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The DAR Good Citizens Program and Scholarship Contest is intended to encourage and reward the qualities of good citizenship among area high school seniors. United States citizenship is required.

Students completed an essay titled, “Our American Heritage and Our Responsibility for Preserving It,” in one sitting within a two-hour limit and without assistance or reference materials. Farmers & Merchants Bank gave a check for $100 to the county winner and $50 for each school winner. Each school’s DAR Good Citizen received a DAR Good Citizen pin, a certificate, and a wallet recognition card.

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Distinctive medals are presented yearly by the Archibald Bulloch Chapter of the DAR to recognize an outstanding ROTC participant in the local high schools and universities in the area. Awards are given to a graduating senior, chosen by their commanding officers in consultation with their principals. These students have demonstrated loyalty and patriotism toward their country and have earned a record of military and scholastic achievement. Each cadet received a DAR medal and campaign bar and a check for $50 from Citizen’s Bank of Statesboro. The 2014 Outstanding ROTC students are Lauren Ayers, Georgia Southern University; Kwanjai Wilson, Statesboro High School; Jacquelyn Bass, Southeast Bulloch High School.

DAR A w a r d s L o c a l E s s a y W i n n e r s Each year the Archibald Bulloch Chapter National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) hold an essay contest on history-related topics for area fifth through eighth graders.

This year the subject was, “The Lives of Children during the American Revolution.” Over 125 essays were written, representing eight schools. The winners were presented with a certificate, a bronze medal, and a $50 gift from BB&T. The 2014 Essay winners were: • Rebecca Nessmith, Fifth Grade Winner, Bulloch Academy • Karen Zhang, Sixth Grade Winner, Southeast Bulloch Middle School • Lif C. Mallard, Seventh Grade Winner, William James Middle School • Seth Lattner, Eighth Grade Winner, Trinity Christian School 10 • Statesboro Magazine

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This will aid him in his studies at Georgia Southern University, where he is currently majoring in computer science. Scott was selected based on his application, grade point average, essay, recommendations, and his involvement in SECME activities in high school.

While a student at SHS, Scott was a key part of the school’s SECME team which won the Georgia SECME Regionals four consecutive years and advanced to SECME Nationals. He was a member of the SHS SECME Mousetrap Car Team that placed second at Nationals, a member of the SHS SECME Vex Robotics Team that placed third at Nationals twice, and a member of the two-time national champion SHS SECME Water Bottle Rocket Team.

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The SECME teams at Statesboro High School and Langston Chapel Middle will vie for national titles this summer during the 38th Annual National SECME Student Competition. The teams won first place in their regional events in Savannah, April 19th. They will compete against other winning elementary, middle, and high school teams from across the United States, June 25-28, 2014, at the University of Alabama in Birmingham.

The SHS VEX Robotic Team consisting of Michael Carter, Jordan McCombs, and Paul Scarpinato placed first at regionals. They also placed second in the Water Bottle Rocket event and second in Mousetrap Car. Other team members were Austin Lasota and SungJoon Won. This is the sixth year in a row that the SHS team has advanced to nationals in these events. At each of those national competitions the teams have achieved top-five finishes and won the national championship in the Water Bottle Rocket competition three times in the past five years. They return to nationals this year as the 2013 defending champions. At last year’s SECME Student Competition Richard McCombs, a science teacher at SHS who serves as the high school teams’ advisor, was also named the SECME National Teacher of the Year.

McCombs is working with LCMS QUEST Teacher Patti Ward to develop a middle school SECME team at her school. They are currently the only middle school SECME team in Bulloch County. In their very first SECME competition, three LCMS sixth graders, S’nya Brewton, Ethan Harrison, and CJ Simmons won first place team in the Middle School Division.

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A frequent visitor to Hilton Head Island, Daniel often admired the images that South Carolinians had emblazoned on license plates, bumpers, hats, and t-shirts. The iconic likeness of a palmetto tree and a quarter moon immediately call to mind South Carolina for many. And, residents of the state proudly display the logo. Daniel wanted a “brand” for Georgia that was just as representative of our state. “As Georgians we don’t see anything with our logo,” he said. “We needed something to wear to show our Georgia spirit and pride.”

As owner and graphic artist at Varsity Inc., Daniel spends his days working to create the artwork that adorns the many promotional items his company offers.

He doesn’t use clip art when creating a custom design for clients, but prefers to conceive and draw exclusive schemes for each customer’s order.

Daniel’s career in producing promotional items and graphic design started when he came to Statesboro to attend Georgia Southern. He later transferred to Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville, GA., and graduated with a degree in Art Marketing.

While attending GSCU, Daniel worked for the area’s serigraphy expert, Robbie Hattaway, who had over 30 years’ experience in silkscreen printing.

Working for Hattaway, Daniel learned everything there is to know about the multiple-step process of applying ink through a mesh silk screen onto items like t-shirts, hats, posters, stickers, vinyl,

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wood, and other items and surfaces. He also learned key elements about being successful in the business. “You have to deliver a top notch product; offer customization of a quality product; insure a quick turn-around time; and provide great customer service,” he said.

While working for Hattaway, Daniel also had the opportunity to purchase some equipment with associate Patrick Kelley, who runs a second store located in Milledgeville. The timing was right and with the equipment he purchased, Daniel opened Varsity Inc. six years ago in a two-story house on South Main Street in Statesboro. He has since purchased BoanArt, one of Statesboro’s former silkscreen businesses, and Hattaway’s inventory, growing into a much larger operation needing more space. Varsity Inc. is now located on Mathews Road with plenty of warehouse space for the screening operations.

Daniel’s fiancé, Stephanie Howell, runs the marketing aspects of Varsity Inc., promoting the brands he has created through social marketing and sales. She also is the office manager and takes care of ordering merchandise and keeping control of the inventory. Stephanie and Daniel met in Milledgeville and formed a partnership through their respective marketing backgrounds. Stephanie’s daughter, Maggie, helps out in the shop during summers and school holidays.

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Daniel also has a staff of professional silk screeners who use the stencils that overlay the screens, which are now made of polyester instead of silk. The stencils have the custom design Daniel created and block out ink as it flows through the mesh screens onto the promotional item. For a full color design, four screens will be used as separate colors of ink are applied to the surface of the object being printed. Careful skill is used in lining up the four images that will ultimately become a full-color custom art graphic.

Varsity Inc. can print a custom design on almost any item: coozies, lottery scratchers, cups, hats, pens, shirts, and the list goes on. Most of these items are available at select area retail outlets with the Peaches & Pines logo depicted.

The Peaches & Pines brand is an expansion of the custom promotional printing business that Daniel and Stephanie hope will catch on with Georgians and tourists. “We currently have Peaches & Pines items in 40 stores across Georgia.

The brand is especially attractive to boutiques and hometown hardware-type stores,” said Stephanie. New t-shirts have just been shipped to Anderson’s General Store in Statesboro, Pix One Hour in Vidalia, and Glamorous Peach in Dudley.

“Peaches & Pines will also be available on our website soon.” Stephanie said. www.peachesandpines.com It only takes one good marketing idea to start a trend. With the Peaches & Pines brand Daniel has created an identity that showcases the beautiful natural resources of our state and captures the pride of what it feels like to be from Georgia. n

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Anshul Jain

912.478.5201 (W) 912.489.1188 (H) vernonlttls@yahoo.com Term: 5/13/10 – 12/31/14

912.536.7109 (C) jain4boe@aol.com Term: 1/1/11 – 12/31/14

District 7

District 8

Mike Herndon, Vice Chairman

Maurice Hill, Chairman

912.681.4619 (W) 912.839.3917 (H) statesboroagency@gmail.com Term: 9/14/06 – 12/31/16

912.764.7134 (W&H) hillmaurice@yahoo.com Term: 1/1/05 – 12/31/16

Stewardship of Resources

College

& Career

Readiness

Community Collaboration

Economic Development

Putting the Pieces in Place

Superintendent of Schools Charles G. Wilson, Jr., CPA, MBA Superintendent of Schools cwilson@bulloch.k12.ga.us Assistant: Mary Henley mhenley@bulloch.k12.ga.us 912.212.8505

School System Brief

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2013

2014

Student Enrollment Graduation Rate (Cohort) Per Pupil Expenditures

9,891 73% $7,171

10,044 71.7% $7,423.38

% Change 1.2% 5.8% 3.51%

Superintendent’s Message Putting the Pieces in place for Our Community This is a pivotal time in public education. National debates over academic standards coupled with Georgia’s new systems for teacher and leader effectiveness, school accountability, standardized testing and the upcoming school flexibility options, plus local changes in leadership, all have the potential to create uncertainty for public education. Time and circumstances also have many of these necessary state and local changes happening all at once.

In the midst of these changes, we assure you that Bulloch County Schools will continue to forge on with high expectations and high standards for our students.

To accomplish this we are re-focusing, re-building, and putting the pieces in place to make Bulloch County Schools into something better, something that each of you, our students, and the community deserve. This is neither an easy task, nor one where there will be complete consensus. It will take vision, persistence, trust, love, patience, faith, hard work, smart work, and all of us working together.

“When you are talking about reform, no one wants it. When you are in the middle of reform, it is brutally painful. And after reform, you wish you had done more of it; and sooner.” - Tony Blair To guide our efforts, the Bulloch County Board of Education has developed a strategic plan with input from all stakeholder groups and with consideration of mandatory performance targets. This plan is the foundation and roadmap for our common vision, and we are empowering the leadership within each school to help make it happen.

The plan will guide the development of all school-level improvement plans and system-level departmental plans. It will drive the development of data-oriented solutions, which will in turn drive our daily actions.

Under our leadership and with support from our Board of Education, this school system will not shrink in the face of these challenges, and we will not shirk our duty to do what must be done. Our students and community deserve excellence, and that is what we will deliver.

Please join us in putting the pieces in place in the areas of college and career readiness, community collaboration, stewardship of resources, employee performance, and economic development.

Charles G. Wilson, Jr. Maurice Hill, Chairman Superintendent of Schools Bulloch County Board of Education

General Fund

2014 2015 (budgeted) (projected)

Total Revenue Total Expenditures

$68.8 million $71.3 million

$74.5 million $74.5 million

Learn more at www.bulloch.k12.ga.us

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Putting the Pieces in Place We are charting a new path for public education in Bulloch County, laying a foundation of excellence that will provide our students the opportunities they deserve as they face the hopes and challenges of the 21 st century.

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College & Career Readiness College and Career Readiness is one of Bulloch County Schools’ five strategic goals.

We encourage you to read the complete Strategic Plan at www.bulloch.k12.ga.us for more complete details about our strategic objectives and initiatives.

The strategic objectives for this area primarily focus on how we plan to prepare students across all grade levels (K-12) for college and careers. The Board of Education and Bulloch County Schools are putting key initiatives in place to address strategic objectives that deal with student proficiency, depth of knowledge, skills development, career awareness, career pathways, attendance, and behavior.

These are pieces we have put in place to address these areas district wide.

• C ommon Core Georgia Performance Standards (CCGPS) - These are common standards, not curriculum, for kindergarten through twelfth grade in the areas of English language arts (ELA) and mathematics, and common science literacy, history/social studies and technical subjects for sixth through twelfth grades. Common Core demands higher rigor, relevance and depth of knowledge.

Bulloch County Schools is in year three of its CCGPS implementation.

• Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) – Written by our teachers during the 20132014 school year, SLOs are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and timely (SMART) goals that are focused on student learning and designed to measure student growth and achievement in courses that are not already being assessed by state standardized tests. This encompasses about 75 percent of our courses.

