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Pinewood names honor society members
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Junior Honor Society Inductees are: front from left, Ben Burkhalter, Mathew Kemp, Reed Jones, Courtney Hewitt, Joseph Kennedy, Collin Edgar and Spencer McGovern; middle from left, Chancelor Randall, Allison Womack, Rachel Miller, Sarah Hethcox, Sarah DeLoach, Edie Threlkeld, Scott Odell and Adam Coley; back from left, Ansley Rush, Caleb Rush, Will Salter, Naomi Pevey, Madison Young, Kristian Hayman, Brittany Tatum and Brenley Hagan. - photo by Photo provided.
Pinewood Christian Academy's chapters of the National Honor Society and Junior Honor Society are proud to welcome its newest members. Induction services were held Oct. 18, with a reception that followed to honor the students and their families. To be inducted into the honor society, a student must maintain a cummulative 92.0 grade point average.
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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.

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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