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2004 -- 2005 Announcements and
Honors
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Congratulations to the Shaw Baseball team for
reaching the Finals in the State Championship as AAA State Runner-Ups!
May
CLUBS
Winners of the Third Annual Shaw Chess
Club Mini-tournament were as follows: Ike Means, First Place; Corey Bentsen,
Second Place; Bobby Means, Third Place; and Demetrius McCrory, Fourth Place.
FINE ARTS
Shaw's choruses--Mixed Chorus, Show
Choir, and Gospel Choir-- received ALL Superior Ratings at the Showcase Festival
in Atlanta the weekend of the 14th. Additionally, Mixed Chorus and Show
Choir won a first place trophy each, and Gospel Choir won a second place trophy.
Robin Bellamy won the musicianship trophy as best student director; Jeff Edwards
won best accompanist, and Jarrett Hugley won best soloist!
HONORS
Richelle Gonzalez, graduate of SHS, was one of ten students in the
nation who was selected to attend an all expenses paid enVision Minority
Photojournalism Workshop at Western
Kentucky University this summer. She also won the Georgia Press
Association Scholarship.
MCSD'S
OUTSTANDING 1ST YEAR TEACHER
OF THE YEAR
Our own Mrs. Lane Tyus won this very
distinctive award! Mrs. Tyus who teaches freshman English and Speech also
did her student teaching last spring with Mr. Mike Stephens. Mr. Stephens,
Department Chair said, "During my entire 30 year teaching career, never have I
encountered a first-year teacher as knowledgeable, creative, and resourceful as
Lane Tyus." Mrs. Tyus
graduated in 2001 from Harris County High School and was in the Top Five of her
graduating class. She graduated from Columbus State University in three
years, received the Secondary Education Award from CSU, and is working on her
Masters.
PAGE ONE RUNNER-UP
Congratulations to Monica Diaz as our
Page One Runner-Up in Foreign Language.
PAGE ONE NOMINEES
Art -- John Buckner
Career Tech -- Rebekah Thompson
Citizenship -- Shawn Jones
Drama -- Samantha Parkerson
English/Language -- Tim Dunnigan
Foreign Language -- Monica Diaz
General Scholarship -- Joanne Boggs
Industrial/Vocational -- Blake Bourne
Journalism -- Jazzmie Jackson
Mathematics -- Brandon Cummings
Music -- Yewston Myers
Science -- Derek Johnson
Social Studies -- Mercedes Parham
FACULTY
Sara Spano Teacher of the Year
Mrs. Sheree Tovey is our Spano Teacher of the
Year. She teaches Criminal Justice.
Retirees
After 30 years as an educator and having
taught at Shaw for 25 years, Ms. Kathy Tracy is retiring. She has taught
World History, U.S. History, Citizenship, Economics, Advanced Government,
Sociology, Psychology, American Origins, and Career Education.
Moves
Mr. Chris Lindsey who has been at Shaw for seven years is headed to Carver High
School as the new Principal. Before coming to Shaw as Assistant Principal in
charge of discipline, Mr. Lindsey taught Business Education and Marketing at
Columbus High.
HONORS NIGHT
On May 3, many of Shaw students were
honored with various awards, academic letters, and scholarships. Of those
honors and awards, the Top Ten students of each class were honored.
Ashley Perry was inadvertently omitted from the Top Ten
list at Honors. The corrected Top Ten students for each grade
level is listed below.
The Top Ten students from the senior
class are Joanne Boggs, Blake Bourne, Brandon Cummings, Monica Diaz, Antonio
Hamilton, Derek Johnson, Shawn Jones, Dexter Mills, Mercedes Parham, and Anthony
Threatts.
The Top Ten students from the junior
class are Tiffany Hunter, Carrie Jones, Jonathan Lapp, Taneshia McFadden,
Samantha Nieves, Andre Reese, Ashley Roelkey, Jessie Scott, Hardeep Singh, and
Keshia White.
The Top Ten students from the
sophomore class are Chandler Anderson, Joshua Bailey-Ankebrant, Jamie Bankston,
Husam Hafidh, Erin Henderson, Aaron Kang, Haley Lyman, Ashley Perry, Glenna Schubert, Jessica
Scott, and Eric Switzer.
