Weaver High
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| Camp Weaver |
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Calhoun County
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| Calhoun County Partners with Jacksonville State University |
Calhoun County Schools is preparing to partner with Jacksonville State University in outdoor lab project.
The school system owns land adjacent to its career technology center. The land is a relatively undisturbed piece on property loaded with more than 200 species. The school system plans periodically hold science classes on the 7 acre lot with assistance from professors from JSU.
The stakeholders hope to iron out the logistics in time to have high school students studying the land in time for the upcoming school year.
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Calhoun County
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| $1000 for Calhoun County Schools |
Superintendent Joseph Dyar was selected to receive a $1000, for Calhoun County Schools, while at the Alabama Association of School Boards conference.
Pictured: Mrs. Karen Winn, Mr. Joseph Dyar, Mr. Larry Stewart, Mr. Phil Murphy, Mrs. June Evans, Mr. David Gilmore, and a representative from AASB
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Hall of Fame
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| Calhoun County Sports Hall of Fame |
Congratulations to Mr. John Adcock and Mr. Jack Stewart on their induction into the Calhoun County Sports Hall of Fame.
John Adcock, former Wellborn High School Coach, University of Alabama basketball player, All-State performer is a 2012 Class Inductee to the Calhoun County Sports Hall of Fame. Coach Adcock served 20 years at Wellborn. Congratulations to John Adcock for your outstanding achievement!
Jack Stewart, former Saks High School Coach, 2012 Class Inductee for the Calhoun County Sports Hall of Fame. Coach Stewart lead 12 Saks High School Teams and had a collective record of 70-40-4. Additionally Coach Stewart took the Saks Wildcats through their first undefeated season in 1968. Congratulations to Jack Steward for your exceptional accomplishment!
Anniston Star Article
Adcock Article
Stewart Article
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Wellborn Elementary
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| Wellborn Elementary Outdoor Classroom |
Wellborn Elementary outdoor classroom has been certified as a "Nature Explore" classroom by the National Arbor Day Foundation. It will be the first Nature Explore classroom located in Alabama. The Arbor Day Foundation will have a news release on June 14th, and will have a recognition at the County Commission on that date.
TV24 Video
News Release
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Calhoun County Schools
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| Calhouun County Golf Teams |
| Congratulations to all the golf teams from Calhoun County! Saks High, Weaver High and White Plains High participated in Sub-State Golf tournament at Gunters Landing in Guntersville . Please take a moment to view the slideshow from the tournament.
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Class of 2012
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| Class of 2012 - Calhoun County Schools |
Congratulations to our 2012 graduates.
Calhoun County Schools faculty and staff extends our congratulations to the graduating class of 2012. We value our role in preparing them for the next chapter in their lives and wish them all the best.
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Calhoun County
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| Math Tournament Awards Ceremony |
| The Calhoun County School's math tournament concluded with an awards ceremony on May 2nd at the Theron Montgomery building at Jacksonville State University. Please visit the link below to see pictures from the event. Congratulations to all the individual and team winners!
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Tournament Results
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Technology
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| Bring Your Own Device - White Plains Middle |
| White Plains Middle has begun a new initiative called bring your own device (B.Y.O.D). The initiative will allow students to bring personal devices such as laptops and tablet computers to school for use in the classroom.
TV24 Video
White Plains Middle Video
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Saks Softball
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| Saks High Lady Wildcats - 3A State Champions |
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Congratulations to all the players and coaches of the Saks High Lady Wildcats softball team! We are so proud of your accomplishment!
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Spring Jam
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| Pigskin Roundup - Spring Jam |
| Wellborn High School hosted the first ever Pigskin Roundup at Jacksonville State's Burgess Snow Field. Seven teams from Calhoun County School system as well as Donoho High School participated in the two day event. TV24 will air the games Tuesday May 22nd. Please check with TV24 for the specific broadcast time.
