Many Students Honored for Academic Achievements

Courtsey of WRBE, "Your Hometown Radio"
The George County Board of Education recently honored several high school and middle school student for academic achievements, including sixth grader Joshua Mallett for winning the Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge for the state of Mississippi. Joshus is the youngest son of Dr. Presley and Dr. Tara Mallett. He will compete in the National Completion on May 14 and 15.
The Board of Education also honored middle school students for perfect scores on the MCT state exams for the 2005-06 school year, they included sixth graders Lexi Bolin, Dillion Eubanks, Tiffany Miller, Colt Reynolds, and Caleb Rollins in Reading; sixth graders Keirsten Cowart, Leah Gardner, Kaylee Jeminson, Alex McNeely, Colby Parker and Sawyer Steede in Language; sixth graders Emma Harris and Theodore Riley made a perfect score in both Reading and Language. Sixth graders Dylan Boutwell and Joshua Mallett made a perfect score in Math and LeRoy Martin made a perfect score in both Math and Language.
Seventh graders Matthew Cain, Meredith Moody and Brysan Murrah scored 100 percent on their MCT state testing exams in Reading; and Edward Maples made a perfect score on his state math exam; seventh graders Ashley Fiveash, Courtney Hancock, Kelsea Nero and Tara Roberts made a perfect score on their state Language exam.
Eight graders Chip Adkins, Brandon Creel, George Parker and Keaton Pope scored perfect on their MCT state reading exams, and seventh graders Christa Hare and Drew Kirkwood scored perfect on their state math exam and Jacqulyn Ladiner score perfect on the state Language exam.
At the George County High School, the Yearbook Staff and Student Press Staff were awarded first place in “General Excellence” by the Mississippi Scholastic Press Association; the Yearbook staff students include: Student Editor Jannetta DeSalvo, Keli Rester, Shyanne Holland, Brittni Pierce, Hillary Howell, Pamela Beck and Chiquita Jack; and The Student Press staff includes: Student Editors Xerxes A. Wilson, III, Brittany Mason, Barbara Thompson and Cassidy Havens and staff members Brianne Rogers, Ana Solo'rzano, Skye Lacy, Victoria Kaplan, Desiree Addison, Kimberly Howell and AnnDaree Morris.
All the students were honored with certificates and words of congratulations from high school principal Paul Wallace and middle school principal Patsy Horn and Board of Education President Ronnie Cooley. Members of the board also express their congratulations to the parents of the students for their hard work and guidance in the upbringing of the students honored.