Friday, January 9, 2004
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Friday, January 9, 2004 |
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Governor’s Honors nominees honored Thirty-four Coweta County high school nominees for the Governor’s Honors Program and their parents gathered at the Central Educational Center recently to be honored by the principals and school system officials. The nominees will interview or audition for limited (and highly competitive) attendance slots at the prestigious summer study program, held each year at Valdosta State University. Dr Peggy Connell congratulated the students for their nominations, and for their “desire to learn and commitment to education” which propels them to seek one of the coveted spots on the state-wide program. Connell also thanked and praised nominees’ parents. Nominees include: Northgate — Rachael E. Collinsworth (music), Andrew B. Kreeger (music), Lauren M. Leschper (comm. Arts), Rebecca M. Moody (Spanish), Justin Lee Romero (Spanish), Kristle L. Scanlon (visual arts), Emmanuel D. Thelamour (French), Chloe G. Waddington (French), Michael Buck Alford (visual arts), Daniel Ray Baker (physics). Newnan — Kim Michelle Douglas (drama), Megan Ann McCoy (music), Ava Leisl Blake (chemistry), Laurie Anne Bond (dance), Erin Rae Toole (art), Leslie Ann Cassells (agriscience), Laura Ashley Booth (visual arts), Myra Emily Dennis (French), Kristen Grace Moore (mathematics), Elizabeth Ann Turner (art), Taylor Alan Cash (Music). East Coweta — Tarun Dinesh Patel (chemistry), Phillip Allen Tignor (mathematics), Nicholas Tivy Spears (social studies), Ashley Kay McKown (comm. arts), Miles G. Kennedy (visual arts), Rachel Elizabeth Green (visual arts), Courtney Alexandra Bailey (theatre), Jillian Dionne Arnett (music), Robin Kaye Laverentz (music), Samantha Marie Pepper Murphy (music), Constance Eveliene Palmer (dance). Central Education Center — Daniel William Sizemore (comm. design), Jorge Alberto Duran-Colindres (graphic arts). The 2004 Governor’s Honors Program will be in session from mid-June through late July at Valdosta State University. Rising juniors and seniors in Georgia’s public and private high schools may be nominated by their teachers. The program is designed to provide intellectually gifted and artistically talented high school students challenging and enriching educational opportunities not usually available during the regular school year. Activities are designed to provide each participant with opportunities to acquire the skills, knowledge and attitudes to become independent, lifelong learners. Students are nominated to GHP in a specific instructional area in which their abilities, aptitudes and interest lie. Each school system or private school is assigned a nomination quota based on the average daily attendance of its 10th and 11th grades. Transcripts of grades and records, nomination forms, endorsements and other pertinent information are submitted to substantiate the nominations. Local nominees are then sent to the screening interviews or auditions. Several Coweta County teachers also serve as instructors or administrators at the annual Governor’s Honors Program, including Newnan Crossing media specialist Dale Lyles, who serves as the assistant director for instruction.
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