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Technology Fair
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| ACTE State Technology Fair |
Congratulations to all the students from Wellborn Elementary that participated in this year's State Technology Fair at Auburn University Montgomery.
Allison Ford and Victoria Luke represented Calhoun County very well! Mrs. Luke placed 3rd in Multimedia.
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Kids Fishing Classic
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| Kids Invitational Fishing Classic |
The Kids Invitational Classic was held on May 3rd at Oxford Lake. The event consisted of 194 students from classrooms serving intellectual developmental disabilities throughout Calhoun and Cleburne counties.
The Kids Fishing Committee consists of staff from The Alabama Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Calhoun County Commission, Calhoun County Extension Service, Calhoun County 911 EMA, Arc of Calhoun and Cleburne Counties, City of Oxford/Oxford PARD, Ogle Sign and a host of volunteers.
Prizes were distributed to individual students in both divisions who caught the most and biggest fish.
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Career Technical
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| Culinary Arts - Career Technical Center |
| The culinary arts program from Calhoun County's Career Technical Center was recently recognized on TV24. We are so very fortunate to have this great program in our school system!
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TV24 Video
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Calhoun County
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| Teacher of the Year Luncheon |
| A luncheon was held at Jacksonville State's Houston Cole library on May 1st to honor the nominees and recipients of the Teacher of the Year awards. |
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| System Level - Teachers of the Year |
| Mrs. Shannon Mallet - Pleasant Valley Elementary |
| Mrs. Krista Young - Career Technical Center |
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| Jacksonville State University Hall of Fame |
| Juanice Robinson - Weaver Elementary |
| Richard Wright - Ohatchee High |
| Stephanie Mathews - White Plains High |
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C-Span Student Cam
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| C-Span Student Cam |
C-SPAN is pleased to announce the 75 winning videos in the 2012 StudentCam competition! Alex McFry's 'Back to the Basics'
was selected among the winners. There were over 1,000 applicants nationwide. Alex also won $250 for his video.
Click the link below to view his videos.
Back to the Basics - Alex Mcfry
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| The C-SPAN crew surprised Alex on May 1st with a visit to White Plains High to present him with a certificate for his accomplishment. |
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TransitionU
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| Transition University (TransitionU) |
| Calhoun County Schools is partnering with Jacksonville State University in a program called TransitionU. TransitionU will allow pre-vocational students from Alexandria and Wellborn High schools to gain access to the college campus as well allowing Jacksonville State students the opportunity to train and learn alongside our students.
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YMCA
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| YMCA - Strong Kids Campaign |
| Calhoun County Schools partnered with the YMCA Strong Kids Plant the Seed 2012 Campaign, for the purpose of helping the children in the school system. The campaign recently ended with a Victory Luncheon at the YMCA in Downtown Anniston. CEO of the YMCA of Calhoun County, Jerry Adkins, says that the outcome of this year's campaign exceeded all expectations.
TV24 Video - Victory Luncheon
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GLOBE
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| Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment's (GLOBE) Earth Day video competition |
| Congratulations to Mrs. Gaither's 5th Grade class from Saks Middle. Mrs. Gaither's class finished 3rd in the National Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment's (GLOBE) Earth Day video competition.
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Career Technical
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| Career on Wheels (C.O.W.) - Career Technical Center |
| The Career Technical Center was the site of the annual COW or Careers on Wheels event. The event's main goal is to allow students to have fun while promoting education and good career choices.
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Earth Day
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| Earth Day Celebration |
| Calhoun County fourth-graders celebrated their 12th annual Earth Day. The event is sponsored each year by the Calhoun County Extension Office and many area agencies. Activities took place at Cane Creek Gardens at McClellan, where students were rotated through stations learning about the environment.
