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Covering our Local Schools April 2011
School Education is Power
Volume 4, Issue 4
Students help in tsunami relief GMC Prep School
Early Learning Center
Baldwin High School
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Oak Hill Middle School
Blandy Hills Elementary
Creekside Elementary
Eagle Ridge Elementary
Midway Elementary
Pictured are BHS students James Humphries, Alexea Mullins and Desiree Reyes. BHS students who are studying Japanese through Georgia Virtual School participated in a relief effort to support the victims of the tsunami/earthquake. Following the Japanese tradition, students folded paper cranes and collected pledges to send to victims. BHS students folded 103 origami cranes to be added to those from other students in GAVS throughout the state. Sadako was 2 years old when an atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima in 1945. When she was 12, she was diagnosed with leukemia and given less than a year to live. A friend showed her how to fold paper cranes and told her that if a person folded 1,000 paper cranes, they might get a wish granted. Sadako believed the story and wished to get well. She began working hard to fold one thousand cranes. At the time of her death in October 1955, she had completed only 644 cranes. Her friends were so moved that they folded the remaining 356 cranes to complete her goal so they could be used in her funeral. These children kept working for more than two years and raised about $400,000 to erect a monument to honor and remember Sadako and the cranes to promote peace in the world. In honor of this effort and her story, approximately nine metric tons of paper cranes are sent to Hiroshima each year. Today, Japanese people, especially young people, still take time to fold a thousand paper cranes when someone is recovering from illness, needing encouragement or trying hard to reach a very difficult goal. They are a symbol of peace, love and encouragement.
Eagle Ridge kindergarteners have pre-K visitors Mrs. Crane and Mrs. Eubanks’ kindergarten class at ERE celebrated the 100th day of school by collecting 100 items as a project. Pictured is the class showing off their 100th day masks and projects! Contributed photo
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Creekside students recognized COMMUNITY for good character School is published monthly by The Union-Recorder 165 Garrett Way • Milledgeville, GA 31061 The Union-Recorder thanks all of the many advertisers who support the Community School Zone
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Each month students at Creekside Elementary School study a character word. Colby Avery and Gwen Washington from Debbie Amason’s kindergarten class were presented a certificate for demonstrating the character word, respect.
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GMC Prep School senior Kevin Kotrick was recently selected as the Exchange Club Student of the Month. He is pictured with Sara Stone, Exchange Club Secretary.
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Eagle Ridge students spend money wisely
Mrs. Crane and Mrs. Eubanks’ kindergarten class continues to identify and count money by participating in an incentive of earning coins for doing their ‘jobs’ at school. When a student is ‘caught’ displaying positive behavior in class, she/he earns money to add to their pouch. Pictured are students Antonio Edwards and Ollieah Lary (right) showing off their money pouches. On Friday, the students can spend their coins in the class store. Also pictured is Jaylen Walker (left) spending his earned money in the class store.
Midway students study stars
Ms. Ruby Cox, OE teacher from Midway Elementary, conducted an activity at Georgia College on stars with students from Midway Elementary. The students were third-graders who visited the college for a field trip entitled ‘Fossils to Space.’
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EBLA students put on a show at Blandy
EBLA Academy students recently teamed with Blandy Hills Elementary students to perform a puppet show about friendship. The play was presented by the Spanish students to the Blandy students in both Spanish and English. Shown are Shelby Thigpen and Brooke Bentley preparing their puppets for the show as well as a shot of the puppets on stage. Thanks Mrs. Bentley and Ms. Cosme for working together to give the Blandy students a great show!
JMA journalism students visit The Union-Recorder In February, John Milledge Academy’s Journalism class had the opportunity to visit The Union Recorder. The class toured the building and learned about the history of this newspaper, and saw first-hand all of the hard work that goes into producing a daily paper. They met reporters, editors and workers who were readily available to answer questions. Everyone was very friendly and the students learned many techniques to take back and use in writing magazine articles and working on the yearbook. The Union Recorder was kind enough to provide lunch, and the students had a wonderful time discussing future college and career plans while eating with the staff.
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Eagle Ridge students mark 100th day of school
Mrs. McCroskey and Mrs. Johnson's kindergarten class at Eagle Ridge Elementary are ‘100 Days Smarter!’ Students worked on a 100-day project at home with their parents to share on our 100th day in school. Thanks to all the parents who helped out with this project and for donating items for the 100-day Trail Mix. The students also enjoyed mixing the items in celebration of our ‘100 Days Smarter’ event.
