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Cadets enjoy banquet and military ball Special to Extra CHIPLEY — On Friday, April 12, Chipley JROTC cadets and guests celebrated their Annual Awards Banquet at the Washington County Agricultural Center in Chipley. Awards were presented to cadets who showed exceptional performance and dedication throughout the year. Each cadet was excited and anxious to see who would be presented with an award. The first award presented was the Distinguished Cadet Award for Scholastic Excellence. This award was presented to C/LTC Myiesha Boston. Our next awards presented were to out Superior Cadets of Each Let Level: Let Level 1: C/SGT Michelle Fuston,
Let Level 2: C/CPT Tiffany Laurie, Let Level 3: C/MAJ Sabrina Goodman, Let Level 4: C/MAJ Regan Walls. Many other awards were presented including the Daughter of American Revolution and Son of American Revolution. Team Commanders and Team Members were also recognized and given credit for their outstanding performance this year. The seniors as well as the volunteers that have
helped the JROTC Program this year have received a special presentation. Each and every one of the cadets has tried their hardest making the program a great environment to achieve our goal and completer our mission. Congratulations! Our guest speaker was Mr. Joseph Taylor Superintendent of School. Mr. Taylor gave a very outstanding and inspirational speech. Closing remarks were done by C/LTC Myiesha Boston. After the awards, the awards, the cadets and guests cleaned and danced the night away with our DJ Mr. Sammy Keen. We would like to thank the guests and parents who attended the Awards Banquet and Military Ball as they gave their support to our JROTC Program.
VES students receive gifts from pen-pals Special to the News
This year Mrs. Ledet’s students enjoyed exchanging letters and small gifts with their Vietnamese penpals. They had so much fun learning about a different culture, and way of life from these boys and girls who live half way around the world.
Vernon JROTC participates in Relay for Life Special to Extra
lap by walking through our saber arch. The night was filled with excitement as the events raged on, cadets participated in the dance competition, costumes, the jump rope contest, and many more. Everyone had fun participating in the various activities, stayed up all night, and tired themselves out. In the morning, we packed up our stuff and headed out with a “bon voyage” until next year. As a note, our JROTC team raised $1,368 for the American Cancer Society this year.
VERNON — On April 12 and 13, the Vernon High School JROTC cadets traveled to Pals Park in Chipley for the annual Relay for Life event. Relay for life is held to collect money for the American Cancer Society, and help the many families in need. This year’s theme was “Racing for a Cure,” so JROTC picked “Around the World in 80 Days,” and the cadets dressed up in hot air balloons. An advanced party of four cadets went ahead with MAJ Kuneman to set up the campsite. After school the remaining cadets made their way over to the event. The whole event started off at 6 p.m. with our Color Guard posting colors, and leading the cancer survivors as they began the first
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Vernon High Honor Roll A Honor Roll Ninth Grade – Kaitlyn Borton, Olivia Brock, Jayde Coatney, Alyssa Curlee, Johnnie Evans, Cameron Goff, Caitlin Houge, Lilkieah Massaline and Joseph Smith 10th Grade – Kiley Bullock, Genevieve Kunkel, Michaela Poppell and James Walsingham 11th Grade – Courtney Poppell 12th Grade – Bailey Burch, Robert Patton, Carolyn Poppell, Kaitlyn Qualls and Kayla Smith
A/B Honor Roll Ninth Grade – Christian Alderman, Greg Andrews, Brighton Basinger, Zain Day, John English, Daniel Evans, McKenzie Faison, Shawnee Freed, Robert Hadley, Tony Hagan, Avery Hodges, Hannah Jenkins, Greg Kelster, Kristin Lucas, Ryan Malloy, Avery Moon, Tristan Porter, Kent Reynolds, Jessica Smelcer, Cassidy Smith, Matthew Spittler, Colby Thompson and Heath Webb. 10th Grade – Sargie Barnes, Dakota Bear, Michael Boullard, Sarah Boullard, Devan Daniels, Tony Dodd, Caitlin Fogarty, Cheyanne Garza, Rainie Gilbert, Joshua Harcus, Caitlyn Hutton, Dylan Lucas, Dixie Mainor, Nichole Middlemass, Paige Pope, Darynne Richardson, Clayton Riley, Kayla Rudd, Julie Sheehan, Kaylee Walsingham and Kylie Watson. 11th Grade – Joseph Bankston, Aaron Bowers, Cristorn Bradley, Alex Brown, Jaclyn Coatney, Justin Cooke, Jamequillan Goodman, David Lee, Amber Maqueira, Morgan McKenzie, Kyle Middlemass, Tyrell Peterson and Agustina Sanchez 12th Grade – Devonte Bowers, Destiny Brady, Destiny Clayton, Michael Davis, Amber Gerard, Edger Gimenez, Ansley Holland, Brandon Johnson, Whitney Mullins, Nicholas Porter, Tyson Reynolds, Autumn Shamburger and A’Keiyah Wright.
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Students of the Month at Vernon High School for March and April.
VHS Students of the Month Special to the News
VERNON —Eight Vernon High School students were named the March and April Community South Student of the Month award recipients. Receiving the award were Taylor Hammock, Shana Sloan, Rachel Spooner, A’Keiyah Wright, Johnnie-Mae Evens, Kylie Watson, Morgan McKenzie, and Casey Boukard. All the students have worked vary hard and VHS is honored to recognize the students for their service and dedication to Vernon High School.
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donations to fund their participation to the State Rifle Competition in Cape Coral on With the help and support of the com- April 27. Thanks to the donations received munity the Chipley High School JROTC the JROTC Rifle Team will go and repreRifle Tea, has received many generous sent our community with pride.
When: Thursday May 16, 2013
CHS, RMS participate in the Olympiad
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 PM
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CHIPLEY — Chipley High School and Roulhac Middle School students attended the 29th Annual Chipola College Mathematics Olympiad on April 5. The Chipola Mathematics Olympiad is a competition open to Special to the News the 15 secondary schools Students from Chipley High School and Roulhac in Chipola College’s five Middle School attended the 29th Annual Chipola county districts. College Mathematics Olympiad on April 5. The Geometry Ciphering Team won first place with team members Jesse Deese, Whitley Pettis and Austin Wyatt. Individual awards in Algebra I went to Taylor Monroe for Third Place and Nathan Glover, Sixth Place. Whitley Pettis won second place and Jesse Deese received third place in the Geometry competition. Carley Mead placed eighth on the Algebra II test. Trigonometry awards went to Cary Laird for first place, Olivia Saunders for second place, Colby Wiggins for fourth place and Tyler Daniels received seventh place. In the Calculus competition, Zach Butler won first place and Julia Viet won fourth place.
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Saturday, April 27, 2013