The Top Ten students from the
freshmen class are Daniel Best, Tabitha Bradford, Brittany Campbell, Janice
Cerri, Nancy Eldridge, Whitney Horton, Jeffrey Nieves, Daphne Smith, Stephanie
Thompson, and Alice Webb.
ATHLETICS
The boys' track team finished in first
place in the region track meet in LaGrange May 2. Individual members
qualifying for the state meet are Lartareo Shaw (shot put, discus, and high
jump); Walter McKee (100m dash and 200m dash); Anthony Threatts (400m dash);
Quincy Rojas (400 dash); Anthony Threatts, Walter McKee, Quincy Rojas, and Sean
Carter (400m relay); and Quincy Rojas, Sean Carter, Christopher Kyles, and
Anthony Threatts (1600m relay).
Brittany McCall was chosen to be on
the 2005-2006 Columbus State University Cheerleading Squad.
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April
CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT
Shaw seniors Luke Jackson and Rene
Garcia's pictures were in the Ledger-Enquirer April 20. They were
cutting wood to make a wheelchair ramp for the home of Essie Boggs, a Columbus
resident. They and two other students from Mr. Bob Yarbrough's woodshop
class volunteered their time to Boggs who is a participant in the Community Care
Services Program.
EXCHANGE CLUB
YOUTH OF THE MONTH FOR SHS
Richelle Gonzalez
FACULTY/STAFF HONORS
Peggy White. department head of Shaw's Special Education department, received the "Teachers Partnering in Education Award" from Columbus
State University for here participation in the CSU teacher education program.
Drae Hurston-White who works in the Special Education Department at Shaw and
is also the Color Guard Instructor for the SHS band played the part of the
Scarecrow in "The Wiz" at the Liberty Theatre May 13, 14, 20, and 21 at 8
p.m. and May 15 and 22 at 3 p.m. "The Wiz" is based on L. Frank Baum's The
Wizard of Oz.
Lane Tyus was chosen by the Shaw Curriculum Council to be Shaw's nominee for
the MCSD First Year Teacher Award.
Phil Linn is Shaw High School's Phi Delta Kappa Outstanding Teacher Nominee
for 2005. Mr. Linn has been teaching at Shaw for twelve years.
GOVERNORS HONOR'S PROGRAM
 Congratulations to Carlton Dawson for
being selected to participate in the 2005 Governors Honor's Program. The
Governors Honor's program (GHP) is a six-week summer instructional program
designed to provide intellectually gifted and artistically talented high school
students, challenging and enriching educational opportunities not usually
available during the school year. Carlton will participate in activities
designed to develop skills, knowledge and attitudes that will enable him to
become a lifelong independent learner.
LAWS OF LIFE
AWARD
Jenna Smithart was honored at the Laws of
Life banquet in Atlanta April 25. Her essay was selected as one of only 37
finalists from over 19,000 entered in the Laws of Life essay contest.
Jenna received her plaque and a check for $100 for being selected as a finalist.
In addition to Jenna's award, grade
winners from Shaw were Darien Floyd, Nick Knapp, and Bremann Bates.
Noniska Anglin, Kristina Shifflett, and Belinda Watts received honorable
mention.
MEDIA FESTIVAL
Dana Palmer received a perfect score on
his multi-media project entitled "Dejeurner Du Matin" in the MCSD Student Media
Festival and went on to win at the 2005 State Student Media Festival.
PARTNERS IN
EDUCATION
The week of April 18 is PIE Week. TSYS won a Gold Award for its work at Shaw!
PHASE II: LEARN & SERVE PROJECT: THE KOREAN WAR
CELEBRATION SHOW
The celebration show was April 20 in the Shaw Auditorium with a
reception following in the Shaw Media Center. The celebration is entitled
"Letters Home: A Chronicle of the Korean War." The prologue and epilogue
were written by the U.S. history class, the letters by the creative writing
class, songs were provided by the choral department, actors from drama, creative
writing, and music appreciation classes, and set pieces were built by the
construction department and painted by the art department. This was truly
a cooperative effort that involved approximately 100 students and the hard work
of many dedicated teachers. It was an emotional and thought-provoking show
that chronicled the hardships of war--combat, leaving loved ones and family
behind, and the inevitable consequences of casualties and death--and how duty to
country and hope for the future are important.
