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Belmont Central Honor Roll These Belmont Central Elementary School students have achieved the high academic goal of being on the A and A/B honor roll for the second 9 weeks of the 20132014school year. Third Grade All A'sSullivan Absher, Nathan Aldridge, Laney Baakko, Carley Barnes, Conner Barnes, Ethan Barnes, Jackson Blee, Bruce Boney. Avery Boyd, Riley Bradley, Mason Braswell, Reese Braswell , Riley Braswell, Zac Cagle, Anna Claire Caudle, Simran Chahil, Eli Clark, Maddie Clements, Jordan Coffey, Baylor Colangelo, Riley Crutchfield, Sophie Deussing, Emma Donaldson, Gracie Durham, McKenna Forinash, Blake Fry, Ryley Goble, Kallie Griffin, Leah Gunn, Cason Harris, Sam Hayes, William Hendricks, Reagan Hollifield, Amy Hyde, Parker Jones, Makenzie Karr, George Keel, Ian Latham, Ben Lauer, Alexa Laycock, Olivia Leonhardt, Logan Licata, Maddox Lowe, Anna Medley, Tien Nguyen, Gavin O Steen, Audrey Cate Painter, Julia Ramsey, Ty Risk, Cayden Ritchie, Gavin Satterthwaite, Domanick Shelton, Dalton Siva, Hannah Thagard, Summer VanGastle, Lydia Walker, Mason Welsh, Eva Wilson, Saige Winburn, and Grace Wolfe. Third Grade A/BNicole Allen, Amari Andrews, Cal Austin, Noa Aviles, Winston Baker, Emma Barker, Josh Barker, Rebekah Barnhart, Conly Bates, Jerry Bradley, Trey Brown, Shannon Burghen, Elijah Burgin, Lucas Burrell, Ashton Carter, Aaron Chaney, Drew Cheshire, Aura Cochran, Madex Crafton, Zoey Croft, Ethan Crosby, Patrick Drolette, Erica Dugan, Elijah Ethridge, Bethan Finn, Taylor Frasure, Brooklyne Gaskill, Austin Goettel, Chloe Haun, Emmi Haun, Rebekah Horne, Aiden Houghton, Anna Huffstickler, Abbygale King, Lucas Kumlin, Kyndal Leeper, Cammi Lim, Sam Loveland, Dylan Luna, Hatsue McQuay, Kayla Medford, Cam Medlock, Jax Miller, Edgard Miranda, David Nicks, Maci Norton, Mia Pellegrino, Chelsea Pickelsimer, AnnaVella Ramsey, Abbey Riles, Kortney Royster, Katie Rumfelt, Dustin Shook, Rylee Simmons, Adrianna Smith, Grace Smith, Henry Southard, Gavin Watts, Colin Wells, Brock Wilsey. and Chase Wimbish. Fourth Grade All A'sJordan Abernathy, Austin Baker, Autumn Ballenger, Caroline Beaty, Alex Boehlke, Maddy Borkowski, Cooper Bostwick, Ashleigh Burns, Zachary Cunningham, Jenna Feduniec, Jacob Hartemann, Holly Kellogg, Kaitlin Kinney, Emme Lewandowski, Asher Neumann, Khoi Nguyen, Nicholas Nguyen, Reagan O Donnell, Raygan Powell, Sean Romano, Malakai Sadler, Emma Sanders, Grace Sheppard, Cheyenna Singleton, Wyatt Triplett, Mia Ward, and Novian Williams. Fourth Grade A/BMason Ahart, Makayla Argent, Taegen Atkins, Jake Beaty, Cooper Bello, Shelby Blackwood, Leah Cha, Abigail Cherry, Jaedon Chin, Lauren Clemons, Griffin Cranford, Hayden Currier, Kendall Davis, Kory Davis, Megan Deets, Simon Dellinger, Vito DeMark, Andrea Detweiler, Zac Dickmann, Tommy Dobies, Makenzie Franklin, Courtney Galloway, Kloey Garrett, Hanna Gilbert,
Kingston Givens, Lily Gregory, Miles Griffin, Clay Groves, Matthew Hastings, Kaela Hughes, Ryan Huneycutt, Cooper Hunnicutt, Lauren Ivan, Malayiah Jackson, Jake Jurchak, Mychael Kitris, Emily Koehler, John Lance, Austin Lanier, Alyssa Lari, Jonah Lessaris, Mia Lesane, Zane Litaker, D Myah Matthews, Sean Murphy, Dylan Nicks, Taylor Nixon, Joseph O Neill, Joseph O Tuel, Genesis Padayo, Caleb Payseur, Luke Pierce, Liya Porter, Noah Powell, Conner Proud, Carys Pueschel, Cooper Ray, Joshua Ruiz, Kaitlyn Sedor, Cooper Shank, Lilly Wells Sheppard, Augie Soltis, Brenden Swanson, Bella Switzer, Kaeden Taylor, Ethan Thagard, Makayla Thomas, Lauren Tolbert, Emilia Vargas, Zoe Wilbanks, and Garett Ziemer. Fifth Grade All A'sBen Abramowitz, Jessica Airhart, Catherine Armstrong, Brody Banner, Marcus Barbu, Nick Barker, Ethan Boyd, Eliana Burgin, Catherine Carr, Matthew Dalton, Alyssah Duckworth, Anna Dunbar, Will Durham, Emily Earhart, Sarah Giang, George Gogel, Jacob Gogel, Sophia Gotte, Faith Gouch, Chloe Hawkins, Julia Ho, Dylan Hubbard, Dezi Kauer, Meghan Kimbirl, Adam King, Trinity Knauf, Kylie Laycock, Abigail