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Wednesday, September 8, 2021 - Pike County Journal Reporter - Page 5A
SPECIAL PHOTO
Fourth graders Jake Hauke, Jamie Long, Allen Mansperger, Madison Clark, Eve Chambers, Nolan Faircloth, Collin Gates, Isaiah
Wellmaker, Kaniya Burden, Kaydee DeGraw, Brayden Allen create the solar system using inflatable planets.
Fourth graders learn
about solar systems
Pike County Elemen
tary School students are
learning about the uni
verse and solar system in
science classes.
Fourth graders cre
ated their own solar
system with inflatable
planets recently.
There are many plan
etary systems like ours in
the universe, with plan
ets orbiting a host star.
Our planetary system is
named the “solar sys
tem” because our Sun is
named Sol, after the Latin
word for Sun, “solis,” and
anything related to the
sun we call “solar.”
Our planetary system
is located in an outer
spiral arm of the Milky
Way galaxy.
Our solar system con
sists of our star, the Sun,
and everything bound to
it by gravity - the planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth,
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, and Neptune;
dwarf planets such as
Pluto; dozens of moons;
and millions of asteroids,
comets and meteoroids.
Beyond our solar system,
there are thousands of
planetary systems orbit
ing other stars in the
Milky Way.
At right, Rye Faulkner wears
a Saturn hat - complete with
rings - in class while also
wearing a NASA shirt that
says, “I need more space.”
C0VID-19:Casesat
all time high in Pike
FROM PAGE ONE
Since the pandemic
started, there have
been a total of 1,565
confirmed cases in Pike,
35 deaths, 15 probable
deaths and 99 hospital
izations.
There have been
more than 1.1 million
confirmed cases in
Georgia with nearly
20,000 confirmed
deaths.
As COV1D-19 cases
hit record highs in Pike
County and across the
state, positive cases are
setting records in the
school system as well.
According to pike.
kl2.ga.us, there were
a record number of
150 COV1D-19 positive
students and 33 posi
tive staff as of Sept. 3.
There were 40 positive
students at the middle
school, 40 positive
students at the high
school, 28 positive stu
dents at the elementary
school, 19 at the Ninth
Grade Academy, 20 at
the primary school
and three at the Pre-K
school.
Those numbers have
continued to rise, even
though the middle,
high and Ninth Grade
Academy students were
learning from home for
all of last week.
As a result of all Pike
schools passing the 2%
positive threshold, stu
dents and staff must be
quarantined if they are
exposed to someone
who has COV1D-19. As
of Sept. 3, there are 785
quarantined students
and 51 quarantined
staff.
Policy changes due
to the high number of
cases in the school sys
tem include tempera
ture checks, structured
hallway transitions,
limited visitors, man
dated quarantine for all
non-vaccinated close
contacts, increased
communications and
reduced gathering loca
tions.
More than 5.3 million
Georgia residents have
received the COV1D-19
vaccine with 44% fully
vaccinated and 51%
having at least one dose
of vaccine.
In Pike, 28% of citi
zens - or 5,931 residents
- are fully vaccinated
with 32% having at least
one dose.
The vaccine is avail
able at retail locations,
pharmacies, doctor’s
offices and the Pike
County Health Depart
ment on Tuesdays. To
make an appointment,
go to district4health.
org or call 888457-0186
Mondays through Friday
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and
Saturday from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m.
As of Sept. 3, Well-
star Medical Center
announced that they
were caring for 81
COV1D-19 patients, with
98% of them unvac
cinated. There were
a total of 22 people in
the 1CU at Wellstar and
21 were unvaccinated.
There were a total of
19 people who were
on ventilators and 18
of them were unvacci
nated.
As a result of the
high numbers, no es
sential caregivers are
currently permitted to
visit patients in Webstar
hospitals.
To find a vaccination
site near you, visit vac
cines.gov.
Find updates and in
formation on COV1D-19
at Webstar by visiting
wellstar.org/COVID19.
Pike Consolidated
High School Alumni
award scholarships
The Pike
County Con
solidated High
School Alumni
recently an
nounced their
scholarship
recipients.
The Alumni
includes stu
dents from the
Classes of 1950
to 1974.
Ma’Sherie
Blackmon
was a 2021
graduate of
Pike County
High School.
She was a
member of
the Beta Club.
After gradua
tion Ma’Sherie
plans to at
tend Gordon
State College
to pursue a
degree in com
puter science
and become
a software
engineer. She
enjoys shop
ping, cooking,
playing card
games and tak
ing care of her
puppy, Pedro.
Ma’Sherie is
the daughter
of Marcus
and Kimberly
Blackmon.
JaVion
O’Neal is a
2021 PCHS
Honor Gradu
ate. He attends
the University
of West Geor
gia and is pursuing a
degree in business with
a minor in electrical
technology. He plans to
own his own business
after he finishes college.
He enjoys spending time
with friends and playing
basketball.
JaVion is the
son of Andre
Johnson and
Maurice and
Janelle Ogle-
tree.
Tayla
Moreland is
PCHS Class of
2021 graduate.
She excelled
in track and
won many
awards in the
region and at
the state level,
setting several
school records.
Because of her
track abilities,
she was award
ed a track
scholarship
from Kennesaw
State Universi
ty. Tayla plans
to pursue a de
gree in physi
cal therapy and
aspires to be a
fitness trainer.
Tayla is the
daughter of
Reginald and
Tammy More
land.
Jada Willis
was a Class
of 2021 PCHS
Honor Gradu
ate. She attends
Kennesaw State
University and
is majoring in
middle grades
education with
a concentration
in mathemat
ics. She plans
to teach math
to middle grade students
because she sees a need
in this age group. She
enjoys playing basketball,
shopping and riding hors
es. Jada is the daughter
of Roosevelt and Manika
Willis.
JADA WILLIS
SPECIAL PHOTO
Above, the scarecrows at the UGA Education and Research Garden will return this October and local crafters are invited to
submit their own scarecrows for display during the month of October.
Will your scarecrow be in UGA’s garden this fall?
The scarecrows wifi
make their return to the
University of Georgia
Griffin Campus Educa
tion and Research Gar
den on Ellis Road during
the month of October.
Organizations and
businesses can create
their own scarecrow
with their own theme
which can promote their
businesses or the scare
crows can have garden
ing and environmental
themes or be created
just for smiles.
Register scarecrows
by Sept. 30. Get registra
tion information and
display times by email
ing griffindirector@uga.
edu or call the campus
at 770-228-7263.
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