Class Reports: FFA leaders promote literacy
The following accomplishments and events were reported by local schools:
•Members of the Oakland High chapter of the FFA recently participated in a state wide reading literacy program, Passing Literacy OnWard (P.L.O.W.), by visiting local elementary schools. Through PLOW, agricultural education students and FFA members share in a rewarding process by passing literacy competencies onward to the next generation.
Senior FFA members Sydney Alsup, Camden Edmonds, Jenny Faulkner, Jessica Hickson, Jacob Holt and Samantha Newman visited 41 elementary school classes at John Pittard and Kittrell elementary schools to read to students in grades K-6. Their purpose to was to cultivate a love of literacy in young students.
The purposes of PLOW align with many of the statewide literacy efforts implemented through regular education programs. The FFA is the largest national youth leadership organization with more than 610,000 members nationwide and 13,000 in Tennessee. FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.
•Friends of Campus School will hold an open house from 4 to 6 p.m. April 14. Students who attended what was known as the Training School in the 1930s and 1940s will be honored in the lobby. Other displays include memorabilia by decades and one related to Miss Mary Hall, the first teacher to move into the building.
Tours of the building will be offered with refreshments provided by the Parent-Teacher Club. For more information, contact Rita King at kingrs@bellsouth.net.
•Silvia Perez-Escobar of Oakland High won the Gold Award and a $40,000 scholarship to O’More College of Design in Franklin. She entered the College’s third annual Verve show, a graphic design contest for Tennessee high school students.
Applicants were asked to create a poster of any medium that interpreted famed designer Paul Rand’s quote: “Everything is design. Everything!”
•The following Rutherford County students took home awards in the March 21 Spanish contest at MTSU.
Level 1: Becca Bracket (Central Magnet) second; Alyssa Everhart, third (Riverdale), third. Level 2: Ariel Asher, first (Central); Alvin Synarong, second (Oakland); Bianca Richardson, third (Oakland). Level 3: Ralph Lauvel, first (Central); Jeremy Wright, second (Riverdale) Native Speakers: Estefany Quezada, first (Oakland); Delma Torres, second (Stewarts Creek); Cristal Alvares, third (Oakland).
•Michael Zietz from Oakland High has been named a 2015 Coca-Cola Scholar. He is one of 150 students who were determined to best exemplify superior leadership and dedication to their community from a pool of nearly 103,000 initial applicants from across the country. Each Coca-Cola Scholar will receive a $20,000 scholarship to the college or university of their choice and travel to Atlanta April 16-19 for the company’s Scholars Weekend.
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