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Volume 4 No. 5

BCHS and Wiregrass

Celebrate “CTAE

Month”

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BCHS Alumn speaks to

Georgia State Senate

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Class of 2015 Honor Grads

Announced!

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Pre K Parents to Lunch

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Final Round of Parent

Partners pg.3

Pre K Registration Dates

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NBES host Academic

Night Pg. 4

QES Jump Rope For Heart

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Brooks County Schools… Learners Today… World Leaders Tomorrow…

On February 19th, Brooks County High School students along with Representative

and Counselor, Jessica Carter toured Lowes Distribution Center through the

Vocational Rehabilitation Center in Valdosta. The students toured the facility and

learned about job opportunities as well as how Lowes assists students in the local

community with opportunities to work at the facilities. Lowes Distribution Center

has partnered with the Vocational Rehabilitation Center in providing career

opportunities for high school students with employment. Picture: Lakeisha Brown,

Wanda Thompkins, Darren Anderson and Trevius Cooks.

Brooks County Schools Students participated in the Georgia Music Educators

Association (GMEA) District 2 Honor Band during the week of February 20th.

Bottom Row (L-R): Shannon Griffin, Trinity Fisette. Top Row (L-R): Jordan Rose,

Riley Prichard, Tristen Krause, and Blake McBride.

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Condolences & Special

Thoughts:

Quinntonn Finn

Keisha Richardson

Sharah Denton

Diangela Byrd

Detra Jones

Below: For CTAE Month (the month of February),

WGTC provided a banner, “Wiregrass Supports

CTAE,” to display in the school; provided gifts for

each CTAE teacher; provided students with WGTC

souvenirs; and provided an opportunity for CTAE

students to win a set of Skullcandy headphones.

Toriano Porterfield was the winner for BCHS.

Pictured left to right: Stacey Prescott (WGTC),

Brooke Jaramillo (WGTC), Toriano Porterfield, and

Christine Freeman, CTAE Director.

Right: Our own Ricardo Munoz (Class of 2011) spoke to

the Georgia Senate on February 10th during their

legislative session regarding Senate Bill 44. Ricardo is one

of the many immigrants accepted into the Obama

administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

program, or DACA. That program grants temporary

deportation deferrals and work permits to immigrants who

were illegally brought to the U.S. as children. Georgia’s

University System bars DACA recipients from paying in-

state college tuition rates, which are several thousand

dollars below the out-of-state rates. Ricardo is currently a

senior at Armstrong State University and will be speaking

for the right to pay in-state college tuition. This is a great

honor for Ricardo. He has experienced first-hand the

struggle to pay for a college education. Ricardo’s next goal

is to attend medical school.

On February 24, nine Brooks County Middle School

FBLA students attended the FBLA State Leadership

Conference in Perry, GA. Congratulations to the students

who placed in the following areas: Jordan Rose ---1st

Place Impromptu Speaking, Geri Patterson --4th Place

Application I, Asia Brown ------ 7th Place FBLA Creed.

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Congratulations to the 2015 Honor Graduates, Valedictorian, & Salutatorian!!! Front Row (L-R) Jessica Bell, Monica

Lopez, April Salas, Lauren Warren, Andrew Jackson, Case Cain, Alejandra Munoz, Moesha McGhee, Veronica Lopez.

Back Row (L-R) Anna Dowling, Madison Holley, Katie Wilson, Zachary Eastberg, Aaron Sapp, Kyle Black, Railey

Krontz, BriAshia Wright, Samantha Ryles, Lacey Dixon.

Below: Valedictorian

for the class of 2015,

Andrew Jackson &

Salutatorian, Aaron

Sapp!

Below: Parents were invited to Quitman Elementary

School for a Pre-K Parents to Breakfast. Parents

enjoyed a light breakfast with their child, hear a book

being read during story time and participate in

various activities.

Below: Dakota Smith at North Brooks Elementary

School is pictured after reading One Fish, Two Fish,

Red Fish, Blue Fish. She is guessing how many

goldfish are in the bowl!!

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Brooks County Schools has announced their dates for the 2015

Pre-K registration. Quitman Elementary School Pre K

registration will be held on March 17th from 8 am to noon at

the Brooks County School Board of Education located on 1081

Barwick Road. North Brooks Elementary School Pre-K

registration will be held on March 18th from 8 am to noon at

North Brooks Elementary located at 10295 Coffee Road in

Morven. The Pre-K program is open to children who will be

four years old on or before September 1st. Only parents or

legal guardians can register the child. The following

documents are needed for registration: birth certificate,

Immunization (Form 3231), social security card; Eye, Ear and

Dental Form (Form 3300), proof of residency in the

parent/legal guardian’s name (utility bill, rental agreement,

mortgage statement. NO CELL PHONE OR SATELLITE TV

BILLS ACCEPTED). Immunization and Eye, Ear and Dental

certificate can be obtained from child’s doctor or local health

department. For more information please contact, Debra

Rutland at 229-263-7531 ext. 3059.

