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Collierville Weekly COMMUNITY

Delta Fair to start Friday Agricenter hosts annual festival By Larry Rea Special to The Weekly

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Houston High School juniors Jacob Greenberg (left), Cara Brown and Cullen Burke look over materials in AP English class. The Germantown school district, where Houston is the only high school, leads the state in ACT scores, with a composite of 24.1. The state average for public schools is 19.4.

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Head of the class G’town leads state in ACT scores, Collierville right behind

By Jane Roberts robertsj@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2512

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ermantown Municipal Schools leads districts across the state in ACT scores with a composite of 24.1 — barely ahead of Collierville Schools with 24. The scores, released Aug. 26 by ACT, relect achievement of students who graduated in 2015, including those who took the exam as juniors. “This is the constant expectation for us,” said Germantown Supt. Jason Manuel. “It’s part of the culture

embedded at Houston High.” The numbers relect the entire district and not individual schools. Other high schools in the state scored higher than Houston High, but the data ACT released Aug. 26 was based on districtwide scores. Of Shelby County’s six municipal systems, ive have one high school. Lakeland, the sixth suburban district, does not have a high school. Arlington Community Schools posted 21.1; Bartlett City Schools scored 20.5. Millington Municipal Schools registered a 17.7. Shelby County Schools, with 31 high schools, produced a composite of 16.9, down from 17.1 a year earlier. Only three or four of the SCS high schools consistently outperform the state average. The state-run Achievement School district registered a 14.2 which relects scores from students at the former Fray-

ser and Fairley high schools. Those schools are now run by charters schools, Frayser Community Schools and Green Dot respectively. Houston will recently celebrated its accomplishment. In John Traverse’s AP English course, the mood was serious and the lesson — gathering sources to support a thesis statement — was equally weighty. “We are consistently around this level of performance,” Manuel said. “Last year, we had 24. Yes, it’s great that we are the highest district in the state, but our goal for all of our students is to perform at their highest level on the ACT.” The state average among public school students is 19.4, up a tenth of a point from last year. While the gain is incremental, this is the

Let the show begin. And what a show it will be for the annual Delta Fair & Music Festival Sept. 4-13 at Agricenter International. The fair will include carnival rides, music, food, contests, livestock, special nights and pageants. Did we mention food? Everything from corn dogs to hot dogs to snow cones to hot-of-the-grill sandwiches and mouth-watering desserts will be available. The aroma of food cooking and the sound of people having fun will signal you have arrived at the fair. Fair hours are Friday, from 2-11 p.m., Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., Sunday, from noon to 11 p.m., Monday, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sept. 8, from 4-10 p.m., Sept. 9, from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sept. 10, from 4-10 p.m., Sept. 11, from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., Sept. 12, from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Sept. 13, from noon to 10 p.m. The midway and its 60plus rides will be open during all fair hours. Parking is $5. A substantial share of all parking revenue will go to charitable groups, clubs and organizations who will be serving as parking attendants. Latino Day will be Sunday. Hispanic Latino events will be taking place all day with musical acts, mariachi bands, dance groups and vendors. Senior Adult Day will be Sept. 9. Admission is free to anyone 60 and over, from 9 a.m. to noon. Delta Fair Bike Night will

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Kits ensure injured K-9s get best care By Clay Bailey bailey@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2393

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More than 25 police dog handlers received irst-aid kits for their canine partners Aug. 21 — a program initiated by the death of a beloved Bartlett police dog and an Eads veterinary clinic’s desire to support the canine cops. Oicers from Memphis, several suburban departments and a couple of counties in North Mississippi spent the day learning about the kits and receiving irst-aid training for their four-legged partners. Several of the 27 of-

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A dog named Hollybug plays the role of patient during a irst-aid training event Aug. 21 at VCA Eads Animal Hospital for area K-9 law-enforcement oicers.

icers noted the advantage the program provides in case of injury, wounding or other problems. “It’s a great advantage,”

Bartlett K-9 oicer Chris Schaumburg said, adding it provides “immediate care for somebody we hold as one of our family

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