SLOs will give educators, school systems, and state leaders an additional means to measure success in the classroom.

• Benchmark Assessment System - In order to appropriately measure and report

student progress toward attaining mastery • Career Pathways – Georgia has 17 career of curriculum standards, administrapathways, and Bulloch County Schools tors and teachers identified the need to offers 15 of these. Students take core sets purchase an assessment (testing) system. of classes coupled with electives based on The district has put a system in place, and their chosen pathway. Bulloch County it will be used to create and administer Schools offers career activities and instrucdistrict and teacher-created assessments tion to students in kindergarten through beginning in the 2014-2015 school year. twelfth grade.

• Data Analysis Tool - The district has put • At-Risk / Alternative Learning Oppora data analysis software tool in place that tunities – expand opportunities for alterwill give teachers and administrators realnative learning particularly for at-risk time access to student data, so that they students and expanded uses for the can make more data-driven decisions for district’s Transitions Learning Center. school improvement. This will allow them to analyze multiple types of data, determine patterns, create goals to Employee improve or influence, and identify Performance performance measures.

• Dual & Joint Enrollment – The district has agreements with Georgia Southern University, East Georgia College, and College Community Stewardship Ogeechee Technical College to Career Collaboration of Resources provide these opportunities for Readiness high school juniors and seniors.

• Work-Based Learning – Exploring ways to improve Economic this program that would best Development meet student needs, such as a “ move-on-when-ready” option for students that match needs of local industry.

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Putting the Pieces in Place

Read the complete Strategic Plan at www.bulloch.k12.ga.us 5

Ready for Putting the Pieces in Place Employee Performance

Stewardship of Resources

College

& Career

Readiness

Community Collaboration

Employee performance is the second of our five major goals. Bulloch County Schools is creating a performance culture by ensuring that our administrators and faculty are trained in how to build teams, analyze data, analyze causes, develop solutions, and measure and monitor results in order to support a vision of change and to strive for continuous improvement.

These skills will better enable these leaders to take community input and formulate strategic and school improvement plans.

This continuous improvement training, coupled with the Board of Education’s vision for change, will provide the school system a foundation for its performance culture that is focused on student achievement.

Economic Development

Putting the Pieces in Place

Continuous improvement training, coupled with the Board of Education’s vision for change, will provide the school system a foundation for its performance culture that is focused on student achievement.

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Employee Performance

These are some of the initiatives that we • Teacher Keys and Leader Keys Effectivedeveloped through continuous improvehave put in place to help our employees ness Systems (TKES/LKES) All public ment training, will give our employees perform at their best: and charter school systems in Georgia the knowledge, capabilities, and tools to • Adopted the Georgia Leadership Instiare required to implement the state’s new sustain these efforts, and identify ways to tute for School Improvement’s (GLISI) Teacher Keys (TKES) and Leader Keys improve what we do.

Leadership Framework for System Effectiveness Systems (LKES) for the • Implemented a new prescreening hiring Improvement, which is based upon the 2014-2015 school year. Bulloch County process for all applicants for certified principles of the Kaplan-Norton Strategy Schools piloted the program during the positions. The school system is using Management System, in order to provide 2013-2014 school year. The new evalusoftware to make data driven decisions a performance culture across the school ation system is mandated by House Bill between candidates, and applicants are system. So far approximately 125 school 244. now required to prepare a lesson plan system leaders, including board members, • Professional Learning Communities and teach a 15 to 20-minute mini lesson central office administrators, school (PLCs) – Bulloch County Schools is before a panel of teachers, the principal administrators, and teacher-leaders, have implementing PLCs to encourage collaband other administrators. The more strinbeen trained in this framework. oration, research, inquiry and action gent hiring process will help ensure that amongst educators to achieve better the most qualified applicants are placed in results for the students we serve. Faculty positions to teach our students and effect and administrators have received training student achievement. on this concept and schools have begun to • Other upcoming key strategic initiatives implement. include the following: • To ensure that success is sustained, • District academic content specialists to the school system is implementing a assist faculty in teaching math, English balanced scorecard management system. language arts, science and social studies A balanced scorecard will convert the standards and model best practices. solutions from the strategic plan into our • Implement a minority recruitment plan daily actions, and provide a framework to attract effective minority teacher for accountability. A performance culture, applicants.

See a video message from our employees.

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Putting the Pieces in Place

The community engagement initiative allowed us to collaborate with more than 700 people from all areas of the community to provide input into the school system’s strategic direction.

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Community Collaboration Employee Performance

Stewardship of Resources

College Career

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Readiness

Community Collaboration

Economic Development

Putting the Pieces in Place Community collaboration is our third major goal. Bulloch County Schools and the Bulloch County Board of Education are committed to seeking ways to fully engage the community in meaningful dialogue about the education and academic achievement of Bulloch County’s children. In February 2013, the Board of Education embarked on a community engagement initiative that was the initial step in our strategic planning process.

The three-month project that ended in May 2013, allowed more than 700 people from all areas of the community to provide input into the school system’s strategic direction by participating in school councils, a community engagement advisory committee, focus groups, one-on-one interviews, online and paper surveys, and a community education summit.

In February 2014, the Board continued to build upon that initial community engagement process by hosting “Speak Up for Education.” More than 200 interested citizens and parents attended this event.

Increasing community engagement is one of our major strategic goals because it helps raise the community’s awareness of educational issues, gives the community extensive input into the school system’s planning process, helps us identify community needs and aspirations for the school system, and helps build a strong community base that supports our school improvement efforts.

As we move forward we will continue to establish partnerships with our local post-secondary institutions, community support organizations, regional employers and parents to best meet our students’ needs.

These are some of the “pieces” we’ve put in place for this strategic area: • Bulloch County Schools hosted “Speak Up For Education,” our second community engagement forum for education. The event allowed participants an opportunity to listen to and share input on issues such as early learning, college and career readiness, and Common Core.

• Our parent involvement coordinators are taking community engagement “off campus” by hosting Neighborhood Parent Universities at the MainStreet Farmers Market and in local housing projects. The events help show parents unique ways to support their child’s learning.

• The school system maintains partnerships with organizations that help serve the needs of children (i.e. the Averitt Center for the Arts, Boys & Girls Club, Statesboro-Bulloch County Parks & Recreation, Backpack Buddies, etc.)

• Exploring implementation of a Farm-to-Table plan with our local MainStreet Farmers Market and local farmers to provide fresh and nutritional foods for our school nutrition program.

Read the complete Strategic Plan at www.bulloch.k12.ga.us 9

Putting the Pieces in Place We are putting the “pieces� in place to ensure that our public school system is preparing our students for college and careers using relevant curriculum and technology.

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Economic Development Employee Performance

Stewardship of Resources

College Career

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Readiness

Community Collaboration

Economic Development

Putting the Pieces in Place Economic Development is our fourth major goal. The Bulloch County Board of Education understands that having a successful public education system is important to our area’s economic development. We are putting the “pieces” in place to ensure that our public school system is preparing students for college and careers using relevant curriculum and technology.

This is one reason why community engagement is so important. The relationships we forge with students, faculty, parents, business and industry help us gather input to ensure we remain relevant to the community we serve. This is the beginning of the change process for how we re-engineer our school system and align our programs, in conjunction with state and local work-readiness initiatives, to better serve our students and community.

These are examples of current initiatives: • Partnering with the Pathways to Prosperity Network to develop a community-based education and work-readiness system for ninth through twelfth grades, which leverages our high school programs, technical college, business and industry, and other community resources, to align our students’ opportunities with regional and state labor market needs.

• As part of the Pathways to Prosperity project, our superintendent of schools and P2P representatives performed an asset mapping by interviewing major industry managers, small business owners, school system counselors and post-secondary partners to discuss needed skills, work ethics and barriers to providing student services.

• Develop career pathways and academic programs that provide postsecondary readiness for students.

• Develop ongoing partnerships with regional employers to identify workbased programs that prepare students to enter the regional workforce upon graduation.

• Revise the school system’s Pyramid of Intervention process to effectively identify students at risk of not remaining on grade level.

• Develop a plan to ensure that students are on grade level by third grade and that they remain on grade level until graduation.

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Putting the Pieces in Place Our fifth major goal is the stewardship of our resouces. Since 2008 Bulloch County Schools has dealt with the effects of a severe economic downturn at the state and national level. Though key economic indicators seem to point to a recovery, it is important to review the school system’s strategies and how the stewardship of resources allowed the district to still fulfill its mission of preparing students for post-secondary pursuits.

Bulloch County Schools used long-term cost-reduction strategies, a strong reserve fund balance, federal stimulus funds, and a staff attrition formula to reduce costs and close the gap between revenues and expenses.

Since 2008, the school system reduced expenditures by more than $11 million due to state funding loss, mandatory state program cost increases, state-to-local cost shifting, and erosion of local tax base value. During this time the school system’s sound financial management was recognized by state education leaders and elected officials as well as Standard & Poor’s, one of the nation’s leading financial institutions.

Employee Performance

College

Stewardship of Resources

& Career

Readiness

Community Collaboration

Economic Development

Putting the Pieces in Place

Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Forecast 87.0

General Fund Revenues, Expenditures & Fund Balance ($ millions) Expenditures

Revenues

25.0

Fund Balance

82.0

20.0

These are some of our key initiatives for Stewardship of Resources: • Implement school attendance zones that optimize school capacity utilization.

77.0

15.0

• Implement a Farm-to-Table plan with local farmers that provides fresh

72.0

10.0

67.0

5.0

nutritional foods for our school nutrition program.

• Implement an activity-based cost management system to accurately reflect the cost of school system

62.0

FY '13

FY '14

FY '15

FY '16

FY '17

FY ‘18

FY ‘19

Fund Balance Policy Limits Maximum (set by state) - 15% of Revenues = $11 Million Minimum (set by local BOE) - 8% of Revenues = $6 Million 12

FY ‘20

activities and provide for efficient allocation of resources.

Stewardship of Resources

COMMON CORE MYTHS

General Fund Highlights ($ Millions) Fiscal year

QBE Revenues

Property Tax Revenues

Local Option Sales Tax Revenues

FY ‘08

$44.0

$15.9

$10.7

$73.4

FY ‘09

$41.7

$16.6

$10.4

$71.7

Revenues over/(under) Expenditures

Ending Fund Balance

Furlough Days (salary reduction)

Employee Positions Attritioned

$72.3

$1.1

$15.8

-

-

$71.1

$0.6

$16.4

-

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Total Revenues

Total Expenditures

Cost Cuts

FY ‘10

$37.7

$16.5

$9.8

$69.9

$71.1

$1.5

$(1.2)

$15.2

6 ($1,350,000)

FY ‘11

$40.3

$17.6

$9.9

$72.3

$67.2

$5.0

$5.1

$20.3

3 ($675,000)

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FY ‘12

$39.3

$17.3

$10.4

$68.7

$68.9

$2.0

$(0.1)

$20.1

2 ($461,600)

26.5

FY ‘13

$40.6

$17.8

$10.5

$69.9

$69.3

$2.8

$0.6

$20.8

5 ($1,169,200)

11.5

FY ‘14 (projected)

$39.0

$17.8

$8.3

68.8

$71.3

$0

$(2.6)

$18.2

2 ($470,000)

-

FY ‘15 (budgeted)

$44.0

$19.3

$10.1

74.5

$74.6

$0

$(79,308)

$18.1

0

0

$4,125,800

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TOTAL

$11.3

Central Support Services $1,124,366

Other Support Services $115,694

Student Transportation Services $5,048,028 Maintenance & Operations $6,455,982 Business Administration $724,580 School Administration $5,240,193 General Administration $396,293

Instruction & Pupil Services $55,210,693

FAST FACTS ABOUT BULLOCH COUNTY SCHOOLS Elementary Schools ...................................... 9

African-American...................................29.0 %

#Free / Reduced Meals...................5,506 / 704

Middle Schools..............................................3

Caucasion.................................................67%

# Title 1 Schools..........................................13

High Schools..................................................3

Hispanic..................................................3.0%

#Focus Schools (CCRPI)..................................2

Middle/High Schools.......................................1

Asian/American Indian/Alaskan.................1.0 %

#Reward Schools (CCRPI)...............................2

Alternative Schools.........................................1

Per pupil expenditure....................... $7,423.38

# 2014 Graduates......................................544

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Bulloch County Schools Report Card College & Career Readiness Performance Index (CCRPI Scores) The College & Career Readiness Performance Index is Georgia’s new comprehensive school accountability tool that replaced Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in 2012. In that year, the U.S. Department of Education granted Georgia and nine other states a waiver from certain federal mandates within the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), also known as “No Child Left Behind Act.” Data from the 2011-2012 school year was used for the tool’s baseline “study year,” and those results were initially released in May 2013. Since that time the Georgia Department of Education has

worked with the state’s school systems to revise and refine the tool.

