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July 6, 2011
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Take my discipline and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold. - Proverbs 8:10
Education in the News
Jbhnson graduates from Guard program
A Monroe County teen graduated
June 18, from the National Guard
Youth Challenge program.
Maya Johnson of Forsyth is among
the 215 YCA cadets of Class 2011 -
and one of just 36 to complete the
program. Commencement cere
monies for this latest group of grad
uates were held at the Macon City
Auditorium before hundreds of fami
lies and friends from communities
across the state.
During those ceremonies, Georgia
Army Guard Brig. Gen. Larry
Dudney, director of the joint staff,
congratulated the estimated 25
members of Class 2011-36 who have
chosen to join the military now that
they have graduated. It was the
biggest group of prospective enlis
tees he has seen come out of a YCA
class in years, he said.
“No matter which branch service
you’ve decided on, no matter how
long you’ve chosen to serve,” Dudney
told the cadets, “you have committed
yourself to one of the greatest and
oldest professions in the world...the
profession of combat arms.
Congratulations on the choice you
have made. See it through, stay
committed and become the leaders
we know you can be.”
To entire class, he said, “Whether
you enlist, go on to seek higher edu
cation or move directly into the job
market, stand tall and be proud of
who you are and what you have
accomplished here today.”
State Rep. Barbara Massey Reece
(Dist. 11) delivered the commence
ment address, telling the cadets she
knew of no better way to spend a
weekend than among those who had
just completed one of the best youth
programs in the state or the nation.
“You have worked, played, learned
and -at times— even cried together,”
Massey Reece told them, “but you
stuck with it, saw it through to this
day and because of that, you’re bet
ter prepared to meet life’s ‘chal
lenges.’ If you’ve learned anything at
all, you have learned not to be afraid
to stop, re-evaluate your situation
and ask for help when needed.”
The Georgia National Guard oper
ates two Youth ChalleNGe Academy
campuses, the one at the garrison
training center, the other at Fort
Gordon in Augusta. Between the two
campuses, more than 10,000 former
"at risk" teens —to date— have gradu
ated from the Youth ChalleNGe pro
gram. In March of this year, Georgia
celebrated the graduation of its
10,000th cadet since the program
began here 18 years ago.
The estimated 22-week National
Guard ChalleNGe program is a pre
ventive rather than remedial youth-
at-risk program, for teens —16 to 18
years old— who are unemployed,
drug-free and law-free high-school
dropouts. Core components of the
program are citizenship, academic
excellence (GED attainment), life
coping skills, community service,
health and hygiene, skills training,
leadership followership, and physi
cal training. The five-month residen
tial phase, which includes the Pre-
ChalleNGe phase, is followed by a
year-long mentoring relationship
with a specially trained member
from each youth's community.
Mary Persons’ spring honor roll
The following Monroe
County students make honor
roll for second semester:
A Honor Roll
9th Grade: Brooke Barber,
Darrell Brady Bradford
Byerly Robert Cass, Jasmine
Crowder, Ashlyn Dell,
Emily Fletcher,
Ripken Gorman,
Michaela Hichkad,
Kadarius Jackson,
Mallory King, Thomas
Lowery Itzel Martinez,
Sarah Owen, Elizabeth
Pierotti, Naisha Smith,
Corey Stewart, Jessica
Vedas, Jackson Walton,
Brooke Wyatt, Kaitlyn
Yaussy.
10th grade: Brian
Fernandez, Timara Harvey
Katherine Rowland.
11th grade: William
Edge, Morgan Marsh,
Lauren Maxwell, D’vante
Penamon, Taylor Penn,
Courtney Shelley, Jordan
Whitehead.
12th grade: Ben Allen,
Haley Andrews, Rachel
Clark, Jared Lee, Richard
McLendon, Mallory Moss,
Brittany Peavy.
