Wednesday, November 12, 2003
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Wednesday, November 12, 2003 |
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Cox names two from Sandy Creek to first Student Advisory Council By J. FRANK LYNCH Two students from Tyrone’s Sandy Creek High School have been named to the first Student Advisory Council organized by State Superintendent Kathy Cox, it was announced last week. Junior Megan Smelley and Senior Kamila Triche are among 35 Georgia students and the only ones from Fayette County selected to become the “voice of students” throughout the state on important education issues. More than 300 students from across Georgia applied to the Student Advisory Council, according to the state Department of Education. Cox’s stated mission for the state education department has been to “lead the nation in improving student achievement.” “The council will play an important role in helping us achieve our goal,” said Cox, who lives in Peachtree City and taught at Fayette County, Sandy Creek and McIntosh high schools during 15 years in the local school system. The students will be expected to attend four meetings per year in the Atlanta area and will be responsible for their own transportation and travel arrangements. The first meeting will be held on Monday, Nov. 10 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Conservation Arc at Zoo Atlanta. In addition to Smelley and Triche, the other students from across the state chosen for the council are: Skyler Akins, Rockmart High; Christina Barrett, Brookwood High; Lauren Birston, Hancock Central High; Andrew Collins, Westlake High; Celia Davis, Brooks County High; Elizabeth Anna Davis, Liberty County High; Justin DiFeliciantonio, Hardaway High; Meghan Doll, Columbus High; Paige Gibbs, Ware County High; Joshua Giddens, William S. Hutchings Career Center; Denisse Gonzalez, Campbell High; Graham Groseclose, Baldwin High; Also, Sameer Gupta, Central
High; Carson Hand, Northside High; Shawndreka Hutchins, Booker T. Washington
High; James Andrew Jones, Columbus High; Konrad Kalpen, Columbus High;
James Kicklighter, Tattnall County High; Micah King; Tattnall County High;
Phylicia Knox, Hancock Central High; Paloma Leon, Gainesville; Mellori
Lumpkin, Bainbridge High; Jovan Murphy, Savannah Corporate Academy; Nicole
Newberry, Miller County; Suji Park, Lakeside High; Lucy Partain, Dalton
High; Jeremy Pelkey, Sequoyah High; Brad Scott, Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe
High; Justin Smith, Henry County High; Marlee Waxelbaum, Centennial High;
Perry White, Atkinson County High; Robert Wise, Berkmar High; Ashley Ziegler,
Glascock County.
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