The new calculations will require schools and their school systems to meet even greater expectations and new measurements such as school climate surveys that give faculty, students and parents a voice in grading their school’s climate.

Since the calculation methodology has changed from the first public data release, we’ve included the recalculated 2012 data for this report. This will give stakeholders an accurate way to compare Year 2011-2012 and Year 2012-2013 data. The state has not yet calculated data from the 2013-2014 school year.

Employee Performance

Stewardship of Resources

College Career

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Readiness

Economic Development

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County

BES

JPB

LCES

MLES

MCES

NES

PES

SZES

Achievement Points

47.3

53.5

48.0

40.7

42.4

47.4

50.4

50.3

47.7

47.0

SES 14.1

Progress Points

16.3

17.8

18.4

15.0

14.6

16.1

16.6

15.0

17.4

Achievement Gap Points

8.0

12

11

6

5

12

6.0

7

12

5.0

Challenge Points

3.1

6.2

1.0

2.7

1.2

5.7

5.2

7.7

4.2

2.9

2012 CCRPI Score (recalculated)

70.4

79

65.9

61.1

57.8

70.1

78

81.2

64.4

74.2

2013 CCRPI Score

74.7

89.5

78.4

64.4

63.2

81.2

78.1

80.0

81.3

69.0

State Elementary CCRPI Score

78.5

MIDDLE SCHOOLS

County

LCMS

PMS

SEBMS

WJMS

HIGH SCHOOLS

County

SHS

PHS

SEBHS

Achievement Points

48.4

45.4

46.3

50.0

49.9

Achievement Points

42.6

41.7

39.8

45.4

Progress Points

17.6

16.9

17.0

18.2

17.7

Progress Points

16.2

16.2

18.9

15.7

Achievement Gap Points

6.0

5

8

6

8

Achievement Gap Points

12.5

11.3

12.5

10.0

Challenge Points

3.4

3.2

4.9

3.9

2.2

Challenge Points

3.3

2.5

6.3

4.5

2012 CCRPI Score (recalculated)

84.8

83.8

85.9

86.9

84.1

2012 CCRPI Score (recalculated)

70.1

68.2

74.0

75.0

FY2013 CCRPI Score

75.4

70.5

76.2

78.1

77.8

FY2013 CCRPI Score

74.7

71.7

77.5

75.6

State Middle School CCRPI Score

78

State High School CCRPI Score

To see Bulloch County Schools’ performance on all state and national assessments visit our website.

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Recognizing Excellence “Thank You to those Who See the Big Picture and Rise to the

2013-2014 Challenge Each Day to Ensure the Pieces Fit for Our Students.”

Bulloch County - Superintendent Charles Wilson Schools Lawanda Allen Bulloch County Schools’ Driving Force Retirees Bulloch County Teacher of the Year

Lawanda Allen, a music teacher at Langston Chapel Middle School, is Bulloch County’s 2015 Teacher of the Year. Selected from the district’s 15 schoollevel teachers of the year by the Statesboro Bulloch County Chamber of Commerce’s Education Committee, Allen is the second faculty member in a row from LCMS to win the title. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Georgia Southern University.

Since coming to LCMS in 2009, she has built a strong choral program at the school by encouraging parents, faculty and students to embrace her vision of a quality, competitive choral program. Their efforts have resulted in the LCMS Choir consistently receiving superior ratings at the Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA) Large Group Performance Evaluations. Students are also competing at GMEA District Honor Chorus, and All State Chorus.

What sets Allen apart is her willingness to meet student needs beyond music. She recognized that some of her students struggled with reading. Being qualified to also teach this subject, she volunteered to provide reading intervention instruction to sixth through eighth grade students.

“I know what research says about the impact of music education on a child’s academic performance, and I also know that children who read well are better able to sight read in music.”

The Bulloch County Schools Transportation Department is a “driving force” in our school system. These rolling ambassadors provide a daily first and last impression of our school system for more than 5,000 students. Our team of 113 drivers, 21 maintenance personnel, seven mechanics and 17 bus monitors work together to ensure that twice each day, these students are safely transported along more than 100 bus routes. Our bus drivers travel more than 6,000 miles each day for school transportation alone. When you add in the additional 52,000 miles that they drive for the more than 1300 fieldtrips and athletic events, they drive more than 1.1 million miles annually. The department has been recognized by the Georgia Association of Pupil Transportation and the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety for having one of the state’s best employee and student bus safety training program.

This year’s retirees have served our community a total of 697 years.

Milton Williams Charles Drawdy Elwood Wilson Pat Gibson Dorothy Jones Leigh Ann Mikell Pam Spence Neva Lennon Patricia Taylor Diane Allen Linda O’Dowd Holli Strozzo George Fales

2014 Transportation Honors

Bernice Kent

DRIVERS/MONITORS OF THE YEAR

Thomas

Team Brooklet.................................................... Charlene Williams

Pennington

School-level Teachers of the Year

Team Julia P. Bryant................................................. Leon Swinson

Rozina Shatteen

Jennifer Hutchens................................ Brooklet Elementary School

Team Langston Chapel............................................. Marilyn Jones

Gloria Smith

Teresa Fleming........................... Julia P. Bryant Elementary School

Team Mattie Lively................................................. Mike Copeland

Virginia Burgin

Tonya Gilchrist.........................Langston Chapel Elementary School

Team Mill Creek.......................................................Charlene Deal

Lisa Davis

Pam Mather................................... Mattie Lively Elementary School

Team Nevils................................................................. Tony Jones

Mary Emma

Dawn Beck........................................Mill Creek Elementary School

Team Portal..........................................................Clarence Allison

Pennington

Ashley Brown...........................................Nevils Elementary School

Team Sallie Zetterower.............................................. Lucian Lyons

Faye Webb

Carol Case............................................... Portal Elementary School

Team Special Education .............................................Paul Barnes

Patricia Taylor

Tom Marshall..........................................Portal Middle High School

Team Stilson.................................................................. Tyler Deal

Harry Baldwin

Lori Tidick................................ Sallie Zetterower Elementary School

Monitor of the year................................................... Betty Tremble

Ozell Burgess Woodrow Burns

Stephanie Mireles........................ Southeast Bulloch Middle School Ashliegh Wright............................... Southeast Bulloch High School

Elizabeth Byrd and Ozell Burgess – Director’s Cup Winners

Steve Hess

Shannon Anderson.....................................Statesboro High School

Amos Stowbridge, Jr. – Service Technician of the Year

Debra Smith

Felecia Mosley................................................... Stilson Elementary

Jared Fogel of Langston Chapel Elementary

Jeanne Smith

Janetta Alabi-Isama....................................... William James Middle

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Since its creation in 2006, the Bulloch County Foundation for Public Education has helped fund innovative classroom teachers’ ideas with more than 170 grants totaling nearly $132,000.

The Bulloch County Foundation for Public Education provides a way for individuals, businesses, industry, and civic organizations to invest in our community’s public education. The Foundation’s innovation grants help fund academic competitions, teacher of the year recognitions, unique classroom initiatives, and other student experiences that help support learning.

Through major fundraisers like the, “Statesboro’s Got Talent,” showcase, corporate giving and capital campaigns, the Foundation helps support the education of Bulloch County’s children. You can join in the Campaign for Academic Excellence by making a tax-deductible contribution. To learn more about this opportunity or to make an investment, contact the Foundation at 912.212.8530.

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Statesboro Magazine’s 2014 Top Teens

by Jenny Starling Foss

photos by Frank Fortune

From Here To There ‹‹ July/August 2014 • 35

Sara Jane Bowers Statesboro High School, Class of 2014 Parents: Cindy & Clark Bowers

Golf Achievements 2014 Georgia High School Association 4-AAAA State Individual Champion 2014 4-AAA All Region Selection 2013 Forest Heights Country Club Women’s Club Champion 2013 GSGA Junior Challenge Match Overall Girls Champion

Honors & Awards SHS Golf Teams – 3 Year Letterman Army Reserves National Scholar-Athlete Award Golf Scholarship to Brenau University Wendy’s High School Heisman Winner National Honor Society 4-H-er of the Year & board member 2013 Junior Student of the Year

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he doesn’t remember the first time she picked up a golf club, but GHSA 2014 state champion Sara Jane Bowers got her first set at age one. By the time she was eight, she was already hitting balls on the golf course with her dad, Clark Bowers. To make their game fun, he’d wager that she couldn’t get the ball over the water on the #5 hole, but Sara Jane almost always won. In sixth grade, her dad took her to Sea Island Golf Club, got her a set of custom clubs, and three years of lessons with Pro Mike Taylor.

Serious about her game, 5’2” Sara Jane is a focused player, becoming an even tougher competitor when she played for the Boys Golf Team at SHS her junior year, a year when the team made it to the 2013 GHSA AAAA Boys State Championship.

With daily practice rounds at Forest Heights Country Club, Sara Jane has developed a six handicap, and a reputation for winning.

Goal oriented and performance driven, Sara Jane’s determination has paid off handsomely. At the end of July, she’ll make her third trip to Atlanta for 4-H State Congress. Her goal is to win this year’s competition and become a Master 4-Her. This fall she will start classes at Brenau University on a golf scholarship. What does Sara Jane see as her next goal? Winning the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Championship, making it on tour for the LPGA, and continuing to enjoy the game. n 36 • Statesboro Magazine ›› From Here To There

Christopher James Williams Bulloch Academy, Class of 2014 Parents: Kelly & Julie Williams

Cross Country Motorcycle Races: • 2003-04 Georgia Cross Country

• 2010 SORCS Junior Adult

Series 50cc Champion (Honda 50)

1st Place (KX100)

• 2006-07 Southern Enduro

• 2011 Grand National

& Trails Association (SETRA)

Cross Country (GNCC)

Junior A 2nd Place (KTM 85) • 2006-07 SETRA Junior A 2nd Place (KTM 85) • 2007 Southern Off-Road

14-15 1st Place (85cc) • 2012 GNCC Big Cedar 1st Place 200 B Class

Championship Series

• 2012 GNCC The Maxxis

(SORCS) 2nd Place (85cc)

General 1st Place (200C)

• 2008 SORCS 12-15 4 Place

• 2014 SORCS Winter Series

• 2009 SORCS 12-15 1st Place

4-Stroke A Champion

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Honors & Awards • Recipient of Zell Miller Scholarship

• School Record in 800m run

• Varsity Track – Best in

• Best in Long Distance

Distance, All Region, All State

Award – 10.11.12

• AAA 4 x 400m Relay

• Wofford College Scholar Award

Region Champion

• Furman University Scholar Award

• AAA 4 x 400m Relay

• UGA Certificate of Merit Hugh

State Champion

O’Brian Youth Leadership Award

• Team – Region Champions

• Youth Leadership

• Wendy’s High School

Bulloch, Class of 2013

Heisman Award

• National Society of High

• Trustee’s Award

School Scholars

• Most Likely to Succeed

• National Honor Society

• Honor Graduate

• Headmaster’s List, 9.10.11.12

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iding dirt bikes is his passion. Christopher Williams has been riding motor bikes since his first Honda 50 at 3-years-old. Now he competes and wins on the state and national level on a 250 F motor bike, while he also races to win both athletically and academically.

