The B

uzz!

Volume 2, Issue 29 March 22, 2013

Get ready Hornets! Prom is just around

the corner! The theme is Paris je’tamme.

Juniors, your class dues are $25.00

Please pay soon! Last day to pay is April

1st. Count down to Prom: 22 Days

Ann Atkins, Patsy Burdette, Marissah Frost, Corey Morgan, Beth Phillips, Veronica Ramon—Seniors Christian Drake—Junior Emily Hornsby, Carrie Nobles, Josh Russell, Alexia

Stewart, Garret Whigham—Sophomores Taylor Davis, Hope Russell—Freshmen Antonio Green, Jr.—Senior Student Editor

If you are interested in receiving The Buzz

through your e-mail, please e-mail the staff

at PHSTHEBUZZ@gmail.com or see a staff

member or Mrs. Whigham.

“Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people

always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.” Mark Twain

Dre’tarrius Donaldson 3/18

Whitney Layton 3/19

Britt Scarbrough 3/19

Quantavious Williams 3/19

Meagan Brown 3/21

Stephen Hornsby 3/21

Curtis Cannon 3/22

Ebon’ne Haywood 3/22

This week’s Hornet Spotlight shines on Marcus McNeil. Marcus loves to learn and

come to school to see different people at PHS. Marcus is a friendly guy and is well-liked by

students and faculty. After high school, he plans on attending Lincoln Auto-Diesel College to major in Heavy Machinery. His

favorite hobby is singing. His favorite saying is, “I believe I can, I know I can, Therefore I will.” Out of school, Marcus likes to work and attend church. He

attends Pleasant View Missionary Baptist Church. He has been a part of that church since he was a little boy. He is in the Jr. Choir and in the Young Men of

God Group Choir. His favorite Bible verse is Galatians 5:9, “Don’t get weary in your well doing for in due season we shall reap, If we faint not.” By Carrie No-

bles

This week’s Hornet Spotlight also shines on Seth Taylor, Senior Class President.

Seth has been a part of Pelham High School all four years. He has taken both AP 11th and 12th

grade literature. He has been a part of the Pelham High School band for four years. Seth was in FFA and 4-H his freshman and

sophomore years. For his senior year he is taking CNA (Certified Nurse’s Assistant) through dual enroll-ment. Outside of school he likes to work at Hardees

and hang out with friends. Seth says what he will miss most about high school is his friends and his memo-ries of high school. After high school he wants to

move to Florida because that is where his family lives, and he first wants to go to school to be a nurse. Then, he wants to go to a medical college to be a doctor of

internal medicine. By Patsy Burdette

Hornet Idol is April 4, 2013 at the PMS Auditorium at 6:00PM. Tickets are

$5.00—Support your fellow students, and enjoy the show! Profits go to help

pay the expense of Prom! We hope to

see you at Hornet Idol!

Inside this issue:

Winter Break 2

Hornet Idol 2

Song of Week 2

Instagram 2

Hands&Hearts 3

FCCLA 3

Sports 4

ONLY 2 Months 3 Days Until PHS GRADUATION—FINISH STRONG, CLASS OF 2013

Make your plans for Spring Break 2013!

28 Days Spring Break 4/19-26

Graduate Cruisers—2 Months 4 Days

Hornet Spotlight Shines on Marcus McNeil and Seth Taylor—Class of 2013

Interesting Fact of the Week—Australia is the biggest island in the

world, and also the smallest continent

in the world.

On March 17th Anthony left to go to the Youth of the Year Competition in

Atlanta, GA. While there, he met and

took pictures with the governor, repre-sentatives, and the senate. He had to go

through a local competition in order to go to Atlanta. In the competition, he and three other students are placed in a room with 5 judges, and have to an-

swer questions. They are asked a varie-ty of questions having to do with their goals in life, who their hero is, and

what does character mean to them. Whoever answered all

of the questions with the most

poise with the best answer while using complete sentenc-

es, and had the highest score was chosen. At the state level, Anthony placed 7th out of 32 contestants. An-thony has been going to the conference

every year since 9th grade, and he said he will miss going there. By Ann Atkins

Anthony in ATLANTA

Congratulations, Anthony Hines!