A/B Honor Roll
9th grade: Ja’querria
Alford, Joseph Allen, Alexis
Baldwin, Jonathan Bell,
Madison Bradford, Chandler
Brown, Tenayah Brown,
Christian Bryant, Rebecca
Bryant, Emily Buice, Anna
Busbee, Tyler Carter, Ansley
Clark, Olivia Cobb,
Makenzie Coffman, Ronny
Cone, Scott Copelan, Kevin
Crosby, Jonathan Daniel,
Brannon Davenport,
Stephen Durham, Austin
Echols, Katrina Elkins,
Matthew English, Melodie
Erikson, Audrie Etheridge,
Naudica Evans, Tyler
Fleckenstein, Caitlin Floyd,
Mary Garrett, Abriuna
Giles, Jordan Guerry,
Craishun Hart, Shayla
Harvey, Jessica Hawkins,
Leah Haygood, Triston
Hayman, Sean Henderson,
Haley Hodges, Walter
Hoskins, Brianna
Hutchinson, Nathan
Jenkins, April Johnson,
Hannah Johnston, Nicole
Johnston, Kaylie Keck,
William Kendrick,
Taylor Kite, Joshua
Knowles, Marleigh
Kuckuck, Kayla
Kuhr, Dyllon
Leonard, Raekwon
Lundy, Hope Mashburn,
Sidney McDaniel, Dennis
Miller, Lanikkie Newton,
Rima Patel, Mary Patten,
Annie Patterson, Aubrey
Peterman, Lily Phelan,
Dakota Pyron, Akebran
Ralls, Octavia Sands,
Andrew Schnock, Austin
Smith, Hunter Smith,
Kiyundia Smith, Caitlin
Stephenson, Maya Stewart,
Michael Taylor, Eric Waggle,
Payton Waldorf, Sydney
Walker, Samuel Watson,
Bradden Webb, Kortney
Weldon, Katie Wheeler,
Dominique Wilcher, Alexxis
Williams, Emily Wise,
Sarah Wood.
10th grade: Dylan Austin,
Garrett Ayers, Megan
Benitez, Kyle Bennett,
Emmalynn Brown, Ti’jami
Brown, Morgan Butler, John
Carter, Taylor Carter, Scott
Clanton, Reece Clark,
Douglas Cunefare, Charlotte
Curtis, Ashlyn Dees,
Danesha Evans, Tahjae
Fambro, Jay Green,
Brannen Greene, Robbi
Grier, Brandon Haire,
Jordan Harbin, India
Hawkins, Rachel Hester,
Claudia Humphrey, Olivia
Jenkins, Jessie Johns,
Ashley Johnson, Savannah
Landry, Quentina Lewis,
Christina Ligeikis, Emily
McCallister, Kalley Mercer,
Darius Middleton, Cierra
Nopen, Stefan Olsson,
Lauren Parrott, Cole
Phelan, Emily Reed,
Rebekka Ricard, Megan
Sheppard, Micah Sheppard,
Delenthius Sims, Evan
Siperek, Amber Smith,
Mary Smith, Mickala
Stewart, Stormy Stuart,
Jesse Tabor, Madison
Trammell, Autumn Turner,
Breanna Walker, Ivey
Walters, William Warren,
Caleb Watson, Stephen
Wheeler, Dakota Williams,
Jessica Williams, Kadarrius
Williams, Ethan Wolfe, Amy
Wood.
11th grade: James Allen,
James Bennett, Brooke
Bottomley, Ethan Boyd,
Brandon Brock, Autumn
Cantrell, Madison Cawthon,
Victoria Cooley, Austin
Davis, Rachel Davis,
Kadijah Dent, Courtney
DeRieux, Caitlyn Douglass,
Lindsey Dunn, Ashley
Edwards, Eldra Elder,
Kimberly English, Matthew
Epps, Anna Fletcher, Dawn
Fraser, Steven Hammond,
Steven Hammond, Sarah
Harrell, Brittany Harris,
Brandon Hatfield, Gregory
Howland, Charlsie Johnson,
Jordan Josey, Kimberly Le,
Holden Lee, Alexander
Madden, Kierra Mahone,
Alicia Manus, Jessica
McGuire, Kyle Montgomery,
Latara Moore, Danielle
Parden, Moses Pennington,
Jdacia Ponder, Marsallis
Ponder, Candler Proffitt,
Dana Rackley, Chelsea
Sheffield, Brody Shiver,
Kaylan Sims, Chelsea
Skinner, Ashley Spear,
Charles Speir, Andrew
Stevick, Tannie Stewart,
Obadiah Studle, Kameron
Ussery, Deante Walker,
Summer Walsh, Megan
Watson, Kacie Welch,
Charslyn Wilder, Taylor
Williams, Jenay Willis,
Adair Woodward.
