COMMUNITYSchool

THEZONETHE THE

ZONEZONETHE

ZONECovering our Local SchoolsCovering our Local Schools

February 2011 Education is Power Volume 4, Issue 2

Baldwin High School

Oak Hill Middle School

Blandy Hills Elementary

Creekside Elementary

Eagle Ridge Elementary

GMC Prep School

John Milledge Academy

Early Learning Center

Sinclair Christian Academy

Midway Elementary

JMA’s Hinsonwins Math Challenge

John Milledge Academy ninth-grader Julia Hinson is theoverall school champion for the American Math Challenge.Thousands of high school students simultaneously com-peted against each other matching their math skills withthe best from around the world. Hinson’s score was thebest of all ninth through 12th graders who took the test atJMA.

Mrs. Crane’s and Mrs. Eubanks’ kindergarten class at Eagle Ridge Elementary School concluded a unit on animals in the win-ter by learning the vocabulary words hibernation, migration and hunting for food. The students were to sort their animalcards based on what they do during the winter. Pictured: Tamia Watkins, Haleigh Batchelor, Zykevion Battle, Naiyla Sessoms,Tamia Mack and Ollieah Lary; Jaylen Walker, Evan Hitchcock, Tymeir Taylor, Jasmique Grissom, Jamya Jordan, Markayla Primasand Konyea Devereaux; and Antonio Edwards, Elijha Wiggins, Ashton Smith and Brianna Webb.

Eagle Ridge students conduct unit on animals

2 Community School Zone February 17, 2011

COMMUNITY

Schoolis published monthly by The Union-Recorder

165 Garrett Way • Milledgeville, GA 31061

PublisherKeith Barlow

(478) 453-1441

Managing EditorNatalie Davis

(478) 453-1462

Advertising DirectorErin Simmons(478) 453-1437

Circulation DirectorMichael Evans(478) 453-1401

Creative ManagerBrooks Hinton(478) 453-1429

Contact Us:

If you are interested in advertising in the

Community School Zone, contact us at

(478) 453-1430

The Union-Recorder thanks all of the many advertisers who support

the Community School Zone

Hey Teachers! Be sure to send us your

students’ success stories

to be included in our next

issue of Community

School Zone!

Email your entries to

ndavis@unionrecorder.com

Guest readers visit EagleRidge Elementary School

YES students visitGC planetarium

Mrs. McCroskey’s and Mrs. Johnson’skindergarten class at Eagle Ridgeenjoyed having guest readers from Mrs.Burns and Mrs. Giles’ first grade classes.The students who visited were formerkindergarten students coming back to

show how much they continue to grow intheir academics.

The class can’t wait to go to first gradenext year so they can come back and showoff how much their reading skills havegrown!

Pictured: Ny’Terion W., Kierston W. and La’Kiya L. along with Mrs. McCroskey and Mrs.Johnson’s kindergarten class.

Third grade students in the YES program recently visitedthe museum and planetarium at Georgia College. The stu-dents saw a great show in the planetarium about stars aswell as toured the museum. It was a great trip!

3Community School ZoneFebruary 17, 201100

0785

00

102 Airport Road • Milledgeville, GA • 478-452-4242

GAC Accredited!Preschool - 12th grade

Christ-CenteredLearning, Athletics,Affordable Tuition.

New Student Enrollment to begin soon, February 7-25, 2011Download forms online at www.sinclairconnect.com/sca

Dr. Janee Moss1943 N. Jefferson St. Milledgeville, Ga. • 478-453-0910 • www.eblaacademy.org

“Celebrating 10 Years”The purpose of E.B.L.A. is to provide a challenging and versatile education that willenable students to be successful and productive citizens. The philosophy of E.B.L.A.

is that all students are capable of learning and accomplishing any goal with a little hard work.

Midway’s second grade students and K-Kids Club made cards for soldiers in Afghanistan and packed care packages to send to them. The cards werebeautifully decorated, and the students enclosed a note of appreciation to the soldiers. Shown in these pictures making the cards and packing theboxes are: Derek Oltremari, Charles Harden, Jayla Walls and Raven Burns, Sammi Tuttle and Avery Askew. This project was done to exemplify the threewords that Midway lives by: character, service and excellence.

Midway Elementary students make cards for soldiers

First grade students from Mrs. Burns’ and Ms. Barbee’s classes at Eagle Ridge Elementaryenjoy singing and playing instruments during a jam session with music teacher Mrs. KimNeidlinger.