Over 100 invited guests--veterans
and their families, school board members, administration from MCSD, and
officials from the Georgia Learn & Serve grant board were in attendance, along
with Shaw students from numerous classes.
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March
2005 PROM
Anthony Threatts and Tina Scalcucci were
selected as the King and Queen of the Junior/Senior Prom held Saturday, March
26.
ADAPTIVE
BASKETBALL
Congratulations to Jonathan Byrd for his
participation in the Muscogee Lions Adaptive basketball team; he led his team to
a state championship win.
ATHLETICS
All-Bi-City Basketall Team
Patrick Powell was honored as a member of the
All-Bi-City Basketball team. Treasure Johnson made the Girls' Second Team,
and Taneisha McFadden, Kyndal Schaff, and Kanisha Oxford received Honorable
Mention.
All-Bi-City-Wrestling Team
Blake Bourne, Carson Grimsley, and Matt Loyed
were honored as members of the All-B-City Wrestling team. Daquinn Cheek
made the Second Team.
BAND
Through a series of auditions, sophomore
Forrest R. Parker was selected to participate in the 2005 All State Concert Band
March 3-5. Forrest spent the weekend in Savannah, rehearsing at the Lucas
Theater with 110 ninth ant tenth graders for a final concert on Saturday.
He was one of six tuba performers to be selected from the audition process.
EXCHANGE CLUB
YOUTH OF THE MONTH FOR SHS
Monica Diaz
FACULTY/STAFF
HONORS
Dr. Debbie Ball was inducted into the Chattahoochee Valley Sports Hall of Fame
March 19, 2005. She is only the second woman to be inducted into the Hall of
Fame. She has coached high school sports at Shaw for the last 27 years.
Shirley Cook was named Georgia's 2005 FCCLA Master Advisor. This
program recognizes FCCLA advisors who have been successful in advising an
affiliated chapter for a minimum of three years (Mrs. Cook has been such for
seven years); promoting the organization; operating a co-curricular chapter with
a balanced program of work; facilitating youth-centered activities; and keeping
abreast of new happenings within the organization. She will be recognized at the
National Leadership Meeting in California in July 2005. Mrs. Cook has been at
Shaw for seven years.
Judy King, secretary at Shaw High
School, was recognized as the ABCD (Above and Beyond the Call of Duty)
award winner for March at the March MCSD Board Meeting. Mrs. King has been
at Shaw since 1992.
GEORGIA MUSIC
EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION DISTRICT III
On March 18, our Fine Arts Department
competed at the GMEA District III Festival. The band performed three
selections, "Children of the Shrine" by James Swearingen, "Ghost Fleet" by
Robert Sheldon, and "Lament and Tribal Dance" by Michael Sweeney, for a panel of
three judges selected from around the Southeast. The final performance rating
was a Superior with all judges awarding the band a Superior. In Sight
Reading, the band also received a Superior rating. Student conductor,
Taaquiya Brown, received a Superior Plus rating for her performance conducting
the band.
Also, receiving Superior ratings at
the Festival were Chorus Level I, Chorus Level III, and Orchestra Level IV-V.
MATH TOURNAMENT
At the 9th Annual Math Tournament held at
Bainbridge College Friday, March 25, Shaw's Math Team took second place in the
3-A competition, and Joanne Boggs took second place in Individual. Team
participants were Cody Anderson, Joanne Boggs, Ki Yong Chong, Brandon Cummings,
Andrew Gosselin, Shawn Jones, Aaron Kang, and Mercedes Parham.
Cheerleaders for the competition from Shaw were Jazzmin Bryant and Juan PIuckett.
ROTC
Congratulations to Ryan Thomas who
received the Brigade Commanders Award.
SPORTS SIGNEES
Football
Darnell Dugger -- Valdosta State
Dezric Dugger -- Valdosta State
Ben Iheanacho -- Reedley College
Jarell Mabry -- University of Miami
Terrance Moore -- Troy University
Quincy Rjas -- Fort Valley State
Brandon Rose --Fort Valley State
Anthony Threats -- Georgia Tech
Baseball
Trey Manz -- Central Alabama College
John Medley -- Chattahoochee Valley Community College
Rad Mitchell -- Andrew College
Brandon Street -- Chipola College
Geoff Vandel -- Chipola College
Softball
Anabel Moquete -- Gordon College
Jessee Smith -- Chattahoochee Valley Community College
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