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Joanna Bayens and Katie Hillery show ribbons they won for a report they did with Madison Byrne for the Richmond Hill Middle School Social Studies Fair - photo by Photo provided.
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Updated: Apr 2, 2010, 2:30 PM
Published: Apr 2, 2010, 2:36 PM

Richmond Hill Middle School Social Studies Fair winners competed at the regional level on March 6.

The project “Under the Influence:  The Pressure to be Thin,” by students Joanna Bayens, Madison Byrne and Katie Hillery (Bayens and Hillery are shown on left) secured first place, best in category, and will advance to the state fair held in Atlanta.

Other regional fair winners include: 1st place history,  Lauren Crank; 2nd place history, Cristy Davenport, Brandon Philbeck, Andrea Wright; 2nd place geography, Sarah Barry, Mary Doepp, Brittney Jones; 3rd place social psychology,  Nathalie Arroyo, Austin Hart, Kiah Lexie; 3rd place political science:  James Gormley, Zach Humrich, Eion Martinez.

The fair ended on a somber note for Arroyo.  Her project, detailing the stuggles to secure education for females in Taliban controlled regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan, hit home when reports that three US soldiers were killed in a bomb attack outside a girl’s school in Pakistan on Feb. 3.  One of the soldiers was the father of her soccer teammate in North Carolina

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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
Published: May 17, 2018, 8:37 PM

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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