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"I Knew You Were Trouble" - 2012

Courtesy Big Machine

"I Knew You Were Trouble" is

one of the most overtly pop oriented songs from Taylor Swift's album Red. It was co-

written and produced by pop master Max Martin. The song features elements of dub step. It was released as a promotion-

al single from the album and

hit #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Winter Break FUN

Instagram #PictureoftheWeek! This

Weeks #IGPOTW goes to Hakeem Fer-rell & Melanie Maxwell; if you are on

Instagram and you

want your picture to be in the next addi-

tion of The Buzz, follow these steps. 1.) Take a pretty

impressive photo. 2.) Tag your picture

to either Corey

M o r g a n (@morgan_cb) or

An to n io G ree n (@wormcaspergreen) on Instagram. By

Ann Atkins

Instagram #PictureoftheWeek!

Song of the Week—Swift’s “I Knew You Were Trouble”

@_PrettyMonae #PromPlans get a dress

@WormCasperGreen - #PromPlans is to go to the #movies and out to eat…TO PHS @AWCO13- #PromPlans are starting to get worrisome….didn’t know it would be so much.

@Breaunaa__ #PromPlans ima get my nails, hair, dress and Etc.!!!! @QueWllms #PromPlans eat at Longhorns before we get to prom

@symphonicxlove who’s gone look the best? @melkenise this my first time going!

@KayleSmith #my dress will be different and just how I want it! @Tb__24a I hope #Prom be funner than last year @laugh_Hardermf I just have to get my shoes and think about how I want my hair then

I will be done. @Ps__iitsMe at #Prom we are going to Turn Up GD it ! @CoreyMorganMvoumma TTFU!

@XDanXCopeX umma ball the whole night #Prom

TRENDING TOPIC

#PromPlans

Over the winter break Beth and Whitney attended Baconton’s Prom. Their day break was filled with getting ready for

prom, taking pictures and dancing the night away. Even though they attended Baconton’s Prom they still represented Pelham’s color. Beth wore blue

and Whitney wore yellow.

Mrs. Whigham and Mrs. Prince spent time with family and friends listening to their favorite local

blues band from Whigham, GA, the Johnnie Mar-shall Band, who played at the BBC

over the week-

end.

This Winter Break Worm finally got his own room. He says, “I swagged my room out. My

bed feels so soft; every time I lay on it I go to sleep instantly. My family is happy I have my own space because they are tired of my loud

music when I am dancing every day. “

Seth Taylor had the MOST EXCITING and BEST Winter Break. Seth decided to go sky-diving with

his sister and step-dad in Deland, FL. He said it was amazing and a thrill that you can only expe-rience when sky-diving. “The view when the parachute was deployed

was extravagant. You could see the beach and the people looked really

small. This is a once in a lifetime experience for some and only a single experience for many. I loved it and plan to go again someday.” Seth also purchased a 2013 Dodge Challenger before he left, so overall, his Win-

ter Break was spectacular! By Ann Atkins

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For the child who did not speak, But found a voice....

Beside the child who could not walk, But found his feet.... Beneath the child who did not smile,

But found joy ... a horse set a spirit free! Unknown

Born from the desire to help others, Karen L. Singletary sought after a

facility to bring a therapeutic riding program to life. Her uncle, Dick Singletary, suggested talking to Terrell Singletary. Having searched for a way to utilize his fairly vacant facility, Terrell readily welcomed

the opportunity to furnish his facility for the benefit of individuals with special needs. With the help of Terrell's only granddaughter, the name Hands and Hearts for Horses was born. Starting with only three spe-

cially trained therapy horses, Hands and Hearts was revamped to fit the PATH, Int. standards and achieved status as PATH, Int. premier center in 2003 and again in April

2008. Hands and Hearts for Horses offers therapeutic riding, hippother-apy, interactive vaulting and Equine-Facilitated Psychotherapy. They

have eight different schools who attend classes each week and are proud to serve approximately 90

students per week. Pelham High School’s Whitney Layton goes horseback riding on

Saturdays at Hands and Hearts for Horses. She had competition Satur-day and won 1st in Equitation and 2nd in Trail Pattern. Congratula-t i o n s , W h i t n e y ! F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n , v i s i t

www.handsandheartsforhorses.

