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BoE recognized student achievement
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Crissie Elric
Updated: Apr 30, 2013, 10:00 AM
Published: Apr 29, 2013, 4:23 PM

More than a dozen students from schools across Bryan County were recognized for various scholastic achievements by the Board of Education during its regular meeting Thursday at Richmond Hill Elementary School.
Superintendent Dr. Paul Brooksher presented Fiaz Saulat, a student at Richmond Hill High School, with a certificate for his selection in the Georgia Governor’s Honors program — a four-week residential summer program for gifted and talented high-school juniors and seniors.
Also recognized were the student alternates for the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program from Bryan County: Justin Faircloth and Amber Patterson from Bryan County High School; and Sarah Barry, James Gormley, Zacharia Humric and Prabhjot Minhas from Richmond Hill High School.
Brooksher also presented certificates to students in kindergarten-12th grade for their participation in the Young Georgia Authors Contest. The students were named district winners and their writings will go on to the state level.
Recognized were Cathryn Martin, kindergartener at Richmond Hill Primary School; Elena Rosmussen, first-grader at RHPS; Nickolas Langes, second-grader at  Lanier Primary School; Annabelle Hartley, third-grader at Richmond Hill Elementary School; Sara Pugsley, fourth-grader at G.W. Carver Elementary School; and Alexandria Gholston, fifth-grader at Bryan County Elementary School.
Students who also received a certificate were Rosie Walker, sixth-grader at Bryan County Middle School; Christian Maude, seventh-grader at BCMS; Avery Waters, eighth-grader at Richmond Hill Middle School; Josephine Suss, freshman at Bryan County High School; Alyssa Scarboro, junior at Richmond Hill High School; and Emily Pearson, senior at RHHS.
The Young Georgia Author’s competition is co-sponsored by the Georgia Department of Education and the Georgia Council of Teachers of English.
Also during the meeting:
• The board approved a payment of $321,529.14 to the Bryan County Board of Commissioners for its share and use of the well site  the future South Bryan elementary school.
• The board approved a request from the Pembroke Public Library to use the BCES cafeteria for its summer reading program performances from June 5-July 24 from 10 a.m. to noon.
• A donation of $1,646.09 from Donors Choose for various education programs was approved.
• A donation of $8,000 from the RHMS PTSO for a new school sign was approved.
• The board approved to accept a donation of a new playground structure and two shade systems from the RHES PTSO for the school. The cost of the equipment was $25,865.

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Richmond Hill High School senior Jacey Shanholtzer shows her Dawn Harrington Berry Spotlight Award, which was awarded by the Richmond Hill Community Theatre and includes a $500 scholarship. With her are Tom Harris, Ashlee Farris, Brett Berry and Kim Diebold. The award was created in memory of Dawn Harrington Berry, a long time RHCT member and president who died in 2016. - photo by Photo provided.
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Updated: May 17, 2018, 8:11 PM
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Three reports recently presented scholarships

Richmond Hill High School senior Jacey Shanholtzer received the Dawn Harrington Berry Spotlight Award, which was awarded by the Richmond Hill Community Theatre and includes a $500 scholarship. The award was created in memory of Dawn Harrington Berry, a long time RHCT member and president who died in 2016.

Garden Club

The Richmond Hill Garden Club recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Katherine Wood and a $500 scholarship to Carly Vargas, both seniors graduating from Richmond Hill High School.

The awards were presented May 8 during Honors Night at RHHS.

Wood plans to attend Green Mountain College in Vermont and major in environmental studies.

Vargas plans to attend Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee, to pursue a degree in either environmental studies or biology.

The garden club awards a $1,000 scholarship annually to a local high school senior who plans to major in a field related to environmental concerns, plants and/or gardening.

This year, due to having two exceptional candidates, the garden club awarded an additional $500 scholarship.

Exchange Club

The Exchange Club of Richmond Hill recently named Caroline Odom as its student of the year.

The club each month during the school year names a student of the month, and the student of the year is chosen from among those winners.

Awards are based on academic performance, community involvement and leadership.

Monthly winners receive $100, with the annual winner getting a $1,000 scholarship.

The Exchange Club has been recognizing students for more than 30 years.

Odom will go on to compete in the Georgia District Exchange Club against students from across the state.

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