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Student Spotlight - Recognizing Superior
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Franklin County Middle School students recently took part in the National Geographic Society's Geobee. Following class and grade level competitions, these students advanced to the school-wide bee: Dylan Davis, Ben Cheek, Luke Fowler, Dechaun Skoglund, Kevin Hohman, Kailey Bradley, Hannah David, and Garrett Hart. Garrett Hart was the runner up. Dylan Davis was the winner for our school. Dylan will advance to the next level of competition, a written examination to determine state competitors. |
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Our 21st Century Afterschool Program students and teachers had a great time at the Bell Family YMCA in Hartwell, Georgia, last Thursday. The students enjoyed a personalized one-on-one session with the staff that day and had the gym all to themselves. Students demonstrated their abilities on the gymnastics equipment as well as playing interactive listening games with the instructor. This was an exciting way to tie in some of our math standards. We left with many smiling faces, a wonderful time was had by all! |
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Shawn Carter, Franklin County Middle School 8th grade student pictured here with Mr. Neal Gaines, was the winner in the county spelling bee held on Tuesday evening, February 2, 2010. Shawn will now advance to the region finals. Congratulations to Shawn. |
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Franklin County Middle School Students Shawn Carter and Leah Ford recently placed first and second, respectively, in the 2010 school spelling bee. These students advance to the county spelling bee on February 2, 2010, at Lavonia Elementary School. |
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Franklin County Middle School students recently took part in the National Geographic Society's Geobee. Following class and grade level competitions, these students advanced to the school-wide bee: Dylan Davis, Ben Cheek, Luke Fowler, Dechaun Skoglund, Kevin Hohman, Kailey Bradley, Hannah David, and Garrett Hart. |
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Franklin County Middle School students recently took part in the National Geographic Society's Geobee. Following class and grade level competitions, these students advanced to the school-wide bee: Dylan Davis, Ben Cheek, Luke Fowler, Dechaun Skoglund, Kevin Hohman, Kailey Bradley, Hannah David, and Garrett Hart. |
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On November 15, 2009, the congregation of Double Branches Baptist Church honored the FCMS/FCHS Auxiliary and Cheerleaders to show their appreciation for the girls and their school spirit. Special music was presented by Dylan and Lindsey Chitwood and Pastor Cory Pulliam presented a message just for the girls. Lunch was provided by the church for the girls and their families. Mrs. Floyd and Mrs. Breedlove accompanied the girls to the service. |
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Adam Shoemaker an eighth grader at Franklin
County Middle School has been awarded a cash grant
Scholarship from the United States Achievement Academy.
Adam has been named a 2008/2009 All-American Scholar Winner.
The Academy selects All-American Scholar winners based on
the standards of selection set forth by the Academy. The
criteria for selection are a student’s grade point average,
student achievements, and well-balanced schedule of
academics. |
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Every year
7th grade students in the gifted program at FCMS participate
in the Duke TIP program sponsored by Duke University. This
program allows 7th grade gifted students to take the SAT.
This is the exact same SAT that high school students take
for college admission. Two FCMS students, Tucker Ayers and
Tori Beck, scored high enough on the SAT this year as 7th
graders to receive state recognition from the Duke TIP
program. FCMS is proud of Tucker's and Tori's
achievements! |
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The Middle
School TSA was once again named the Georgia Middle School
TSA of the Year. Congratulations to these students and
their sponsor, Dr. David Phillips, for all of their hard
work! |
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Congratultions to
Garrett LeCroy. Garrett recently won the region GeoBee and
placed 6th place in the state competition.
Congratulations to Garrett! |
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Congratulations to the following
student winners
of the Young GA Authors' Writing Competition winners:
6th grade: C'Lee
Long
7th grade: Cassidy
Starling
8th grade: Haley Sue
Long
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Congratulations to Colton Spencer! He won the Franklin
County Spelling Bee Monday night, February 2, 2009. Colton
will represent Franklin County at the district spelling bee
at Collins Hill High School in Suwanee, GA on February 28.
Colton's winning word was refute. The runner-up was Emily
Bullock from Royston Elementary. |
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Mrs.
