Cedar Shoals High School Newsletter

Did you know that we offer after school tutoring Monday-Thursday after school, every Saturday, and Study Hall Monday-Friday,. 21st Century will run through May 3rd, PSP until May 13th, and Saturday school until May 11th. Please encourage your student to talk to their teacher to see which dates they stay for tutoring. If your student has an e2020 class they are working on please encourage them to complete it before the end of the school year using these before and after school opportunities.

If your student participates in the 21st Century program, please take a minute to complete the survey below.

https://bit.ly/2Ny8AUU

Please join me in congratulating William Fang, Alexander Holland, and Enock Maganda on their participation in the Georgia Music Educators Association All-State Concert Band. The Georgia All-State Band is comprised of the top student musicians in the state. Students rehearse for 11 hours and perform a concert. This year's concerts were filled with incredibly challenging music and the students performed beautifully. Our students placed very well in the bands. Will Fang was 2nd chair horn. Alex Holland was 8th chair clarinet. Enock Maganda was 3rd chair tuba. If you see these students, please congratulate them on a job well done!

Cedar Shoals' band attended the Georgia Music Educators Association Large Group Performance Evaluation (LGPE) and all three bands received wonderful ratings and feedback from the judges. The results are below.

Symphonic Band - Excellent

Wind Symphony - Superior

Wind Ensemble - Superior

Each March, the school district celebrates Youth Art Month with an exhibit of kindergarten through 12th grade student work at the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia. There will be a public reception on Sunday, Mar. 24th to honor participants and families. Please join us if you are available! You can also view the work over Spring break if you are interested!

Cedar Shoals Visual art students have a lot of beautiful work up for this exhibit. In case you cannot attend the reception and would like to see the work, please see the attached slideshow. You will see the work and the names of the students who have work in this show. Please congratulate these hard working young people! (See list below)

To view some of the art work, please visit the Cedar Shoals Visual Arts Webpage

12th graders:

Charlotte Ashton

Isa Williamson

Anna Whitford

Morena Bueno

Havivah Saltz

Jackie Gonzalez

Jamal Boyd

Kaia Weaver

Tyson Jordan

Jake Gunterman

John Kulik

Kathlyn Monterosso

Jacob Nuss

Shiaire Lloyd

11th graders:

Carla Pena

Ansley Gunterman

Brooke Fraysher

Kagen King

Cam Bush

Jose Salas

Kiche Carter

10th grader:

Zach Kulik

This year 24 journalism students from our various publication staffs represented Cedar Shoals at the Southern Interscholastic Press Association conference at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC and the results were impressive!

• BluePrints Magazine and WJAG-TV were named All-Southern publications, earning the highest rating possible. The news website earned an 'excellent' rating, too.
  
• In the onsite TOP competition, Olivia Duever and Dominic Bielli won the award for Best Script in Broadcast On-the-Spot Feature contest. You can view their work here.
  
• Additionally, Ansley Guntermann earned an honorable mention for best sports broadcast story for her piece on the honorary guest coach initiative on Coach Thomas' basketball team.
  
• BluePrints Editor-in-Chief Sachio Goodie, News/Views Editor Daveon Montgomery, Features Editor Tristan Lankford, and Graphics Editor Jake Castile barnstormed the competition in the regional journalism quiz bowl. They earned a 1st round bye after ranking top 4 in the qualifying test, seeded 4th as the competition moved into the first round and ultimately WON!
  

Congratulations to Oluwasunmisola Odeyemi, who won one of only two scholarships available to attend the National Beta Senior Conference June 26-30, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

Oluwasunmisola will receive transportation, meals, lodging, and a dinner cruise down the Potomac River. We are very proud to have Oluwasunmisola represent the state of Georgia and Cedar Shoals specifically at this exciting leadership conference.

The JROTC Fancloth Fundraiser has begun. This fundraiser consists of several options for "JAG Pride" clothing and accessories as well as JROTC specific articles. Those interested may try contact any participating JROTC Cadet or go to this website ( http://shop.fancloth.com/s/479429 ) to submit your own order. The website will ask you to enter the name of the student you are supporting- you can either enter a JROTC student name or simply enter "MAJOR Williams".

Attention Seniors: Spring Break is a great time to apply for scholarships. Please stop by the counseling office to pick up copies of the scholarships.

Peach State Credit Union: Due March 15th

Athens Step UP: Due March 20th

Athens Rotary Foundation Scholarships (E.B. Mell & Madelyn Forbes): Due April 1st

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Athens Alumnae Chapter: Due April 1st

Winterville Civitan Scholarship: Due April 12th

Road To College Scholarship: Due April 19th

Dreams To Kings and Queens: Due April 27th

This year, 2 students, one each from Central and Cedar Shoals, will be awarded a $500 scholarship from The Univesity of Georgia School Counseling Association. Please see the Google Doc linked here for the application. The deadline is April 19. Please see your counselor if you have any questions.

The scholarship is open to all high school seniors pursuing a four-year education. The goal of the scholarship is to reach students of different backgrounds, incomes, and experiences.

Don't miss this opportunity! The deadline to apply is April 8th at 11:59 pm.

Follow this link to apply

Overview

The ACLU Summer Advocacy Program (July 20-26) brings together high school students from across the United States to participate in a firsthand learning experience for the next generation of social justice advocates. During this week-long program in Washington, DC, students participate in electives and seminars led by lobbyists, community activists, lawyers, and ACLU experts to enhance their knowledge of civil liberties, social justice issues, and advocacy campaigns. The Close Up Foundation – a DC based civic education non-profit – partners with the ACLU to provide substantive experiential learning and small group discussion opportunities throughout the program. To read more about the program, please visit our website.

Application Process

· The application can be found here.

· Priority Decision applications are due by March 3 and Regular Decision applications are due by April 7.

· Financial Aid is available (full and partial scholarships).

· High school-aged students who are 15-18* years old are welcome to apply. *High school graduates are eligible to apply for the Advanced Advocacy Program.

Dates: Until April 9, 2019 (weekly on Tuesdays)

Time: 6-8PM

Childcare is available upon request! There will be pizza and both a free parenting manual and free parenting strengths assessment included as well. Space is limited and you must pre-register. To register and for further information call or email Grace Arthur at 706-548-3216 or garthur@pcaathens.org

We are busy planning the spring sessions of Camp MAGIK, our healing camp for bereaved children and adolescents. This will be our 25th year serving our community's bereaved youth. Our services are free to participating youth. Georgia's school counselors and social workers have been an integral part of the team referring and advocating for students. Please visit the following links for more information:

Application in English

Application in Spanish

Attention young women that are ages 13-18: Are you interested in learning how to code or how to fine tune your knack to hack skill set, should check out Kode with Klossy!

Kode with Klossy is a FREE two-week summer program for young women ages 13-18. Students will learn how to build real-life apps as a first timer or full fledged hackers up their hacking game. The scholarship is for anyone that is interested and passionate about learning a new superpower! Don't be shy, APPLY!!!

A camp is located in Atlanta- check out the link below for more details:

Kode With Klossy

Email: perezrhym@clarke.k12.ga.us
Website: https://www.clarke.k12.ga.us/cedarshoals
Location: 1300 Cedar Shoals Drive, Athens, GA, USA
Phone: 706-546-5375
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CedarShoalsHS/