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A Dual Reason to Celebrate for Five DCHS Seniors
May 10, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
A college degree and a high school diploma!
Five seniors at DeKalb County High School, Setson Agee, Chandler Johnson, Emma Johnson, Ryder Miller, and Layla Walker are now college graduates. They have each earned an associate degree from Motlow State Community College, and they walked the line Monday evening, May 8 in a Motlow ceremony at MTSU in Murfreesboro, four days before their graduation at DCHS Friday night, May 12.
Through Motlow College’s dual enrollment program, high school students can earn college credits through on-line courses while still enrolled in high school.
Students who have completed their sophomore year and have met all requirements for taking the desired college courses may apply. Public, private and home-schooled students are all welcome to apply. The program gives students the chance to seamlessly transition from high school to college. The core curriculum credits transfer easily to Tennessee’s public colleges and universities while allowing students who are working on a four-year degree to save money on tuition.
In an interview with WJLE this week, each of the five seniors at DCHS talked about the thrill of earning a college degree, even before finishing high school, and their future plans.
“It was definitely a challenge, but I am glad I did it,” said Chandler Johnson, son of Dustin and Kristie Johnson. “I plan to go on to Tennessee Tech to major in biology with a health science concentration and then after that to med school because I want to become a physician,” he said.
Emma Johnson, daughter of Kelly Davis and Jeff Johnson, said two years of college will get her closer to a career in nursing. “It has been really exciting although it was a lot of hard work. It was good for me to get that head start in college. It was a good thing to do. I will be going into the nursing program at Tennessee Tech,” said Johnson.
Walker, daughter of Edward and Penny Walker, said she is excited about having earned both a college degree and high school diploma in that order. “I took a lot of classes throughout my high school career to get to this point and while the classes were very hard and long, it was a good thing for me. I plan to go to Tennessee Tech and further my education in business management,” said Walker.
Agee, son of Michael and Kelly Agee, said this has been a special week for him. “It is very exciting. It took a lot of hard work because a majority of my classes from my junior and senior years were Motlow classes. I was very nervous at the beginning but now that I have my degree I can celebrate. I am really happy about it. I will be going to MTSU to major in agriculture science,” said Agee.
Miller, son of Jason and Kacy Miller, said he had started thinking about one day taking the dual enrollment path as early as his middle school years.
“I owe this experience all to God and my Lord Jesus Christ,” said Miller. “It was something I have been wanting to do for a very long time and now I am glad I have a little bit of a head start. I just made sure I stayed on top of my assignments and didn’t procrastinate and because of that it has all come together for me. I will now be working toward my bachelor’s degree in exercise science at Tennessee Tech University and after achieving that I plan to go to Life College in Georgia, a chiropractic school and one day become a licensed chiropractor,” added Miller.
Class of 2023 Rewarded for Academic and Athletic Achievement
May 10, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
Dozens of seniors at DCHS were rewarded for years of academic and athletic achievements during Tuesday evening’s senior awards night program held in the high school gym.
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Click on the link below to view the senior formals.
The commencement for the Class of 2023 will be Friday night, May 12 at 7 p.m. on the DCHS football field.
The following are the scholarship and award winners listed alphabetically by last name:
Stetson Agee: DeKalb County Cattlemen’s Association -$500; Officer Joe Bowen Memorial-$500; DeKalb County Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers-$500; DeKalb County Soil Conservation District-$350; MTSU True Blue-$14,000; and Motlow State Community College Associates Degree
Amelia Atnip: Salutatorian; MTSU Presidential Scholarship-$18,000 and Tennessee Tech University Presidential Scholarship-$16,000.
Cameron Bailey: Tennessee Tech University Joe and Anne Eaton Engineering Endowed Scholarship-$5,200
Colby Barnes: Coach Jerry Foster Memorial Scholarship-$500; Officer Joe Bowen Memorial-$500; Clyde Thomas Family Trust-$5,000; Brenda Hooper Memorial presented by DCHS Class of 1975-$300; Jo Ellen Huffman & Ron Rogers Memorial 4-H Scholarship-$500
Alexandrea Beneke: Tennessee Tech University Athletic Scholarship
Cooper Brown: Tennessee Tech University Presidential Scholarship-$12,000
Isaac Brown: Tennessee Tech University Presidential Scholarship-$20,000
Serenity Burgess: Cumberland University Band Scholarship-$20,000; Louis Armstrong Award
Jadin Burke: Caney Fork Electric Essay Contest 2nd place winner-$100
Shan-Chih Chen: Joe Hearn Memorial Career and Technical Education Scholarship presented by the Alexandria Lions Club-$1,000; Talmadge Young Automotive Memorial-$300
Fernando Clavel: DeKalb County Soil Conservation District-$350; Lynn Leland Johnson Memorial FFA Agricultural Scholarship-$250
Gavin Conger: John Phillip Sousa Award
Zoe Cripps: Kyle & Kenny Robinson Memorial $1,000; Love-Cantrell Funeral Home-$250; UT-Chattanooga Provost Scholarship-$16,000; Tennessee Tech University Presidential Scholarship-$16,000;
Luke Driver: Gene Haas Scholarship-$2,000; Joe Hearn Memorial Career and Technical Education Scholarship presented by the Alexandria Lions Club-$1,000
Rebecca Eastes: Tennessee College of Applied Technology McMinnville
Noah Evans: MTSU Presidential Scholarship-$18,000; Tennessee Tech University Presidential Scholarship-$16,000
Aniston Farler: Tennessee Tech University Golden Opportunity-$6,000
Katherine Gassaway: 3.21 Run for Down Syndrome Awareness Scholarship-$250; Love-Cantrell Funeral Home-$250; Clyde Thomas Family Trust Scholarship-$1,000; DCHS Class of 1966-$500; MTSU True Blue-$14,000; UT-Knoxville Orange and White Scholarship-$6,000.