In addition to being a Grand National Champion cross country racer, Christopher has been both Region and State Champion in track in the 400 meter race. When asked about his greatest achievement Christopher related, “I broke the school record in the 800 meter run. I set that goal in 9th grade and I broke it in the 11th. I had great coaches in Beth Burke and Matt Just.”

Academically, he’s been on the Headmaster’s list every year of his high school career and the list of his scholar awards is long.

Christopher has a predilection for math and science joining the school’s Redneck Robotics Team, coached by Karen Whitten.

He’s been a member since 9th grade, and this year, for the third time, traveled to Orlando to attend the Regional F.I.R.S.T. Robotics Competition, where the Redneck Robotics came in

6th out of 62 entries.

Christopher is a graduate of Youth Leadership Bulloch and active in Young Life, a Christian student organization. Once he gets to Athens this fall he will train for a college leadership role in “College Life.”

His greatest challenge so far has been “trying to stay on top of everything: academics, sports, racing. I have lots take care of,” he said. It’s especially challenging considering the time he’s devoted to cross country motor bike racing. Christopher and brother, Kelly, along with Mom and Dad, travel the U.S. with a motorhome and a trailer full of racing bikes most weekends.

But that doesn’t keep him from racing ahead in school.

Joint-enrolled at Georgia Southern in both 11th and 12th grades, Christopher will start classes at the University of Georgia this fall as a sophomore majoring in biomedical engineering. All of that tinkering on motorbikes and robotics will give him an edge over the competition as he races to design and create the prosthetics of the future. n From Here To There ‹‹ July/August 2014 • 37

Nidhi Aggarwal

Statesboro High School, Class of 2014

Parents: Dr. Sudhir K. Aggarwal & Mrs. Neelam Aggarwal

Community & School Service: First United Methodist Church Soup Kitchen Habitat for Humanity Middle School Volunteer Outreach

Honors & Awards 2014 Valedictorian National Merit Finalist AP Scholar with Distinction Perry Clanton Memorial Scholarship UGA Baldwin Scholarship 2014 SHS STAR Student 2014 Bulloch County STAR Student 2013-2014 President National Honor Society

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idhi Aggarwal made the highest grade of any adjusting to her. She credits principal Marty Waters with student in Bulloch County on the SAT exam helping her make the transition, “Dr. Waters was a phenomenal with a score of 2280 out of a possible 2400. Her scores were principal,” she said. “I have attended six different schools and he perfect in math and in writing. She had a 4.0 average throughout was the best. He devoted his own time and administrators and high school, and was joint enrolled at Georgia Southern during counselors to create the rigor I was accustomed to.”

While raising the academic bar at school, Nidhi also volunher senior year, completing in advance her freshman year of college. She took five AP classes in high school becoming a teered at East Georgia Regional Medical Center for four hours Scholar with Distinction. All of her hard work began before she a week. This summer she will be spending time in the Pain Management area. She started with clerical work and will and her family moved to Statesboro in 2012.

Nidhi spent two years at a private high school, Zavier advance to patient interaction.

Nidhi has been accepted into the University of Georgia College Prep, in Arizona before moving to Statesboro. She said, “It was a hard experience, very rigorous academically, but it was Honors Program and received a Baldwin Scholarship based on also a Catholic school. I learned to be genuinely thankful for her academic merit. She plans to study to be a physician like her everything. I consider that one of my biggest achievements. It dad. “I talked to a lot of doctors,” she said, “and they all told me to apply to many medical schools and be glad to get into one.” has paid off and will help me in the future as well.”

With her records of scholastic achievement and commuShe admits that one of her greatest challenges was the nity service, Nidhi would be a model student for any school. culture shock she experienced moving from Phoenix to Bulloch County. “It was a huge abrupt change,” she said, “I left many What message would she share with others about succeeding? good friends behind. There was emotional stress, but it did “My biggest hope for my generation is - don’t take anything for allow us to bond as a family, especially with my sister Neha, granted. I hope we can rekindle the magic from when we were sharing the challenges we have all overcome in adjusting to a little and all was awe. As we move forward we can appreciate what we are and the people that helped us to get there. That’s smaller community.”

Just as Nidhi was adjusting, Statesboro High School was something to keep in mind no matter where you are in life.” n 38 • Statesboro Magazine ›› From Here To There

Mollie Cromley Southeast Bulloch High School, Class of 2014

Parents: Ann & Lee Cromley

FFA Accomplishments: FFA 2013-2014 Officer Team, Southeast Bulloch: President – William Joiner, Vice President – Mollie Cromley, Secretary – Hayden Farthing, Treasurer – Jacob Proctor, Reporter – Sam Goodman, Sentinel – Shelby McDowell 2013-2014 FFA Area 4 Officer Team: President – Shelby Key, Thomson, GA; Vice President – Mollie Cromley, Brooklet, GA; Matt Bishop – Secretary, Hephzibah, GA; Lily Kowtko – Treasurer, West Laurens; Caleb Tinsley – Reporter, Burke County; Taylor Bauserman - Sentinel, Cross Creek, Augusta, GA Georgia FFA Officers 2014-2015: President: Callie Warren, Lowndes; Secretary: Mollie Cromley, Southeast Bulloch; Vice President: Kandice Hooper, Franklin County; Vice President: Emily Trammell, Murray County; Vice President: Julia Gonzalez, Effingham County; Vice President: Luke Nelson, Jones County; Vice President: Elizabeth Horne, Colquitt County; Vice President: Jarrett Williams, Appling County

Other Activities: Radio News at Southeast Bulloch, Brooklet United Methodist Church Youth, Youth Leadership Bulloch Class of 2014, Beta Club, 4-H

Awards: FFA Georgia Outstanding Secretary 2013 Washington Leadership Conference Scholarship Recipient FFA Floriculture CDE Team Area Competition - 2nd Place FFA Floriculture Area Competition – 2nd High Individual

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ollie Cromley started campaigning last year. “I figured it out in October of 2013,” she said. “I went to a lot of events, at the region and the state level, to get to know a lot people.” There were interviews the weekend before.

A team of state FFA Officers conducted the question and answer session. “You have to be willing to be the person they need, and you have to know you can be that person,” she said. She was competing against other high school FFA officers from three regions in the state: North, Central, and South.

There was strategy involved. “You don’t want to run against someone from your region or area. I didn’t run for Vice President because Luke Nelson was running for that. We both won.

We were the only two from the same region who decided to run as a region. Luke’s from Jones County,” she said.

Mollie also looked for something to make her stand out from the crowd of candidates. “I researched it and I decided to wear red lipstick to stand out. Whenever I wear official dress, it’s part of my uniform and people remember it,” she said.

In addition to campaigning for state FFA secretary, Mollie

also worked on her floriculture project. She grows gourds and peanuts on the family farm. She sells the dried gourds, which she paints or makes into bird houses, mostly through word of mouth or social media. Last year she yielded 250. She also grew one acre of peanuts which she pulled by hand and sold green or boiled. “Susannah Lanier, my agriculture teacher, bought some for the Livestock Association,” Mollie said. “I had to prepare a proficiency plan to talk about my projects to allow them to be successful. Brian Elrich, my other Ag teacher helped throughout the process.” Mollie’s team won 2nd place in Area 4 competition.

Mollie also helped her local chapter with a year’s worth of activities. From the Brooklet Peanut Festival to the Georgia State Fair in Perry, GA; from the Area Awards Banquet to the National Convention; from cleaning up the Ogeechee River to a Veteran’s Day service project, at least an activity a week was held during the school year. Mollie also helped the chapter raise funds through the Annual Pork Chop Dinner and the SEB Livestock show and barbeque dinner.

This summer will be just as active. “It starts June 2nd, you blast off! You take off and don’t land!” she said. Mollie will be attending meetings, conventions, training, and conferences.

She will spend a week in Athens, a week in Macon, then on to Arkansas for state officer training. In July she will head to Washington, DC, for the state president’s conference. “That’s the most fun of the year!” Mollie said.

Until this fall when she will enter the University of Georgia where she plans to major in – you guessed it – Agribusiness! n From Here To There ‹‹ July/August 2014 • 39

Ke’Renza Nunes Statesboro High School, Class of 2014

Parents: Cindy & Jim Taylor, Ray Nunes

Community & School Service: Bulloch County Special Olympics Habitat for Humanity Re-Store Crossroads Community Church First United Methodist Church Soup Kitchen EGRMC Volunteer Internship Class of 2014 – Vice President Criterion Senior Editor Beta Club

Honors & Awards 2014 Deen Day Smith Service to Mankind Awards 2014 Atlanta Hawks Foundation Scholarship Principal’s Honor Roll - 9.10.11.12 AP Scholar SHS Top Computer Applications Student Certificate of Academic Excellence UGA Certificate of Merit International Teen Talent First Runner-Up (Drama)

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e’Renza Nunes learned about service at an early age as she observed her mother’s work as a Para-pro in Florida and Georgia with special needs children. That led to her involvement and volunteering with Special Olympics and special needs children in Statesboro. She is committed to giving back and to helping others and spends weekends and afternoons doing volunteer work at places like the Habitat for Humanity Re-Store.

Through her church, Crossroads Community Church, she volunteers with the drama team in putting on events like the Novemberfest Stunt Show & Outreach Ministry. She has also performed in Blue Fish Ministries with skits and dramas. She performed in the Group Human Video Routine putting Christian messages to music as an outreach ministry for the church.

The show won 1st Place in the Tifton regional competition and 1st runner up in the nationals held in Cleveland, TN. Through her membership in the National Honor Society, Ke’Renza helped organize volunteer groups for the First United Methodist Church Soup Kitchen and the Keep Bulloch Beautiful Great American Clean-up.

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interested in medicine and the human body and how it works,” she said. Her mentor at Statesboro High School is Nurse Brenda Shumate. Ke’Renza did her work based learning with Ms. Shumate every semester for two years. “I learned how to treat patients, charting, and professionalism in a medical environment; it was good training,” she said.

This year, Ke’renza completed a six-week volunteer internship at East Georgia Regional Medical Center while she was also preparing for her church drama group’s performance in the nationals. “I was on the surgery floor the whole time. I worked at the desk building patient folders, ran labs, and small things like carry ice to patients,” she said. She now wants to be a trauma surgeon.

She may be well on her way. This spring she was honored by the Atlanta Hawks with a community service based scholarship for $10,000 to help with her college expenses. Only five scholarships for a total of $50,000 are given. Because of her community service, she was chosen as one of the five.

