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DCSS students place in State Educational Technology Fair
The Georgia Educational Technology Fair (GaETF) is an annual student technology competition produced by the Georgia Educational Technology Consortium. Fifteen of the 21 winners from the Dougherty Regional Technology Fair traveled to Macon on March 8 for the state competition. The following students won in their categories:
— 1st place Digital Photography Grades 7,8 – Olivia Higgins (Merry Acres Middle School). Teacher, Linda Clarke
— 1st Place Digital Video Production Grades 9,10 – Alexia Singleton and Chelsea Pittman (Albany High School). Teacher, Stephanie Burke
— 2nd Place Multimedia Application Grades 11, 12 – Kaliq Davis (Dougherty Comprehensive High School). Teacher, Dororthy Lewis
Albany High student wins gold and silver at Academic Decathlon
The Albany High School Academic Decathlon team participated in the Georgia Academic Decathlon state competition the weekend of February 21-22 at Berkmar High School in Gwinnett County. Team members competed in ten events for a chance to win team awards and individual rankings. Albany High’s Stephanie Frampton brought home a gold medal in varsity math and a silver medal in varsity science.
Sherwood students’ art work selected for state capitol exhibit
Art work created by Sherwood Acres Elementary School students LaCorria Gervin and Amiya Jenkins was chosen for the 2014 Capitol Art Exhibit at the Sloppy Floyd Building in Atlanta. Art teacher and Georgia Art Education Association member Erin Mathis submitted their pieces for the exhibit. This annual event is the largest student art exhibit in the state and included 216 pieces this year. The event, co-sponsored by the Georgia Art Education Association and the Office of the Secretary of State, kicks off Youth Art Month with the theme this year of “Folk Art on My Mind.”
“Got Milk” mobile dairy visits Live Oak Elementary
On March 11, Molly the Dairy Cow and the “Got Milk” mobile dairy, representing the Dairy Farm Families of Georgia, visited Live Oak Elementary School. Presenter Nicole Karstedt talked to the kindergarten and first grade students about the dairy process including where milk comes from, pasteurization, milk products, and the jobs of dairy farmers in Georgia. This was a lesson planned by school counselor Kyla Lee to go along with the first grade career cluster of agriculture. Pictured are Live oak counselor Kyla Lee, a group of Live Oak first grade students, and Molly the Dairy Cow.
Sherwood kindergarten teachers host “Kindergarten Cafe”
The kindergarten teachers at Sherwood Acres Elementary School hosted a “Kindergarten Caf
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