Eagle Ridge students enjoy singing along to the music

4 Community School Zone February 17, 2011

Midway students mark 100th day of school

Mrs. See’s kindergarten class at Midway celebrated the 100th day of school by bringing in 100 items.

5Community School ZoneFebruary 17, 2011

60 Hwy 22 West • Milledgeville, Ga 31061 • 478-445-1290

We make life better.Providing Adult, Child, Adolescent &

Family Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services

Baldwin High School155 Hwy. 49 WestMilledgeville, GA(478) 453-6429

www.baldwin-county-schools.com/BHS

Enabling StudentSuccess

Home of the Braves

Mrs. Crane’s and Mrs. Eubanks’ kindergarten class at Eagle RidgeElementary ‘rang in the New Year’ with creating resolutions. Pictured:Tymeir Taylor writing her class goal (resolution) on the classroom door.

Eagle Ridge students make NewYear’s resolutions

Blandy studentsmark 100th day

Mrs. Williams’ first graders at Blandy Hills Elementary enjoyed lots ofactivities on the hundredth day. They made 100 cents and 100 dollars indifferent ways as well as making 100 with base 10 blocks and otherobjects. One favorite activity was making as many words as possiblewith 100 edible letters. Yum!

Head Start students observethe 100th day

Mrs. Johnson’s, Ms. James’ and Ms. Stembridge’s class celebrating onthe 100th day of school at Head Start.

6 Community School Zone February 17, 2011

Blandy Hills students enjoy Math Night

Students at Blandy Hills Elementary enjoyed Math Night in October.Students and parents were encouraged to participate in math activitiesthat teachers had planned. The activities are aligned with the GeorgiaPerformance Standards and show parents what students are working onin math.

7Community School ZoneFebruary 17, 2011

C O L L E G E

www.gmc.cc.ga.us

GEORGIA MILITARY

(800) 342-0413 (478) 387-4947

201 East Greene StreetMilledgeville, Georgia 31061

Twin Lakes Library System

Come visit us at one of our three locations!Mary Vinson

Memorial Library

151 S. Jefferson St. SE

Hours of OperationMonday: 9am-9pm

Tuesday-Friday: 9am-7pmSaturday and Sunday: Closed

Lake SinclairLibrary

3061 N. Columbia St., Ste. A

Hours of OperationMonday-Friday: 12pm-6pm

Saturday and Sunday: Closed

Floride AllenLibrary

400 N. Glynn St.

Hours of OperationMonday-Wednesday: 1pm-5pmThursday, Friday, Saturday and

Sunday: Closed

Eagle Ridge studentslearn how to count coins

Mrs. Crane’s and Mrs. Eubanks’ kindergarten class at Eagle RidgeElementary concluded a unit on money by naming, identifying the valueof, and matching coins. Pictured: Ollieah Lary using the Prometheanboard to match heads to the tails of coins.

Powell, Walker awardedscholarships

Georgia Military College Prep School seniors Rachel Powell and SkylarWalker were honored at the Chick-fil-A Bowl Luncheon Dec. 30, by theGreater Atlanta Chapter of the National Football Foundation. Eachreceived $1,000 scholarships applicable to the schools of their choosing.Powell was awarded the Whitey Zimmerman Scholar/ManagerScholarship based on her achievements as a student manager, studentand member of the community. Walker was awarded the George MorrisScholar/Athlete Scholarship in recognition of his accomplishments in theclassroom, on the playing fields and in the community. Those in atten-dance during the luncheon included members of the University of SouthCarolina and Florida State University football teams, Chick-fil-A foundersTruett and Jeanette Cathy, ESPN analyst Ed Cunningham and AtlantaJournal Constitution writer Jeff Shutlz.

RELAYFOR LIFE RAFFLE

®

WIN aFREE set of

BRACESvalued at

$5900!

Call for moreinformation!

Sanchez & CRAIG

orthodontics

1006 Fernwood Dr. • Milledgeville • 478.452-7441www.sanchezsmiles.com

8 Community School Zone February 17, 2011

CenturyBank

Hammock Rd.

Garrett Way

Fie

ldst

one

Dr.

N.

Col

umbi

a S

t.

Se habla español

Zaxby’s

Monday through Friday — 5 to 10 p.m.Saturday, Sunday and holidays — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

111 Fieldstone Drive, Suite 114, Milledgeville • 478-414-1414

Most insurance, cash, debit and credit cards accepted.

