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November 2017 Education is Power Volume 10, Issue 11 VOLUME 11, ISSUE 11NOVEMBER 2018

Lakeview Academy

Early Learning Center

Lakeview Primary

Midway Hill Primary

Baldwin High School

John Milledge Academy

Sinclair Christian Academy

GMC Prep

Oak Hill Middle

Office of Highway Safety awards

SADD grant to Baldwin High School

JMA enjoys Tropical Friday

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The Georgia’s Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) has awarded Baldwin High School a $6,200 grant to aid the school’s SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) club to continue and maintain its efforts to educate the students and the commu-nity about the hazards of destructive decisions, particularly as it pertains to highway safety. This includes, distracted driving, seat belt usage, speeding, illegal use of alcohol or drugs and cell phone use while behind the wheel of a moving vehicle, along with other destructive decisions. The Baldwin High SADD club will use these funds to continue to implement programs designed to raise awareness about teenage vehicle crashes, which is the leading cause of death among teenagers in America. The grant will enhance Baldwin High School’s existing SADD chapter through the idea that student input into the solution will help alleviate the problem of teen driver fatalities in Georgia. Baldwin High School’s chapter president Aaliyah Mitchem will be representing Georgia and Baldwin High at the SADD National Conference to be held in Phoenix, Ariz. on June 23-26, 2019. For more than 30 years, SADD has been committed to empowering young people to lead education and prevention initiatives in their schools and communities. Pictured: SADD Student president Aaliyah Mitchem presents the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) grant award to Ja-son Flanders, principal of Baldwin High School and Crawford Finley, SADD advisor.

Both kindergarten classes at JMA enjoyed sup-porting the varsity football team by dressing up on Tropical Friday.

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Baldwin High

School’s Tanner

selected BCSD

Teacher of the Year

Sarah Tanner, 11th and 12th grade chemistry teacher at Baldwin High School, has been selected as the Baldwin County School District’s 2018-2019 Teacher of the Year. Tanner, an 11-year veteran educator, received the distinction after an exhaustive nomination and selection process, will go on to represent the district at the state teacher of the year competition to be held in the spring of 2019. ‘This is an incredible honor to be selected as the Teacher of the Year and I’m very humbled by the recognition of my peers,’ said Tanner. ‘My philosophy has always been to build a culture of mutual re-spect with our students and I’m looking forward to bringing that philosophy to the statewide competition later this school year.’ ‘Mrs. Tanner has had an incredible im-pact in our schools and on our students,’ said Superintendent Dr. Noris Price. ‘We are confident that she will represent our district well at the state competition.’

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ELC students visit the pumpkin patch

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Mrs. Johnson and Ms. Coffee’s class at the Early Learning Center enjoyed their visit to the Early Learning Center Pumpkin Patch. Thanks so much to those who helped make our pumpkin patch possible.

Kindergarteners learn science

Students in Mrs. England’s JMA kindergarten class have been busying learning about science.

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E.B.L.A. Academy

18 years of operation

The purpose of E.B.L.A. is to provide a challenging and versatile education that will enable students to be successful and productive citizens. The philosophy of E.B.L.A. is that all students are capable of learning and accomplishing any goal with a little hard work.

Offering: • private school • testing • dual enrollment• after school tutoring

Dr. Janee Moss

2955 North Columbia St., Milledgeville, GA 31061478-453-0910 | www.eblaacademy.org

At JMA, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Fietkau cre-ated a fun way to review math skills by creating a crime scene to find out who stole their teacher’s calculator. Students had to solve five sets of place value ques-tions before observing the crime scene. Congratulations to all the students who solved the mystery. They used their in-ferencing skills to determine that it was a mouse.

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JMA students put math skills to the test

Midway Hills Academy students study 9/11

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In remembrance of what happened on Sept. 11, 2001, fourth grade OE stu-dents at Midway Hills Academy interacted in discussion groups. They complet-ed a KWL graphic organizer before and after the lesson.

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LVA students enjoy ‘The Truth About Dinosaurs’

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Georgia College Theatre students recently presented Jim Knable’s play ‘The Truth About Dinosaurs’ to Lakeview Academy third-graders. LVA students were highly engaged and entertained by the work, which presented facts about different dinosaurs while also gently teaching about empathy, com-passion and character. The presentation was made possible by Communities in School site coordinator, Christi Tyson, in cooperation with the GC Theatre Department. The play, directed by Aspen Brown and stage managed by Ela-na Wilson, was produced as their senior Capstone project.

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“Milledgeville’s Most Trusted

Veterinary Hospital for over 50 Years”

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JMA students open ice cream stand

JMA pre-K opened their ice cream stand. The stu-dents took orders, worked on counting pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, made their own ice cream, and served their guests.

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LVA students explore STEM

In order to meet the increasingly rigorous demands of a 21st century education, Lakeview Academy has implemented a curriculum that includes a STEM explor-atory class. To date, students have created online avatars and digital cartoons, engineered wallets, built towers, and raced personally designed and engi-neered hovercrafts. LVA students have plans to explore so much more.

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LVA students study the Bill of Rights

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Ms. Schillinger’s class at Lakeview Academy reversed their roles for teaching. The students recorded themselves on Fligrid to teach the class about one of the amendments in the Bill of Rights.

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MHP students learn problem-solving skills

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First-graders at Midway Hills Primary are learning how to solve problems like an engineer. The young engineers had to draw a blueprint and then create a house for a timid ghost. First, the students listened to the story ‘Ten Timid Ghosts’ in the STEAM Lab.

JMA students conduct bubble experiments

Jennifer Aldridge, JMA dean of the elemen-tary school, experiments with bubbles with the third grade class. The students were amazed with how big they could create their bubbles.

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