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Bryant Jordan Scholarships
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| Bryant-Jordan Scholarship Recipients |
| Congratulations to Whitney Roberson (Ohatchee High) and Dalton Carroll (Wellborn High) for receiving Bryant-Jordan Scholarships. Mrs. Roberson received the Bryant-Jordan Achievement Scholarship and Mr. Carroll received the Bryant-Jordan Scholastic Scholarship.
Whitney Roberson Video
Dalton Carroll Video
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Calhoun County Schools
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| FBLA State Competition - Birmingham Alabama |
| Congratulations to all students from Calhoun County who participated in the FBLA State Competitions! The state competition was held at the Birmingham Sheraton on April 12th. |
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Calhoun County Schools
White Plains State Qualifiers |
Zach Burgess - White Plains
District VI FBLA Scholarship Recipient |
Lyndsey Golden - White Plains
2nd in Hospitality Management |
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Calhoun County Schools
Ohatchee High State Qualifiers |
Dalton Donner, Steven Pressley, Joey Johnson
3rd Place Digital Video Production |
Whitney Roberson - Ohatchee
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AASOP
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| 2012 Alabama Association of School Office Personnel (AASOP) District V Luncheon |
Alabama Association of School Office Personnel (AASOP) met on April 17 for their annual luncheon/meeting to honor district V's office personnel. Individuals from Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Dekalb, Etowah, St. Clair, and Talladega Counties were all represented in the meeting!
The members of this organization provide many services to the schools and strive (as an organization and part of their annual function) to provide 2 or 3 $500 scholarships to graduating seniors from schools within District V (for which the candidates apply and winners are selected by the State AASOP scholarship committee).
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Alex
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| Alex Podcast Camp |
| Congratulations to Lisa Hood and Brandy Russell from Weaver Elementary. These ladies will participate in the Alex Podcast Camp on April 26th at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville Alabama. They both will receive a Nano and Flip Video camera. In addition these teachers will receive a stipend for their participation.
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Calhoun County Schools
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| Digital Teachers of the Year |
Congratulations to Calhoun County Schools Digital Teachers of the Year!
1st Place - Randy JacksonPleasant Valley High) Video Submission
2nd Place - Brandy Russell (Weaver Elementary) Video Submission
3rd Place - Angie Kelley (White Plains Midle) Video Submission
Honorable Mention:
Joel Nash (Alexandria High)
Laura Knighton (White Plains Elementary)
Heather Almaroad (Ohatchee High)
Jennifer Reaves (Pleasant valley Elementary)
Prizes
1st place iPad, iTunes card, years subscription to atomic learning
2nd place Elmo Wireless Slate
3rd place is Flip Video Camera
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Alexandria High
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| Alexandria Wins County Golf Tournament! |
Congratulations to the ladys golf team from Alexandria High for winning the county golf tournament!
Great Job!!
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White Plains High
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| White Plains Finishes 2nd in County Golf Tournament |
| Congratulations to the ladys golf team from White Plains for finishing in 2nd place at the county tournament!!
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Saks Elementary
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| Saks Rising Readers Grant |
| Saks Elementary library received a $2,000 grant to help purchase books from the Anniston Community Education Foundation. The books will help the students reach new accelerated reader certifications (AR) and other goals.
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Ronald Chambless
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| Alabama High School Sports Hall of Fame - Ronald Chambless |
On March 19th Mr. Ronald Chambless was inducted into the High School Sports Hall of Fame!
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Calhoun County Schools
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| Kick Butts Day |
| Sixth-graders from Calhoun County Schools are kicking butts today..cigarette butts, that is.
Students at White Plains Middle School, Saks Elementary School, Saks Middle School,
Wellborn Elementary School, and Weaver Elementary School participated in Kick Butts
Day, which is a major national youth effort to rally against tobacco use
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S.A.D.D.
