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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2010
THE JACKSON HERALD
PAGE 9A
School News
DAVIS ORR PAUL ADAMS
3-D Award recipients named at JHS for March
JAKE AUSTIN Davis, Asher
Orr, Conner Paul and Kayla
Adams were named 3-D Award
recipients at Jefferson High
School for March.
DAVIS
Davis is the son of Sondra
Davis and Jerry Davis. His
school activities include soc
cer, Beta Club and Total Person
Program. His honors include
receiving the Most Improved
Player Award for soccer, the
Algebra II Award and perfect
attendance recognition. His
favorite subjects are algebra,
World War II history and sci
ence. He plans to attend the
University of Georgia and
enroll in the pharmacy pro
gram.
ORR
Orr is the son of Steve and
Bonnie Orr. His school activi
ties include varsity football,
varsity soccer, FCA and the
Scotland Exchange Program.
His favorite subjects are World
History and Spanish II. He
plans to attend college, begin
a career in real estate and travel
the world.
PAUL
Paul is the son of Gary and
Julie Paul. His school activities
include football, golf and FFA.
His honors include Blue Card.
His favorite subjects are social
studies and science. He plans to
attend a four-year college.
ADAMS
Adams is the daughter of
John and Robyne Adams. Her
school activities include Beta
Club, Spanish Club, Total
Person Program and Scotland
Exchange Program. Her honors
include three-time 3-D Award
recipient, National Society of
High School Scholars, Young
Leaders of America Program,
USAA Mathematics Award
and All-American Scholar
Program. Her favorite subjects
are Spanish, literature and
math. She plans to attend The
University of Georgia for two
years and then go onto another
school to major in architectural
engineering.
2010-11 VFW Annual Youth Essay Competitions announced
THE VETERANS of Foreign
Wars of the United States and
the 2nd District of the VFW's
Department of Georgia,
announce the beginning of its
2010-2011 Annual Youth Essay
Competitions. These competi
tions, which are for students
who will be in the sixth through
12th grades next school year,
are designed to promote cre
ative writing, writing principles
and, for Voice of Democracy
entrants, public speaking skills
while promoting patriotism.
A brief description of the
programs follows:
The Patriots Pen Essay
Contest gives middle school
(sixth-eighth grade) students
the opportunity to express their
opinion on a different annual
patriotic theme while work
ing on improving their theme
development and writing
skills, while they compete for
worthwhile awards and prizes.
Department (State) winners
compete for $91,000 in U.S.
Savings Bonds at the national
level with the winner receiving
a $10,000 U.S. Savings Bond in
Washington, D.C. in April each
year. The students are to write a
300-400 typewritten word essay
(+/- five words) on a subject
that is published each spring for
the upcoming year. The 2010-
11 Patriot's Pen theme is ‘Does
Patriotism Still Matter?’
Created in 1947, the Voice of
Democracy scholarship com
petition is a nationwide audio
essay contest which high school
students write and then record a
three-five minute (+/- five sec
onds) broadcast script on a dif
ferent annual patriotic theme,
competing for more than $3 mil
lion in total college scholarships
and incentives. Department
(State) winners are brought to
Washington, D.C. in April to
enjoy the nation’s capital and
compete for $148,000 in schol
arships - first place receiving a
$30,000 scholarship. The 2010-
11 Voice of Democracy theme
is ‘Does My Generation Have a
Role in America’s Future?’
These programs have been
placed on the NASSP National
Advisory List of Contests and
Activities for 2010-2011 by
the National Association of
Secondary School Principals.
Every middle and high
school in Jackson County will
be given entry brochures once
school starts in the fall, which
contains the official rules for
the submission of entries. This
competition is open to all stu
dents in Jackson County (public
school, private school and home
schooled). If you need an entry
form and you attend any of the
schools in Jackson County, you
can wait and see your school's
Language Arts Department
chairperson, or you can obtain
a PDF copy of the appropriate
brochure online at the following
locations: for the Patriot's Pen
at http://www.vfw.org/resourc-
es/pdf/PP Entry Form.pdf; for
the Voice of Democracy at
http://www.vfw.org/resources/
pdf/VOD EntryForm.pdf.
