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McGehee named area STAR student
Mar 13, 2006 10:15 AM
By Tannika King - Faculty
Written by Sonya Elkins, Rome News-Tribune staff writer, published 3/11/2006
Rome and Floyd County winners of the Student Teacher Achievement Recognition award were announced Friday, March 10 at an Exchange Club luncheon.
The Floyd County winner, drawn from STAR Students from each of the county system’s schools, was Coosa High senior Betsy Hardin. The Rome winner, chosen from students at Rome High and Darlington School, was Darlington senior Clark McGehee. Hardin and McGehee will move on to the District STAR Student banquet hosted by the Seven Hills Rotary Club on March 21.
“I was really surprised,” said Hardin, who plans to attend Berry College and study early childhood education. “It’s a great honor.”
McGehee did not attend the program because he was away on spring break.
STAR students are able to honor the teacher who made the most outstanding contribution to their scholastic development as their STAR Teacher. The system STAR Teacher winners were Hardin’s band teacher Randall Young and Darlington physics and chemistry teacher Donald Sweeney.
To be honored as a STAR winner a student must have the highest score for his or her school on the SAT and be in the top 10 percent or among the top 10 students of the senior class.
"This celebrates academic excellence,” said Al Hodge, president and CEO of the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce and a member of the state Board of Education.
The county’s and city’s other STAR Students and Teachers honored at the awards luncheon were Armuchee High’s Benjamin Isabel and teacher Ann Burgess, Model High’s Timothy Sanders and teacher Donna Webb, Pepperell High’s Jessica Tidwell and teacher Alana Ellenburg, and Rome High’s Ivan Batishchev and teacher Richard Pease.
When Tidwell introduced her STAR Teacher choice, she explained why she chose an elective teacher who taught her first-aide class — which isn’t related to the double major that she intends to pursue at Belmont University.
“One of the things that she taught me was there are things more important than academia in this world, and being well-rounded is just as important as being smart,” she said.
Teachers also had glowing words for the standout students who singled them out as their academic inspirations. Social studies teacher Webb described Model winner Sanders as a “wide-eyed, energetic, long-legged handful of raw potential.”
“He embodies every quality that excites and challenges a teacher,” she said.
Rome and Floyd County winners of the Student Teacher Achievement Recognition award were announced Friday, March 10 at an Exchange Club luncheon.
The Floyd County winner, drawn from STAR Students from each of the county system’s schools, was Coosa High senior Betsy Hardin. The Rome winner, chosen from students at Rome High and Darlington School, was Darlington senior Clark McGehee. Hardin and McGehee will move on to the District STAR Student banquet hosted by the Seven Hills Rotary Club on March 21.
“I was really surprised,” said Hardin, who plans to attend Berry College and study early childhood education. “It’s a great honor.”
McGehee did not attend the program because he was away on spring break.
STAR students are able to honor the teacher who made the most outstanding contribution to their scholastic development as their STAR Teacher. The system STAR Teacher winners were Hardin’s band teacher Randall Young and Darlington physics and chemistry teacher Donald Sweeney.
To be honored as a STAR winner a student must have the highest score for his or her school on the SAT and be in the top 10 percent or among the top 10 students of the senior class.
"This celebrates academic excellence,” said Al Hodge, president and CEO of the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce and a member of the state Board of Education.
The county’s and city’s other STAR Students and Teachers honored at the awards luncheon were Armuchee High’s Benjamin Isabel and teacher Ann Burgess, Model High’s Timothy Sanders and teacher Donna Webb, Pepperell High’s Jessica Tidwell and teacher Alana Ellenburg, and Rome High’s Ivan Batishchev and teacher Richard Pease.
When Tidwell introduced her STAR Teacher choice, she explained why she chose an elective teacher who taught her first-aide class — which isn’t related to the double major that she intends to pursue at Belmont University.
“One of the things that she taught me was there are things more important than academia in this world, and being well-rounded is just as important as being smart,” she said.
Teachers also had glowing words for the standout students who singled them out as their academic inspirations. Social studies teacher Webb described Model winner Sanders as a “wide-eyed, energetic, long-legged handful of raw potential.”
“He embodies every quality that excites and challenges a teacher,” she said.
