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THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2011
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CHS FFA PLACE IN COMPETITION The Covington High School FFA recently competed in the West Tennessee Ag Mechanics Career Development Event at Haywood County High School on March 10. The team finished in second place in the district and ninth in west Tennessee. Team members were (from left to right) Tucker Derryberry, Cody Smith, Hunter Call, Daniel Flanagan and Clyde Richardson. Not pictured is Aerin Langlois. The team did such skills as mig welding, after construction, 3-way switch wiring project, land measuring and each individual also took a test on agriculture mechanics.
Charger Beat By STEVE HOLT Special to The Leader FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK … The ACT state testing date is March 15 and every high school junior across the state of Tennessee will participate. Every junior student has been preparing for the test all year long. It is our hope that each student will score well; will meet his/her prediction and that each will score well enough to show that they have the capability to be successful at college or university. CHS has tutoring available if your son or daughter wants a little extra help between now and March 15. Students with holes in their pants have become a problem on campus so we are strictly enforcing the “no-hole” policy of the county school board. We are asking students with holes in their pants to call home for an appropriate pair of pants and then we are giving those students detention to attempt to curb this problem. After our message system called home, we have seen great improvement in this issue. We thank you for your help. It has made a difference. Our other area of concern is the use of phones within the school building. As you are aware, there is a board policy prohibiting the use of cell phones within the schools. We are following the policy by taking up the phone for nine (9) weeks if the student is observes talking or texting on the phone. PLEASE help us with enforcement of this policy by asking your sin/ daughter to refrain from using the phone during school hours. Finally, we have been working hard to master the skills needed for the upcoming End of Course examinations. Our first EOC is scheduled for May 3. Please check with your student(s) to see if he/she needs any tutoring for any of these mandated final exams. Tutoring is available Monday-Friday from 3-5 for almost every subject. Students only have to come to Mr.Heaston’s class for assistance. Once they come, he will direct them to the appropriate tutor. Thanks for helping us to help your child. Peggy B. Murdock Principal-Covington High School VOLUNTEER GIRL’S & BOY’S STATE Congratulations to the following CHS students who have been selected as delegates and alternates to the 2011 Volunteer Girl’s and Boy’s State. Those cho-
sen are Becky Wauford and Basha Coleman as delegates and alternates Katelyn Aday and Jakendria Bernard along with Boy’s State delegates Forest Davis, Britton Dunn, James Fields and Walt Downing and alternates Skylar Davis and Colliar Robinson. SENIOR/JUNIOR NOTES Stop by Guidance to obtain information regarding the Jesse Cannon, Sr. Scholarship. The successful applicant will submit the completes application, the required one page essay and a college or university acceptance letter to Ms. Fayne on or before Tuesday, March 29. Applications for a free seminar program at Emory, Harvard, Notre Dame, Penn, Stanford or Yale is available for juniors. See Ms. Fayne for details. Rising juniors or seniors for fall 2011 may apply for the Young Scholars Academy at UT-Martin scheduled for June 26-July 2. Accepted students will be provided room, board, tuition and instructional materials. The student must provide transportation. See Ms. Fayne for details. MAKE-A-WISH OVER THE TOP The CHS Student Council is proud to announce that they have reached their $5000 goal which will allow the to grant a child’s wish for the 2nd consecutive year in the Make-A-Wish program. Council sponsor, Becky Todd, and Council members thank all who helped to make this happen. Hopefully the wish will be granted next month at CHS. FFA COMPETITIONS These students were winners at the West Tennessee FFA Public Speaking Contest on Feb. 16. Lindsey Turner3rd place- Job Interview; Eric Cousar- 4th placeExtemporaneous
Speaking; Kayla Fisher5th place- FFA Creed. Aerin Langlois earned a 1st place finish and a place in the West TN Finals at Crocket County where she finished 4th overall. These FFA students placed 1st in West TN in their FFA Proficiency and will advance to the State FFA Competitions in Gatlinburg at the end of March: Zac EvansAg Mechanics; Sean Donaldson- Vegetable Production; Misty Dodd- Specialty Animal; Cody Smith- Wildlife Management and Skylar Davis- Fiber & Oil Crops. CHS’ FFA Ag Mechanics Team placed 2nd in District IV and 9th in West TN on March 11 in Ag Mechanics competitions. Team members are Cody Smith, Hunter Call, Clyde Richardson, Aerin Langlois, Daniel Flanagan and Tucker Derryberry. SPANISH HONOR SOCIETY Jessi Barnett placed 3rd in the Arts and Crafts competitions at the annual Spanish Language & Arts Competitions at Dyersburg State. Zuzana Ivanecka placed 2nd in dictation and the conversation team of Janelle Pruitt, Carolyn Hayes, Zuzana Ivanecka, Danni Haynes and Karlie Sorrentino took 2nd place. DECA Zach Wallace placed 2nd on the marketing test at the State DECA competitions. FCCLA The following FCCLA members were winners in STAR competitions on Feb. 25; Creed; Silver- Tynesha Lewis & BronzeHannah Clifton; Illustrated TalkGold- Sarah Moffatt & Kristin Smith; Career Investigation- BronzeJessica Coats and Recycle/Re-design-
Bronze- Becky Warford. HOSA The following CHS students were winners at State HOSA competitions in Nashville. CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) 1st PlaceAnna Claire Goforth and Tony Joe Connell; Epideimology- 3rd placeZach Wallace; Emergency Preparedness- 5th placeMorgan Harris & Phillip Van Cleve. The 1st & 3rd place winners advance to the HOSA national competitions in Anaheim, CA in June. REPORT CARDS Be on the look out. Report cards are coming March 17. That is all for this week. See you next time on The Charger Beat.
Due to a technical error, the Tipton County Soil Conservation Supervisors’ Election, held last week February 28-March 7 was ruled void and will have to be re-held at a later date. The location and date for the new election will be forthcoming in next week’s Leader.
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