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RHMS shares knowledge with Carver Elementary
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Richmond Hill Middle School seventh-grader Alejandra Gonzales conducts microscope work recently with a student at G.W. Carver Elementary School. - photo by Photo provided.
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Bryan County News
Updated: Feb 9, 2014, 12:00 PM
Published: Feb 7, 2014, 9:25 PM

Thirty Richmond Hill Middle School seventh-graders from Robert Hodgdon’s science classes descended upon George Washington Carver Elementary School with microscopes and samples in hand on Jan. 24.

The visit, arranged and coordinated by Carver fifth-grade teacher Shelby Sainz, aligned the science curriculum both of grade levels and allowed the students to interact between the two schools within the district.

During the day, nearly 500 Carver students had the opportunity to view microscopic worms, zooplankton, phytoplankton and protozoans through microscopes and under the watchful eyes of RHMS students.

Students also examined insect body parts, tadpoles, spider-egg sacs, wasp larvae, aquatic nymphs, plant cells and a whole host of other organisms.

Hodgdon’s field trip has become a yearly educational adventure to a school within the district.

“It made me so happy to see the students experience science in such a fun way,” seventh-grader Stella Pierre-Louis said.

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Groups hand out scholarships
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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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