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Student tapped for Governor's Honors
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RHHS student Faiz Saulat has been selected as a finalist for the Georgia Governors Honors Program in the area of social studies. - photo by Photo provided.
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Updated: Apr 18, 2013, 12:00 PM
Published: Apr 17, 2013, 3:35 PM

Faiz Saulat from Richmond Hill High School has been selected as a finalist for the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program in the area of social studies.
The program is a residential summer program for gifted and talented high-school juniors and seniors.  A function of the Georgia Department of Education, it takes place on the campus of Valdosta State University.  The 2013 program will be the 50th summer, making it the longest continually running program of its kind in the nation.
Nearly 3,000 students from across the state were interviewed and auditioned during three weekends in January and February, and from those nominees 690 finalists were chosen to participate in the 2013 program.
Since the program is fully funded by the Georgia General Assembly, there is no charge for students to attend.
Students will arrive on the campus of VSU on Sunday, June 23. For four weeks, students will spend the morning in their major area of nomination. During afternoons, students choose one of the other areas in which to study. Evenings are filled with seminars, activities, concerts and performances.
“GHP is such a competitive program that even being nominated is an accomplishment.  I congratulate Faiz and look forward to meeting him and his parents in June,” GHP Director Dale Lyles said.
More information about GHP can be found at gadoe.org under the division of School Improvement.

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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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