Mangus is new principal at Sinclair Christian Academy The week of March 28, Sinclair Christian Academy welcomed a new principal to work along side the Administrator, Heather Schulze, to continue building programs and excellence in the quickly growing school. He prefers to be called Captain Mangus or Principal Mangus. Before becoming principal of Sinclair Christian Academy, he served in the United States Army. He has visited numerous countries and states in his life, ranging from Miami, Fla., to Afghanistan. He has been featured in Time magazine; his wife, Ashley Mangus, has been quoted in a few magazines as well. When asked what his goals were as principal, he shared his vision of quality education and programs before
GPAs, and extracurricular activities such as track and cross-country. Principal Mangus says God led him to this position through prayer, as well as through circumstances in his life. He graduated college with an MPA, which happened to be a requirement for this job. He also says God’s timing was great,
because two weeks after retiring from the army, he was offered this position. Principal Mangus says: “We are a good school, we will be great.” Sinclair Christian Academy looks forward to the continued momentum and growth ahead with Captain Mangus as our Principal.
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JMA competes in Region Competition
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YES students take field trip
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YES third grade students learned a lot on the field trip to Georgia College’s National History Museum in January.
Creekside holds RIF distrbution Contributed photo
The JMA Literary Team competed in the Region Competition March 8 hosted by Augusta Prep. Cherokee Henry and Rebekah Vaughn placed third in Duo Interpretation, Anna Jones placed fourth in Personal Essay, Lindsey Herrin placed fifth in Humorous Interpretation and Sammy Roberts placed fifth in Dramatic Interpretation. Pictured are Lindsey Herrin, Julia Hinson, Jess Qualls, Anna Jones, Rebekah Vaughn, Anna Avant, Cherokee Henry, Sammy Roberts, Hyland Braddy, Gavin Kopel, Granger Harpe and Sean Hodell.
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Creekside Elementary recently held RIF distribution in the Media Center. Reading is Fundamental (RIF) is held three times a year and is made possible by a grant from the American Association of University Women. All students get the chance to choose a book of their own to enjoy. Pictured are students from Mrs. Phillips’ class.
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Celebrating Suess
Students from Midway Elementary celebrated Dr. Suess’s birthday by reading the book ‘The King’s Stilts.’ After listening to the story the students enjoyed an activity that included walking on stilts. Pictured are students from Ms. Sills and Mrs. Hitchcock’s third grade class.
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Mrs. McCroskey’s kindergarten class at Eagle Ridge Elementary enjoyed having students from the Early Learning Center come to visit. The visit is part of transitioning from pre-K to kindergarten. The kindergarten classes, as they get ready to move on to first grade, all agreed they had fun getting to meet the students who would soon be coming to kindergarten. Special thanks to all who helped make the visit possible. Pictured are Keon and Jaquan, kindergarteners from Mrs. McCroksey’s room, and Hudson from Mrs. Johnson’s pre-K.
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GMC Odyssey of the Mind teams fair well at region Middle school team places out of 10 teams, high school team places first Both of GMC’s Middle and High School Odyssey of the Mind teams did exceptionally well at the region competition recently held in Savannah. The middle school team placed second out of 10 teams and the High School placed first. The middle school team consists of seven fantastic young ladies: Reagan Thornton, Mary Ashley Easterwood, Audrey Harris, Sarai Mapp, Peyton Mims, Heather Norton and Meia Warren. The high school team includes: Sarah Poole, Jostin Grimes, KeShawn Harris, Taylore Brooks, Liam and Elliot Fairbrass. The high school team was awarded the Ranatra Fusca Award from the Long-Term Problem Captain, and the entire team of judges for exceptional creativity. The state competition was April 16 at Columbus State University.
Above: Middle School team members (l to r): Sarai Mapp, Mary Ashley Easterwood, Meia Warren, Reagan Thornton, Heather Norton, Audrey Harris, MAJ Emily Faribrass and Peyton Mims.
High School team members, front row (l to r): Taylore Brooks, Liam Fairbrass, Sarah Poole, Back Row: KeShawn Harris, Elliot Fairbrass and Jostin Grimes.
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Early Learning Center students visit Lowe’s
Mrs. Simons and Mrs. Johnson’s class visited Lowe’s Home Improvement Center and learned all about the garden center. Ms. Melissa and Ms. Lori gave the classes a tour of the store and everyone left with a Lowe’s apron and a pair of goggles.
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ELC mascot travels to state capital
Jackie Bear, the class mascot from Mrs. Johnson’s class at the Early Learning Center, traveled to Atlanta with the Baldwin National Children Study and had the opportunity to meet Gov. Nathan Deal.
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Second graders shape up for future teacher Junior cohort student Katie Faye Watson recently completed a unit on 3-D shapes with Mrs. Nelanie McAfee’s second grade class at Midway Elementary. Students were to create a 3-D shape using common household objects. Shown from left to right are Quintarius Hill, Kallista Sloan, Blair Johnson, Brodie Clark, Ms. Watson, Raven Burns, Derek Oltremari and Quaderia Harris. Contributed photo
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Creekside students learn about fire prevention
Debbie Amason’s class at Creekside Elementary recently studied about fire prevention. As a part of the study, the Hardwick Fire Department came to share with the students. Each student learned about the equipment on the fire truck as well as ways to stay safe form fire. Each student had a chance to spray water from the fire hose. Shown is LuLu Sinyard spraying water with the help of a fireman.
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