An option in healthcare for pediatrics and adults.Treating minor illnesses and injuries

On-site laboratory and radiology

After hours and on weekends...when feeling better can’t wait.

Now

Acceptin

g Most

Insura

nces

ER students study Dr. Martin Luther King

Mrs. McCroskey’s and Mrs. Johnson’s kindergarten class at Eagle Ridge all ‘Have a Dream.’ While studying the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., theclass decided it wanted to make a difference, and students came up with their own dreams.

9Community School ZoneFebruary 17, 2011

Eagle Ridge students hopeful for snow

Mrs. McCroskey’s and Mrs. Johnson’s kindergarten class at Eagle Ridge Elementary is wishing for snow. The students enjoyed reading stories aboutsnow and completing their take-home projects. The snowmen the students created were awesome! Thanks to all the parents who were able to helpmake this project possible.

10 Community School Zone February 17, 2011

“A School to Watch”

OAK HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL356 Blandy Road Milledgeville, GA 31061

Office 478-457-3370

Dr. Linda Ramsey, Principal

Accepting the challenge!All of us. All the time...

Join us for our new Contemporary Worship Servicebeginning February 13.

366 Log Cabin Road • Milledgeville, GA • 478-452-4597

First United Methodist Church

Milledgeville’s Early Service — 8:30 a.m.

Contemporary Service — 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School — 9:45 a.m.

Traditional Service — 11 a.m.

JMA students take part in math team competitions

John Milledge Academy students recently travelled to Statesboro to competein the Georgia Southern University Invitational Mathematics Competitionwith the top 1,000 mathematics students from all over Georgia. The competi-tion allows students to participate at a state level and be challenged by mathquestions written at a standard set for college mathematics. Although ourstudents did not return with trophies they represented their school with dig-nity and honor. The following students are members of JMA’s CompetitionMathematics Team: seventh grade: Jarad Ray, Maddie Mousseau, KendellRowland; eigth grade: Hannnah Morris, Phil Jones, Chase Owen and FilipVelimirovich; 10th grade: Anna Jones, Cherokee Henry, Laura Willoughby andJohn Savage; 11th grade: Jess Qualls, Ben Bentley and Blake Harrington.Faculty advisers are Kim Wagoner, Bala Reddy and Bill Reoch.

JMA Math Team

MS Math Students HS Math Students

11Community School ZoneFebruary 17, 2011

The senior anatomy class at John Milledge Academy went on a field trip to ‘The Bodies Exhibit’ and ‘Dialog in the Dark’ in Atlanta. It was an extremely enjoy-able adventure for the class, as they learned about each body system as well as the cycle of life. Real human bodies that have been specially preserved are ondisplay showing this information. In Dialog in the Dark, the students experienced what it was like to be totally blind. They were given white canes to helpguide them as they traveled through different rooms representing places such as a grocery store, a marina and crossing a busy street. Each guide for the expe-rience is a legally blind volunteer. The students enjoyed the experience and would like to encourage everybody to go to Atlantic Station in Atlanta and visitthe exhibits. Pictured top from left are: Amanda Dixon, Luke Ezell, Shelby Roberts, Haley Budrys, Greg Carroll and Jess Carroll. Bottom row from left are: ChelseyBloodworth, Traci Grant (teacher), Stacey Couey, Brooke Underwood and Lynsey Carroll.

JMA anatomy students visit ‘The Bodies Exhibit’

Midway 100th day

Mrs. See’s kindergarten class at Midway Elementary celebrated the 100thday of school by counting to 100 in a variety of ways. The students strung100 pieces of cereal to create a necklace. They also enjoyed making icecream sundaes as part of the celebration.

12 Community School Zone February 17, 2011

Eagle Ridge students read ‘Chicken Soup with Rice’

Mrs. McCroskey’s and Mrs. Johnson’s kindergarten class at Eagle Ridge Elementary love reading books at school. The children cooked chicken soup with riceafter reading the story ‘Chicken Soup with Rice.’ The class was also able to write about the steps they took to make the soup. They all agreed that the soupwas very yummy! Pictured (front row): Damon, Angel, Christopher, Kimberlie and Laila; (back row) Angelica, Netobia, Javen, Keith, Shyanne, Andalina, Jaquan,Julius, Keon, Kyndall, Dieja and Tori.