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The Air Force Junior ROTC at Northside High School traveled to Montgomery, Ala., to compete in the American Legion National Drill Meet earlier this month. On the way, they stopped off at the Civil Rights Museum in Birmingham, Ala. Students are shown on the steps of the 16th Street Baptist Church where a bomb killed four young girls in September 1963 and became a rallying point for the Civil Rights Movement.
A basketball game pitting Lake Joy Elementary against Quail Run Elementary is set of 6 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Feagin Mill Middle School gymnasium.
Each school’s chorus will perform the National Anthem, and they will perform again after the first quarter. During halftime 60 students will have the opportunity to enter a “Gotcha” tournament for $5. The “Leapin’ Lions” jump rope team will perform after the third quarter, along with Lake Joy’s cheerleading squad.
Cost is $3 for adults, $2 for children, and all proceeds will benefit Relay for Life.
For more information, contact Douglas.Rizer@hcbe.net or Cheryl.Thomas@hcbe.net.
Feagin Mill Middle School is at 1200 Feagin Mill Road in Warner Robins.
VHS band director named
The Houston County Board of Education last week named Thomas Brown from Jeff Davis High School in Hazelhurst as the new band director at Veterans High School.
Brown, who’s been at Jeff Davis High since 1993, has 31 years experience in schools in Florida, Alabama and Georgia, and has judged marching bands and concert bands throughout the Southeast. He was the Jeff Davis County Teacher of the Year in 2007, and in 2008 was the Georgia Music Educators Association Music Educator of the Year.
Advanced Placement information presented
Houston County High School will host an Advanced Placement (AP) informational session 6:30 p.m. Feb. 23 in the school cafeteria. Parents will have the opportunity to learn about anticipated AP offerings, prerequisites and course requirements.
Houston County High is at 920 Ga. 96 in Warner Robins. Sherri Freeman serves as principal. For more information, contact Assistant Principal Amy Barbour at 478-988-6340 or amy.barbour@hcbe.net.
In brief
• Thursday is the deadline to place an order for the Northside High baseball team’s smoked butt fundraiser. Cost is $25, and pick-up is set for Feb. 23 and Feb. 24. To make a purchase, see a baseball team member of contact Sandi Couillard at sandi.couillard@hcbe.net.
• Linwood Elementary’s “Outback Night” event is scheduled for Feb. 25, from 5:30-7 p.m. at the school. Cost is $10 for a meal of steak or chicken, baked potato, salad, bread and dessert. To purchase a ticket, contact Molly Townsend at molly.townsend@hcbe.net.
• Mossy Creek Middle School’s first Gator Gallop - 5K run/walk is scheduled to begin 8 a.m. March 6. For more information visit http://www.hcbe.net/media/197872/mcms%20gator%20gallop%205k%20run.pdf.
• Northside Middle School has scheduled a dinner concert March 12 catered by Sticky Fingers. Cost is $10. Dinner is 5-6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria, with the concert in the gymnasium from 7-8 p.m. For more information contact Laura Iovine at 478-329-2239, or via e-mail at Laura.Iovine@hcbe.net.
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