Amy Thomas's 6th and 8th grade gifted Language Arts classes
at FCMS recently participated in the Patriot's Pen essay
contest. The essay contest is sponsored by our local VFW
organizations. This year's essay topic was “Why
American Veteran’s Should Be Honored.” Cassie Hall, an 8th
grade student, wrote the first place essay. Cassie's essay
was sent on to compete at the district level of competition.
Cassie also won first place at the district competition.
Her essay is now being judged at the state VFW essay
contest. Adam Shoemaker, an 8th grade student, received
second place, and Amber Morgan, also an 8th grade student,
received third place. Congratulations to these three
students! |
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Franklin County Middle School recently participated in the
National Geographic Society's Geography Bee. Students in
all social studies classes participated in classroom
competitions by answering 7 rounds of geography questions.
Grade level competitions were then held to determine final
round competitors. The following students participated in
the school-wide bee: Dylan Davis, Leah Ford, Clayton
Godfrey, William Hearn, Leighanne Laird, Garrett LeCroy,
Adam Shoemaker, Tyler Teague, and David Webb. Tyler Teague
was the 1st runner up. Garrett LeCroy became Franklin
County Middle School's Geobee champion for 2009. Garrett
has to take a written test to qualify for state level
competition. |
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Mr. Barry
Peeples, head custodian at FCMS, and his grandson Caleb,
enjoy backpacking on the Chattahoochee River. |
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The Franklin County Middle
School Spelling Bee was held on Friday, January 16. Colton
Spencer (left) was the winner and Austin Brown was the
runner up. Colton won after spelling the word gnat
correctly. He also spelled loiter correctly after Austin
had misspelled it in the final round. Congratulations to
Colton, Austin, and the other 22 contestants in the FCMS
Spelling Bee. Colton will represent FCMS in the county
Spelling Bee on Monday, February 2, at Franklin County
Middle School's Media Center at 6:30 p.m. |
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Thanks to
Claire Estrada, a 7th grade student at Franklin County
Middle School, who has donated many books to the school
media center this year. |
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FCMS Academic
Team competed at the PAGE Regional Academic Bowl competition
on Saturday, January 10, 2009, at Hilsman Middle School in
Athens, GA. There were 16 local middle schools
participating in the academic competition. At the end of
seven games, FCMS was the number one team in its division. FCMS
played Hilsman in the championship round, and unfortunately
lost in a close match. FCMS brought home the runner-up
trophy. Congratulations to the FCMS Academic Team! |
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Antravion
Sadler was recently honored for his participation in the
People to People World Leadership Forum at the Washington
School of World Studies. The Washington School of
World Studies is an educational partner with People to
People Ambassador Programs. This program offers
students the opportunity to earn high school credit for the
Exploring American Leadership course. Antravion is a
6th grader at Franklin County Middle School. |
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These students received awards
for excellence in attendance for the first 9 weeks of the
school year. |
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The eighth grade sponsored the
2008 Powder Puff Football Competition on Saturday evening,
November 8, 2008. Click
here for
additional photos. |
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Four Franklin County Middle
School students spent a week last April in Washington, DC.
The students participated in an invitation-only leadership
conference sponsored by the National Young Leaders
Conference. These students were nominated by Amy Thomas at
the middle school, and were joined by students across the
country. Pictured from left to right are: Morgan Walker,
Haley Sue Long, Adam Shoemaker, and Garrett Lecroy. |
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Every year
7th grade students in the gifted program at FCMS participate
in the Duke TIP program sponsored by Duke University. This
program allows 7th grade gifted students to take the SAT.
This is the exact same SAT that high school students take
for college admission. Two FCMS students, Garrett LeCroy
and Adam Shoemaker, scored high enough on the SAT
last year as 7th graders to receive state recognition from
the Duke TIP program. There are high school students who
would be proud to score as high as these two guys did! FCMS
is proud of Garrett's and Adam's achievements! |
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The Cub Crew performs for local
elementary schools. See additional photos
here. |
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Eighth grade students had the
opportunity to hear from numerous speakers on career day
this spring. See additional photos
here. |
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The Cub Crew performed for
parents at the graduation coach end-of-year picnic.