.ordrutland@brooks.k12.ga.us.

Below: North Brooks Academic Night was a

success on Monday, March 2nd! Parent

Information Sessions were held about: GA

Milestones Assessments, What to Expect for the

2nd Semester, grade level math information and

parent reading/AR testing with children. The Cat

in the Hat visited and surprised the students!!

Students in Ms. Griffin's 4th grade class at Quitman Elementary

School used fraction kits to compare fractions. Students worked

in pairs to complete a mask task.

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QES Dojo (classroom app.) King and Queen

representing fourth grade for the second nine weeks

are Paola Lopez and Benjamin Lane. These students

have excellent work habits and good behavior on a

daily basis.

Gifted Students at BCMS are dissecting chicken leg

quarters this spring!

The Lady Trojans defeated McIntosh Academy by the score of 65 to 58. BC

was a 3 seed and MCA was a 2 seed.

The Brooks County Middle

School (BCMS) Baseball team

was welcomed by the Valdosta

State University Blazers at their

season opener against the North

GA Nighthawks. The BCMS

Trojans had a chance to observe

college level athletes warm up,

play, and execute plays just as

they will have a chance to do at

their season opener on February

16th against Echols County.

Coach Libby Parrish and Coach

Reggie Lee seek to provide

learning opportunities for these

athletes as an effort to make this

season a success both on and off

the field. The players and

coaches are making repairs and

preparing the field at the Brooks

County Recreation fields on the

weekends to make sure the

season starts as planned. Be sure

to come out and support these

athletes as they compete in the

Turner South Conference this

season.

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Quitman Elementary School hosted their first Saturday School Session for the 2014-15 academic year from 10:00 to

12:00 on Saturday, February 21, 2015. Parents/guardians, students, and staff from Grades K-5 began the morning

with light refreshments in the Media Center where they were provided an informational PowerPoint presentation

along with grade-level appropriate hand-outs and participated in enlightening conversations about the Common Core

Standards, curriculum/expectations for the various grade levels, Georgia Milestones Assessments, helpful tips on how

to help with homework, and useful internet sites. Afterwards, everyone moved to break-out sessions in the classrooms

where they were involved in demonstration lessons completing typical learning activities together, “make and take”

packets, and fun interactive games using SMART Board technology. Parents and students took advantage of the

opportunity to spend time together as a family learning more about what a typical school day at QES is actually like.

The next Saturday School Session will be held for Grades 3-5 students and parents/guardians on March 14, 2015.

Above: Quitman Elementary School raised $3,

965.00 during the school’s annual Jump Rope

for Heart activities. Students enjoyed various

activities during the JRFH fundraiser on

February 12th. Jump Rope For Heart is an

educational fund development program that is

co-sponsored by SHAPE America and the

American Heart Association. The program

promotes physical education and provide

children with the knowledge of heart disease

and stroke while raising funds for

cardiovascular disease research, stroke research,

and health education. Each year more than 7

million children participate in a JRFH event,

uniting parents, students and the community in

an important cause. By participating in these

events, students are given the opportunity to

contribute to the fight against heart disease and

stroke by raising money for research and

education.

Congratulations to North Brooks Elementary School Writing Fair

Winners!! Kindergarten: Chloe Broadway; 1st Grade: J'Kayah

Watkins; 2nd: Peiton Hall; 3rd: Shamahri Jones; 4th: Jeniah

Wakefield; 5th:Adia Barrera

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North Brooks Elementary School (NBES)

student, D’Avyon Troutman has been nominated

to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum

(NYLF); a pathway to STEM (Science,

Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), an

Envision program which will be held this

summer. Troutman was nominated by NBES

Counselor, Mrs. Hope Reese. The program is the

only one of its kind and students from several

schools around the area have previously attended

the Envision leadership or career exploration

program. The program focuses on team building,

goal setting and career exploration. Moreover,

the program is designed to give a deeper insight

into how leaders can bring different types of

people together and discover one’s own potential

for success. Students will learn about the world

of medicine, how to program a robot and learn

detective work as well as crime scene

investigation. Troutman was chosen by Mrs.

Reese for possessing the qualities of a natural

born leader, his work ethic and strength of

character.