12th grade: Cory Adkins,
Sharneka Alford, Amber
Austin, Rodreika Austin,
Jessica Bailey, Kristen Bell,
Chelsea Benitez,
Christopher Blanton,
Shinika Bowden, Jenae
Branch, Lyndi Bryant, Asia
Buckner, Halen Buckner,
Thomas Burch, Lauren
Camp, Destiny Carter,
Shantavia Colbert,
Kemeyan Colvard, Emily
Compere, Brian
Czarnowsky, Conterrius
Davis, Tycheri Davis, John
Dent, Russell Dye, James
Edwards, Sarah Fawbush,
Samantha Fleisig,
Jordanann Franklin,
Morgan Freeman, Rosario
Garcia, Jontavious
Hammond, Jessie Harper,
Jessica Harris, Marleigh
Harris, Summer Harris,
Jasmine Harvey, Amelia
Heath, Lavonte High,
Ashley Hightower, Kelsey
Hillmon, Destiny Holden,
Rebekah Horton, Chelsea
Hugh, Paige Johns, Jireh
Johnson, Timothy Kendrick,
Timothy Lowery, Casey
Martin, Jennifer Martin,
Nikki Martinage, Tracy
Martinez, Amber Mayo,
Alvin Moore, Chelsea
Moore, Keenan Moore,
Timothy Morgan, Timothy
Murner, James Nessing,
Jonathan Olsson, Lauren
Pace, Sarah Parlier, Henry
Patterson, Whitley Peery,
Jermaine Perkins, Logan
Peters, Rebekah Pope,
Zachary Rigole, Emily
Robinson, Chelsey Rogers,
Victoria Rollins, Autumn
Sanders, Refugio
Santamaria, Ella Shannon,
Kimberly Shannon, Robert
Sheppard, Kayla Simpson,
Justin Smith, Margaret
Smith, Tamberia Smith,
Morgan Stewart, Kirstie
Tillman, Aaron Tomberlin,
Tait Torstenson, Cordelius
Ussery, John Venners,
Garrett Walker, Taka’ja
Webb, Chelsea Wessells,
Tiffany Wimberly, Shamaya
Winfield, Vernon Winslow,
Garius Wright.
Young Ga. Author winners honored
The following Monroe County stu
dents are the winners of the Young
Georgia Author’s competition:
Jordan McCord, kindergarten at
Hubbard Elementary, My Pet.
Madison Whitehead, first grade at
KB Sutton, The Best Day Ever!
Ava McKallip, second grade at TG
Scott, Chip the Magnificent!
Tripp Moore, third grade at TG
Scott, Why Did the Nazis Do This?
Allison White,fourth grade at KB
Sutton, A Look in the Mirror.
Autumn Scott, fifth grade at KB
Sutton, My Sister Libby.
Mary Sullivan Giles, sixth grade at
Banks Stephens.
Harrison Fry sev
enth grade at
Hubbard Middle
School, War.
Ariel Newman,
eighth grade at
Hubbard Middle
School.
Chelsea Arnett,
ninth grade at
Monroe County
Achievement Center,
Growing Up Fast!
Brittany Walker,
10th grade at Mary
Persons, Awake.
Andrew Stevick, 11th grade at
Mary Persons, Gray.
Morgan Freeman, 12 grade at
Mary Persons, Human.
Students honored
for advancing
to media festival
The following Monroe
County students were
recogized for advancing to
International Student
S ia Festival. ,
irjr Persons High
Holden Lee and
MyShell Cox.
Hubbard Middle
School
Alliah Walton, Molly
Juarez, Johnathan
Prescott and Emilee
Benson.
TG Scott
Brock Hulsey and
Zachary Potts.
Achievement Center
Chantel Hicks, Danieka
Owens, Rosano Garcia,
Jeremy Hutto and Jeffery
Tanner.
KB Sutton
Paris Ibarra, Jacorion
Mays,Taylor Norsworthy,
Blaklee Shortt, Noah
Simmons, Nicholas
Turner, Selena Webb,
Allison Whitaker,
Cheyanne Wolfe,
Brieonna Woodruff,
Madeline Copeland,
Abigail Rigole, Stephie
Pierotti,Addie Sparks,
Hope Williams, Holly
Baxter, Summer
Cambron, Raven Colley,
Amauri Crowder, Jakyun
Davis, JaMai Davis,
Abigail Etheridge,
Christian Goins, Andrew
Hall, Xandria Hargrow,
Rachel Henderson.
Hubbard Elementary
Emilt Atkinson, Maggie
Cooper, Jason Cox, Reese
Thomason, Je'Caryous
Bowden, Rajon Brantley
Nicholas Brewster,
Keshydrick Calloway,
Sidney Clark, Octavious
Evans, Bradley Hodge,
William Kempe,
Elizabeth Mullis,
Michaela Mullis, Kaley
Robins, Abigail Sosebee,
Colton Storey Madison
Swaney, Jasmine Weaver,
Shelby Webb, Trenton
Wilkerson.
Locals receive
scholarship from
Gordon College
Two Monroe County students were awarded a schol
arship to attend Gordon College. Matthew Ponce was
awarded the Shi Gray and Martha Kendrick-Holmes
Scholarship. Ponce is majoring in Psychology. Rachel
Allen was awarded the Rosemary Evans Scholarship.
Allen will be majoring in Teacher Education.
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