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| Students Against Destructive Decisions - Saks High School |
| A group of students from the Saks High School chapter of Students Against Destructive
Decisions spent the day in Montgomery. They joined volunteers from the American Lung
Association, American Cancer Society, American Heart/Stroke Association, and Coalition for a
Tobacco-Free Alabama. This event is in advance of Kick Butts Day on March 21. It was created by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids to teach young people to stand out, speak up, and seize control against Big Tobacco.
Tv24 Video
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FCCLA State Competition
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| Family Career and Community Leaders of America State Competition |
Kaity Wilkins, 12th grade Alexandria - Won Silver medal for Interpersonal Communications
McKenzie McCormick, 12th grade Alexandria - Won Silver and State Medal for Hospitality and Recreation
Amanda Roche and Kendyl Womack, 1oth grade Saks - Won Bronze medal for Food Innovations
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SkillsUSA Competition
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| Career Technical School - SkillsUSA District Welding Competition |
Markell Fomby, Saks High School
Ethan Lambert, Pleasant Valley High School
SkillsUSA District Welding Contest at Gadsden State Community College on March 9, 2012 |
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Alternative School
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| Lowe's Grant - Alternative School |
| Congratulations to the Calhoun County Alternative School. The school has been awarded a grant from Lowe's Home Improvement totaling $23,134.00. The grant will be used to renovate classrooms and create an atmosphere conducive to learning.
Please visit the links below for a more in-depth information and to view a slideshow of the work in progress.
Anniston Star Article
TV 24 Video
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Science Olympiad
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| Science Olympiad - Saks Middle |
| Science Olympiad competition was held at Jacksonville High School on Saturday, February 18, 2012. Saks Middle had 24 students compete in 28 events ranging from science knowledge to thinking and building skills. 30 teams entered the competition from multiple counties, public and private schools. Saks placed 10th place overall. |
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| Nicholas Landingham and Peyton Grizzard took 3rd place in Propeller Propulsion |
| Alexis Petty and Gersain Ortiz-Rodriguez took 5th in Weather or Not |
| Nicholas Landingham and Will McFry took 3rd place in Mystery Architecture |
| Abygail Shull and Hannah Callahan took 6th place in Scrabble Sprint |
| Katie Seeger and Makayla Waters took 5th place in In Bloom |
| Rodolfo Torres and Caleb Ogle took 3rd place in Boggle Science |
| Rodolfo Torres and Jordyn Cunningham took 3rd place in Estimania |
| Abygail Shull, Alexis Petty, Katie Seeger, and Karlita Reese took 5th place in Write It, Do It |
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Alternative School
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| Fly Right Presentation - Alternative School |
| Fly Right Presentation Presented for Students at Calhoun County Alternative School. |
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Will Hamby
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| America's First Federal Credit Union First Class Student |
Congratulations to Will Hamby from Pleasant Valley High School!
America's First Federal Credit Union is proud of Central Alabama students who excel both inside and outside the classroom.
These outstanding students will be recognized through the America's First 'First Class' Student of the Week campaign.
Students who maintain a 3.5 GPA while participating in sports, band, volunteer projects or other activities will be afforded an opportunity to earn awards and scholarship money for being honored as a weekly America's First "First Class" student.
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State Champs!
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| 2012 HOSA (Health Occupations Students) State Competition |
State Champs!! The following students are now eligible to compete at the national competition this summer in Orlando.
1st Place - Medical Math
Savan Patel (Saks High):
Public Health Emergency Preparedness
Alissa Wood (White Plains High) 1st place (Perfect Score!!)
Amanda Saxon (White Plains High)
Whittany Saxon (White Plains High)
Destinie Turner(White Plains High)
The following students placed within the top 6 at state!
