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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010
School News
Students attend summer leadership camp
AT CAMP
Area students from three schools recently traveled to Covington to attend the FFA-
FCCLA Summer Leadership Camp.
FFA AND FCCLA stu
dents from Jackson County
Comprehensive High School,
West Jackson Middle School
and East Jackson Middle
School recently attended
the FFA-FCCLA Summer
Leadership Camp 2010 at the
Georgia FFA-FCCLA Center
in Covington.
Summer Leadership Camp
— which welcomed 2,100
students — was a week filled
with activities and leadership
opportunities.
Camp activities included
volleyball, softball, a swim
meet, a fishing tournament,
skeet and archery shoot
ing, talent show, low ropes
course, climbing wall, zip
line and other events. On the
last night of camp, students
participated in an obstacle
course, highlighted by the
challenge of traversing a slip
pery pipe suspended over a
mud pit.
The theme for Summer
Leadership Camp 2010 was
“Make Your Mark,” which
challenged students not to
leave their name on a wall,
but to make a lasting mark
by reaching out to change
someone’s life.
“Summer Leadership
Camp is about teaching stu
dents various tools of suc
cess, while they have the
time of their life,” said Todd
Teasley, camp director. “The
teachers and staff invest so
much time to make sure these
youth have an experience that
they will never forget.”
The Georgia FFA-
FCCLA Center is located in
Covington, on the banks of
Lake Jackson. Built in 1938,
the Georgia FFA-FCCLA
Center has been providing
students the opportunity to
develop leadership and team
building skills through their
FFA and FCCLA chapters.
The camp has seen many
phases of renovation over the
years and for four weeks out
of the summer, it houses up
to 600 students per week.
The Georgia FFA-FCCLA
Center has seen such rapid
growth that another week
of camp has been approved
for next summer to extended
camp times from the middle
of May through the end of
June.
Local FFA and FCCLA
chapters choose which week
is most convenient for their
students. This year, Jackson
County school officials
choose to participate in the
fourth week of camp, June
14-18.
North Georgia Community Foundation awards scholarships
THE NORTH Georgia
Community Foundation
(NGCF) recently announced
that it has awarded $187,500
in scholarships to local high
school students pursuing
higher education this fall.
Seven Jackson County stu
dents are the recipients of
NGCF administered schol
arships. The recipients and
their scholarship awards are
as follows:
Commerce High School:
Tori Clark, $1,000 from
the Mar-Jac Poultry
Scholarship Fund; Hannah
Haggard, $1,000 from the
Northeast Georgia School
Superintendent's Scholarship
Fund; Deep Patel, $1,000
from the Northeast Georgia
School Superintendent’s
Scholarship Fund; James
Purcell, $1,000 from the
Northeast Georgia School
Superintendent’s Scholarship
Fund; East Jackson
Comprehensive High School:
Kristy Howard, $1,000
from the Mar-Jac Poultry
Scholarship Fund; Jackson
County Comprehensive High
School: Rebecca Tweedy,
$1,000 from the Mar-Jac
Poultry Scholarship Fund;
and David Lyle, $2,000
renewable over three years
from the TD Automotive
Compressor Georgia
Scholarship Fund.
In total, NGCF awarded
scholarships from 18 schol
arship funds established
at the Foundation to 113
students from 32 schools
across 19 counties in north
Georgia.
“Scholarships are an
important investment in
the future of our commu
nities,” said Jim Mathis,
president and CEO of the
North Georgia Community
Foundation. “Helping our
local students attain higher
education is one of the best
ways of improving the qual
ity of life in our region.”
Founded in 1985 by Lou
Fockele and other business
leaders, the North Georgia
Community Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the
spirit and quality of life of
the community by build
ing, managing and award
ing charitable grants from
a pool of community funds
valued in excess of $31 mil
lion. Since its beginning in
1985, more than $35 million
in grants have been award
ed to deserving organiza
tions throughout the United
States. Also, the organiza
tion promotes training and
networking among the
region’s nonprofits, in which
about 300 organizations
belong. Over 270 individual
funds are currently admin
istered by the Foundation.
These funds include: Donor
Advised Funds - Community
Impact Fund - Designated/
Endowment Funds and
Scholarship Funds.
To view a full list of this
year’s scholarship recipients
or for more information on
the Foundation’s scholarship
program or other services
visit the NGCF Web site at
www.ngcf.org or call (770)
535-7880.
Jefferson Middle School sets registration dates
JEFFERSON MIDDLE
School has scheduled reg
istration dates for students
new to the Jefferson City
School System.
New students to JCS who
will be entering grades 6,
7, or 8 may register from
9 - 11:30 a.m. on one of the
following dates: Friday, July
9; Friday, July 16; or Friday,
July 23.
Students enrolling in
Jefferson Middle School will
be required to provide the
following documentation;
•A certified copy of the
student’s birth certificate.
