Community School Zone February 2016

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Covering our Local Schools February 2016

School Education is Power

Volume 9, Issue 2

Creekside marks Chinese New Year John Milledge Academy

Oak Hill Middle School

Blandy Hills Elementary

Creekside Elementary

Eagle Ridge Elementary

Midway Elementary

Contributed photo Sinclair Christian Academy

GMC Prep School

Early Learning Center

Baldwin High School

While studying about Chinese New Year, Mrs. Gardner, Ms. Avery and Mrs. McDaniel’s class at Creekside made Chinese Paper Lanterns!

JMA honor society members host blood drive The JMA National Honor Society hosted its annual Red Cross blood drive in the Trojan Center on Wednesday, Jan. 20. The club exceeded its donation goal — collecting 30 usable donations — from students, staff and community participants.

Pictured are NHS members: (back) Sachen Pillay, Andrew Prestwood, Hannah Chambers, Sarah Chambers, Hunter Blenk; (front) Brie Roberts, Livi Edmonson, Megan Davis and Erin Smith.

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SCA launches recycling effort

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Sinclair Christian Academy students are participating in recycling by bringing cans to school.

Grandparent and volunteer, Cliff Hardy, is shown with the sign he uses in the traffic circle and the check for the cans. All proceeds benefit SCA. Contributed photo

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Eagle Ridge celebrates 100th day

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A 100 Day celebration was held at Eagle Ridge Elementary School. Mrs. Coburn and Mrs. Tweety's kindergarten enjoyed a day of learning about the number 100!

Creekside students place in technology fair Thursday, February 18, 2016

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Oconee RESA held the 15th annual Regional Technology Competition at Central Georgia Technical College in Milledgeville on Friday, Feb. 5.

Two hundred seventy-six students from 12 different schools in Baldwin, Jasper, Johnson, Washington and Wilkinson counties participated in this year’s competition with a total of 209 projects.

Schools were invited to submit the first and second place winners from their local competitions to compete.

First place regional winners will advance to the Georgia State Technology Fair on March 5, at Middle Georgia State College – Macon Campus.

Creekside's winners were: Jilly Rourke and Rachel Brooks (fourth grade) first place for a recipe website Riya Patel (fifth grade) - first place for a website she built for her family's hotel Charley Cruey (fifth grade) - first place for a cube of LED lights controlled by scripted code Nadia Cazacu and Abby Blount (fourth grade) first place for a robot programmed by scripted code and controlled by light and barrier sensors Ashley Tyson and Emma Kate Godin (fourth grade) - second place for a robotic arm controlled by scripted code.

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JMA students tour Indian Mounds John Milledge Academy third-graders took a trip to the Indian Mounds in Macon. While there, they learned how to make clay pots by rolling the clay and connecting the rolls.

Pictured is Shawn Boyce with his clay pot. Group picture is of Lexi Livingston, Tatum Swearingen, Shawn Boyce, Hannah Beck, Bailey Tipton, Makinli Hussey and Millie Gray Chapman.

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BHS Beta assists with Math Mania Baldwin High School Beta Club assisted with the elementary schools’ Math Mania. Students helped check answers, escort visitors to the right location and assist teachers with monitors in the rooms while students waited to compete. The students also enjoyed Firehouse Subs for lunch donated by the BHS PBIS team and the BHS media center.

Firehouse Subs donated the drinks, cups and plates.

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BHS leadership students complete ‘Do Good’ project

The Baldwin High School Chick-fil-A Leader Academy students would like to thank everyone who made a donation to the 'Do Good December Project.' The students were able to stuff 30 stockings. They stuffed stockings for younger children as well as young adults. The stockings were filled with candy,iTunes gift cards, ear buds, socks and personal hygiene items. The stockings were delivered to DFACS during the holidays. They were distributed to different families in the communities to help with Christmas. This project would not have been possible without the contributions of others. Pictured: TyChristian Henry with stockings that were donated; and students meeting to brainstorm ideas for what to do for the ‘Do Good December Project.’

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BHS student earns Presidential Scholarship Meghan Dietrich from Baldwin High School was awarded a Presidential Scholarship to Georgia College. The scholarship is for $4,000 a year, renewable each year, and includes a stipend to travel abroad.

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John Milledge's Senior Beta Club made Valentine’s Day mailboxes for the patients of the Children’s Hospital in Macon. They delivered the surprise on Tuesday, Feb. 9 and decorated one of the playrooms while they were there. Pictured: Megan Davis, Rachel Ratajczak, Paige Meighan, Erin Smith and Carson Webb.

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Eagle Ridge students are ‘cool’

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Mrs. Crane's third grade class at Eagle Ridge finds reading so ‘cool’ that they have to wear shades! Pictured is Miss Green (student teacher from Georgia College) working with a book club to read ‘The Chocolate Touch’ by: Patrick Skene Catling. Also pictured are (left to right) Makayla Tennyson, Anniston Gore, Zykeriah Bell, Anijah Smith, Adrian Skinner and Rakaylla Brooks.

Eagle Ridge students take part in tech fair

Several of Eagle Ridge's fourth and fifth grade students recently participated in the Oconee RESA 16th annual Regional Technology Competition. All competitors did an outstanding job presenting their projects. Eagle Ridge had five teams that won first place. Nyema Johnson and Asia Morris; Chavares Battle and Montavious Williams; Jaylen Brantley and Jordon Jackson; Ollieah Lary and Aziza Rosario; Kamren Kennedy and Elisha Cleveland have advanced to the state competition that will be held at Middle Georgia State College in March. Eagle Ridge also had five teams that earned second place finishes. These included DeQuan Pinkston and Julius Moore; Dylan Smith and Christopher Baxley; Bernasia Simmons and Shacara Gordon; Lagabriel Ingram and Avery Sanford; and Cheyenne Mosley and Erica Bateman.

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JMA FCA supports mission trip

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The John Milledge Academy middle school FCA is supporting teacher Ellen Kirkland’s mission trip to Honduras through the Ebenezer Baptist Association. Students are collecting hygiene products and other small items that will be shipped to Orphanage Emmanuel in Honduras this summer. Shanteona Keys, a graduate and former basketball player at Georgia College is working with FCA in the area. She has attended several of JMA FCA meetings and encouraged several of the Georgia College players to also support the mission. These players, along with Keys, are not only supporting the mission, but are also hoping to encourage JMA middle schoolers to do the same.

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