Robotics Club

HABERSHAM HEMC SCHOLARSHIP

Each year, Habersham EMC participates in the Washington Youth Tour.

However, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, students were not able to attend the trip to Washington D.C. for 2021.

In lieu of this annual event, HEMC chose to reallocate those funds to provide scholarships for local students to continue their education. These local scholarships were awarded in conjunction with the Walter Harrison Scholarship.

This year, senior Anna Paige Barrett of Clarkesville was one of five local students to receive the funding.

The Walter Harrison Scholarship is sponsored by Georgia’s electric membership corporations (EMCs), including HEMC. Grade point average, SAT/ACT scores, academic standing, scholastic honors, and financial need are considered when determining a student’s eligibility. A scholarship committee comprised of directors/managers/key staff/or others as appropriate at HEMC seeks to award scholarships to remarkable students.

“We understand that the rising costs of college can cause a great deal of financial stress within a family,” said Bryan Ferguson, President and CEO of Habersham EMC. “Every great leader has encountered trials and triumphs that have molded them into the person they are today.

HEMC’s goal is to empower local youth as they pursue their secondary education and further develop their leadership abilities.”

For more information visit habershamemc.com. Habersham EMC, an electric cooperative based in Clarkesville, Georgia, serves more than 26,000 members with 3,800 miles of line in six counties of Northeast Georgia.

UNIVERSAL ROBOTICS TEAM

Asuccessful season of robotics competition led the Tallulah Falls School Universal Robotics team to excel at the state level.

Competing during the week of April 12 in the Georgia First Tech Challenge League State Championship, the team finished seventh of 38 teams, according to team sponsor Scott Davis.

“These roboticists had a blowout session for all six games at state, with all scores at or above our regular-season record,” Davis said. “With a near-flawless performance, while remaining calm, cool, and collected in the last game, the team scored 264, which greatly exceeded their previous record for the season. What a way to finish!” Just shy of being eligible to move to the next level at the World level, the team can certainly be proud of its accomplishments during this challenging year. On April 17, the team attended a second judging and closing ceremony where they won first place, promote award and third place, design award.

Team members are as follows: Junho So, team captain and driver; Seagan McKibben, co-driver; Evan Prince, 3D designer and scorekeeper; Nana Amankwah, marketing and videographer; Jack Guo, ringmaster and Jihuan “Jerry” Zhou, peer coach.