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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2010
School News
EJCHS teachers win grant
FFA OFFICERS FOR EJCHS
The East Jackson Comprehensive High School officers are: (back row, L-R) Ronnie Slizewski, Brooke Chrisley,
Sarah Carithers, Amanda Murphy, Brianna Davenport and Newt Gilman; and (front row, L-R) Heather Bing, Kelsie
Parr, Kristen McFearin, Courtney McDowell and Hannah Jackson.
East Jackson High FFA officer team named
THE EAST Jackson
Comprehensive High School
officer team for FFA recently
attended an officer retreat
conducted at the school.
During the retreat, offi
cers took part in leadership
activities and teambuilding
exercises to get to know one
another and learn to work
together. The team planned
their program of activities
for the year. Throughout the
retreat, the officers ate togeth
er, played games together and
attempted to put up tents.
Overall, the students were
able to build friendships and
plan and prepare for the year
ahead.
FFA officers are: Kristen
McFearin, president; Newt
Gilman, vice president;
Amanda Murphy, treasurer;
Sarah Carithers, secretary;
Brooke Chrisley, reporter;
Ronnie Slizewski, sentinel;
Kelsie Parr, student advi
sor; Heather Bing, historian;
Hannah Jackson, parliamen
tarian; Brianna Davenport,
chaplain; and Courtney
McDowell, student activities
chair.
Advisors are David Burton,
Greg Gilman and Taylor
Ginn.
The National FFA
Organization, formerly
known as the Future Farmers
of America, is a nation
al youth organization of
506,199 student members -
all preparing for leadership
and careers in the science,
business and technology of
agriculture - as part of 7,429
local FFA chapters in all 50
states, Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands. The National
FFA Organization changed to
its present name in 1988, in
recognition of the growth and
diversity of agriculture and
agricultural education.
The FFA mission is to
make a positive difference
in the lives of students by
developing their potential for
premier leadership, personal
growth and career success
through agricultural edu
cation. The National FFA
Organization operates under
a Federal Charter granted
by the 81st Congress of the
United States, and is an inte
gral part of public instruction
in agriculture. The Georgia
Department of Education
provides leadership and helps
set direction for FFA as a ser
vice to the local agricultural
education programs.
Submitted by East Jackson
High FFA Reporter.
TWO JACKSON County
educators won a $2,000 ING
Unsung Heroes grant.
They are Todd Shultz and
Greg Gilman, educators at East
Jackson Comprehensive High
School. Shultz is now voca
tional director of the Jackson
County School System.
By receiving the ING
Unsung Heroes award Shultz
and Gilman are recognized
as two of the nation's most
innovative educators. They
were among only 100 win
ners across the country who
received $2,000 awards to help
fund “Adopt a Chick,” their
innovative idea, and bring it
to life in the classroom. They
will now compete with other
winners for one of the top
three prizes — an additional
$5,000, $10,000 or $25,000.
“Adopt a Chick” is the win
ning program idea by Shultz
and Gilman. Jackson County
ranks first in the nation for the
number of farms in a coun
ty, according to Shultz and
Gilman. Through the program,
students at all levels, from the
local elementary schools to
the high school, will learn
where their food and fiber
originates, environmental
issues, and the value of agri
culture in Georgia. Students
will participate in raising
poultry and learning impor
tant record-keeping skills.
The program began with
elementary school students in
the animal science class using
broiler chicks and learning
about basic care for the chicks,
weighing and recording the
chicks' weights, and invento
rying expenses. They were led
by the high school students
through the completion of a
record book as well as taught
about health issues.
Shultz and Gilman hope
that the students will learn
that agricultural awareness is
essential to the continuation
of the most abundant and saf
est food supply in the world
and that going green is not
just a fad but a way of life.
“Educators are one of our
most valuable resources and
yet their hard work and efforts
often times go unnoticed,”
said Brian Comer, presi
dent, Public Markets, ING
U.S. Retirement Services.
“We hope the additional
grant funds Todd Shultz and
Greg Gilman were awarded
through the ING Unsung
Heroes program will help
to sustain their program.
Educators make investments
each day in the lives of our
children. The very least we
can do is to make an invest
ment in them and their inno
vative programs that will
benefit their classroom, their
community, and the lives of
the children they will serve
for years to come.”
The 2010 ING Unsung
Heroes winners were select
ed from a group of more than
1,600 applications.
SPECIAL PROJECT AT JES
Nichole Martin’s kindergarten class at Jefferson Elementary School read the book,
“If You Take a Mouse to School” and brought their favorite stuffed animal from home
and made homemade chocolate chip cookies for a snack.
STARTING A NEW SCHOOL YEAR
Jefferson Middle School sixth graders (L-R) Shelby Fowler, Makayla Hamby, Alysia
Simmons and Brianna Love are shown welcoming in a new school year, which
started on Monday, Aug. 2.
JCCHS seniors make improvement to school grounds
SENIORS AT Jackson
County Comprehensive
High School have taken
on a class project this year
to make improvements to
the front of the school
grounds.
“The hill in front of the
school has been unkempt
for many years now,”
organizers state. “The first
step of the project began
with the removal of most
of the pine trees and the
brush on the hill.”
The seniors offer thanks
to Robert Williams and
Kendall & Company
for volunteering their
machine, The Kendall
Cutter, and their time to
get the project rolling by
removing the growth on
the hill.
The next step will be the
cutting down of approxi
mately 10 pine trees that
were larger in diameter
than the machine could
manage.
The final project will
include shrubbery in the
shape of “JC” to “show
our school spirit as well
as display a professional
image,” organizers state.
Anyone with suggestions
or willing to volunteer any
assistance or materials is
asked to email Derelle
McMenomy at dmcmeno-
my @jackson.kl2.ga.us.
JACKSON COUNTY Ilf
fe COMPREHENSIVE
HIGH SCHOOL
IMPROVEMENTS AT JCCHS
Seniors at Jackson County Comprehensive High
School have taken on a class project this year to make
improvements to the front of the school grounds.
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