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PAGE 16A —THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 18. 2010
School News
Special education conference set for Feb. 27
The 2010 Disability Expo/Mini-
Conference, sponsored by the Council for
Exceptional Children, will be held from 8
a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Athens Classic Center.
Organizers say this will be "your filling
station for disability resources.”
Exhibits, which open at 8 a.m., will include
education, transition, sibling relationships,
support groups, recreation, continuing edu
cation, Medicaid/waivers, rehabilitation,
planning for the future, medical equipment
and services, home modifications, insur
ance, health care financing, family, school,
community, collaboration, employment,
independent living and more.
Learning sessions, which begin at 9 a.m.,
will include: “Getting it together - organiz
ing school and medical records;” “adult
services — waivers, applications:” “sibling
relationships — how to make it work;”
"adult living — college bound, independent
living, employment.”
For more information, contact Pam Moore
at 706-795-0120 ext. 149 (email is pmoore@
madison.kl2.ga.us) or Tammy Botelho
Caudell, 706-795-2485 (email is tcaudell@
madison.kl2.ga.us.).
SIXTH GRADERS SING
IN STATE HONOR CHORUS
Three sixth graders from Madison County Middle
School recently performed in the twelfth-annual
GMEA (Georgia Music Educator’s Association) state
wide sixth grade honor chorus. Only three students
from each participating Georgia middle school were
selected for this honor based on high skill achievement
and potential in chorus. Over 400 sixth graders from
the state joined to work with professional conduc
tors for a weekend of rehearsals. “At the conclusion of
the weekend, a brilliant concert was presented at the
Clayton County Performing Arts Center in Jonesboro,”
organizers said. The concert was professionally
recorded and may be presented on Georgia Public
Radio soon. Pictured (L-R) are students representing
Madison County: Claire Coberly, Allison Sama and
Chance Dudley. These students are under the direc
tion of Franleata Sorrells-Blackmon, Madison County
Middle School chorus teacher.
Senior parent financial
aid meeting set for Feb. 25
Madison County High School
will host a financial aid work
shop for seniors and their parents
Thursday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. in
the high school cafeteria.
Brittan Ayers, the senior coun
selor, and a representative from
the Georgia Student Finance
Commission will conduct the
workshop.
The financial aid workshop
is designed to help parents of
college-bound seniors under
stand the financial aid process
and complete the FAFSA (Free
Application for Federal Student
Aid) form. The FAFSA is the
financial aid form that, when
completed, will enable students
to become eligible for federal
and state money in the form of
scholarships, grants, and loans
— including the HOPE scholar
ship.
Completed tax returns from
2009 for both parents and stu
dents (if applicable) are neces
sary to complete the FAFSA.
The FAFSA form must be sub
mitted on-line, which will be
covered during the meeting. The
on-line version of the FAFSA
may be accessed at www.fafsa.
ed.gov.
“We encourage parents and
guardians of all seniors planning
to attend college or technical
school to attend this informative
workshop,” organizers said.
WINTER
COMEBACK
PLAYER’
Madison County
High School’s
Kellen Harris has
been named East
Athens Physical
Therapy’s “winter
comeback player.”
Madison County
students recognized
at Athens Christian
School recently
The following students from
Madison County have been
recognized recently at Athens
Christian School for their aca
demic achievement during the
second quarter of the 2009-
2010 school year:
HEADMASTER’S
LIST (All A’s)
•First grade: Lindsay Beck,
Cole Collins, Ansley Hankins,
Coby Hendricks, Grade
Jacobsen, Laura Grace Jones,
Aiden Jordan, Nathan Moon,
Caitlin Parker, Tucker Rollins,
Luke Wilkins, Taylor Zellner.
•Second grade: Madison
Adams, Hannah Dean, Dawson
Legg, Allie Stamey.
•Third grade: Kendra Davis,
Samantha Stoyle.
•Fourth grade: Faith Dispain,
Jonathan Drake, Laura Hankins,
Madison Pickerel, Kennedy
Vaughn.
•Fifth grade: Travis Kellogg.
•Sixth grade: Dalton Croy,
Toni Davis, Chase Hockema,
Dewitt Wood.
•Eighth grade: Morgan
Cowart.
•Ninth grade: Elijah Ballard,
Zachary Kellogg, Jordan
Pickerel.
•Eleventh grade: Amber
Hockema.
HONOR ROLL
(All A’s AND B’s)
•First grade: Elizabeth
MacDonald.
•Second grade: Charlie
Carpenter, Molly Cole,
Ansley Combs, Benjamin
Higginbotham, Cody King,
Camilla Long, Cody Mason,
Benjamin Pethel, Thomas
Russell, Amelia Sale.
•Third grade: Samuel Hayes,
Melina Lee, Caleb Mason,
Emily Wilkins.
•Fourth grade: Alyson Adams,
Drew-Davis Bailey, Landon
Beck, Karis Brown, Calina
Croy, Cody Davis, Levi Jones,
Daniel MacDonald, Caroline
Russell, Mason Sale, Jarrett
Seay, Savannah Strozier.
•Fifth grade: Cade Beard,
Mackenzie Carpenter, Cody
Lee, Braxton Legg, Chandler
Pethel, Amber Sale, Joanna
Varghese,
•Sixth grade: Kent Brown,
Dylan Drake, Jenna Wood.
•Seventh grade: Micah
Carpenter, Jonathan Hill, Katie
Jacobsen, Timmy Miller, Megan
Usry.
•Eighth grade: Jonathan
Dispain, Bryce Hockema, Jordan
Owens, Caleb Stephenson,
Kayla Whitehead.
•Ninth grade: MacLean
Carpenter, Jordan Pickerel,
Elizabeth Stoyle, Rachel
Whitsel.
•Tenth grade: Bryanne Acker,
Blake Hart, Velton Hix.
•Eleventh grade: Joshua
Jenkins, Savannah Spranger.
FFA MEMBERS ATTEND
HORSE JUDGING CLINIC
Ten Madison County Freshman Academy and Madison
County Middle School FFA members recently attended the
University of Georgia Horse Judging Clinic in Athens. The
clinic’s purpose was to teach any FFA or 4-H member how
to evaluate horses. The freshman academy FFA members in
attendance included Gabby Rico, Savannah Roberts, Leah
Barger and Morgan Carey. The Madison County Middle
School FFA members attending the horse judging clinic
included Gabrielle Gantley, CJ Bidinger, Makayla Kellum,
Cassidy Ingram and Ocean Pilkington.
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