Lefler, Gwyn Leonhardt, Karlie Lucas, Abbey Martin, Gavin Maynard, Emma McGinnis. Tessie Morrison, Grace Nehring, Taylor O Hare, Giselle Paredes, P. J. Parker, Puja Patel, Marshall Pearson, Christian Porter, Anna Pratt, Asheton Queen, Hailey Rodden, Annie Russell, Carson Smith, Sadie Smith, Blake Spargo, Mya Stuman, Riley Summerville, Logan Threatt, Samantha Valour, and Adam Visco. Fifth Grade A/B- Jayden Aiken, Bailey Allman, Ayden Austin, Graham Baakko, Cason Bethea, Jake Bidoglio, Zachary Bond, Will Bostick, Jessica Bradley, Carter Broome, Gavin Cameron, Harris Carnes, Machera Clark, Payton Coleman, Chase Croft, Caleb Dakake, Grace Deason, Collin Dombrowski, Sam Evans, Haley Ford, Hailey Franks, Lainey Gosnell, Ethan Granade, Maddie Gunde, Emma Hager, Bradley Haggai, Adam Hamam, Addie Harris, Ben Hawkins, Rachel Hayes, Bridget Her, Cole Hunsucker, Connor Johnson, Savannah Johnson, Muhammed Kamdar, Lilly Keel, Ethan Lee, Masie Lee, Brayden Lefler, Madison Marett, Peyton Martin, Kailee McAlister, Dylan McCurdy, Nasser Miranda, Zach Neyen, Egan Oiler, Patrick Pang, Tamarion Parks, Karson Rankin, Kya Reppo, Jesse Rhyne, McKenna Robinson, Michaela Robinson, Blaine Rudisill, Brianna Schweers, Kiara Scipio, Brandon Slaughter, Ashton Smith, Georgia Smith, Tyler Thornton, Aiden Valentine, Lena Ware, Alex Wilder, Natalie Wooten, and John Zander.
Pinewood students camp and read Pinewood Elementary in Mount Holly recently held a family night event, Camp Out with a Good Book. This was a night for families to spend time together and be reminded of the importance of reading at home. Families rotated though stations that included campfire stories with professional storyteller Robin Berk-
man. Ms. Berkman has appeared throughout NC, including the Renaissance Festival. Families made camping crafts in the library while receiving tips to help children be motivated and successful readers and instructions on accessing library resources, such as eBooks, from home. The third station was a camp-
Pinewood Honor Roll Pinewood Elementary School, Mount Holly, has announced its 2nd nine weeks Honor Rolls. A Honor Roll: Aubree Baker,Toni Hopkins, Bryson Jones, Giovanni Bernard, Isabella Garcia, Breanna Hux, Andy Mageau, Wyatt Smith, Isabel Suarez, Stephanie Perez, Justin Anthony, Anthony Lail, Isabell Blake, Hallie Byrd, Ethan Harrison, Naomi Martin, Ashlyn Parnell, Sarah Pinson, Cassidy Stephenson, Wissam Asmar, Emma Russell, Cameron Schmidt, Liam Brady, Ella King, Luis Tejada, Iven Killian-Kohn, and Tucker Martin. A/B Honor Roll: Trevor Graham, Will Hager, Cayden Lancaster, Cannon Lewis-Donaldson, Arias Nash, Mackenzie Richard, Logan Rolls, Emily Souhrada, Millia Styles, Joey Vanover, Paige Wallace, Fatima Asmar, Bryceson Beacham, Gavin Galloway, Jordin Hipps, Robert Howard, Carson Payseur, Aneas Price,Jesse Shannon, Joshua Underhill, Andrew Wofford, Alysha Woody, Brandon Barcon, Ian Boyd, Makayla Boyd, Jude Brodbeck, Hannah Hovis, Selena Ledford, Mia Odom, Nate Petree, Fatima
Smith, Jake Underhill, Joseph Williamson, Brandon Ahrens, Shelbi Beck, Tyler Mizzell, Justin Rocquemore, Jossie Shannon, Katelyn Walsh, Julia Conwell, Zachery Ernst, Savannah Griffin, Kaitlyn Russell, Brayden Wilken, Nathan Brinson, Tayquan Burch, Christopher Felton, Myles Ford, Noah Gayle, Juan Gonzalez Villegas, Gwendalyn McCoig, Hunter Reavis, Sirr Nehemiah Stovall, Austin Thrower, Jessilyn Cartwright, Kayla Cawthorn, Garland Ervin, Julia Huffman, Zor'Asia Jenerette, Justin Larter, Hayden Long, Sofia Mageau, Caleb Bailey, Troy Bernard, Emily Corzine, Makayla Hilton, Mallory Parrott, Courtney Bethune, Tayvon Burch, Logan Crisp, Joshua Biggers, Noah Matthew, Samiya Rowe, Alexa Sacchere, Eric Smith, Max Stewart, Elijah Burnett, Savannah Vongvoraseng, Marcos Welsh, Maddison York, Noah Burchfield, Katelynn Crowe, Sydnee Floyd, Jaden Gonzalez, Taryn Howie, Alyssa Knott, Conner Myers, Pierce Rosenbalm, DJ Ross, Sydney Thrower, Seth Cole, Meghan Edgar, Kayla Gibson, Haley Martin, and Gavin Steiner.
