Friends/Parent Chat 2

Quote/Interesting Fact 2

Best Dressed 2

Thanksgiving 2

Cross Country 3

Basketball/Selfies 3

Football/Band 4

Inside this issue:

Volume 4, Issue 12 Pelham High School, Pelham, GA November 14, 2014

2014 BUZZ Staff Teacher—Mrs. Meg M. Whigham

12th— Owen Beall,Trey Harrell, Emily Hornsby, Justin Poitevint, Jordan Robison, Kambreya Wynn

11th— John Drake, Talia Hallmon, Gabriel Lewis, Dasia Maples, McKenzie Smith 10th— Destiny Thomas, Alysia

Threatts, Sarah Weaver, Karsyn West, Paul Woods

In the Spotlight—Timbreanna Hudson & Justin Poitevint

It takes all of us to make Pelham City Schools “The School System of Choice,” where we are committed to educa-

tional excellence every day in every way. Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twit-

ter to keep up with all the latest news.

The Pelham City School System does not

discriminate on the basis of race, color or

national origin, sex, or disability.

Savannah Futch 11/15

Cameron Jones, Marquavius

Stubbs 11/16

Damien Allen 11/17

Chelsea Singleton, Karsyn

West 11/18 Janita Davenport, Mahogony Randall

11/20

Y’Nelsa Daniels, Reginald Holloway

11/22

Caleb Cameron, Nylah Parker11/23

Kyra Evans, Desmond Parker, Nikeya

Russell 11/25

Garrison Brooks, Will Chesser, Laura

Watts , William Wright 11/26

Jarrett Wheeler 11/27

This week’s spotlight shines brightly on Timbreanna

Hudson. Timbreanna

loves basketball and has been playing for the past 8 years; she is the

secretary of the Senior class and a member of FCA and Dream Girls. Recently, she represent-

ed the Senior class on the field at Homecom-

ing. Her most memorable moment so far from PHS is

the bus ride back from Brooks County after the team had gone 23 and 0! Her plans after high school are to attend St. Thomas University in Miami to play basket-

ball on the next level while majoring in Early Childhood Education. Her favorite teacher is Mr. White because he has taught her to better herself and never give up.

Good luck in all your future endeavors, Timbreanna!

This week’s spotlight also shines brightly on Justin Poitevint. Justin is a PHS senior and is a utility

player on the PHS baseball team. He is also a member of FCA, FFA, and PBC Youth Advisory Board. Justin works hard to get better at baseball

and to make good grades. Justin’s plans after high school are to go to college and

become a dentist or agricultural engineer. His biggest influence

during high school is Dr. Boyd who Justin says is a great teach-

er and someone he can go to for advice. His favor-ite part about PHS is being around all his friends. He also loves hunting and fishing. Good luck in all

your future plans, Justin!

Congratulations to Mr. Todd, PCS

Teacher of the Year and

Mrs. Jenkins, PHS Employee of the

Year

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The moon is moving away at a tiny, although measurable distance from the earth every year. Do the math and you will clearly see that 85 million years ago it was orbiting the earth at a distance of about 35 feet

from the earth's surface. This would explain the death of the dinosaurs; the tallest ones, anyway.

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concen-trate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.

Oprah Winfrey I've been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiv-

ing and handing out toys at toys drives for Christmas. It's very important

to give back as a youth. It's as simple as helping an old lady across the street or giving up your seat on the bus for someone who is pregnant. Queen Latifah

Quotes of the Week

Best Dressed Student of the Week Congratulations Shanoah Tyler!

Best Friends of the Week

One of the greatest holidays we look forward to each year is Thanksgiving because of our families and all the delicious food we

share. In 1621 the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians had the first Thanksgiving. Thanks-giving was a holiday

celebrated more occa-sionally rather than each year. However, the Revolutionary War

sparked the celebra-tion of Thanksgiving all

across America in 1777. That still did not get the tradition going

like it is today. In 1863 Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday of November would be celebrated as Thanksgiving. This is what really started the celebration of Thanksgiving. The only

other change was when Franklin Roosevelt changed the date to the fourth Thursday in 1939. This year Thanksgiving falls on November 27. Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone! Enjoy the time

with family and friends, and be THANKFUL!

Thanksgiving

Jesse and Tyler are currently sophomores at PHS; they have been friends since 9th grade. When Jesse was a new student here, they

walked up to each other, introduced them-selves, and started talking from that day on. They both enjoy joking around and playing

sports together. Tyler likes the fact that he can always depend on Jesse to be there for him whenever he needs someone to talk to. Jesse says that Tyler is a very dependable and trust-

worthy person who knows exactly how he feels. A memorable moment that they share is wres-tling together this year. They have created a

great bond, full of enjoyment and laughter. They plan on keeping this friendship for a while!

Best Dressed Teacher of the

Week

This week Mrs. Bulloch added a beautiful splash of colors to

catch attention. Congratulations,

Mrs. Bulloch for being selected as Best Dressed Teacher of the

Week!

Parent Chat

November 20, 2014 is Parent Engagement Day!. A "Parent Chat" is planned for 8:15 a.m. in the PHS Media Center. Mrs. NeSmith and Mrs.

Lewis are going to be on hand to discuss with parents the new Ga EOC's and how parents can help their students prepare for these. Donuts and coffee will be served. Parents, please take a look at the different ideas that

the GADOE has published that are on a calendar (printed on the back of the Parent Involvement newsletter for November) sent home with stu-dents; it can also be accessed from the school website. These are various

Parent Engagement ideas for parents of high school students to try throughout the month of November which is National Parent Engagement Month. See you on Nov. 20th!

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Cross Country Goes to State On November 8, the girls cross country team and Brett Bailey ran at the 2A State

C h a m p i o n s h i p

Meet in Carroll-ton, GA. Brett Bailey placed

83rd with a time of 20:24.76. For the girls, the results are as

follows: Monica Webb placed 55th with a time of

2 3 : 5 3 . 1 2 , M c K e n z i e

Smith placed 100th with a t i m e o f

26:14.86, Lila Maloy placed 118th with a

time of 27:14.20, and Cheyenne Brooks placed

159th with a time of 31:52.38. Each race had approximately 400 runners. Congrats to the 2014-2015 Cross Country team on the excellent season.

Football season has ended and the basketball team, as well as the cheerleaders, are preparing for a successful season. The

basketball players have been practicing since October 9th. Throughout the school week, the girls’ basketball team

practice from 3:45-5:30, and the boys practice from 5:30-7:30. They will scrimmage on November 13th against the Westover Patriots in Albany, Ga at

6:00, but their first official home game will be held on November 21st against PK Younge. As for the

cheerleaders, they have

been practicing since October 7th to improve on the many cheers they have. The cheerleaders have practice on

the following days: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of every week from 3:45 – 5:30. Good luck to both basketball teams, and the

cheerleaders as they dribble, shoot, and stomp their way to victory!

Basketball Season Is Here

Pics of the Week—Selfies

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Heartbreaker for Hornet Country in Berrien County

PHS Band Cookout

At the end of the football season, the band comes together for a fun time

with one another. On November 11, the

band parents cooked for the band for a fun time of fellowship with one another.

The band enjoyed hamburgers, fries, chips, popcorn, nachos and cheese, drinks, cake, and brownies. A fun time

was had by all!!