DeKalb West School 8th Graders Honored

May 19, 2021
By: Bill Conger

DeKalb West School honored the 36 students of its 8th grade class in a ceremony Tuesday (May 18) morning.

Kenson Moss ranked #1 in his class with a grade point average of 3.902 followed by Emily Young with a GPA of 3.778, Caroline Crook, 3.748, Thomas Damron, 3.682, and Bradley Pelham, 3.573.

Named to the Principal’s list (All A Honor Roll) were Caroline Crook, Thomas Damron, Chloe Dies, Kenson Moss, Bradley Pelham, and Emily Young. On the A & B Honor Roll were Lauren Fry, Wesley Kent, Caleb Lawson, and Bryna Pelham. In the subject awards Kenson Moss picked up certificates for Algebra I, English Language Arts, History, and Science; Emily Young took home certificates for ELA, History, and Science; Caleb Lawson and Bryna Pelham won the Math award.

Chloe Dies, Caleb Lawson, Emily Young, and Noah Shoffner were honored with the Citizenship Award. The Most Improved went to Allie Overstreet, Bryson Stanley, Elijah Davis, and Tyler Jackson. Owen Coffee, Bradley and Bryna Pelham received the 4 PAWS Award. Lauren Fry was presented with the Mrs. Georgia Young Award. Computer awards went to Ava Cantrell, Rebecca Gingerich and Jonathan Stanley, Library awards went to Emily Young and Hailey Redmon, Music Awards went to Jordyn Turbeville and Chloe Cook, P.E. certificates went to Dakota Allen and Andy Shahan, STEAM award went to Lauren Fry and Christian Hale and the Guidance awards went to Jordyn Turbeville and Sadie Strawser. The Jr. Beta Club Cumulative Service Award was given to Thomas Damron for the Most Overall Hours since becoming a member with 105.5.

Librarian Amanda Mullinax presented the 2020-2021 Top Readers awards to Wesley Kent and Hailey Redmon from Sean Antoniak’s homeroom and Bradley Pelham and Caroline Crook from Karen France’s homeroom. Cheyenne Young earned the Accuracy Award for scoring 95% or better on her Accelerated Reader quizzes. Kenson Moss received a certificate for 1,000+ AR points; Thomas Damron, 800 pts, Caroline Crook, 600 pts, Chloe Dies, Wesley Kent, Hailey Redmon, and Bradley Pelham, 500 pts, Bryna Pelham, 400 pts, Lauren Fry, Rebecca Gingerich, and Daniel Stiffler, 300 pts, Chloe Cook, 200 pts, and Bryson Stanley, 100 pts.

The following students were recognized at the 8th grade recognition: Dakota Allen, Caroline Crook, Thomas Damron, Elijah Davis, Caleb Finocchiaro, Lauren Fry, Rebecca Gingerich, Tyler Jackson, Bradley Pelham, Bryna Pelham, Andrew Shahan, Noah Shoffner, Daniel Stiffler, Jordyn Turbeville, Danny Vandyne, Cheyenne Young, and Emily Young from Karen France’s homeroom; Grant Buterbaugh, Ava Cantrell, Owen Coffee, Chloe Cook, Kememreail Crutcher, Chloe Dies, Christian Hale, Tryton Hartle, Alexis Haugh, Wesley Kent, Caleb Lawson, Kenson Moss, Haley Murphy, Allie Overstreet, Hailey Redmon, Bryson Stanley, Jonathan Stanley, and Sadie Strawser from Sean Antoniak’s homeroom.

May 18, 2021
By: Bill Conger

6th grader Ethan Brown won the two top DeKalb West School library awards this school year. For the second year in a row, he was presented with the Mrs. Sabrina Farler Principal’s Award. For 2020-2021 he had the most yearly Accelerated Reader points with 397.8. He also earned the prestigious Mrs. Amanda Mullinax Librarian’s Award for the most Accelerated Reader points with 1,607.2

“I am truly proud of Ethan for all his reading achievements!” Mullinax said. “He is a very intelligent young man with a bright future ahead. I hope he continues to read, enjoy, and learn.”

Ethan, the son of Mark and Galen Brown, says he first realized he had a joy for reading in 3rd grade when he discovered the book, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, by Rick Riordan.

“I liked its length, and it was fun to read,” Ethan Brown told Bulldog Tracks. “My favorite series is The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini.”

Ethan this year received a certificate for accuracy. He was a member of the 100 points club twice this year and Top Reader for his homeroom. In his academic history at DWS, he has taken 689 AR quizzes.

It’s hard to find a time when this intelligent young man doesn’t have at least two fiction books in his hands.

“I like to have a book with me in case I finish one because I do most of my reading at home,” Brown explains. “If I’m at home and I finish a book and I want to keep reading, it’s handy to have the next one with me.”

“My parents always read books with me when I was young. We were going through my closet, which is a mess and I had a shelf with some books on it and we were throwing out some that I had never read and some that I want to throw out that they wouldn’t let me because I guess for sentimental value like The Hungry Dinosaur.

Ethan reads for the love of it and has certainly seen the benefit to his education.

“Reading helps with grades a lot, and it also helps me build vocabulary. Pretty much anyone who has ever met me knows I have an enormous vocabulary.”

An academic standout, Ethan is a member of the Junior Beta Club, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the DWS Bulldog basketball team.

While Ethan has achieved a remarkably high 1,600 Accelerated Reader points, he has his sights set on a higher goal.

“Before I leave this school, I do definitely want to hit 2,000 points, which I feel like is possible because I’m still a 6th grader. I’ve got two more years.

May 18, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

Smithville Elementary held its annual school-wide Fun Day on Friday, May 14, where SES students enjoyed a day full of special activities and treats. Also on Friday, SES was presented with an unexpected and generous donation from community members and SES families to help make the Fun Day even more amazing for SES students. “Lack of fundraising opportunities for our school has been one of the many struggles we have faced since the pandemic began in 2020. The surprise donations that were gifted to our school contributed to a very successful day for our students! With the generous donations that were received, every student in our school received a snow cone from Central Ice Shack, participated in fun and exciting activities, and enjoyed an interactive presentation from ‘The Science Guy.’ The outpouring of support and love from our community is a true testament to the heart of the people of DeKalb County and on behalf of the faculty, staff, and students of Smithville Elementary, we are very grateful to be part of such an amazing community and would like to say THANK YOU for supporting our Wildcats!,” said Principal Summer Cantrell.

SES would like to recognize the following people for their contributions to school-wide Fun Day: SES Faculty and Staff, Central Ice Shack, Mr. Richie The Science Guy, and Trent Colwell with DJ T Entertains for donating his time, supplies, expertise and equipment for the dance party.

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