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December 2007
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAY GREETINGS FROM SHAW HIGH
SCHOOL!
ALUMNI NEWS
Check here for recently updated information
on the Class of '83 reunion--look under Class of '83.
ATHLETICS
Football
Shaw's offensive player Jarvis Pitts,
and defensive player Juan Pickett have been
named to the Georgia Sports Writers Association's (GSWA) 2007 All-State Football
Teams. Additionaly, Kyle Griswould and
Bryan Willis both received Honorable
Mention. We are very proud of all of you!
Offensive players, Jarvis Pitts,
Kyle Griswould, and
Darius Travick, plus defensive players
Juan Pickett and Bryan Willis
were selected to the 2007 Ledger-Enquirer's All-Bi-City Football Team.
Shaw players selected to the Second-Team Offense were
Cam Greathouse, Tavarus Lewis,
Dominique Flowers.
Brandon Shannon was selected to the Second-Team Defense.
Chris Drew received Honorable Mention.
Congratulations Raiders for a job well-done and deserved!
Special Olympics
Congratulations to the Shaw Special Olympics Bowling team on their first
place team finish in the Winter Games. The Raiders had nine first place finishes
and three second place finishes. Our athletes competed against Columbus,
Hardaway, Harris County, and Kendrick winning first place overall. Great job to
Mrs. Borum and Ms.
Shingles' students!
Swim Team
Congratulations to the Shaw Swim team who competed December 1 at the Blue
Devil Invitational. Tony Torian brought home
a First and Second Place beating 50 other swimmers. Way to go Tony!
Congratulations to Shaw's boys' swim team, especially the relay team, who got
First Place in an Atlanta swim meet. Winning members include
David Hunter, Reid
Lynch, Tony Torian (team
captain), and Keagan Wood.
CLUBS/ORGANIZATIONS
Winners of Shaw's 2007 Winter Chess Mini-tournament are the following:
Austin Kim, First Place;
Corey Bentson, Second Place; and John
Colwell and Gregory Goosby tied
for Third Place. Congratulations guys. Good job!
COMMUNITY
Students in Shaw's SkillsUSA set a goal in October of raising $1,000 for
six-year-old Chloe Shiver who has to travel to New York City to receive
treatments for neuroblastoma, a type of cancer that attacks a part of the
nervous system. In a ceremony at Shaw on December 21, Chloe and her family were
presented a check for $1,650. In addition to the check, Chloe also received some
early Christmas gifts from her new Shaw family. Chloe's mother, Amy Shiver said,
"It means a lot. I'm grateful that especially teenagers got together to do this
for us." Pictured below with Chloe is her grandmother, Becky Paul,
Bob Yarbrough, SkillsUSA sponsor,
Brittany Black, Mandy Mussatti,
Logan Bourne, and Michaela Waldeck,
students who walked from classroom to classroom with a large bucket and Chloe's story
each Friday collecting money.
FINE ARTS
Congratulations to the following Shaw High School "Sound of Silver" Band
members: Kourtney Holland (senior, flute
player); Alex Cooper (senior, trumpet
player); Anthony Claiborne (junior, alto sax
player); and Sammy Fells (junior, baritone
player). These students auditioned for the Georgia Music Education Association
District 3 Honor Band for 2008 and made the final cut. The audition took place
at Columbus High School, December 8. These students also auditioned for All
State 2008; the results will be announced later.
Amy Pippins,
Kyle Shelton, and
DeAndre Murphy whose painted school
desks were displayed at Winterfest at the River Center were the only high school
students represented this year with art work by students. Congratulations to
Mrs. Lynn Butler and her students on
representing Shaw High School!
A piano recital for the Piano Class was performed on December 13 at 7 PM at CSU's Legacy Hall located in the River Center.
Raiders, if you missed the combined performance on December 11 of the Shaw
concert band, orchestra, and choral groups, "Christmas Around the World," you
missed a real treat--beautiful holiday and Christmas music from pop to classical
to traditional. Soloists, Chris Ross and
Nate Thomas were wonderful, as were all the
different groups. And who knew that Juan Pickett,
Shaw wrestler, football player, and track team member, could dance like that!
Congratulations to Mr. George Cobb,
Ms. Rachel Champ,
Mrs. Adonna Clark, Mrs. Tandra Holyfield,
and a big "Thank you! to Mr. Armondo Garza
for his accompaniment. A thank you also to Mrs.
Lynn Butler and her art students who prepared the beautiful art work
and to the folks who made the great food for the dessert buffet. Altogether, it
was a Shawsome evening!
"Santa and the Wicked Wazoo" was performed on December 18 at 7PM and
then at 1:30 PM for students at Eagle Ridge Elementary and Shaw. Everyone
thoroughly enjoyed the show!
HONORS
Teachers
Congratulations to Mrs. Jan Borum, our
December Teacher of the Month!
Students
Chantelle Quintana is Shaw's Youth of
the Month for the month of December for the Columbus Exchange Club!
Taylor Hogan has been selected as this
year's HOBY ambassador. Taylor will represent Shaw High School at the Hugh
O'Brian Youth Leadership Conference in Atlanta. Congratulations Taylor!
PARTNERS IN EDUCATION
On Tuesday, January 29, 2008, Shaw will celebrate our partnership with
University of Phoenix, our newest Partner in Education! Pictured below are
George R. Monk, Director for Academic Affairs, Julie Harpold, and Arnell Hall,
liaisons for the University of Phoenix. We look with great anticipation to our
partnership! Mr. Monk, Director of Academic Affairs, has expressed that the
University of Phoenix is excited about being a Partner in Education with Shaw
and looks forward to working closely with the faculty and students. To find out
more about our new partner, check out the PIE page; just click
here.
SOCIAL STUDIES FAIR
Winners of Shaw's 7th Annual Social Studies Fair and advancing to the
district fair in January are Chantelle Quintana, Economics;
Joann Rivas,
Economics; Celena Chapman, U.S. History; ..., U.S. History;
Samantha
Special, U.S. History; Misha Aldridge, World History;
Joseph Housel, World
History; Janice Redding, World History; and
Melania Takemoto, World History.
Congratulations--their projects were outstanding!
Employees from Shaw's Partner in Education, TSYS,
donated their time once again to judge this year's Social Studies Fair projects!
Thank you for your steadfastness!!
NEWSWORTHY NOTES
A new club at Shaw has come to our attention of late--Shaw's Bald-headed Men's
Club! By clicking on the photo below, can you identify its members? And what
member(s) might be
missing?
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(Photo by Austin Poff, 12th grade)
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