by Jada Dunbar (283), James Mayer (280), Michael Valliere (278), and Jerry Cleveland (274)- Since the North Cobb team scored a total 1,075 points (and high shooter Sofia Brisbane shooting 286), The Knights competed in the GHSA finals on March 16. During finals, Goggins again se cured the status of team high shooter with 565 points, followed by Mayer with 564, Dunbar and Cleveland tying at 551, and Abigail Ozley at 541. a tom** KA ■ mm rt dQ'- rx-- Jri i &i U Tuft% . in’' \jkcKV in Ty » 1 Urr i A M iv1 ■ i-m- -f . 4 f- ULHS symphonic band members Courtesy of T-U Schools ULHS Band Rated Superior at LPGE Musicians in the Upson-Lee High School symphonic band received overall “superior” ratings in stage performance and sight-reading categories during the 2024 Georgia Music Educators Associ ation Large Group Performance Eval uation on Friday, March 15. Participating bands must choose three songs from a list provided by GMEA officials and perform on stage for judges. Following performances, band members are provided a piece of music to sight read and have six mi nutes to prepare before performing for judges. Band ratings for both categories in clude Superior (outstanding perform ance), Excellence (unusually good performance in many respects, but not worthy of highest rating due to minor defects), Good (a good performance, but not outstanding), and Fair (a perform ance that shows some obvious weak nesses, generally week and uncertain). The ULHS band program is led by director Cameron Born. To hear how the students sound, multiple performances from the March 12 band concert are available on the school system’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@T-US- chools. ULMS band members load the bus to LGPE. Submitted ULMS Band Rated Excellent at LGPE The Upson-Lee Middle School honor band received an overall “excel lence” rating in stage performance and sight-reading categories during the 2024 Large Group Performance Evaluation event on March 13 at Northside High School in Warner Robins. LGPE is a performance evaluation sanctioned by the Georgia Music Edu cators Association, and 2024 marks the second year ULMS has attended since COVID-19 put a pause on the annual evaluation. Participating bands must choose three songs from a list provided by GMEA officials and perform on stage for judges. Following performances, band members are provided a piece of music to sight read and have six mi nutes to prepare before performing forjudges. Band ratings for both categories include Superior (outstanding per formance), Excellence (unusually good performance in many respects, but not worthy of highest rating due to minor defects), Good (a good per formance, but not outstanding), and Fair (a performance that shows some obvious weaknesses, generally week and uncertain). Members of the band told the Upson Beacon, “All the success in this band is thanks to the band director, Katie Sosebee.” UPSON-LEE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT DISTRICT: March 20: Report Cards Go Home March 26: ECS Parent Meeting, 6 p.m. @ Trinity Baptist Church ULMS: March 21: Parent/Teacher Conference, 4-6 p.m. ULES: March 28: Parent/Teacher Conference, 5-7 p.m. ULHS Students Place at Regional Literacy Competition Mackey Competes at State On Wednesday, March 6, Upson-Lee High School students participated in the Georgia High School Asso ciation Region 2-AAA Lit eracy Day Competition, with the team placing third overall in addition to nu merous individual award recipients. During the event, Alex Mackey won first place in extemporaneous speaking (international topic). Mac key’s first-place finish qual ified him for the GHSA State AAA Literary Cham pionships, scheduled Sat urday, March 16 at Bremen High School in Warner Robins. Aisha Derico received second place in extempora neous speaking (domestic topic), and fourth place in the personal essay category. Jules Passmore took third place in literary analysis essay, while Sarah Salter placed fourth in argumen tative essay. Carrie Brown, Gabrielle Mann, and Nicole Parks won second place in the girls’ trio competition. Tripp Brown, Brady Sorrow, Ian McLane, and Mackey won second place in the boys’ quartet cate gory- Brown also placed third place in the boys’ solo com petition. Results from the March 16 championships were un available at press time. U-L Chess Team Secures Win The Upson-Lee High School chess team recently traveled to Givinnett County for a chess tourna ment, securing a ivin over The Marist School, ac cording to ULHS officials. Courtesy of T-U Schools