For all she has given to her community, Ke’Renza will be able to continue her dream of helping others when she starts pre-med classes at Georgia State University this fall. n

Morgan Alana Alford Southeast Bulloch High School, Class of 2014

Parents: Rob & Wanda Alford

Community & School Service: Student Council

Keep Bulloch Beautiful

Fellowship of Christian

The Children’s Hospital

Athletes Huddle Leader

Brooklet First United

Beta Club

Methodist Church Youth

FFA 4-H

Vacation Bible School

Statesboro Food Bank

Young Life

Honors & Awards UGA Certificate of Merit Clemson Challenge for Academically Talented Students Award 2013 - 2014 Exchange Club Student of the Month 2014 Exchange Club Student of the Year Zell Miller Scholarship

Hobbies: Dance, painting, wakeboarding, jet-skiing, spending time with friends

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usy student Morgan Alford had no idea she would be chosen Exchange Club Youth of the Year. She remembers her Guidance Counselor Katherine Wellman asking her if she could give a speech in front of a crowd. “She said I would have to do it in front of the club at a regular meeting,” Morgan said.

Along with the other Exchange Club students, Morgan wrote an essay on “Creating the Spirit of Community Service with Passion and Commitment.”

“Mrs. Wellman and Mrs. Donna Clifton helped me with my speech. I was so surprised to be recognized! The other students of the month did more than me. It was such a blessing to get a scholarship. School can be a burden on finances.” Morgan credits her parents with always being encouraging and supportive.

During her senior year, Morgan has also taken a class at Georgia Southern each semester. Her favorite subject is math.

“I’m the strongest in math and I like it the most,” she said, “I like problem solving and getting a solution that I know is right.”

Morgan also has a creative side. She has danced with the Southern Dance Academy for 15 years, as long as she can remember – jazz, hip hop, tap, lyrical – and once performed in an Atlanta Hawks half time show. “In dancing everything

comes together in the end,” she said. “Pieces of choreography here and there come together with practice and music as a beautiful routine.” She is also very good at drawing and even created the design for her class’ t-shirts at school.

In the community, Morgan has volunteered for the Statesboro Food Bank, Keep Bulloch Beautiful, and The Backus Children’s Hospital, among others. She was in FFA her first three years of high school and attended state competitions with projects in livestock judging and landscape design. During her senior year, Morgan participated in a work-based learning program and worked for the Hall Law Firm while attending high school and college classes.

Morgan will attend the University of Georgia this fall with plans to get a degree in Applied Civil Engineering. “I wanted to be a Vet,” she said, “but after shadowing a veterinarian, I decided it really wasn’t for me.” She’s more interested now in city development, planning communities and watching them grow. “I just love it when things work out,” she said.

Morgan added, “There’s nothing like growing up in a small town. More than just your parents raise you. The whole community does.” n From Here To There ‹‹ July/August 2014 • 41

Jarret t Cartee

Statesboro High School, Class of 2014 Parents: Brian & Amanda Cartee

4-H & American Quarter Horse Association Achievements 2014 GQHA Youth

2013 Placing at State

Officers - Delegate

4-H Horse Show

2013 Year End Awards GQHA

- Sr. Stock Seat Champion– $ 500

- SCF Trick Pony - 1st Place

scholarship sponsored by HQHA

in Youth Reining & 2nd

- 1st Place Senior Western Pleasure

Place in Youth Barrels

- 1st Place Senior Trail

- Inspired By Gotti -

- 2nd Place Senior Horsemanship

3rd Open Pole Bending

• 4-H Clovers & Company

2013 GQHYA World Show Team

Performing Arts Group

- Inspired by Gotti in

Production Crew

Western Pleasure

Teen Leader for 4-H Cloverleaf

- SCF Trick Pony in Reining

Camp at Rock Eagle

2013 Southern Regional 4-H

4-H Double Master – Two State

Horse Championships

wins in Senior Stock Seat

- 3rd place – Class #13

4-H Senior Board Bulloch

Trail - Inspired by Gotti

County Vice President

Honors & Awards The First Lady’s Servant’s

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arrett Cartee was just ten years old and in the fifth grade choir at Statesboro’s First Baptist Church when he volunteered to assist former Minister of Music Bill Coen. In a few years’ time, due to his dedication and willingness to serve, Jarrett went from small jobs to operating the audio-visual technology system in the church’s new sanctuary.

In fifth grade Jarrett also joined the 4-H Club. An active participant, he soon excelled in the program benefiting from the hands-on life skills training he received. Jarrett started doing community service projects which continued through high school in Y-Club and Youth Leadership Bulloch. He volunteered at the 4-H Fair Booth, at Special Olympics, at the Open Heart Community Mission 5k Chocolate Run, and at Relay for Life events among others. This year, for his record of community service, First Lady of Georgia Sandra Deal honored Jarrett as the first statewide winner of The Servant’s Heart Award, created to celebrate “outstanding young people across the state who selflessly contribute to bettering their community.”

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2014 Deen Day Smith Service

Heart Award 2014

to Mankind Award

Letter of Commendation from

National Honor Society

Governor Nathan Deal

SGA Class Officer

2014 DAR Good Citizenship

Vice President of Y-Club

Award – Bulloch County

Mr. Senior 2013 for SHS

sanctioned by the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). He participated in tournaments all over the state in the Georgia Quarter Horse Association (GQHA), the Georgia Quarter Horse Youth Association (GQHYA), the Horseman’s Quarter Horse Association of Georgia (HQHA), and State 4-H horse shows, winning regional and state titles. Winning the title of Senior Stock Seat Champion earned Jarrett a $500 scholarship from the HQHA. He has competed in the Southern Regionals in Tunica, MS, West Monroe, LA, and Perry, GA, and in the American Quarter Horse Youth Association World Championship in Oklahoma City.

Between training for American Quarter Horse events and volunteering, Jarrett managed to keep honors level grades while joint-enrolled at SHS and GSU, where he’s pursuing a nursing degree. “One day, I would like to be able to tell someone what’s wrong with them, address it, and fix it,” he said. Makes perfect sense for someone who lives by the 4-H motto - “To Make the Best Better.” n

Sydney Davis Statesboro High School, Class of 2014

Parents: Jeff & Becky Davis

Theater Productions - High School, Statesboro STARS & GSU The Man Who Came to Dinner, Tom Sawyer, Grease, The Glass Menagerie, Anne Frank, Hairspray, Jungle Book, Scrooge, White Christmas, Dearly Departed, Sin in the South, The Nativity, Gift of the Magi, Willy Wonka, Seussical, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, MacBeth, The Wizard of Oz, Agnes of God (Region 3AAAA All Star Cast Award), The Whales of August (Region 3AAA Best Supporting Actress Award), Sleeping Beauty - Director

Honors & Awards 9 th Grade Student Council President 10 th Grade Student Council President 2012 Averitt Center for the Arts Emma Awards – Best Supporting Actress 2013 Region 3AAAA One-Act Theater Competition - Best Supporting Actress 2011 - 2013 Odyssey of the Mind Team Member 2011 Odyssey of the Mind World Finalist 2011 – 2013 Statesboro High School Model United Nations Honorable Delegation 2014 Statesboro High School Model United Nations Outstanding Delegation

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he main character in Sydney Davis’ story is a bright audition for roles in the local theater group, the Averitt STARS, well-rounded teen who seems wiser than her 18 years. for which she was nominated for an Emma Award. She said, She has the serious soul of an artist, but the quick wit of a racon- “My favorite roles were Libby in Whales of August, and the title teuse. She was “discovered” in 9th grade by Music Director Lisa roles in Willie Wonka and The Diary of Anne Frank.”

While still a student at SHS, but joint-enrolled at Georgia Muldrew who noticed Sydney in the chorus. “She believed in what I could do and gave me a part as Thing One in The Cat in Southern, Sydney auditioned against 40-50 university theater major students for a role in the black box theater production of the Hat by Dr. Suess,” Sydney said.

Sydney used her talent for drama in the 10th grade when she On the Razzle. Sydney landed the part of Gertrude, a minor charbegged Statesboro High drama teacher Eddie Frazier for a part acter, but she had a speaking role, and she was up against older, in an upcoming production of Shakespeare’s A Mid Summer more experienced actors. Sydney said about her theater experiNight’s Dream. The part she landed was Demetrius, one of four ences, “It has always been a part of my life I love doing. Definitely.”

The skills of memorization and repetition used in reading male lovers. She smiled and said, “He was an attractive guy with a beard.” Next came Scrooge the Musical and Sydney couldn’t scripts have paid off in other ways for her. She uses those leave the grease paint and the stage lights. She was in every high methods to learn the chemical chains as she goes for a BSS in Biology under the Pre-Med program at Georgia Southern. After school performance after that.

In 11th grade, Sydney was honored for her portrayal of obtaining her degree, Sydney wants to enter the funeral director the Bette Davis character, Libby Strong, in the David Berry program at Ogeechee Tech. “I know that may seem weird, but play, The Whales of August, with a Region One-Act Play Best I’m looking for a way to set myself apart from other applicants Supporting Actress Award. Sydney’s love of theater led her to to medical school,” she said. There’s a little drama in that, too n From Here To There ‹‹ July/August 2014 • 43

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From 1989 to 1991 the family was stationed in Germany and Bryan attended a defense school there. “It was not like public school. I took Shop and they taught me more than high school. They taught me to weld, work with a wood lathe, and build furniture and different things,” he said. Bryan graduated from high school in 1995 and enlisted in the U.S. Army. He joined as a Combat Engineer because “engineering sounded like building things, like a carpenter. I liked to build things, so I signed up.”

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At the beginning of last year Bryan reconnected with Major Adam Smith, his officer in charge at Ft. Stewart. Sharing a mutual interest in wood working, the two started talking about their hobby.

While stationed in England, Major Smith used a wood lathe to craft items.

That’s how Bryan got inspired to start wood working on a lathe. He bought one in Savannah and taught himself to make several different household items - pens, bottle openers, pepper grinders. Then Josh Waters, a friend of Bryan’s, and a duck hunter, made the suggestion that started a whole new line, “Why don’t you make duck calls?” he asked.

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An old Army buddy, Chris Harris, helps Bryan with acquiring hard and exotic woods for his creations. He prefers working with oak, maple, and Osage orange, but any hardwood will do. He has even created items using all three woods through a process of gluing the wood in a vise and turning, then laminating it. The high gloss finish has a linseed oil base and is water resistant.

Bryan’s custom woodworking company is known as Cotton Calls.

“We’ve lived here a while now and when I think of Bulloch County, I think of the miles of cotton fields surrounding Statesboro,” he stated, “I think Statesboro is a big cotton town, that’s how I came up with the name.” His Cotton Call creations can be found locally at Anderson’s General Store, and each Saturday following First Friday at the Main Street Farmers Market in Charlie Olliff Square, downtown.

Bryan takes custom orders as well.

He created the beer taps for Eagle Creek Brewery and can design and build custom bowls, shaving razors, bottle openers, or anything else he sets his mind to. “I have built everything from buildings to fine furniture,” he said, “but, I really like the lathe. It’s quiet, you work by yourself, and you can do a project from start to finish in one sitting.”

It’s therapy for the G.I. who served three combat tours clearing mind fields.