Allison Gay: Clyde Thomas Family Trust Scholarship-$1,000; Liberty State Bank-$1,000
Malcolm Gora: Caney Fork Electric Essay Contest 1st place winner-$1,000, Caney Fork Electric Essay Contest Regional Winner-$100; Caney Fork Electric Essay Contest State 2nd place winner-$2,000; Woodmen Life US History Award-$50; Tennessee Tech University Presidential Scholarship-$16,000
Aaron Gottlied: Milligan University/ Academic/Athletic Scholarship-$110,000
Nolan Gottlied: Cumberland University/Academic/Athletic Scholarship-$130,000
Alyzandra Griffith: Clyde Thomas Family Trust Scholarship-$1,000; MTSU Presidential Scholarship-$18,000; Upper Cumberland Association of Realtors- $250; UT-Knoxville Orange and White Scholarship-$6,000; Tennessee Tech University Presidential Scholarship-$16,000
Emma Hancock: UT-Martin Dean Scholarship-$8,000; Tennessee Tech University Presidential Scholarship-$16,000
Christian Hendrixson: Clyde Thomas Family Trust Scholarship-$1,000; Tennessee Tech University Presidential Scholarship-$12,000
Chandler Johnson: HOSA Blood Assurance Scholarship-$250; Tennessee EMS Education Association Scholarship-$500; DeKalb County Emergency Services Association Scholarship-$500; Motlow State Community College Associates Degree; Tennessee Tech University Presidential Scholarship-$16,000
Emma Johnson: Clyde Thomas Family Trust Scholarship-$1,000; DeKalb Fishing Team Scholarship-$500; Motlow State Community College Associates Degree; DeKalb County Board of Education Members Scholarship-$700
Ean Jones: Clay Edwards Memorial Tiger Pride Scholarship-$500; Lindsey Wilson College Athletic Scholarship-$72,000
Jacklyn Kleparek: Officer Joe Bowen Memorial Scholarship-$500; DeKalb County Retired Teachers Scholarship-$300; Southern Landscape Supply/Diamond 9 Sports Student Athlete Scholarship-$250; DCHS FCCLA Culinary Scholarship-$250; Jo Ellen Huffman & Ron Rogers Memorial 4-H Scholarship-$500; US Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award; Tennessee Tech University Golden Opportunity-$6,000; Tennessee Tech University W. Doyle and Melford Smith Scholarship-$3,000
Hannah Lohorn: Love-Cantrell Funeral Home-$250
Sadreanna Magallanes: Caney Fork Electric Essay Contest 3rd place winner-$75
Emma Martin: American Legion Auxiliary Girls State
Kiley Martin: Caney Fork Electric Essay Contest 4th place winner-$50
Devin Maxwell: US Marine Corps Enlistment
Aleaha Miller: Eddie Crips Memorial Scholarship-$1,000; DeKalb County Retired Teachers-$300; DeKalb County Board of Education Members Scholarship-$700
Cameron Miller: Kyle & Kenny Robinson Memorial-$1,000; Ascension St. Thomas DeKalb Hospital-$400; Auburn University All Orange Scholarship-$12,000; Love-Cantrell Funeral Home-$250; Clyde Thomas Family Trust Scholarship-$1,000; MTSU Presidential Scholarship-$18,000
Ryder Miller: MTSU True Blue-$14,000; Tyler Vanhoose Memorial-$2,000; Motlow State Community College Associates Degree; Tennessee Tech University Presidential Scholarship-$12,000
Breanna Millsap: MTSU True Blue-$14,000
Samantha Murphy: DeKalb County Cattlemen’s Association-$500; DeKalb County Soil Conservation District-$350
Matthew Nokes: Cumberland University Presidential Award Scholarship; MTSU Presidential Scholarship-$18,000; Tennessee Tech University Presidential Scholarship-$16,000
Sheridan O’Conner: Love-Cantrell Funeral Home-$250; University of Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship-$12,000; US Marine Corps Scholastic Excellence Award
Jonathan Garcia Ortega: US Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award and US Marine Corps Enlistment
Conner Paladino: MTSU Presidential Scholarship-$18,000
Katie Patterson: Love-Cantrell Funeral Home-$250; Clyde Thomas Family Trust Scholarship-$1,000; Tennessee Tech University Cracker Barrel Endowed Scholarship-$1,500