Hands and Hearts for Horses

Under the direction and guidance of Mrs. Prothro, Pelham High

School’s very own Yvetta Haywood and Breaunna Brown feel that it was an accomplishment to come in 2nd place this year during the

Region FCCLA competition. They

competed against hundreds of students form the GA area. They prepared themselves by doing what they

are supposed to do, working hard, and putting in time

each day. They said, “We had to smile a lot, so we could stop being so nervous during competition.” The

girls said their experience was breath-taking, and they never experienced anything like it before in their entire

life. Next year during FCCLA their goals are for at least one of them to become presi-

dent, gain gold, and go to nationals. Their talents and projects were about promoting and publicizing FCCLA. They did an amazing project slideshow on a Prezi. They have

been preparing themselves ever since January 11, 2013. If there was anything they wanted to change, it would be working on their timing, performance, skills, finding a

new event, and the conversation between the judges and them during the presentation.

Congratulations, Mrs. Prothro! What a fantastic job Breaunna and Yvetta! Continue

the good work! By Hope Russell and Antonio Green, Jr.

Breaunna Brown and Yvetta Haywood in ATHENS

The Second Annual Hornet Idol is being held on Thursday, April 4th. The contestants participating this year are Karley Fletcher, Christian Butler,

Delanie Aday, Antonio Green, JaJuan Frazier, Halliotte Bell, Caroline Snellgrove, Brianna Jones, Lauren Massey, and Yvetta Haywood. The con-testants are thrilled and excited to perform. Brianna Jones is going to sing

“At Last” and Lauren Massey is going to sing “Mr. Know It All.” The rest are still undetermined. We will be excited to see what song choices the rest will choose and perform. The tickets are $5.00, so come on out and sup-port the PHS participants. By Veronica Ramon

2013 PHS Hornet Idol

Can YOU Name These Former American Idols?

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2013 Southwest GA All-Star Game

This Saturday March 23rd, Pel-ham High’s very own Shydarius

Williams has been selected to

play in the annual Southwest Georgia All-Star game held at

Darton State College in Albany, GA. Last year over 3000 people attended this game. Shydarius

has also been selected to partici-pate in the 3 point shootout be-fore the game. In an informal

interview Shaydarius was asked these questions: Corey: How do

you feel about being selected in the All-Star game? Shydarius: I feel great about being selected. It

is a special opportunity for me to represent my school. Corey: What are your expectations of your game performance going

into the game Saturday? Shydari-us: To win the 3Pt Shootout and

to have at least 10 points in the

game. Corey: Do you plan to continue playing ball in the colle-giate level? Shydarius: Yes, I do

plan to continue playing in col-lege. All of you should come out and support our very Shydarius

Williams this weekend in his time to shine. By Corey Morgan

THE WORLD OF SPORTS—PHS HORNETS

Hannah White Ties PHS Pole Vaulting Record!

9’ 6” Pole Vault—Ties

School Record-Congratulations, Hannah!

Thoughts from Hannah White. . . “On Saturday, March 16, the track team traveled to TCCHS for the Yellow Jacket Invitational. I cleared

9’6” in the pole vault tying the school record. I hope to hreak the record soon. I am continuously working hard to finish strong and hopefully place in Sectionals and State my Senior year.”

Diamond News—Baseball Update

Last week our Pelham Hornets played Fitzgerald. They came out with a loss, 3-1. They also played Echols, winning the first game

11-10 but losing the second game with a score of 8-2. This week our Pelham Hornets will travel to Cook County on Friday to play an away game. Safe travels and best of luck, PHS Baseball Team and

Coach Paulk! By Garrett Whigham

Track & Field News On March 16, 2013 the Pelham track team traveled to Thomasville to participate in the annual Yellow Jacket Invitational. This meet had 15

teams and great competition to better all of our athletes. Over all,l the track team came in 12th, but individually the Hornets did great having over ten athletes come in the top ten in their events. Today, the track

team will be going to Fitzgerald to compete against ten great teams, two are in our region, Cook County and Fitzgerald. So wish the track team safe travels, and good luck today. By Christian Drake

Players on the Court These five men have supported, lived, and breathed Pelham High School Hornet Basketball the entire season. The Buzz staff wonders if they feel

the same way about March Madness. This great looking group consists of Alexander Atkins, Nick Beckham, LaRon Smith, Tree Faisom, and Jeray Randall.