“I’m glad to be back in Statesboro with my family. It’s such a welcoming community; a good place to raise a family. We have good friends here, and Stephanie’s parents (from Minnesota) bought a house for part-timing here,” he said. Bryan is a first class artisan who travelled the world to master his craft, “but when people ask me where I’m from,” he said, “I tell them, Statesboro.” n

www.cottoncalls.com *“Crows are typically hunted in a manner similar to waterfowl using mouth calls and decoys.”

Georgia Department of Natural Resources website www.georgiawildlife.com. Crow season in Georgia is November 1st to February 28th and there is no limit.

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A Letter from the President

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ear Friends:

Thank you for taking the time to review the information included in this special Statesboro Magazine insert. I hope that you will discover how Ogeechee Technical College is a vital component in the education system of our community. We are proud to showcase some of the reasons why we believe that we are important to you.

We provide EDUCATION WITH PURPOSE! What does that mean? It means that through education, the College provides students with an opportunity to learn and to gain marketable skills.

Whether seeking a degree, diploma, or certificate; taking a continuing education class; improving literacy skills; or seeking a GED, students can improve their lives and those of their families. Taking the important first step of enrolling at Ogeechee Technical College starts students on the path to career success.

The College is the benefactor of a great deal of support from our community, and we are grateful for that support. We would not be successful without the help of many, and our goal is to give back to our community by training a qualified workforce.

Thank you, again, for taking the time to learn more about Ogeechee Technical College. We hope that you, or someone you know, will take advantage of all the opportunities available through YOUR technical college!

Regards,

Dawn H. Cartee, Ed.D. President

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Ogeechee Technical College Has Nearly $ 30 Million Impact on Region

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ow much does the area served by Ogeechee Technical College benefit economically from spending that is either directly or indirectly related to the college? According to Dr. Jeffrey M. Humphreys, director of the Selig Center for Economic Growth at the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business, it adds up to $29,515,195.

The economic impact is in a report from Dr. Humphreys that details his analysis of economic data from the Technical College System of Georgia for the 2012 fiscal year.

The study also found that Ogeechee Tech’s spending results in 393 public and private sector jobs. Humphreys reported that statewide, for each job created on a TCSG college campus, one off-campus job exists because of college-related expenditures. One in every 264 nonfarm jobs in Georgia, he said, occurs because of spending associated with a TCSG college.

“The fundamental finding is that Ogeechee Technical College creates substantial economic impacts in terms of output, value added, labor income, and employment. These economic impacts demonstrate that continued emphasis on the College as an enduring pillar of the regional economy translates into jobs, higher incomes, and greater production of goods and services for local households and businesses,” said Humphreys.

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The TCSG commissioned Humphreys to calculate the importance that spending connected to the state’s technical colleges has for their service delivery areas, which range in size from two to eleven counties.

Ogeechee Tech’s official service delivery area is Bulloch, Evans, and Screven Counties, but the College also serves students from many other counties. Several categories of college expenditures were reviewed for the study including personnel salaries and fringe benefits, college operations, capital construction projects, and student spending.

Put in the context of taxpayer investment, the $6,651,253 state appropriation for Ogeechee Technical College in 2012 supported the enrollment of 3220 students, generated nearly $30 million in local spending, and helped to sustain almost 400 jobs in the region.

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“The direct and indirect economic and employment impact of Ogeechee Technical College is significant to this region. The College is also an economic engine when it comes to helping attract business and industry to the area,” stated Dr. Dawn Cartee, Ogeechee Tech President.

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“The spending factor alone is a sizable return on the state’s investment in Ogeechee Technical College, and it would be significantly higher if we were to add the economic value that our graduates create once they leave college and meet employers’ needs for a skilled workforce,” said Ron Jackson, Technical College System of Georgia Commissioner. n

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geechee Technical College reached a major milestone on June 19, 2014 when the college received full accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). The accomplishment, which was years in the making, begins a new chapter in the history of Ogeechee Technical College.

The culmination of the SACSCOC process for Ogeechee Technical College came when the SACSCOC Board of Trustees awarded initial accreditation to the College following a lengthy process of documented compliance with the requirements and standards of The Principles of Accreditation. “Obtaining SACSCOC accreditation is one of the most significant accomplishments in the history of Ogeechee Technical College. Without the dedication and efforts of the College’s faculty and staff, local board members, and many others over the past several years, we would not be celebrating this accomplishment,” stated Dr. Dawn Cartee, college president. Cartee was quick to point out that the accreditation process is an ongoing endeavor. “Although reaching this goal is exciting, we will celebrate the accomplishment while continuing our work of assessment and improvement, which is the hallmark of the SACSCOC process.”

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Ogeechee Technical College, founded in 1986, serves several thousand students each year and has a primary service delivery area of Bulloch, Evans, and Screven counties, although students from all over the State of Georgia and beyond attend the college. Graduates of Ogeechee Tech have enjoyed high job placement rates and successful career options for years, but the new accreditation will offer even more opportunities for graduates. “With SACSCOC accreditation, our students may now enjoy a more seamless transition to other institutions if they choose to further their education,” said Cartee.

SACSCOC is the regional body for the accreditation of degreegranting higher education institutions in the Southern states. It serves as the common denominator of shared values and practices among the diverse institutions which award associate, baccalaureate, master’s, or doctoral degrees in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Latin America and other international sites approved by the Commission on Colleges.

The agency examines college operations and makes recommendations on how to improve the effectiveness of the institution. The key focus is addressing the needs of students and society by verifying that the college meets standards established by the higher education community.

Ogeechee Technical College began the process of full SACSCOC accreditation when it became an official candidate institution on December 9, 2013, although a major portion of the preparation and work was conducted prior to that official candidacy date. The accreditation is retroactive to January 2014.

Ogeechee Technical College joins over 800 other regionally-accredited colleges and universities, including Georgia Board of Regents schools such as Georgia Southern University, University of Georgia, and Georgia Tech. All SACSCOC schools are held to a high standard of integrity and academic rigor.

The Ogeechee Technical College Local Board of Directors Chair Roger Moore of Evans County commended the faculty and staff on the accreditation efforts, saying, “It is an honor to serve on the board of such a wonderful institution. Ogeechee Technical College makes such a positive difference in the lives of students and those served by the college’s graduates already, but the SACSCOC accreditation will open the door to even more powerful results. On behalf of the Board of Directors, I want to personally thank every member of the faculty and staff for the sacrificial work that was done to help bring this accreditation to reality.” n

For more information on the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, visit their website at www.sacscoc.org. To learn more about Ogeechee Technical College, visit www.ogeecheetech.edu.

ECCLESIA DJALLETA

This is my story...

I had planned my path. I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and how to get there, and I was well on my way.

The chapters of my education, in my mind at least, were already written but my life changed early in my university experience.

I became a mom, and suddenly my focus shifted. The destination, rather than the journey, became a priority.

I chose Ogeechee Technical College’s Radiologic Technology program because it put me on the fast track to my future, and more importantly, my son’s future.

I love it here and though my life is nothing like I planned it, I wouldn’t change it if I could. My name is Ecclesia Djalleta, and this is my story.

What’s yours?

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LADALE THOMPKINS

This is my story...

I could have easily become a failure, blaming my past and a learning disability for taking a wrong path. Fortunately, the kindness and generosity of a former high school teacher gave me the confidence I needed to write my own chapter.

After hearing about the struggles in my life, a lot of people ask me how I can always smile and I tell them I have nothing to frown about because I know where I’m going.

For me, that journey begins with Commercial Construction Management at Ogeechee Technical College!

My name is LaDale Thompkins and this is my story.

What’s yours?

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Ogeechee Tech VP Holds Unique Position

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ori Durden has a unique position within higher education in the State of Georgia. Formerly director of the Small Business Development Center at Georgia Southern University, Durden has held her current post as Vice President for Economic Development at Ogeechee Technical College since early 2011. Having experience with the Technical College System of Georgia, and the University System of Georgia is not that unusual, but serving as a member of the Board of Regents for the State of Georgia while serving as a vice president at a technical college is unique.

Durden was appointed by Governor Nathan Deal to represent the 12th Congressional District on the Board of Regents and assumed that role on January 1, 2013. “Lori’s background in the university system, in economic development, and in the Technical College System of Georgia, makes her uniquely qualified to provide input into how all of Georgia’s colleges and universities can maximize their work to produce an educated workforce,” said Dr. Dawn Cartee, president of Ogeechee Technical College. “Lori brings a different perspective to the Board of Regents, and is able to share her knowledge of the Technical College System in an effort to facilitate seamless education between the state’s post-secondary systems.”

“It is a great honor to serve on the Board of Regents, and I hope I can influence education in a positive way at the state level,” Durden said. “After working at a university and now at a technical college, I think that I am able to bring a viewpoint to the board which helps enhance the work of both systems. Cooperation between the state’s systems is vital to achieving the goal of helping more of our citizens get an education that makes them employable.”

Locally, Georgia Southern University, East Georgia State College, and Ogeechee Technical College make up an enviable team when it comes to secondary education options. “I think our area is fortunate to have access to so many educational opportunities. It is rewarding to know that I can have a positive impact on preparing our future workforce, no matter what system or college a student may attend,” said Durden. The Board of Regents oversees 31 colleges and universities, the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, and the Georgia Public Library System.

“Our population and economy have changed, and it is apparent that our governor through this appointment and other initiatives has a strong desire for all systems of education in Georgia to work as a team, to eliminate duplication of services and funding, and to focus on where each of us can be the most efficient and effective educators,” Cartee said. n

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KALI WASDIN

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greatest inspiration. He was a craftsman by trade and someone I truly admired.

He always told me an education is something no one can take away. Poppa lost his vision before being able to teach me the art of welding.

I chose Ogeechee Tech’s Welding & Joining Technology Program so that I could pass this craft down through the generations of my family. I think my Poppa would be proud.

My name is Kali Wasdin and this is my story.

What’s yours?

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geechee Technical College has added a new position: Dean of Students. Jan Moore has been named to that position and began her duties on July 1. Before becoming dean, Moore was employed with the Bulloch County Board of Education Central Office as a Special Education Supervisor/Behavior Intervention Specialist. A Certified School Psychologist, she holds an ED.S in School Psychology from Georgia Southern University, a M.ED in School Psychology from Georgia Southern, and an A.B. in Economics from the University of Georgia.

Moore’s work experience in education includes six years as a school psychologist with the Bryan County Board of Education. Additionally, she is the current Mayor of Statesboro and served for 11 years as the Business Editor of the Statesboro Herald. “Ms. Moore’s extensive background in addressing the needs of students and challenges that they face makes her a perfect fit for this newly created position,” stated Dr. Ryan Foley, Vice President for Student Affairs.

“I am excited to join the awesome team at Ogeechee Technical College, and I look forward to helping enhance the college experience for our students,” said Moore.

The new Dean of Students is responsible for creating and maintaining a safe, healthy, and supportive environment for all students. In addition, the Dean of Students administers all processes dealing with student conduct issues, disciplinary procedures, and grievance procedures. Dean Moore will be active and highly visible in the students’ out of class experiences and activities.

“With our new SACSCOC accreditation, we anticipate significant enrollment growth. As our student population continues to increase, Ms. Moore’s background and expertise will be a vital component in providing our students with the best possible college experience. I feel confident that this new position will provide expanded services for our students and will yield positive results,” said Dr. Dawn Cartee, Ogeechee Technical College president. n

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Continuing Education provides life-long learning opportunities

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he mission of the Continuing Education Department at Ogeechee Technical College is to support the region’s economic and community development by providing private training programs and services that promote development of business, industry, and public offerings that promote personal growth, according to Kathleen Kosmoski, Ogeechee Tech’s Director for Continuing Education and Industry Training. Continuing Education is part of the Economic Development Division at the College.