5th place- Epidemiology
Carl Anderson (Saks High)
5th Place Public Service Announcement
Autumn Beal (Pleasant Valley High)
Hannah Lively (Pleasant Valley High)
Taylor Mayben (Pleasant Valley High)
Brittany Smith (Pleasant Valley High)
6th Place- Dental Terminology
Nakita Patel (Saks High)
6th Place- Emergency Medical Technican
Marissa Amberson (Alexandria High)
Summer Parker (Alexandria High)
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Wilbur Wood
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| Mr. Wilbur Wood - Transportation South Caring Driver Award |
| Mr. Wilbur Wood, a Calhoun County bus driver for the Saks schools, recently won special recognition for being a caring bus driver by Transportation South. Transportation South honored drivers throughout Alabama for being drivers recognized by their school systems for being a caring driver of students. Mr. Wood was nominated by the principals of Saks Elementary, Saks Middle and Saks High School for this honor. The Calhoun County School System is proud of Mr. Wilbur Wood and the services he provides to our students. We are also proud of all our drivers that make caring of students a goal each time they run their routes. Transportation South honored Mr. Wood at a special luncheon in Birmingham on February 14th.
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Savannah Gardner
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| Savannah Gardner - Alexandria High School |
Senior Savannah Gardner has been our Girls Basketball manager for several years now and has played for the Lakeshore Lakers, a Wheelchair basketball team for 7 years
she will play wheelchair basketball at UA in the Fall.
Friday night was Senior Night at AHS and Savannah, SGA Chaplain, arranged a wheelchair basketball demonstration for AHS. Savanna was determined and wrote a proposal to get the event rolling. 9 players and 2 coaches from her team came from all over Alabama for this demonstration. In addition Savannah arranged for several of her classmates that do not have disabilities to try their hand at the sport in a scrimmage with her team. It was amazing.
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Career Technical
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| $30,000 Mobile Guidance Career Laboratory Grant |
| The new "Mobile Guidance Career Laboratory" at the Calhoun County Career Technical Center will be in full operation in January. This past summer, the $30,000 Mobile Guidance Career Laboratory Grant came available through the Alabama Department of Education. After receiving word from Karen Winn about this grant, Wayne Smart knew his counselor, Donna Nash, would be excited about this opportunity for the students of Calhoun County. He also knew this type of lab was something that she had been working on since 2006 when she opened the Career Center. He said, "Mrs. Nash came in during her off time in the summer to write the grant with the help of Naomi Williamson, Coop Coordinator, and the Tech Center bookkeeper, Miranda Waid." Mrs. Nash is presently working on the implementation of the Career Guidance Mobile Lab Grant that was recently awarded to the Calhoun County Career Technical Center in September.
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Band Honors
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| Calhoun County Students Make All-State and District Band |
The following students will be representing their high schools and Calhoun County Schools in the District II Honor Band and the Alabama All-State Band in April.
| Jazmyn Simmons- Saks HS- District & All-State Red Band |
Jada Dalrymple- Saks HS- District & All-State Red Band |
| Shelby Hudgins- Wellborn HS- District & All-State |
Keith McIntyre- Pleasant Valley HS- District |
| Adam Haynes- Alexandria HS- District |
Will Arrington- Weaver HS- District & All-State Alternate |
| Tim Clay- Saks HS- District & All-State White Band |
Aaron Smith- Weaver HS- District & All-State White Band |
| Stephen Smith- Alexandria HS- District & All-State Blue Band |
Dallas Bedford- Weaver HS- District & All-State White Band |
| Brittany White- Alexandria HS- District & All-State Blue Band |
Lauren Reaves- Alexandria MS- District & All-State Alternate |
| Shelby Rhodes- Alexandria MS- District & All-State |
Kyia McMillian- Alexandria MS- District & All-State |
| Hope Butler- Wellborn MS- District |
Gillian Kreh- Saks HS- District |
| Allison Feazell- Alexandria Middle- District |
Chris Hudson- Alexandria Middle- District & All-State Alternate |
| Lindsey Cain- Alexandria Middle- District & All-State |
Gabrielle Rios- Saks HS- District |
| Andrew Epperson- Pleasant Valley Jr. High- District |
Alex Carr- Wellborn Middle- District & All-State Alternate |
| Ryan McKinney- White Plains Middle- District & All-State |
Nick Wyville- Alexandria Middle- District & All-State |
This is an amazing accomplishment for these students and speaks volumes about our quality programs in this system. The District Honor Band will be held on April 6 & 7 at Albertville High School. The All-State Band will be held April 12-14 in Mobile.
