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Wednesday, June 30, 2021 - Pike County Journal Reporter - Page 3A
SUBMITTED PHOTOS
Pike County Elementary School third grade Students of the Month for May include (front row l-r) Dawne Norton of Jenna Wil
liams’ class, Brantley Norton of Pamela Ashe’s class, Trent Luce of Molly Bruce’s class, Bella Corley of Laura Zuke’s class,
Timothy Bennett of Laurie Jones’ class (back row l-r) Oliver Messer of Alii Bennett’s class, Kameron Boes of Kelli Bannister’s
class, Levi Spence of Tammy Taylor’s class, Carden McElwaney of Roberta Martin’s class, Preston Ward of Casey Fulghum’s
class and Kenzie Chastain of Patty Gunn’s class.
May PGES Students of the Month Honored
Each month Pike County homeroom class. These students for being caring, energetic stu-
Elementary School recognizes are chosen for their contributions dents and good role models for
Students of the Month from each to the school and community and other students.
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tary School fourth
grade Students of
the Month for May
include (front row l-r)
Sawyer Ann Clepper
of Erin Thomas’ class,
Lexi Phillips of Lori
Clepper’s class, Izzy
Stephens of Lindsay
McGuffey’s class, An-
slee Garner of Melissa
Dennis’ class (back
row l-r) Renee Rummel
of Debbie Hudson’s
class, Cole O’Neal
of Amy McKern ie’s
class, Serenity Medina
of Dana Sage’s class
and Brody Burnell of
Bethany Todd’s class.
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Pike County Elementary School fifth grade Students of the Month for May include (front row l-r) Liam Potter of Kim Carden’s
class, Xander Grice of Meghan Smith’s class, Luke Livery of Jennifer Whitmire’s class, Lucy Fields of Jenny Fellows’ class, Trey
Lane of Traci Thompson’s class (back row l-r) Kelsey Caldwell of Ashley Reeves’ class, Madelyn Harvey of Dawn Thomas’ class,
Sarah Lyle of Lindsey Mathew’s class, Ella Alpough of Blaire Loveless’s class and Anna Grace Holmes of Michele Granger’s class.
Two locals graduate from UA
The University of
Alabama awarded some
5,860 degrees during
its spring commence
ment ceremonies April
30 to May 2, including
two students from Pike
County.
Peyton Keith of Ze-
bulon received a Master
of Accountancy degree
from The University of
Alabama.
Patrick McAbee of
Zebulon received a
Bachelor of Science in
Education from The Uni
versity of Alabama.
UA offers its students
a premier educational,
cultural and social expe
rience with more than
200 undergraduate,
graduate and profes
sional programs. The
campus gives students
the opportunity to
interact with faculty
performing cutting-edge
research.
Smyly, Adams graduate from GT
The Georgia Insti
tute of Technology
presented degrees to
approximately 4,435
undergraduate and
graduate students dur
ing the Institute’s 260th
Commencement exer
cises May 7-8 at Bobby
Dodd Stadium, includ
ing students from Pike
County.
Elizabeth Smyly
earned a bachelor of
science in business
administration with
honors.
Brittany Adams of
Williamson earned a
bachelor of science in
international affairs
with honors.
Three Pike students earn degrees
from University of North Georgia
For the spring 2021
semester, the Univer
sity of North Georgia
awarded more than
1,600 degrees and cer
tificates to graduates,
including students from
Pike County.
Karlee Borders of
Concord earned a bach
elor of business admin
istration degree.
Hobby Gregory of
Williamson earned a
bachelor of science
degree.
Jacob Spurlock of
Concord earned a bach
elor of science degree.
More than 1,100 par
ticipated in the spring
2021 commencement
ceremonies May 8-9 at
the Convocation Center
on UNG’s Dahlonega
Campus. The ceremo
nies resembled a mix
of traditional elements
and socially distant
protocols.
LaGrange College grads from Pike
Two Zebulon-area
students graduated dur
ing LaGrange College’s
190th commencement
ceremony.
Olivia Thompson
earned a bachelor of
business administration
degree in sports man
agement.
Andrew Padovano
earned a bachelor of
science degree in exer
cise science.
Local students graduate from
Georgia State University
More than 4,000 stu
dents graduated from
Georgia State Univer
sity at the associate’s,
bachelor’s and graduate
levels during the Spring
2021 semester, includ
ing students from Pike
County.
Ashton Childs of
Williamson earned a
bachelor of arts degree,
majoring in English
with a concentration in
literature.
Lauren Colado of
Williamson earned a
bachelor of arts degree,
majoring in Spanish
with a concentration in
language, culture and
society.
Sean Staley of Con
cord earned a bach
elor of science degree,
majoring in computer
science with a concen
tration in databases
and knowledge-base
systems.
Three earn degrees from Georgia
College and State University
Dr. Steve Dorman,
president of Geor
gia College, recently
awarded degrees to the
graduating class of May
2021, including sev
eral students from Pike
County.
Jenna Little of Zebu-
Ion, Lauren Little of Ze
bulon, Adam Salvador
of Williamson and Madi
son Smith of Williamson
all earned their degrees
from Georgia College
and State University.
E-SPLOST: Projects to improve
schools and sports facilities
FROM PAGE ONE
Projects for 2022
may include elementary
school roofing upgrades,
auditorium renovations,
campus paving projects
to include Highway 19 en
try modifications, a new
elementary school park
ing lot, campus paving
and ADA compliance for
softball facilities, bleach
ers for softball and base
ball, tennis court modi
fications, HVAC upgrade
for the pre-K building and
Pirate Dome upgrades to
include seating, show
ers, office space/workout
room and a PA system.
Projects for 2023 may
include high school
gym renovations in
cluding gym flooring at
court level and on the
balcony, gym seating,
goals, windows, painting
and courtyard windows
and football field house
upgrades to include turf
flooring, HVAC, exterior
painting and insulation.
Projects for 2023
through 2025 will include
carpet, painting, exterior
doors and rest room
renovations and 2022-25
projects include kitchen
equipment upgrades at
all school facilities.
Current E-SPLOST col
lections average $147,000
over the last 12 month
period and $160,000 over
the last six months. The
estimated E-SPLOST
revenues over 10 years
are around $150,000
per month or a total of
around $17,850,000.
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