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Wednesday, March 24, 2021 - Pike County Journal Reporter - Page 5A
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Kindergarteners at Pike County Primary School who were selected as February Students of the Month include Tinlee Leather-
man, Marlie Dennis, Caylee Totzeck, Olivia Everett, Weston Harrison, Waylon Follett, Karlee Martinez, Brady Rowan, Tyler Hol
liday, Zoey Dockery and Brianna Whitten. Not pictured is Sam Hauke.
Primary school Students of the Month honored
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First graders at Pike County Primary School who were selected as February Students of the Month include Braelyn Stanfield,
Abigail Hamlin, Toni Patton, Madeline Roundtree, Bo Blakeney, Livi Lewis, Easton Hurt, Hayden Taylor, Grayson Potter and Olivia
Sorrell. Not pictured is Ashlinn McCormick
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Second graders at Pike County Primary School who were selected as February Students of the Month include Braelyn Mason,
Kenslie Hine, Cale Jenkins, Georgia Fawbush, Lila Joe Lewis, Jaynie Chappell, Kinley Begner, Luke Frazier, and Lexa Stuart. Not
pictured is Lanier Hubbard.
GACD sponsors
Ag Experience
STEM Challenge
Top three
grade winners
will earn $350
Georgia elementary
classes in third through
fifth grades are be
ing challenged to put
their science, technol
ogy, engineering and
math (STEM) skills to
work to explore the
real-world issue that
farmers face of main
taining soil health.
Elementary teachers
and their students
may enter the Soil
Health Explorers STEM
Challenge competition
through May 14 for the
chance to win a prize
package totaling $350
for their class. The top
grade win
ner from
the third,
fourth and
fifth grade
entries
will win
a prize
package. The winners
will be announced via a
Zoom presentation on
May 21.
The Georgia Associa
tion of Conservation
Districts (GACD) is a
non-profit organiza
tion that promotes the
conservation of natural
resources, is spon
soring the statewide
competition, which is
being coordinated by
the Georgia Ag Experi
ence (GAE) and Georgia
Foundation for Agricul
ture (GFA).
Teachers interested
in participating in the
Soil Health Explorers
STEM Challenge may
visit GFB.ag/stemchal-
lenge for more infor
mation and to register
for the program. Once
teachers register their
class, they will receive
instant access to a digi
tal resource toolkit that
equips the class for
participating in the soil
health stem challenge.
“The Georgia Asso
ciation of Conservation
Districts is excited to
partner with the Geor
gia Foundation for Agri
culture on its first state
wide STEM Challenge,”
said GACD Executive
Director Katie Spon-
berger. “This challenge,
which focuses on soil
and water conserva
tion, will help students
understand and appre
ciate Georgia’s vibrant
and diverse natural
resources and learn
how to conserve those
resources for future
generations.”
Each participat
ing class is being
asked to answer the
question “How can
we improve soil bio
diversity and overall
soil health?” The
STEM challenge asks
participating classes
to: 1) Develop an initial
report that examines
a plot of land where
they will study the soil
and perform a series
of tests on the soil to
determine the land’s
current soil health
status. 2) Reach out to
their local Farm Bureau
office, Natural Resourc
es Conserva
tion Service
office and/
or UGA
Extension
office for
assistance
or speakers
to discuss soil health
with their class. 3) Cre
ate a presentation on
how to improve their
soil and understand the
real world impact for
their plot of land. Class
presentations must be
uploaded to the chal
lenge portal for judging
before May 14.
“We developed
the STEM challenge
as a way to connect
elementary students
to Georgia agriculture.
Every year students
will have a new op
portunity to solve a
real world Ag problem
with a different commu
nity partner,” said GFA
Executive Director Lily
Baucom.
The Georgia Ag
Experience/Georgia
Foundation for Agricul
ture STEM Challenge is
designed to be a bi-an
nual competition with a
spring and fall contest.
The GACD is the 2021
challenge sponsor.
The purpose of the
challenge is to encour
age elementary teach
ers and students in
grades 3-5 to explore
aspects of Georgia
agriculture by apply
ing their STEM skills to
solve real-world prob
lems that farmers face
in producing our food
and fiber.
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Health
Students make GMG
President’s List
Georgia Military Col
lege’s Zebulon Campus
announced the stu
dents who earned the
President’s List honor
during the Winter 2021
term. Winter 2021 term
ran January 11 through
March 9, 2021.
Nicholaus Clark
and Desmund Wilkins
earned the academic
distinction.
The President’s List
is published to honor
students who attain
the highest possible
academic standing. To
achieve the President’s
List, students must
earn a 3.70 grade point
average or above for
the term while being en
rolled full time at GMC.
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