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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
School
Commerce FFA hosting
bake sale Sept. 16
The Commerce High and Commerce Middle FFA chap
ters are hosting a bake sale on Saturday, Sept. 16, from
9 a.m. to noon at Shirley Feed & Seed (2439 N. Elm St.,
Commerce).
All proceeds will go towards students traveling to the
National FFA Convention in Indianapolis this November.
A wide variety of items will be made available for a do
nation.
For questions, email Skyler.davis@commercecity-
schools.org
Hoschton resident awarded
PAGE John Robert and Barbara
Moore Lindsey Scholarship
Cameron Reid Smith, of
Hoschton, is the recipient
of the PAGE John Robert
and Barbara Moore Lind
sey Scholarship. The $1,000
Scholarship goes to an “out
standing Georgia Southern
University PAGE mem
ber in a teacher education
program who will soon be
entering Georgia’s class
rooms.” Recipients commit
to teach in Georgia for three
years.
Smith is a secondary ed
ucation major at Georgia
Southern University. The
scholarship is given each
year through the Profession
al Association of Georgia
Educators (PAGE) Founda
tion.
Craig Harper, executive
director of PAGE, noted that
each year the organization
awards more than $15,000
in scholarships to aspiring
and experienced Georgia
educators.
“It is very satisfying
to see our scholarship
program, administered
through the PAGE Foun
dation, connect deserv
ing students with those
contributors interested
Cameron Reid Smith, of
Hoschton, is the recip
ient of the PAGE John
Robert and Barbara
Moore Lindsey Scholar
ship.
in rewarding academ
ic achievement,” Harper
said. “During his life, Dr.
Lindsey worked tirelessly
in the early years of FGE
(Future Georgia Educa
tors) to grow the program.
His legacy of support in
building the next genera
tion of future teachers lives
on through the scholarship
that he and Barbara Moore
Lindsey established.”
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(L to R): Victoria Verberkmoes of Toccoa, Sarah Campbell of Maysville, and Brooke Hayes of Cornelia
were blue-ribbon winners at a recent horse show in Kentucky.
Maysville girl winner in horse show competition
A Maysville girl was
part of an equestrian team
that won blue ribbons for
Tallulah Falls School at a
recent event in Kentucky.
The Tallulah Falls
School Competitive Pony
team traveled to Bowling
Green, Kentucky, to com
pete at the Class A Minia
ture, Shetland and Show
Pony Blue Grass Round-
Up on Aug. 19-20. Team
members showed ponies
in several different classes,
including halter, roadster,
hunter, jumping, show
manship, versatility, and
country pleasure driving.
Sarah Campbell of
Maysville, Brooke Hayes
of Cornelia and Victoria
Verberkmoes of Toccoa
all brought home blue rib
bons.
Campbell drove open
country pleasure in three
different classes and won
first place in all three,
making her the overall
grand champion in minia
ture country pleasure. She
also won first place in solid
color halter.
“I am still learning the
horses,” said Campbell. “It
was exciting to win.”
The team competed with
four champion ponies pro
vided by President and
Head of School Dr. Larry
A. Peevy and equestrian
program director Dinah
Peevy, who both traveled
to the competition with the
team.
“They were on it,” said
Dinah Peevy. “It was the
best show we have had.
The team is really standing
out - they placed high in
every class.”
The next show for the
team will be held at the
Newton County Saddle
Club in September.
Georgia Ag Experience STEM Challenge planned for elementary schools
Georgia elementary classes
in third-fifth grades are invited
to enter the “Great Potato Chal
lenge” STEM Challenge to put
their science, technology, engi
neering and math (STEM) skills
to work. Special education class
es, homeschool or community/
after school groups consisting of
third through fifth grade students
may also enter the challenge.
Elementary classes that partic
ipate in this challenge will study
the fife cycle of a potato. Students
will observe the growth patterns
of a potato planted in soil, a po
tato grown hydroponically and
a control potato placed in a petri
dish with no source of nourish
ment. Students will record their
observations in a journal and dis
cuss their findings.
Teachers interested in par
ticipating in the “Great Potato
STEM Challenge” may visit
www.gfb.ag/stemchallenge for
more information and register'
for the program from Sept, i i to
March i5.
Once teacher's register' their
classes, they will receive instant
access to a digital resource toolkit
that equips their class tor partici
pating in the STEM challenge.
The top-grade winner' from the
third, fourth and fifth-grade en
tries will win a prize package to
taling $350 tor their' class.
Each participating class will
be asked to answer' the question
“What can potatoes teach me
about soil and how it interacts
with living and nonliving things?”
The STEM challenge asks
participating classes to complete
the provided lesson plan and ac
tivities provided tor the challenge
and then create a video presenta
tion no longer' than five minutes
that demonstrates what the stu
dents learned about growing pota
toes. Class presentations must be
uploaded to YouTube for judging
by March 15.
“We developed the STEM
challenge to connect elementary
students to Georgia agriculture.
This year; students can observe
potatoes growing in their' own
garden to see how soil interacts
with living and non-living things
around them,” said GFA Educa
tional Programs Assistant Virgin
ia Fulwood. “This type of activity
is a hands-on way to learn.”
The statewide competition,
sponsored by Georgia Farm
Bureau (GFB) and the Geor
gia Foundation tor Agriculture
(GFA), is an outreach program of
the GFA Georgia Ag Experience
mobile classroom. This challenge
has previously been offered in
the tall and spring but has been
redesigned to run an entire school
year'.
The purpose of the challenge
is to encourage elementary teach
ers and students in grades 3-5 to
explore aspects of Georgia agri
culture by applying their' STEM
skills to solve real-world prob
lems that farmer's face in produc
ing food and fiber'.
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