All entries must be submitted
through the student's school
or home school association,
which needs to do a prelimi
nary judging of the entries and
forward the entries (one entry
for every 15 or part thereof) to
VFW Post 4872, 411 Gordon
Street, Jefferson, Ga„ 30549
before November 1. Entries
submitted after that date will
not be accepted and disquali
fied, as will any entry that
fails to meet the minimum or
exceeds the maximum limits
as listed above for length. This
is not to punish the student's
work, but it is to ensure that the
entries are uniform in length
and allows for timely judging
and forwarding of the winners
to the next level of competi
tion.
The Veterans of Foreign
Wars and the 2nd District of
the VFW's Dept, of Georgia
encourage students to partici
pate in the competitions as
it promotes creative writing,
writing principles and, for
Voice of Democracy entrants,
public speaking skills while
promoting patriotism while
providing opportunities and in
scholarships.
Two Jackson countians to be recognized at ABAC
TWO JACKSON County
students qualified for Honor
Student status at Abraham
Baldwin Agricultural College,
Tilton, and will be recognized
during Honors Day ceremonies
on April 14.
ABAC President David
Bridges said students receiving
this recognition are those who
have completed a minimum of
15 semester hours at ABAC
with a cumulative grade point
average between 3.2 and 3.74
on a 4.0 scale. Students with
higher averages are recognized
as superior and distinguished
honor students.
The following Jackson
County students honored and
their hometowns are as follows:
Leasa R. Garmon, Hoschton;
and Daniel L. Simmons,
Pendergrass.
Benton recognizes students for excellence in behavior, education
EACH MONTH, teachers
at Benton Elementary School
select a student in their home
room demonstrating either
excellence in behavior or excel
lence in education.
These students are hav
ing their picture displayed on
the wall to acknowledge their
accomplishment. It is Benton's
hope to spotlight students that
are striving towards educational
excellence.
The students of the month
for March are: Roberto
Calix, Ricardo Zapata, Austin
Ackerman, Hayden Haley,
Hunter Larkin, Savannah
Brown, Agustin Ponce,
Mayetta Jones, Tyler Bettis,
Angelia Gay, Jazmine Pressley,
Nicol Borjas, Holleigh Looney,
Austin Atherton and Diego
Ramirez.
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EJMS names principal’s
list, honor roll students
EAST JACKSON Middle
School has named its princi
pal’s list and honor roll for
the third nine-week grading
period.
Students earning all A’s are
named to the principal's list,
while those maintaining an A
average are named to the honor
roll.
PRINCIPAL’S LIST
Seventh grade: Kristina Ashe,
Kayla Banks, Terry Barnette,
Taylor Beatty, Cole Canup,
Jacob Davis, Meghan Dowell,
Katie Grindle, Olivia Hicks,
Austin Jones, Carrie Leon,
Zachary Lounder, Iris Mora,
Carlie Morgan, Kristen Mull,
Nick Parr, Elijah Pierce, Taylor
Presley, Austin Roberts, Cassy
Stephens and Trace Wilbanks.
Eighth grade: Justin Akin,
Savannah Barnett, Taylin
Cozzens, Autumn Cromer,
Beth Doss, Chelsey Holland,
Harlie Howington, Brooke
Humphries, Jessie Samples,
NoahStaples, Grade Thompson
and Joi Waldsmith.
HONOR ROLL
Seventh grade: Arturo
Arteaga, HomerBames, Bridget
Barnett, Adam Bartel, Drake
Benton, Ty Beason, Rebecca
Bramblett, Hannah Brookshire,
Hannah Browning, Sierra
Bush, Collin Cosby, Mason
Crawford, Morgan Crawford,
Valerie Cray, Josh Crumley,
Faith Gilman, Fermin Godinez,
Ashleihj Grooms, Josh Hansard,
Jess Harvey, Sydney Holland,
Nichole Hoover, Noah Hulett,
Nar Lakhicharran, Sydney
Humphries, Kailtlin Kilgore,
Angie Kitchens, Bayleigh
Marlow, Alex Martin, Wyatt
McCurry, Mez McGhee and
Kallie McLendon.