•A copy of the student’s
official social security card.
•An updated certificate of
immunization form.
•Proof of residency docu
ment (electric bill, water
bill, etc.).
•Withdrawal form and aca
demic records from the last
school attended in a sealed
envelope.
Any student withdraw
ing from Jefferson Middle
School should also plan
on obtaining records dur
ing these dates and times.
Parents should call 706-367-
2882 if there are questions.
JCCHS student’s music to
be featured in Carrollton
A COMPOSITION writ
ten by Taylor Roland, a
senior at Jackson County
Comprehensive High
School, will be performed
at the annual July 4 “Sounds
of Liberty” concert in
Carrollton on July 4.
The selection, “A Bit of
Springtime,” will be per
formed by the Carroll
Symphony Orchestra. The
director/conductor, Terry
Lowry, who has worked for
the past 10 years with cho
rale director Todd Chandler
at JCCHS, chose Taylor’s
piece for his orchestra to
play during the annual con
cert in Carrollton.
Taylor is active in the
band and chorus at JCCHS.
He plays trumpet and piano
and sings, as well as com
posing classical music. He
began composing when he
was in seventh grade. He
has written pieces that have
been performed by college
professors and profession
al musicians in Virginia,
Alaska, Utah and Norway.
Taylor is the son of Donna
Gaillard, Jefferson, and
Paul Roland, Baconton, and
the grandson of Edith and
Randall Gaillard, Jefferson,
and Billy and Geneva
Roland, Colquitt.
CONCERT
The “Sounds of Liberty
Concert” will take place on
Sunday in front of Carrollton
Elementary School. The
presentation will begin at
8:15 p.m., and will serve
as a prelude to a fireworks
display presented by the
Carrollton Area Convention
and Visitors Bureau.
ROLAND
Under the direction of con
ductor and music director
Terry Lowry, the CSO will
perform a program of patri
otic favorites by American
composers including Aaron
Copeland, Charles Ives,
John Williams, and John
Philip Sousa.
The concert, which will
begin with the raising of
the United States flag by
the American Legion Honor
Guard and the playing of
the National Anthem, will
include a salute to the U.S.
Armed Forces and sever
al patriotic songs that the
entire family will enjoy.
Concert organizers will
pass out more than 3,000
American flags for concert-
goers to wave as the CSO
plays familiar sounds such
as “America The Beautiful”,
“My Country ‘Tis of Thee”,
“God of Our Fathers”,
“The Battle Hymn of the
Republic” and “The Stars
and Stripes Forever”.
The family-oriented
“Sounds of Liberty Concert”
is open to the public and
admission is free.
JHS registration dates set
REGISTRATION will be
held at Jefferson High School
on the following dates:
•Thursday, July 29, 12th
graders, noon to 1:30 p.m.,
cafeteria.
•Thursday, July 29, 11th
graders, 2 to 3:30 p.m., caf
eteria.
•Friday, July 30, 10th
graders, 10:30 a.m. to noon,
cafeteria.
•Friday, July 30, ninth
graders, 1 to 3 p.m., caf
eteria.
Students will complete
the following activities at
registration: Pick up class
schedule, be photographed
for student ID card and
yearbook, get locker rental
for $10, purchase parking
permits for $25, pick up
school information concern
ing policies, procedures and
programs, purchase school
supplies from school store,
meet teachers and staff and
ask questions.
Classes begin Monday,
Aug. 2. There will be dif
ferent times for the school
day this year. The school
day will start at 7:50 a.m.
and end at 2:55 p.m.
A school counselor is
available every Wednesday
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. dur
ing the summer months to
assist students and parents
with course schedules and
transcripts.
For more information, con
tact Jefferson High School at
706-367 -2881 or 706-367-
2884
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County students recognized
TWO JACKSON
Countians were among the
North Georgia Technical
College students from the
Allied Health program
who were recognized for
academic achievements at
a recent program.
The Jackson county
residents pinned included
Clinical Laboratory stu
dent Stephanie Callaway
and Medical Assisting stu
dent DeLaura Brock.
Brock is the daughter
of Peggy Crosby and the
late John White. She and
her husband, Benny, live
in Commerce with their
three children Christopher,
Deon, and Mackenzie.
DeLaura was pinned by
her daughter, Mackenzie,
and cousin, Sonia Knox.
“I am always impressed
with our students’ tech
nical skills, but lately I
have noticed what poised
and gracious ambassadors
they all are for our techni
cal college system,” said
president Steve Dougherty.
“They will represent us
well.”
Williams named to dean’s list
RICHARD ALFONSO
Williams of Hoschton was
named to the spring 2010
dean’s list at Clayton State
University.
Students must enroll in a
minimum of nine credit hours
and maintain a grade point
average of 3.6 or higher to be
eligible for the dean’s list.