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Left to right are Steven LaRose, a seventh grader from Nicholson
who plays the baritone saxophone; Stephen Bramblett, a sev
enth grader from Maysville who plays the tenor saxophone; and
Jonah Craymer, an eighth grader from Maysville who plays the
trumpet.
3 From EJMS Make District
Middle School Honors Band
Three band students from East Jackson Middle School were recently
selected to participate in the 2008 Georgia Music Educators Association
(GMEA) Middle School District Honor Band. They will travel to Toccoa
Feb. 8-9 to participate in the band weekend.
“Two hundred students from North Georgia were selected through a
rigorous audition process to perform at this event," stated David Van
Buren, EJMS band director. 'These students and many others have
worked hard to prepare for this prestigious experience. In addition, all
three qualified to audition for the Georgia All State Band. I am proud
of how these young men are representing our school and community.
I would also like to thank their parents, the entire East Jackson Band
Parents Organization, the East Jackson Middle School administration
and faculty, and the Jackson County Board of Education for their con
tinued support of our band program."
Learn ISO Sight Words
Kindergarteners Grace Palmer and Savannah Van Buren were
recognized for knowing 150 sight words at the December Sight
Word Recognition at East Jackson Elementary School.
14-Year-Old To Be
'Ambassador' To Britain
Mariah Floyd, 14, has been
selected to serve as a “student
ambassador" through the People
to People program. The East
Jackson Middle School eighth
grader will travel to the British
Isles for three weeks this coming
summer.
Mariah is the daughter of Pam
Floyd, Jefferson.
“I am really excited about
going," she said. “I’ve never trav
eled before, and I know this is
a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
This experience could open up
many doors to my future. I would
love to visually learn about the
many diverse cultures of the world
and going to the British Isles with
a great program like People to
People is the best way."
Mariah was chosen for the pro
gram as a result of a teacher nom
ination or because of high scores
on state tests. She will have the
opportunity to earn academic
credit for her studies abroad.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
started the People to People pro
gram in 1956, stating that com
munication between ordinary
people of different nations can
make a difference where govern
ments cannot. The first student
delegation traveled to Berlin in
1963; today, student ambassadors
have the opportunity to travel to
34 different countries.
Benefit Fund
While Mariah has high hopes
of participating in the Student
Ambassador program, the cost is
approximately $6,000, not includ
ing spending money, clothes and
so forth.
Mariah is from a family of four
and her mother is a single parent,
so she is seeking assistance in
raising funds for the trip.
A benefit account for dona
tions has been set up at First
Commerce Bank, c/o Eleene
Fellers, P.O. Box 210, Commerce,
GA 30529, 706-335-8250. Checks
may be made out to People to
People.
Attendance Pays
Each month as an atten
dance incentive East
Jackson Middle School
gives away two iPods to
students with perfect atten
dance. December winners
are (left) Adam Campbell
(middle), attendance clerk
Jackie Bridges and (right)
Ariel Johnson.
6 Graduate
From Piedmont
Amongthe217 students receiv
ing degrees from Piedmont
College in December were six
Jackson County residents.
The graduates listed by home
town include, from Commerce:
Donald Benjamin Clark, mas
ter of arts in teaching (M.A.T.)
in broadfield social science;
Thomas Dimitroff, bachelor of
arts in business administration;
from Hoschton: Cheryl Lewis,
B.A. in middle grades educa
tion with honors; Joy Lynn
Richardson, education special
ist; and from Jefferson: Katie L.
Wilkes, B.A. in early childhood
education with highest honors;
and Shatana Nicole Williams,
master of arts in early child
hood.
Wild Game Dinner
Set At EJMS
Next Tuesday Night
East Jackson Middle School
will host its annual Wild Game
Dinner Tuesday evening, Feb.
19.
The Parent, Teacher, Student
Organization (PTO) seeks com
munity members to prepare
and donate wild game dishes.
Tickets for the event will be
sold at a later date. Anyone
interested in making a dona
tion for the event is asked to
contact Mildred Cotton at 706-
335-2083.
Tops In Geography
Dylan Young, an eighth grade student at
Commerce Middle School, won the school-
level competition of the 20th annual National
Geographic Bee Jan. 9. Ten students won the
preliminary rounds of competition at each
grade level to be eligible to compete in the
school-level Bee, at which students answered
oral questions on geography. Dylan will now
take a written test. The top 100 scorers will be
eligible to compete in the Georgia State Bee
April 4,2008. Left to right are (front) Johnathan
Nichols, third place; Dylan Young, first place;
Hayden McRee, second place; (back) Clay
Pritchett, Zeke Beauchamp, Storey Fyffe,
Chase Klugh, Emmie Burley, Drew O’Dell and
Cody Goodwin.
Concert To Benefit Ugandan School Children
The East Jackson Comprehensive High School
branch of Schools for Schools will host a benefit
concert from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, in the
school auditorium to raise funds for children
in Uganda. Local bands donating their time for
the concert, include Fading into Forever, The
Hans Device, The Awkward Romance and Audio
Mischief.
Tickets will be $7 at the door and T-shirts will be
available for $10.
In response to the 20-year war in Northern
Uganda, Africa (more information at invisiblechil-
dren.com), a program called Invisible Children was
created to aid the children of Uganda. These chil
dren are abducted to fight as soldiers and endure
starvation as well as severe psychological issues.
A branch of this program, Schools for Schools,
aims to rebuild the schools in Northern Uganda
that have been torn down because of this war.
EJCHS sophomore Anna Pierce implemented the
program at EJCHS. On top of this, these children
aren’t able to go to school.
Because EJCHS is new and fully equipped, she
felt that this was the perfect school in which to raise
awareness and money for Schools for Schools.
The EJCHS branch of Schools for Schools has so
far raised approximately $1,500 through various
fund-raisers.
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