Ogeechee Technical College is also a Community Training Center for the American Heart Association (AHA). As such, the College is responsible for supporting the mission and goals of the American Heart Association through the provision of quality AHA classes to healthcare professionals and the community, and by educating and informing instructors on new skills and programs.

“When it comes to meeting your training needs, look no further than Ogeechee Tech,” said Kosmoski. Ogeechee Technical College’s Continuing Education Department offers customized contract training

CONOR BAKER

solutions that are convenient, affordable, and results-driven. From soft skills and professional development to safety and skilled training, staff and instructors will tailor any program to meet the specific needs of a company and its employees. Courses can be offered on site at an organization, an Ogeechee Tech facility, or other location. Whether the company is small or large, contract training services will work to ensure that employees have the necessary skills to perform their jobs effectively. “When it comes to preparing your employees to compete in this global society, Ogeechee Tech should be your first choice for your company’s training needs,” said Kosmoski.

Personal growth courses include topics ranging from cake decorating, to various computer programs, flower arranging, estate planning, and much more. “There’s something for everyone!” said Kosmoski. The Economic Development Division at the College also provides a variety of meeting spaces for rent. Kosmoski encourages anyone needing meeting space to call for information on the size and configuration of available facilities. Her number is (912) 486-7409. n

This is my story...

At 18 years old, I was a recent high school graduate and a firefighter EMT, so to say I was busy was an understatement.

At an early age, I learned the value of helping those in need. I watched both of my parents, who are doctors, assist people with not only their physical needs, but also their emotional ones. And though I had no desire to go into the medical field at that time, I knew that my charge in life was to serve others.

My goal is to one day manage emergency operations. The Emergency Medical Technician program at Ogeechee Tech has helped pave that road and given me the foundation I need for success.

The opportunities are out there if you choose to take advantage of them. The journey may get rough at times, but set your sights high and make it happen – I am!

My name is Conor Baker and this is my story.

What’s yours?

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t is often said that if you are seeking a volunteer for a position, you should seek out someone who is already busy volunteering. That statement rings true when it comes to Statesboro’s Gary Johnson. For many years, the Ogeechee Technical College Foundation has been the beneficiary of Johnson’s dedication.

His long-time service to the Foundation and to Ogeechee Technical College was recognized when he was named the Technical College Foundation Association (TCFA) Volunteer of the Year for 2013.

Johnson’s long history of involvement includes coaching recreation little league teams, serving in leadership positions with the Statesboro-Bulloch Chamber of Commerce, supporting local public and private schools, and volunteering with local chapters of the American Heart Association, Red Cross and Cancer Society. He has been active with local Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs as well as with Forest Heights Country Club and the local Sigma Chi Fraternity Alumni chapter. He has served on the Bulloch County Zoning Committee and is dedicated to First Baptist Church of Statesboro.

With such a busy schedule of volunteer work and with his duties as President of the Heritage Bank of the South in Statesboro, it might be assumed that he would not have time for anything else, but that is an incorrect assumption. Johnson’s involvement with the Ogeechee Technical College Foundation spans many years and includes terms on the Board of Trustees and the Executive Board for the organization. Even when he rotated off the official board of the Foundation, he continued to offer his support. For years, Johnson and his wife Debbie have opened their home for a post tournament gathering after the J. David Russell Memorial Golf Tournament for Adult Literacy and have also hosted other events at their home in support of the Foundation. Johnson is always a volunteer for the annual iGot (I Give to Ogeechee Tech) campaign and supports the Foundation with financial support personally and corporately.

“Gary Johnson is the epitome of a volunteer. He never seeks recognition for himself and would really prefer to do what he does quietly with no notice,” said Dr. Dawn Cartee, Ogeechee Technical College President.

“Even after serving on the Foundation board for 10 years, he came back to fill the post of pastpresident when illness forced a member to resign.”

Gary Johnson Stands Out Among Foundation Volunteers

“As a group, the members of the foundation boards at Georgia’s technical colleges embody the very best ideals of philanthropy, leadership, and volunteerism through their dedicated service to their local colleges,” said TCFA President Bob Hutchison. “Each year, we ask our foundations to help us honor those special people among us who quietly go about their work but deserve to be recognized for their contributions to their colleges and what they’ve done to improve the education and lives of students.”

Being at the event was itself a manifestation of Johnson’s dedication to Ogeechee Technical College. He agreed to attend the TCFA conference in order to receive the Foundation’s Role Model Board recognition— another accomplishment to which Johnson contributed. “Gary took time out of his busy schedule to be at a meeting when he was no longer an official part of our organization,” said Barry Turner, Vice President for College Advancement at Ogeechee Technical College. “But, he will always be a part of us because he has proven time and time again that he is dedicated to our mission and that he will do whatever he can to assist.” n

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Success is a Team Effort at Ogeechee Technical College

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nytime you see a turtle on top of a fence post,” said the old farmer, “you know he didn’t get there without someone helping him.” Just as that turtle, “We didn’t get here by ourselves,” according to Ogeechee Technical College President Dr. Dawn Cartee.

During the past several years, Ogeechee Tech has been recognized for its excellence. A few of the honors include: • Georgia Technical College of the Year in 2011.

• Finalist for Georgia Technical College of the Year in 2013.

• Three state-wide winners, one state-wide first runner-up, and three state-wide finalists for the GOAL award (Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership) in the past seven years.

• National program accreditations.

• The College’s recent accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.

This string of successes over the past several years at Ogeechee Tech has been accomplished through the efforts of a dedicated team. “So many people put forth so much effort to make the College excel. Our faculty and staff, students, local board of directors, Foundation trustees, legislative delegation, and many engaged community members and volunteers contribute to the accomplishments of Ogeechee Technical College,” said Cartee.

In announcing the 2011 College of the Year award, Technical College State Board Chair Paul Holmes said, “This award is a very well-earned recognition. It speaks highly of the exceptional level of hard work that President Cartee and the faculty and staff of Ogeechee Technical College have put forth on behalf of their students, the local communities they serve, and the businesses and industries that rely on the College to fill the workforce with highly-trained graduates.” The award is based on a number of benchmarks against which each college in the system is measured. In 2013, Ogeechee Tech was a finalist for the award.

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National Leadership and Skills Conference in Kansas City, Missouri.

The previous year, the team had won the bronze medal at the national competition.

G OAL c o mp e tition stron g at Og eec h e e Te ch College instructors nominate students with outstanding academic achievements and leadership capabilities for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) award. A local committee selects the college winner through interviewing nominated students and by evaluating their presentations. The local GOAL winner then competes at the regional level before travelling to Atlanta for the annual GOAL competition.

Ogeechee Tech’s Skills students won three gold medals, four silver medals, and one bronze medal at the 2014 State SkillsUSA competition held in Atlanta. Gold medal winners are eligible to compete in the 50th annual National Leadership and Skills Conference in June, once again to be held in Kansas City. “Performing well against students from colleges all over the country is validation of the work that is done to train our students,” stated Cartee. “Gold medals earned in competitions indicate that we excel on a national level.”

S tu d en ts ’ l ives are i m pa c te d Some of the most impressive accomplishments at the College come from the impact education has on students’ lives. Ogeechee Tech’s most significant achievement occurs when graduates have a successful career after earning a certificate, diploma, or degree.

Nine regional finalists are interviewed in Atlanta by a panel of judges from business, industry, government, and higher education. The finalists are scored on their academic accomplishments, leadership qualities, local community involvement, and future aspirations. The GOAL winner is announced at a banquet on the final night of the conference, and is presented the keys to a brand new Chevrolet Cruze!

Ogeechee Tech’s track record of GOAL success includes the following: • 2014 state GOAL winner - Lucas “Luke” Teague, Funeral Service Education (nominated by instructor Michele Rupar); • 2013 state first runner-up - Stuart Gregory, Networking Specialist/ During academic year 2013, Ogeechee Technical College had the Computer Support Specialist (nominated by instructor Terry Hand); highest retention rate within the Technical College System of Georgia • 2012 regional finalist - Michael Williams, Funeral Service Educa- (62.2%). At 70.5%, Ogeechee Tech’s graduation rate for 2013 was in tion (nominated by instructor Jarvis Barnes); the top five of the state system.

• 2011 state GOAL winner - Alvie Coes III, Funeral Service Education (nominated by Jarvis Barnes); The ultimate goal of education is to have graduates secure good jobs.

• 2010 regional finalist - Cynthia “Cindy” Simms, Networking With a 95.6% total placement rate, Ogeechee Tech fares better than Specialist (nominated by instructor Terry Hand); most of the other technical colleges in Georgia. The state average was • 2009 state finalist - Amanda “Amy” Miller Robinson, Radiologic 91%. In-field job placement—that is, graduates working in the disciTechnology (nominated by instructor Jan Martin); pline in which they were trained, was at 84.6% for academic year 2013.

• 2008 state GOAL winner - Laura “Molly” Bickerton, Radiologic Technology (nominated by instructor Jan Martin).

“Graduates who find gainful employment are the greatest success stories we have at Ogeechee Technical College,” stated Cartee. “Our Overseeing the GOAL process at Ogeechee Tech is Kelli Waters. She mission is fulfilled when we improve students’ lives by helping them has been the most successful GOAL coordinator in the state for the be self-sufficient. The positive impact our graduates have on our past seven years by producing both regional and state winners. community is vital whether they are saving lives on an ambulance, filling prescriptions correctly, making our automobiles safe and roadS ki lls USA p r o gra m earns g ol d worthy, managing our computer systems, or preparing our tax returns,” Cartee concluded. “The end result is that we produce a vast array of SkillsUSA is an organization which allows technical program to professionals who support everyone in our region.” compete in various disciplines. The Ogeechee Technical College SkillsUSA club has enjoyed success at the state and national level The collective team of Ogeechee Technical College can be proud that over the past few years. After doing well at the state level in 2013, the they help educate students, provide a qualified workforce for our region, Ogeechee Tech Quiz Bowl team won a gold medal at the SkillsUSA and improve lives on a daily basis. By any definition, that is success! n O g e e c h e e T e c h n i c a l Co l l e g e | o g e e c h e e t e c h . e d u | 1 . 8 0 0 . 6 4 6 . 1 3 1 6

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Programs of Study Our Mission Ogeechee Technical College (OTC), a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia, is

Acco unting

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Accounting AAS Degree

Commercial Construction Management AAS Degree

Accounting Diploma

Construction Management Diploma

Computerized Accounting Specialist Certificate

Certified Construction Worker Certificate

Ag ri bus ines s

Co s m eto l o g y

Agribusiness AAS Degree

Cosmetology Diploma

Agribusiness Diploma Agribusiness Policy Specialist Certificate

a public institution of higher education that contributes to the economic, educational, and

Precision Agriculture Specialist Certificate

A ir Con d itionin g Te chnolog y Air Conditioning Technology Diploma Air Conditioning Electrical Technician Certificate Air Conditioning Repair Specialist Certificate

community development of its three-county service area of Bulloch, Evans, and Screven counties.

OTC provides technical education programs at the associate degree, diploma, and certificate levels utilizing traditional and distance education methodologies; student support services; adult literacy education; continuing education; and

A uto m otive T e chn o l o g y Automotive Fundamentals Diploma Automotive Technology Diploma Automotive Climate Control Technician Certificate Automotive Chassis Technician Specialist Certificate Automotive Engine Performance Technician Certificate

Basi c L aw En f o rc em en t Basic Law Enforcement Certificate

Bus ines s Adm in is trative Te chnolog y

industry workforce training to the citizens of the communities it serves.