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JSU Enviro-Bowl
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| JSU Enviro-Bowl |
| Congratulations to the following students for a 3rd place showing at the JSU Enviro-Bowl |
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| Carl Anderson - Saks High |
| Saven Patel - Saks High |
| Aisha Williams - Wellborn High |
| Kia Ross - Alexandria High |
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Krista Young - CTC
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| Med Prep Program - Career Tech |
| Krista Young is leading the way for Student Credentials in the Med Prep program for Career Tech. The CERT credentialing has been approved by the State Department for the Med Prep program. Thanks to Mrs. Young's efforts the state department has decided to rewrite the Health Science credentialing grid for the entire state to include CERT.
TV24 Video
Anniston Star Article
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Wayne Smart - CTC
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| Career Technical Center |
| Wayne Smart presented a great presentation to the Chamber of Commerce concerning Career Technical Center, Career Tech Programs, and credentialing.
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Ohatchee Elementary
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| PreK Grant - Ohatchee Elementary |
| Ohatchee Elementary School was awarded a First Class Pre-Kindergarten grant from the Alabama Office of School Readiness for the 2011-12 school year. This grant is valued at $82,260 and will provide valuable preschool skills for the 18 students from the Ohatchee community that are participating in this voluntary program. The Pre-K lead teacher is Lynn Christopher and the Assistant teacher is Brandy Davis. The Pre-K playground at OES was completed in November, 2011. Funding for the playground was provided by a $10,000 donation from Senator Del Marsh
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Football Playoffs
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| Football Playoffs |
| Congratulation to Alexandria, Saks, Weaver, and Wellborn for making it to the state high school football playoffs!
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Wellborn Slideshow
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Saks Middle
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| ACEF Grant Recipients |
| A $70,000 grant has been awarded to Saks Middle School from Anniston Community Education Foundation for the Tools for Success Project. This is a two year grant that will be rewarded in two installments of $35,000.
A previous grant was awarded to Saks Elementary School from Anniston Community Education Foundation which was used to fund the Kindergarten Waterford lab at Saks Elementary School.
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Saks Elementary
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| Saks Elementary Garden |
| Saks Elementary School improved their outdoor classroom when they built new planting boxes using funds from a grant awarded to SES from the Coosa Valley Resources, Conservation and Development Council. With the new boxes, the classes were able to plant and cultivate winter vegetables. They planted cabbage, radishes, broccoli, and turnip greens.
Monday, November 07, 2011, the Second Grade classes picked the turnip greens for part of Tuesdays lunch. Mrs. NeSmith will clean, prepare and cook the greens so that the students can taste their hard work.
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Volleyball
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Derek Morris - WHS
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| Derek Morris - Weaver High |
| All but one of the marching members of Weaver High Schools band stepped to the beat Friday. Saxophone player Derek Morris glided.
Anniston Star Article
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White Plains High
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| White Plains High School Marching Band |
| The White Plains High School Blue Brigade Marching Band will perform in the Veterans day parade in New Your City.
TV24 Video
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Band Expo
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| Band Exhibition 2011 |
| Bands from Calhoun County showed of their talents at the 2011 Band Exhibition. The exhibition was held on September 15th at Oxford Stadium.
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Cross-Country Team
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| Cross-Country Running |
| Congratulations to all Calhoun County cross-country runners for an outstanding performance at the state meet. All-state Athletes: Kaitlyn Dawson,Tiffany Williams,Matthew Bonds,Dextor Vernon,Todd Kirk - Pleasant Valley, Benjamin Alexander - White Plains
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