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August 2010 Education is Power Volume 3, Issue 13

Baldwn High School

Oak Hill Middle School

Blandy Hills Elementary

Creekside Elementary

Eagle Ridge Elementary

GMC Prep School

John Milledge Academy

Early Learning Center

Sinclair Christian Academy

Midway Elementary

Oak Hill cheerleaders take part in KidFestOak Hill Middle School cheerleaders participated in the Belk's KidFest. The cheerleaders received a trophy forthe school showing the most spirit!

Eagle Ridge name game

Oak Hill students create theirown straw rocket launchers

Mrs. McCroskey and Mrs. Johnson’s kindergarten classat Eagle Ridge Elementary enjoyed bringing in itemsthat started with the same letter as their first name.Pictured (left to right): Tori E., who brought in a tea bagand Jaquan P., who brought in juicy juice. Thanks to allthe parents who helped their children with this project!

Oak Hill Middle School eighth grade students in Mrs.Clayton’s physical science class have been studying theconservation of energy and energy transformation.Shown are students measuring the relationship betweengravitational potential energy and elastic potential ener-gy with straw rocket launchers.

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JMA Senior Beta Club members help teachers prepfor the new school yearThe John Milledge Senior Beta Club focused some of their volunteer hours helpingteachers prepare for the year. Rebecca Vaughn, Lindsey Simpson and ChristinaBurgess (pictured) helped prepare student handbooks. Various other members hungposters, carried books, cleaned, and painted as part of their community projects tostart the 2010 school year.

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SCA students excited on first day of school

Blandy Hills studentslearn to put things in order

Sinclair Christian Academy’s third grade students prepare for the first day of school. Third-grader Rylan Herring said he is ready, but a little nervous.

Mrs. A. Dunn’s class at Blandy Hills Elementary has been learningall about sequencing. They used story cards to put the events oftheir weekly story, ‘The Lost and Found’ in order. They have beenworking hard on summarizing and using different strategies tohelp them summarize. Sequencing is one strategy that they havebeen focusing on. The whole class enjoyed the sequencing activity.

Oak Hill staff treated tobreakfast by Northridge

Oak Hill Middle School teachers and staff members would like to thankNorthridge Christian Church for providing a delicious breakfast duringpre-planning. Along with a delicious breakfast, Associate Pastor CraigPortwood shared wonderful words of encouragement for the upcom-ing 2010-2011 school year.

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Eagle Ridge studentsmake Friendship Salad

BHS chorus has big plans for new school year

There are no rotten bananas in Mrs. McCroskey and Mrs. Johnson’skindergarten class at Eagle Ridge! As a closing to a unit on rules, stu-dents were given a chance to make a ‘Friendship Salad.’ All the stu-dents decided that they did not want a rotten banana (rule breaker)in their classroom. A special thanks to all of the parents who wereable to donated the items needed.

Open house held at Blandy

Pictured are first grade students checking out books with Mrs.Williams at Blandy Hills Elementary School. Students and parentswere given the “red carpet” treatment during Open House Aug. 2.The red carpet was rolled out and they walked the runway into afantastic new year!

Chorus is busy and active atBaldwin High School. The groupjust started school a week ago andalready they have had RichardFrazier, fabulous choreographerfrom Columbus College, teach thechoreography for “Ain’t NoMountain High Enough” and “YouRaise Me Up.”

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GMC Prep rifle team attends camp

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Eagle Ridge students hunt for gingerbread

Eagle Ridge Elementary students create graphs fortheir favorite book characters

Mrs. Crane and Mrs. Eubanks’ kindergarten class at Eagle RidgeElementary School completed a hunt for the gingerbread man bymeeting the principal of our school, Mrs. Scott.

Mrs. Crane and Mrs. Eubanks’ kindergarten class at Eagle RideElementary School graphed their favorite character from ‘BrownBear, Brown Bear What Do You See?’ book. Pictured are EvanHitchcock and Tymeir Taylor showing their choice in characters.

Oak Hill holds open house

Open house at Oak Hill Middle School was a huge success! Students gota chance to meet their new teachers, see old friends and meet newfriends. Students and OHMS staff are looking forward to a great year.


Eagle Ridge kindergarteners enjoy their first week

Mrs. McCroskey and Mrs. Johnson’s kindergarten class at Eagle Ridge Elementary are enjoying their first week of school.


GMC Class of 2010 presents check for $5,000 for Usery Hall The Georgia Military College Prep School senior class recently presented at check for $5,000 to MG Peter J. Boylan, President of GMC, for the purchaseof a classroom in the new preparatory school, Usery Hall. The class of 2010 raised the money through several fundraisers some of which include sell-ing poinsettias, cake and cookie raffles, dress down days, and concession sales at sporting events. Pictured from left on behalf of the graduating classof 2010, Valedictorian John Austin Vance presents the money to MG Peter J. Boylan, Ret. (USA).

Sinclair Christian Academy competed in their first Lady Eagles’ softballgame at home Thursday, August 19, 2010. The campus was a buzz withexcitement and eager to cheer on their HOME TEAM! The fans are soexcited that they are bantering over who gets to be the Eagles’ mascot atupcoming games. The team has worked hard this summer under thecoaching of Shane Thomas and Christine Parker. They have come a longway fast and are expected to do more than hold their own in the upcom-ing games. “We couldn’t have been more proud to watch our Lady Eagleson the field. It was so exciting to get to scream out our own team name— Go Eagles!”, says Heather Schulze (SCA Administrator). Looking on youcould see the love and unity of the home crowd, all thrilled to see whatGod is doing in building new programs at the quickly growing preschool-through-twelfth-grade program! Look for great things to come!

Lady Eaglesof SCAplayfirst game of the season

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