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Staff ReportsCentral Holmes Christian

School in Lexington has re-leased its academic honors for the 2018-2019 school year.

English7th grade English - Cayton

Edwards; 8th grade English - Shelby Stokes; English 1 - Mackenzie Ward; English 2 - Kelsey Gilmore and Lindsay Turner; English 3 - Pearce Edwards; English 4 - Jordan Pritchard; English Comp I - Kaylan Cotton; English Comp 2 - Henley Hester; Lit 1 - Laura Kathryn Rutledge; Lit 2 - Noah Burton.

Math7th grade - Cayton Ed-

wards; Pre-Algebra - Shelby Stokes; Algebra 1 - Noah Steen; Algebra 2 - Hannah Malone; Geometry - Breann Bell; Consumer Math - Lake Melton; Advanced Math - Lanie Davis.

Science7th grade - Cayton Ed-

wards; 8th grade - Shelby Stokes; Physical Science - Johnathan McCaskill; Bi-ology 1 - Mackenzie Ward; Anatomy and Physiology - Breann Bell; Chemistry - Hannah Malone; Physics - Addison Ray; Health - Clyde Dixon.

Social Studies7th History - Cayton Ed-

wards and John Ward; 8th History - Shelby Stokes; World Geography - Jurdan Engle; Mississippi Studies - Jurdan Engle and Mackenzie Ward; World History - Bre-ann Bell and Lindsay Turner; American History - Han-nah Malone; Government - Jennifer Phillips, Brantley Holder, Peyton Killebrew, Lake Melton and Addison Ray; Economics - Ethan Ables and Shelby Lindsay.

Other AwardsComputer 1 - Kam’Ron

Bell, Jurdan Engle and Mackenzie Ward; Keyboard-ing - Rylee Sizemore, Shelby Stokes and Makalah Sum-

Students named for academic honors at Central Holmes

ner; Computer Applications - Gracie Burrell, Grayson Marshall, John Christopher Riley and Shelby Stokes; Spanish 1 - Breann Bell, Addie Burrell, Jesse Bur-ton, Kelsey Gilmore, Hay-ley Haffey, Kayla Jefferson, Cameron Martin and Lind-say Turner; 7th grade Bible - Francie Smith; 11th grade Bible - Hannah Malone; 12th grade Bible - Brantley Holder; Life Skills 10th - Breann Bell, Addie Burrell, Jesse Burton, Kelsey Gilm-ore, Hayley Haffey, Kayla Jefferson, Cameron Martin, Audrey Tate and Lindsay Turner; Life Skills 11/12 - Morgan Bigbee, Wykece Johnson, Hannah Malone, Jordan Pritchard and Ki-ara Smith; Speech - Noah Burton and Lanie Davis; ACT Prep - Morgan Bigbee, Wykece Johnson, Hannah Malone, Kiara Smith and Jasmine Windom; Survey of Fine Arts/Drama - Jennifer Phillips; College and Career Prep - Laura Kathryn Rut-ledge and Hannah Malone.Reading Fair Participants District Reading Fair: Ju-

nior High - Hudson Haffey, 2nd place, junior high fic-tion; Shelby Stokes, Lilly Word and Gibson Parrish, 1st place, junior high fiction group; Eli Carr, Makalah Sumner and John Christo-pher Riley, 1st place, junior high nonfiction group; Gra-cie Burrell, Cailey McBride, and Olivia McBride, 2nd place, junior high nonfiction group.

District and State Spelling Bee Participants - Hudson Haffey, speller; Drue John-son, alternate speller.

Those who received all A’s are:

Cayton Edwards, John Ward, Francie Smith, Drue Johnson, Hudson Haffey, Shelby Stokes, Makalah Sumner, Lilly Claire Word, Rylee Sizemore, Taylor Spell, Mackenzie Ward,

Jurdan Engle, Noah Steen, Kam’Ron Bell, Sequoya Williams, Jesse Burton, Landry Gardner, Lindsay Turner, Cameron Martin, Breann Bell, Kelsey Gilm-ore, Kayla Jefferson, Audrey Tate, Hayley Haffey, Hannah Malone, Jasmine Windom, Ragan Brown, Wykece John-son, Henley Hester, Pearce Edwards, Peyton Killebrew, Laura Kathryn Rutledge, Noah Burton, Selena Gilm-ore, Jennifer Phillips, Ad-dison Ray, Brantley Holder, Lanie Davis, Shelby Lind-say, Jordan Pritchard, Clyde Dixon and Ethan Ables.

Students who received A’s and B’s all year are: John Word, Kaden Adams, JJ Brown, Josh Robinson, Mason Wiysel, John Chris-topher Riley, Eli Carr, Gra-cie Burrell, Olivia McBride, Aiden Adcock, Cailey Mc-Bride, Grayson Marshall, Traci Griffin, Sydney Stew-art, Shawn Lewis, Anna Diffey, Ellis Harris, Addie Burrell, McKaylee Polk, Deja Myles, Kayla Frances, Shelby Sullivan, Darrial Cook, Johnathan McCaskill, Kiara Smith, Kaylon Cotton, Morgan Bigbee, Miranda Ahner, Brad Robinson, Pac-ey Thompson, Jaylin Ford, Lake Melton, Josh Haymer, Maci Harris, Wes Hudson, McKenna Polk, Luke Smith, and Nathan Taylor.

