WHAT’S HAPPENED
ATMC Presents Scholarships to Local Seniors
towards the CIS Action for Success Program. The Duke Energy Foundation grant will be used to purchase and renew subscriptions for evidence-based curricula used in student interventions. The grant will also help to purchase and provide program snacks for CIS students and to purchase student intervention materials and supplies. The CIS Action for Success program works by providing a Success Coach as an embedded team member at schools in Brunswick County. CIS Success Coaches work daily with students needing additional support and intervention outside of the classroom in order to be successful. Services are provided through an individualized student support plan, outlining goals for each student and identifying the services and supports CIS will provide to help the student achieve his or her goals. Areas of focus include academic tutoring, mentoring, truancy intervention, behavioral intervention and social-emotional learning. During the first half of the 2019-2020 school year (August 26, 2019 to March 1, 2020), 381 students received individualized case management and other evidence and research-based intervention services through the CIS Action for Success program. Overall, 98 percent of students provided with CIS case managed services targeted to increase their social and emotional learning exhibited a desired change in their social, emotional and academic engagement.
ATMC has presented $2,000 scholarships to five local high school seniors (pictured left to right): Luke Boldt, Olivia Fish, Christa Formyduval, Nestor Rodriguez-Garcia and Bailey Smith. Selection was based on academics, involvement in school and community activities and interview skills. Luke Boldt, son of Terry and Lori Boldt of Bolivia, is a senior at South Brunswick High School and plans to attend East Carolina University, where he will study medicine. West Brunswick High School senior Olivia Fish is the daughter of Jim and Joline Fish of Ash and plans to attend Brigham Young University and major in biology. Christa Formyduval, a South Columbus High School senior, is the daughter of Christopher and Traci Formyduval of Nakina and plans to attend Southeastern Community College and then transfer to a four-year university to pursue education. Brunswick County Early College High School senior Nestor Rodriguez-Garcia is the son of Katlin Garcia of Calabash and plans to study political science at North Carolina State University this fall. Bailey Smith is the daughter of Jerry and Baretta Smith of Leland and is a graduating senior at North Brunswick High School. She plans to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to study biology. ATMC has awarded scholarships to 66 students since 2002.
Twenty-eight students at South Brunswick Middle School were honored on Friday, March 13 for being Good Neighbors in their school and in their communities. Honorees, along with their parents, were invited to attend the award ceremony, which took place in the school’s media center. Breakfast was shared while South Brunswick Middle School Principal David Ruth and guest speaker, Jeff Moss of College H.U.N.K.S. Hauling Junk & Moving, shared what makes a good neighbor and why it is important. Teachers presented students with their awards while sharing briefly why the student was chosen to be honored. Southport-Oak Island Area Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with South Brunswick Middle School, holds the breakfast twice during each school year. Dosher Memorial Hospital and Tropical Smoothie Café sponsor the event. Students recognized were: Lauren Beheler, Noah Bradshaw, Piper Brown, Jayden Buckhanan, Anna Edwards, Alivia Fernandes, Addison Fitzhugh, Brenley Hoagland, Timothy Hudson, Ty Lavezzo, Garrett Locklear, Jackson McLaughlin, Payton Morris, Claudia Pettibone, Lillian Prendergast, Loretta Pryor, O’Zaria Pryor, Carter Rarick, Lizbeth Rayo-Vera, Dylan Russ, Lyon Shultz, Gavin Simmons, Brayden Snow, Laney Soles, Bella Stephenson, Stevie Varley, Alejandra Villagran Duran and Isabella Wood.
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American Legion, Post 543 Helps Local Servers When COVID-19 hit, members of the Richard H. Stewart, Jr. Saint James American Legion Post 543 began asking what they could do to help. Recognizing that one area being hit the hardest was small business restaurants, and more specifically the servers who work there, the Post recently supported one Southport establishment by setting up a special night to help servers and getting the word out across the area. Members of Post 543 served as volunteers guiding traffic and running orders from the wait staff inside to the waiting customers who remained inside their vehicles. The outpouring of support by the Brunswick County family was deeply moving and appreciated by the employees.
BEMC Awards Community Grants Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation (BEMC) recently awarded Community Grants totaling $36,500 to 36 organizations. The grantees work to improve our area in the categories of
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Students Honored at Good Neighbor Breakfast