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Shampoo Technician Certificate

Cri m in al Ju s ti c e Criminal Justice Technology AAS Degree Criminal Justice Technology Diploma Crime Scene Fundamentals Certificate Criminal Justice Fundamentals Certificate Criminal Justice Specialist Certificate

Cu l in ary A r ts Culinary Arts AAS Degree Culinary Arts Diploma Prep Cook Certificate

Den tal A s s is tin g Dental Assisting Diploma

E arly C hil d ho o d Car e & Ed u c atio n Early Childhood Care and Education AAS Degree

Business Administrative Technology AAS Degree

Early Childhood Care and Education Diploma

Business Administrative Technology Diploma

Child Development Specialist Certificate

Administrative Support Assistant Certificate

Early Childhood Exceptionalities Certificate

Microsoft Office Applications Professional Certificate

Early Childhood Program Administration Certificate

Bus ines s Man a g e m en t

E l e c tri c al S ys te m s T ec hn o l o g y

Business Management Diploma Management and Leadership Specialist Certificate Human Resource Management Specialist Certificate

Co mm er c ial T ru c k Drivin g Commercial Truck Driving Certificate

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Spotlight on Former Member: Renaldo Leon Staff member, Renaldo Leon, might be considered a Club veteran by now. He grew up coming to the Club as a member and credits the staff at that time for motivating him to overcome certain circumstances to succeed. And succeed he did. He attended college at Georgia Southern University and joined the staff at the Boys & Girls Club part-time hoping to instill that same motivation in our younger members. He graduated with a BA in Communication Arts, and he is currently studying to get his Master’s Degree in Public Administration.

After he graduates next spring, he plans to pursue a job as an executive director with a Boys & Girls Club, and we know that he will. Renaldo has succeeded in everything that he has put his mind to. Renaldo Leon is just one shining example of how the Boys & Girls Club of Bulloch County is changing the future, one member at a time.

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Letter from the Executive Director Dear B oys & Girls C luB supporters , I would like to sincerely thank all of you who have donated to the Boys & Girls Club of Bulloch County over the years whether it be with your financial gifts, volunteer service or prayers. Since its inception in 2001, we have been able to serve thousands of local, at-risk youth providing them not only a safe place to hang out with friends but also a structured environment catering to educational and personal growth. Renaldo Leon is just one example of how, together, we are molding and shaping the future of our community and making it a better place to live. On behalf of the board of directors, staff and members of the Club, we thank you for your continued support as we strive to meet the needs of the youth of this community.

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Message from the Director Thank you for allowing me to serve the Bulloch Alcohol & Drug Council for 25 years. I have thoroughly enjoyed meeting the citizens of Bulloch County and offering them encouragement and hope for their journey. I hope you will call us or visit our website to find out ways you can get involved serving our community through the council.

Sincerely, Joyce Stubbs, Director, Bulloch Alcohol & Drug Council

Red Ribbon Campaign

Bulloch Alcohol & Drug Council is the proud sponsor of Bulloch County’s Red Ribbon Week. Red Ribbon Week strives to raise drug and alcohol awareness in our schools. The festivities begin with a theme and the event kickoff is in August. Every school in Bulloch County appoints a coordinator for Red Ribbon Week who works closely with the Council on the weeks activities. The Council awards initiatives for student participation such as the poster contest for elementary and middle school children and the billboard contest for high school students. The Council also sponsors the teen maze which is an interactive student activity for all 10th grade students in Bulloch County.

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The Bulloch Alcohol and Drug Council has been a leader in drug education, intervention and prevention to Statesboro, Bulloch County and the state of Georgia for 40 years.

Organized in 1974 under the direction of the Bulloch County Grand Jury, the mission has remained to provide information and education regarding the harmful effects of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs on youth, as well as, provide referrals to treatment for those families adversely affected.

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Services Provided

Student InterventIon Program: This intervention program helps young people who have violated the alcohol/drug policies at school. Clients that are under the Juvenile Justice Department may also be given the opportunity to attend.

PrIme for LIfe: This drug education program is provided to the Municipal and State Courts for clients who are on probation because of underage-age drinking, DUI, or other similar offenses.

BotvIn LIfe SkILLS: This curriculum is taught at the Department of Juvenile Justice each week. Juvenile offenders that have alcohol and drug issues are required to attend. tIPS: A server training program that is offered to all alcohol license holders in Statesboro and Bulloch County.

Local Funding & Scholarship Opportunities Grants are awarded for up to $500 for projects related to substance abuse prevention. An application must be filed during specific periods that provides required information and meets specific criteria.

Also, the council awards a scholarship each year to a Bulloch County high school senior who is enrolled at either Georgia Southern University, East Georgia College or Ogeechee Technical College.

Please visit www.bullochadc.org to download the grant & scholarship applications, or call 912.764.6405.

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Winning in the Game of Life

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things that matter the most in life? I want to apply the same level of intensity to the Game of Life as I do to the Eagles and Braves and Falcons. The Apostle Paul wrote of life that way. In his letter to the Philippians he said, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus (3:14).

To make sure we win where it matters most we need to be sure we’re not living just for today and its pleasures, that we discover a godly purpose for our lives, and that we take Eternity into account. I’m so grateful that during my boyhood I was surrounded by adults who made sure those principles were understood and accepted by me. That, and the presence of Jesus in my life, has made all the difference.

Somewhere in storage are items I had in my office before I retired. One of the things is a little box that used to make me laugh. It’s a small casket, about half the size of a kleenex box, and when you push a switch you hear a buzzing sound, the top opens, a hand comes out and pushes the switch off, the hand goes back into the box, the buzzing stops, and the lid closes.

That’s all there is to it: a little machine that does nothing but shut itself off.

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inning is very important in our society. By nature most of us are competitive, and we like to win.

Growing up, however, I would often hear the statement, “It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game,” a quote from the poem, “Alumnus Football,” composed by sports writer Grantland Rice in the 1920s. The closing stanza of that poem says, For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, He writes not that you won or lost but how you played the Game.

I sure heard that quote a lot when I was young, but I don’t hear it much anymore. Now I hear the quotation attributed to Vince Lombardi, successful coach of the Green Bay Packers a few decades ago:Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.

Lou Holtz, noted football coach of such schools as North Carolina State, University of Arkansas, University of Minnesota, Notre Dame, and University of South Carolina, likes to quote Lombardi’s statement. Coach Holtz is now a much-indemand motivational speaker. He was the featured speaker at a sales meeting of the Western Insurance Companies, and said, I’ve been on the top and I’ve been on the bottom.

At Arkansas my first year, we won the Orange Bowl.

Then everybody loved me. They put me into the Arkansas Hall of Fame and issued a commemorative stamp in my honor. The next year we lost to Texas, and they had to take away the stamp. People kept spitting on the wrong side. One year I tried to sell cemetery plots for a living. My wife told me I couldn’t sell anything. She was wrong. That summer, I sold our car, our television, our stereo…

I still think a lot about winning, and I love our successful ways at Georgia Southern University, but in these recent years I’m more concerned about winning in the Game of Life. Don’t you think the most important thing is seeking to win at those

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ts fall, 2010. Winter. A November night. That time years.” Then I paused for a moment, never realizing God would of the year when day closes quickly. A chill wind bring this thought to mind when I continued, “But Jenny Lynn, brushes through empty vines lined with sleeping buds until you have another story to write!” The buzz of the coffee drinkers spring arrives, when they wake offering God’s corsages as far as chatter faded as the two of us were encased in quiet.

“Do you think I am ready,” she posed? “Yes you are,” I heard the eye can see!

Jenny Lynn and Mark Anderson have invited me to have myself reply.

By then it was time for her Bible Study Class! As we walked supper with them. Their unfolding of life has taken place in a lovely home in Georgian Walk for the past eighteen years with into the winter’s wind, she smiled and said “I’ll be in touch!” daughters Morgan and Allison. Morgan is a freshman studying Driving back to my apartment I spoke these words for certain, Journalism at the University of Georgia. Allison is moving along “Well God, I have been praying for a project. Little did I know quite well as a tenth-grader at Bulloch Academy where she excels it would be forth coming this suddenly. And God, I remember the tragic invasion on Jenny Lynn as if it were yesterday. So why as a member of the Gator Soccer Team.

This truly is a home! Not a house. For here, I will come to me?” I know Jenny Lynn’s mom, Judge Faye Martin Sanders. know – “love is all around!” How does that work, you ask? For A neat lady. And I knew Mark’s dad, Jake, whom we called Mark and Jenny Lynn, the girls come first. They are up close the ‘Pope of South Main.’ If any of our tanks were running and personal when it is time for a hug as despair filters in or on empty, emotionally or spiritually, we just pulled into Jake’s happiness abounds. I will come to know this as I work with Amoco and his smile and wisdom took care of life’s void. “But, Jenny Lynn for the next eleven months as editor of her book – hey Lord, I know Jenny Lynn just a bit and Mark, nothing.

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Now, as we three finish supper and chairs are moved back, it And that’s it.” That evening during my time of meditation the is a moment that will resonate with me forever. A month earlier Andersons filled the marquee.

Two afternoons later, the phone rang and the chipper voice over a bowl of oatmeal at Starbucks, I heard myself say, “Jenny Lynn, I have always enjoyed your articles and stories across the of Jenny Lynn announced, “Come over tomorrow night and let Mark grill you a steak.” I accepted. Mark does know how to handle a steak on the grill. As the evening unfolded, Mark Anderson looked at his wife of 28 years and with clarity and simplicity said, “Jenny Lynn, if writing your story will touch just one life, bringing that someone restoration and peace, then go for it.”

The next morning Jenny Lynn drove to their Tybee beach house. She walked among the sandy castles and later slept as the wind and the wash of the tides offered a nocturnal melody.

Now we see Jenny with her coffee moving to the patio to watch the sunrise.

“It was then, I knew I had the strength to finally share my story,” she said.

And she did! Ten thousand copies of Room 939. And over a hundred speaking engagements!

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82 • Statesboro Magazine

Nicholas Jordan

In our drive-thru, these school rules "make cents".

Amanda Morris

✓ Stay In Your Seat ✓ Form A Single File Line c ✓ Raise Your Hand c ✓ Use Your Outside Voice c c

These back to school tips are always helpful for students, but they work just as well for drive-thru customers at Citizens Bank. Nicholas Jordan and Amanda Morris accommodate your banking requests in a fast and friendly manner. It’s their most important assignment. So visit our car line, there’s no hall pass needed.

Have a great 2014-15 school year Bulloch County!

425 Commerce Dr., Statesboro (912) 871-2971 www. cbofbc.com

Welcome home The Shuford Family: Joseph, Tate, Sommer, Grace, and Lizzie

We’re Sea Island Bank and we’ve been part of the neighborhood since 1901. There’s something different about the way everyone interacts with and cares for one another in our community, and you’ll find that same way of doing things at Sea Island Bank. It’s about relationships here. Turn to us today for all of the products and services you need to help meet your financial goals. You need a bank for life. That’s Sea Island Bank.

912.489.8661 | seaislandbank.com

Sea Island Bank is a division of Synovus Bank. Synovus Bank, Member FDIC, is chartered in the state of Georgia and operates under multiple trade names across the Southeast. Divisions of Synovus are not separately FDIC-insured banks. The FDIC coverage extended to deposit customers is that of one insured bank.