See additional photos
here. |
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6th, 7th, and
8th grade Gifted Language Arts students at FCMS recently
participated in the United Daughters of the Confederacy
essay contest. This year's topic was to research Phoebe
Yates Pember and her role in the Civil War. Below are
photos of the first through third place winners from each
grade level. |
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UDC members pictured with 6th
grade winners Cassi Hewson and Daniel Moore--Ethan McCurley
not pictured |
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UDC members pictured with 7th
grade winners Hailey Chitwood, Jacob Whitmire, and Andrew
Walters |
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UDC members pictured with 8th
grade winners Kate Josey and Ansley Akin-Lucas Eschedor not
pictured |
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Congratulations to the FCMS TSA!
AT the recent state conference, they won 19 state
championships, 5 second place awards, and 6 third place
awards. Jack McRee won the Georgia Outstanding
Engineering and Technology Award, and the FCMS chapter won
the Georgia Outstanding TSA Chapter Award.
Congratulations! |
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FCMS 7th
Grade Student Joe Burchfield competes at the County Spelling
Bee on February 05, 2008, at Central Franklin Elementary
School. Joe Burchfield won the county spelling bee,
and later placed at district competition.
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FCMS 7th
Grade Student Joe Burchfield is the winner of the FCMS
Spelling Bee (pictured here with English-Language Arts
teacher Ms. Mary Cobb). Joe and runner-up Ryan Egan
will represent FCMS at the County Spelling Bee on Tuesday,
February 05, 2008, at Central Franklin Elementary School. |
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Ryan
Craft, Dylan Davis, Garrett Franklin, Michael Pressley
, Brandon Poole, Sammy Herring, Shelby Busby, and
Hunter Waters were grade level winners in Franklin
County Middle School's school-wide Geobee competition.
After several rounds of questions, Franklin County
Middle School's National Geographic Bee Winner for 2008
is Dylan Davis. Ryan Craft is the runner-up. View
additional photos of
the competition.
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FCMS 6th
grade student Marcos Rosenkjer-Grant is an experienced
paraglider. He was recently the focus of an extended
article in USHPA about his years of experience in this
sport. Click here to see
additional photos of Marcos paragliding. |
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Recently, seventh and eighth grade
students at Franklin County Middle School participated in
the local VFW Patriot's Pen essay contest. This year's
essay topic was "Why I Am An American Patriot." Leah
Dove, Kate Josey, Scout Josey, and Samantha LaZear were the
four winners in the local contest. Each winner was
presented with a fifty dollar savings bond and a certificate
of achievement. These winning essays went on to
compete at the district VFW essay contest. Scout Josey
placed second at the district contest, and Kate Josey placed
first at district. Scout was presented with a check
for two hundred dollars from the district VFW essay contest.
Kate received a check for three hundred dollars, and Kate's
district winning essay will compete at the state VFW essay
contest in January. Congratulations to these young
ladies! |
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FCMS 7th
grade student Ryan Westbrook received awards in Newport, TN,
on November 10, 2007. Ryan is pictured here with his
duck and various awards received.
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FCMS 8th grade
student, Andrew Frederick, will join People to
People World Leadership Forum in Washington,
D.C., October 15-21. Andrew was nominated and
accepted based on his scholastic merit, civic
involvement and leadership potential. He will
join approximately 150 other students from
across the United States and around the world as
they examine the characteristics of American
leadership during times of national challenge
and prosperity.
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Through the Forum,
Andrew will participate in workshops and
discussions led by government officials,
scholars, and news personnel. In these sessions,
he and fellow participants will explore the
defining moments in American history and examine
the leadership traits of historical figures who
have made this nation strong. Students will
learn how to set and achieve goals, work with
others from diverse cultures and communities,
emulate and internalize the winning traits and
behaviors of great leaders throughout U.S. history, and build a road map for their future success in
college and beyond.
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As part of the
experience, Andrew will visit Jamestown,
Colonial Williamsburg, Gettysburg, Eisenhower
National Historic Site, Arlington National
Cemetery, Holocaust Museum, National Air and
Space Museum, National Museum of the American
Indian, and the International Spy Museum.
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