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School hosts Arts Night
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Students recently got to work on their creativity at Lanier Primary Schools Arts Night. - photo by Photo provided.

Lanier Primary School recently hosted “Arts Night.”
The purpose of “Arts Night” was to highlight the school’s fine-arts and enrichment classes offered to all of its students in grades kindergarten through second. These programs include music, art, physical education, health, technology and media.  
More than 130 parents and children attended the event. Participants were treated to a dinner of pizza, vegetables, fruit and cake before attending three enrichment activity sessions of their choice.
All of the evening’s activities followed an “Earth Day and Recycling” theme in honor of National Earth Day on April 22. Activities ranged from paper-making to creating musical instruments out of household supplies.  
“Although some may regard art education as a luxury, simple creative activities are some of the building blocks of child development,” principal Jeff Hodges said. “Fine arts provide children with many developmental benefits, such as motor skills, language development, decision-making, visual learning, inventiveness, cultural awareness and improved academic awareness.”

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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.

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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