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SCHOOL UPDATE
<<< COMET JROTC SUCCESS - South Gwinnett JROTC Program earned National Designation. South Gwinnett High School cadets proudly represented South Gwinnett in the six mandatory events, (Color Guard Evaluation, Drill Team Evaluation, Service Learning, Continuous Improvement, Instructor interviews and Cadet Portfolio Inspection). The Battalion, led by CDT/LTC Olana Jebel, did an outstanding job of leading the battalion through this nebulous process.
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^^^ WRESTLING CHAMPS - The South Gwinnett Wrestling team had a very successful season. After taking Second Place in the Region Dual, Region Traditional and Comet Clash Dual Tournaments, the Comets took First Place to become Spartan Duals Champions.
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Columbia U. >>> DECA WINNERS - The South Gwinnett DECA Chapter won Third Place in the DECA Chapter Chronicle ^^^ SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS Competition. South Gwinnett was the only chapter - Four SGHS Comets won Questbright in Gwinnett County to receive this award. Sharyan Scholarships. These amazing scholars will Holden and Kylar Smith led the competition for South receive a full, four-year Scholarship worth by presenting a summary of the South Gwinnett DECA over $200,000 each. Chapter activities in an interesting and engaging way.
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<<< ROBOT REBOOT - Travis Hermel, a robotics students at Brookwood High School, adjusts his robot. (Below) Students recently took home a handful of VEX Robotics awards.
Brookwood Robotics programmed for success
The spring 2020 quarantine could not stop Brookwood High School’s robotics team from excelling in the field. Last April, students William Li, Sam Barskiy, Travis Hermel and Henry Higuita built and programmed a VEX robot — passing it back and forth, logging in to Zoom meetings and coordinating with science teacher Mike Myers to make door-dash deliveries of parts. They completed their task by June, and in December they won both the Excellence Award and Tournament Champion Award at the Irwin County VEX Robotics Tournament. They head to the state tournament this spring. This will the fourth consecutive year that Brookwood has qualified for state.
While still working apart in spring 2021 due to the pandemic, team members are preparing to make Brookwood history. The aforementioned key team members mainly work with six other Brookwood robotics students: Kiera McCarter, Eddie Akins, Ethan Shust, Abel Tharakkan, Branden Waggoner-Pasibe, and Taylor Jones. All team members have taken or are taking Advanced Physics & Robotics with Myers, who also serves as the Robotics Team coach.
Team members who take the robotics class at school must show mastery of skills used in the class early on. This allows them to assist Myers in working with the rest of the robotics class. They help build a basic Clawbot robot and help the class design the more advanced robots used later in the semester. Additionally, they write and test a robot game that the class plays at the end of the semester.
The robotics team meets ten hours a week to work on their competition robots. They design robots and bring them to life from a pile of parts that mostly resembles a pile of Legos. When building a robot they must program both a controller and a robot in a way that the robot could complete a routine on its own without direct control by a driver. Then they practice driving the robot and strategize how best to achieve their goals in a tournament setting.
Their commitment to excellence has paid off. In the last four years, Brookwood Robotics has earned more awards than the total history of the school’s program.
^^^ MR. ROBOTO - Mike Myers heads up the Brookwood High School robotics program.
Steak Fajitas
Add steak fajitas to a hot frying pan and cut in small bite peices when cooked.
In a separate frying pan, add the vegetable oil and heat. Once hot, add the sope tortillas and cook on each side until golden brown and set aside.
Put the sopes together by first adding refried beans to it. Then the steak fajitas, lettuce, tomatoes, onion, queso fresco, cream, avocado and your choice of salsa.
Serve Hot.
Tip - put the cream in a zip lock bag and cut a corner and squeeze it out to add on the sope for a cleaner look.
-Miriam Vega, Snellville resident and business owner, Vega Insurance Agency
Ingredients
2 cups strawberry sorbet, softened if necessary. 1 cup cold fat-free milk. 1 package (1 ounce) sugar-free instant vanilla pudding mix. 1 carton (8 ounces) frozen reduced-fat whipped topping, thawed Sliced fresh strawberries. 38 38
Strawberry Sorbet Sensation
Directions
Line an 8x4-inch loaf pan with plastic wrap. Spread sorbet into bottom of pan; place in freezer 15 minutes.
In a bowl, whisk milk and pudding mix 2 minutes. Let stand until soft-set, about 2 minutes. Fold in whipped topping; spread over sorbet. Freeze, covered, 4 hours or overnight.
Remove from freezer 10-15 minutes before serving. Invert dessert onto a serving plate; remove plastic wrap. Cut into slices. Serve with strawberries.
-Tasteofhome.com