The Holmes County 4-H hosts a Leadership for Life Class each year. This class is not for credit and requires time away from school. The students participate in leadership building course-work along with meeting and greeting local, state, and national political leaders. The participants this year were: Miranda Ahner, Mor-gan Bigbee, Ragan Brown, Pearce Edwards, Henley Hester, Hannah Malone, Brad Robinson, Elijah Steen, Pacey Thompson, Jasmine Windom, and Nicole Win-

stead.Additional 4-H Certifi-

cates will be presented to: Alex Arnold, Drue Johnson, Grayson Marshall, Cailey McBride, Natalie Winstead, Pearce Edwards, Nicole Winstead, Lilly Word, John Hudson Word, Cameron Martin, Maci Harris, Cailey McBride, Colton Howell, Emma Cotton, JT Murtagh, Alex Arnold, Tyler Diffey, Rayne Tate, Grayson Mar-shall, Lilly Word, Livi How-ell, Aubrey Carr, Pearce Ed-wards, Nicole Winstead and Landon Rawson.

Miss Catfish Scholarship Program

Miss Catfish is a scholar-ship program that chooses a high school senior or college aged girl to be spokesperson for the US Farm Raised Cat-fish Industry. Maci Harris was chosen as Miss Conge-niality by the Miss Catfish contestants and is the recipi-ent of a $250 scholarship.

Eagle Scout Award Boy Scout Troop 64

awarded Colton Sumner a red, white, and blue cord to recognize his accomplish-ment in obtaining the rank of Eagle Scout. Since the in-ception of the Boy Scouts of America in 1911, only about 4 percent of Scouts have received the rank of Eagle Scout. An Eagle Scout must demonstrate Scout Spirit, an ideal attitude based upon the Scout Oath and Law, service, and leadership. This includes an extensive service project that the Scout plans, orga-nizes, leads and manages. Sumner chose a service proj-ect to benefit Central Holmes Christian School by building the base for an outdoor class-room.

Kim Callahan Scholarship Award

The award is given to a senior who exhibits charac-teristics of kindness, love, helpfulness and compassion, all characteristics possessed by Kim Hathcock Callahan, a 1990 graduate of Central Holmes. In honor of her memory the scholarship was awarded to Byron Hathcock.

Press ReleaseFor the fifth year, the Mis-

sissippi Optometric Asso-ciation (MOA) and the Mis-sissippi Vision Foundation (MVF) will provide eye ex-ams at no-cost to third grad-

Free eye exams for students who did not pass third grade reading assessment

ers who did not pass the state reading assessment test and do not have insurance. The exams are offered through July 31.

This year, with higher standards implemented by

the Mississippi Department of Education, one in four of the state’s third graders did not pass the literacy promo-tion test. Studies show that children who struggle to read are more likely to leave

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called ac-cording to his purpose.

-Romans 8:28We know…There are so

many things we do not know. We do not know if the econ-omy will dip or if our team will win. We do not know what our spouse is thinking or how our kids will turn out. We don’t even know “what we ought to pray” (Rom. 8:26). But according to Paul, we can be absolutely cer-tain about four things. We know…

1. God works. He is busy behind the scenes, above the fray, within the fury. He hasn’t checked out or moved on. He is ceaseless and tire-less. He never stops work-ing.

2. God works for the good. Not for our comfort or plea-sure or entertainment, but for our ultimate good. Since he is the ultimate good, would we expect anything less?

All Things Work for Good3. God works for the good

of those who love him. Be-hold the benefit of loving God! Make his story your story, and your story takes on a happy ending. Guaranteed. Being the author of our sal-vation, he writes a salvation theme into our biography.

4. God works in all things. Panta, in Greek. Like “pan-oramic” or “panacea” or “pandemic.”All-inclusive. God works, not through a few things or through the good things, best things, or easy things. But in “all things” God works.

Puppet in the hands of for-tune or fate? Not you. You are in the hands of a living, loving God. Random collec-tion of disconnected short stories? Far from it. Your life is a crafted narrative written by a good God, who is work-ing toward your supreme good

From God’s Story, Your Story. Copyright (Zonder-van, 2011) Max Lucado

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Max Lucado at OnePlace.com.

UpWords, with Max Luca-do is a popular daily Bible devotion. This Max Lucado devotional offers wisdom and insight for applying Biblical truths to the ups and downs of everyday life. Reading daily devotions pro-vides strength and encour-agement in your daily walk with Jesus Christ.

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school without graduating; ultimately contributing to the poverty rates in our state.

“We know that vision is a greater predictor of academic success than socioeconomic status. And as citizens of Mississippi we have a vested interest in making sure all of our students have the tools and the opportunity to suc-ceed at their highest abili-ties,” said Dr. Amy Crigler, MOA President. “Vision is a better predictor of academic success than socioeconomic status. We are committed to identifying those students who have vision problems.”

Statistics show that 25 per-cent of all school age chil-dren have vision problems and more than 80 percent do not get the help they need. Results of the MOA and MVF Third Grade Eye Exam program (aimed at students

who did not pass the third grade reading assessment) reveal that 88 percent of the students who took advantage of the eye exams were found to be in need of some form of visual intervention.

State Superintendent of Education Dr. Carey Wright said, “We greatly appreci-ate the association’s concern for our students’ health and academic progress, and this annual opportunity for… eye exams is a wonderful example of community part-nerships that will benefit stu-dents.”

For students who are cov-ered through private insur-ance, applicable co-pays may apply due to laws that require the doctor to collect this amount. All children, regardless of their family’s ability to pay, will be seen by ODs participating in the

program.The MVF, working with

industry partners, will cover the costs

for any student who needs an exam and is not covered through insurance. Addition-ally, industry partners are working with Mississippi ODs to provide glasses to any student whose eye exam reveals the need for correc-tive lenses.

To locate a participating optometrist, parents of eli-gible third graders should go to www.msvisionfoundation.org or call 601.572.0845. When making the appoint-ment, parents should tell the receptionist they are sched-uling the third grade eye appointment. They should bring the letter notifying them that their child did not pass the assessment test with them to the appointment.