Blood drive March 7 East Gaston High School will sponsor its annual blood drive for Community Blood Center of the Carolinas on Friday, March 7, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. in
the school's practice gymnasium. For more information, call the school office at (704) 827-7251. The school is located at 1744 Lane Road in Mount Holly.
Prom dress day March 29 On March 29 Burge Memorial UMC in Mount Holly will be having a day for young ladies who might otherwise not be able to afford a prom dress to come and try some on and take one home. There will also be a drawing for three gift cards for three young ladies to receive and get manicures and pedicures
for free. There will also be a drawing for a designer bag. Two young ladies will receive a voucher to get free make up on the day of the prom. For more information call Denee Isles at 704-822-1341 or 704-441-1904 or Shante Mcclain 704-478-0094. Transportation will be provided if needed.
ing and camp cooking demonstration provided by representatives from Gastonia's Gander Mountain. Gander Mountain also provided many giveaways for the students, including flashlights, backpacks and gift cards that were given away in a raffle drawing.
Good news about Gaston County students... Cramerton Middle School sixth grader Avery Davenport was one of 12 students chosen to serve on the CharlotteConcord Sea Life Aquarium Young Environmentalist Panel. He acted as an ambassador for the grand opening of the Sea Life Aquarium in Concord and help to educate other young people about sea creatures and marine environments. The following Stanley Middle School students were chosen to attend the N.C. Junior Beta Club convention in Greensboro: Josh Jolly, Wilson Allen, Nick Williams, Karmen Scruggs, Carleigh Ballard, MaryAnna Chewning, Cassandra Postell, Harrison Faith, Grace Hendrix, Giorgi Csikor, Morgan Branham, Gabbie King, Kyra Rhyne, Hannah Scott, Caroline Turner and Leann Crotts. Kim Suddreth is the club sponsor. Stephen Moore, a student at Stuart W. Cramer High School, participated in the National Youth Leadership Forum on National Security in Washington, D.C. He had an opportunity to meet diplomats and military security officers and received a college credit from George Mason University. North Belmont Elementary won the Battle of the Books T-shirt logo design contest. Other schools that participated in the contest were Rankin, Bessemer City Central, Beam Intermediate, New Hope, Belmont Central, Lowell and Brookside. Rankin Elementary fourth grader Cody Miller was recognized by the Raleigh City Council for the bumper sticker he created about the capital city. A class project required Cody to collect information about a North Carolina city. He selected Raleigh and created a bumper sticker that received praise from the city council members and mayor Nancy McFarlane, who recognized Cody at a recent council meeting. Wofford College student Dana Ashley Nobles, a member of the class of 2015, is from Belmont and is studying abroad in Siena, Italy. Study abroad is a major component of Wofford's commitment to shaping globally connected citizens. Opportunities range from travel/study Interim projects to a full-year at a university abroad. Students may choose from more than 200 programs and 59 countries. Co-curricular opportunities include service-learning, internships and cultural excursions. Ethan Kaplan, of Belmont, NC, has been named to the Dean's List at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for the Fall 2013 semester. The Dean's List recognizes full-time students who maintain grade-point averages of a minimum of 3.0 out of a possible 4.0 and have no grades below "C." Kaplan studies Electronic Media, Arts, and Communications. The College at Brockport, State University of New York, recently honored students who excelled academically by naming them to the Dean's List for the fall 2013 semester. Alexander McDonald of Belmont, NC was named to the Dean's List with Honors. Students who earn a GPA of 3.70– 3.99 are named to the Dean's List with Honors, while students who achieve a 3.40–3.69 are named to the Dean's List.
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