Also, Destiny McWaters,
Samantha Minish, Sarah
Moon, Kinsley Morris, Joseph
Pass, Victoria Packard, Slavi
Petresku, Niki Pruitt, Daniel
Reaves, Bobby Reidling,
Reagan Robach, Michael
Seagraves, Hanna Shook,
Melissa Skinner, Randi
Slizewski, Vladik Staples,
Brodhi Strong, Aeriel Tarpkins,
James Taylor, Jenna Thomas,
Aldo Vaca, Raeanne Waters,
Dayton Watkins, Juliana
Watson, Ivy Wheeler, Ryan
White, Kristin Whitlock and
Heather Wiggins.
Eighth grade: Austin
Beauchamp, Alyssa Biggs,
Jamie Brown, Maribel Callejas,
Alexis Carter, Sara Curry, Alex
Dodd, Allisan Farlow, Terry
Fortner, Cayla Highfield, Rusty
House, Beth Huffman, Tyler
Hutto, Torie Jones, Kelsey
Kelly, Elizabeth Kim, Tori Lee,
Jessica McKay, Jessie Minish,
Adam Minnick and Danita
Moon.
Also, McKenzie Parr, Diana
Petresku, Alexandra Poole,
Carter Potts, JoshPresley, Alisha
Roberts, Lauren Sanders, Hope
Satterfield, Haven Sears, Justin
Sears, Alex Sewell, Timberlie
Smith, Paige Stephens, Andrew
Taylor, Harley Tolbert, Drashun
Upadyay, Augustina Vasquez,
Ana Wagner, Tad Whitfield and
Lauren Worley.
Locals named to honor society
GAINESVILLE State
College’s Phi Theta Kappa’s
Rho Mu chapter recently held
its spring induction ceremony to
honor new members, including
those from Jackson County.
Phi Theta Kappa is the inter
national honor society of the
two-year college. PTK has rec
ognized academic excellence
in the two-year college since
1918 and has become the larg
est and the most prestigious
honor society serving two-year
colleges around the world.
To be invited to join Phi
Theta Kappa, Gainesville State
College students must have
earned a minimum 3.6 GPA
in Gainesville State College
coursework and have completed
at least 15 hours at Gainesville
State College, among other eli
gibility criteria.
Those named new induct
ees include: Danette Danielle
Sipper, Stephanie Dawn Snyder
and Denelle Marie Williams,
all of Braselton; Crystal M.
Cruz, Commerce: Jada Carol
Lewallen, Hoschton; Monica
Marcela Diaz, David Wayne
Holcombe and Michael Walter
Tillotson, all of Jefferson;
and Sabrina Victoria Barron,
Pendergrass.
JCCHS student wins essay contest
A JACKSON County stu
dent was honored for having a
winning entry in the 2010 Ag
Day essay contest sponsored
by the Georgia Department of
Agriculture and the Georgia
Agriculture in the Classroom
Council. The winning entries
were selected from among
more than 2,000 submitted.
A first place award in essay
went to Drake Corbin, a ninth
grade student at Jackson
County Comprehensive High
School, in the 9 - 12 grade
category.
The first place winners
received $200. All winners
received commemorative cer
tificates for their essays on the
themeof“Agriculture:Touching
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ACCEPTING BIDS
Jackson County Board Of Education
The Jackson County Board of Education has
declared as surplus the land and structure located
at 333 Martin Street, Jefferson, Georgia. Sealed
bids for the purchase of this property are being
accepted until 5:00 PM on Thursday, May 6, 2010
at the Central Office and may be mailed to the
Jackson County Board of Education at 1660
Winder Highway, Jefferson, Georgia 30549. Bids
will be opened at 3:00 PM on Friday, May 7, 2010
at the above location. The Jackson County Board
of Education reserves the right to reject any or all
bids.
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