Alyssa Pugh: Smithville Business & Professional Women’s Club-$500; MTSU Blue Raider Scholarship-$1,000; MTSU Future Alumni Scholarship-$6,000
Elishah Ramos: Bethel University Athletic Scholarship-$36,000
Darrah Ramsey: Love-Cantrell Funeral Home-$250; Clyde Thomas Family Trust Scholarship-$1,000; MTSU True Blue-$14,000; UT-Knoxville Orange and White Scholarship-$6,000; Tennessee Tech University Presidential Scholarship-$12,000
McKenzie Sanders: Lucille Stewart Educational Award-$2,000; DCHS FCCLA TAP Scholarship-$250; DeKalb County Board of Education Members Scholarship-$700
Brayden Shehane: Clyde Thomas Family Trust Scholarship-$1,000; UT-Chattanooga Mocs Scholarship-$12,000
Logan Starkey: DeKalb County Junior Pro Basketball-$500; FirstBank-$1,000; Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award & Distinction- MTSU Presidential Scholarship-$18,000; Scottish Rite-$1,000; UT-Knoxville Orange and White Scholarship-$6,000; Tennessee Tech University Presidential Scholarship-$16,000
Hannah Swoape: US Marine Corps Semper Fidelis Award for Musical Excellence
Kenlee Taylor: Officer Joe Bowen Memorial Scholarship-$500
Sharon Bernardo Trejo – Tennessee College of Applied Technology McMinnville
Connor Vance: Tennessee Tech University Presidential Scholarship-$12,000
Elizabeth Vaughn: MTSU True Blue Scholarship-$14,000; Tennessee Tech University Presidential Scholarship-$12,000
Brett Walker: 3.21 Run for Down Syndrome Awareness Scholarship-$250; MTSU Blue Raider Scholarship-$1,000; MTSU Presidential Scholarship-$18,000; Tennessee Tech University Presidential Scholarship-$16,000
Layla Walker: Motlow State Community College Associates Degree; Tennessee Tech University Presidential Scholarship-$12,000
Morgan Walker: Ascension St. Thomas DeKalb Hospital-$400; Clyde Thomas Family Trust Scholarship-$1,000
Liam Wallace: Clyde Thomas Family Trust Scholarship-$1,000; DTC Communications Audio/Visual Scholarship for Excellence-$1,000; Tennessee Tech University Presidential Scholarship-$16,000
Carlee West: DeKalb County Junior Pro Basketball-$500
Robert Wheeler: Valedictorian; Alan Hooper Memorial-$500; Clyde Thomas Family Trust Scholarship-$1,000; University of Mississippi ACT Merit Scholarship-$98,880; University of Mississippi Valedictorian Scholarship-$6,000
Kaleb Wildes: Motlow State Community College Scholarship-$2,000
Jenna Wright: Love-Cantrell Funeral Home-$250; HOSA Blood Assurance Scholarship-$250; Tennessee EMS Education Association Scholarship-$500; Motlow State Community College Scholarship-$3,000; Tennessee Tech University Presidential Scholarship-$16,000
Kelbi Young: Tennessee Tech University Presidential Scholarship-$16,000; Southern Landscape Supply/Diamond 9 Sports Student Athlete Scholarship-$250; MTSU Presidential Scholarship-$18,000
DCHS Tigerettes Trying to Keep their District Tournament Hopes Alive
May 10, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
The DCHS Tigerettes will be hoping to keep their district tournament hopes alive tonight (Wednesday) at Lafayette.
Game time for the Tigerettes is at 8 p.m. and their opponent will be either White County or Stone Memorial. Those two teams will meet at 4 p.m.
The Tigerettes lost to Upperman on Tuesday afternoon 2 to 0 but then defeated Livingston Academy 11-8 Tuesday night in the losers bracket of the double elimination tournament being played at Macon County High School.
Meanwhile the DCHS Tiger Soccer team won Tuesday night 2-1 against Stone Memorial in the District 6 AA Semifinals. The Tigers will play in the Championship on Thursday at 6:00 against Cumberland Co. at White Co.
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