It was a standing room only crowd as three different groups of students were recognized at tonight's Board of Education meeting. Their success is a result of their Relentless Pursuit of a Culture of Excellence.
The first group of students to be recognized was the district level winners in the Georgia Young Authors contest. Each of these students will now go on to compete against the other schools in our RESA district and those winners will then compete for the state title.
Kindergarten - Judge Story, Len Lastinger Elementary
1st Grade - Kacie Johnson, G O Bailey Elementary
2nd Grade - Ailyn Oker, Annie Belle Clark Elementary
3rd Grade - Jackson Howell, Matt Wilson Elementary
4th Grade - Meera Patel, J T Reddick Elementary
5th Grade - Caden Alley, Annie Belle Clark Elementary
6th Grade - Riya Hemant Naikare, Eighth Street Middle School
7th Grade - Max Nelson, Eighth Street Middle School
8th Grade - Emerson Toews, Eighth Street Middle School
9th Grade - Katherine Schwalls, Tift County High School
10th Grade - Braiden Bailey, Tift County High School
11th Grade - Emmalee Daniels, Tift County High School
12th Grade - Amanda Blake Chambless, Tift County High School
Dr. Fred Rayfield recognized two students in the Skills USA program at Tift County High School. Those students are pictured below with their teachers.
Matthew Singletary, State Winner, Metal Sculpture
Marcus Owen, 1st place Automotive Electrical
The final recognition of the evening was by Laural Mullen, middle school FBLA advisor. The chapter placed 3rd overall in the Chapter Sweepstakes & 2nd for the largest increase in local chapter membership. At the region level, they had twenty first-place finishes, ten second-place finishes, ten third-place finishes.
Georgia FBLA State Leadership Conference Top Three Finishers
3rd Place
Business Ethics: James Fresh and Mitchell Kunes
Exploring Business Issues: Lucas Clayton and Case Kelly
FBLA Mission & Pledge: Claire Martin
2nd Place
Battle of the Chapters: Ma’Kailyn Blackshear, Taylor Donaldson, and Leah McMurphy
Career Research Jayda Harrell
Exploring Technology Tucker Moore
Community Service Presentation: Kaitlyn Graves
1st Place
FBLA Concepts Claire Martin
Multimedia & Website Development: Riya Naikare
Chapter Activities Presentation: Reid Tubbs
Congratulations to each of these students. We are proud of your accomplishments. #4theT