Clay Electric sending local high school students to Washington D.C.
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L-R: Youth Tour winners Bailey Williams, Lucas Higginbotham, Kahreem Golden and Wesley Sapp.
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS – Each year Clay Electric selects four high school juniors to enjoy an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. during the nation's Youth Week in June.
This year’s winners of the Youth Tour to Washington Contest are Kahreem Golden of Crescent City High School, Lucas Higginbotham of Fort White High School, Wesley Sapp of North Marion High School, and Bailey Williams of Clay High School. They will spend a week in Washington D.C. June 15-22.
Eighteen high school juniors, selected as representatives by their respective high schools, took part in this year’s Youth Tour program. The students traveled to Tallahassee Feb. 7-9, where they observed the state legislature in session, learned about the Florida Supreme Court, and competed to be one of the four students selected to visit Washington D.C. in June. As part of the competition, the students took a written quiz about electric cooperatives and gave a speech which was scored by a non-partisan panel of judges. The four individuals with the highest scores in both areas were chosen as the winners.
The Youth Tour program at Clay Electric was implemented in the summer of 1966. At that time two students were chosen to travel to Washington, D.C. through an essay contest. Add a comment Add a commentStudents’ creativity supports Art in City Hall
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The Alachua City Commission recently honored students from Sprout Learning Resourcesd in recognition of their excellence in art and participation in providing original art work to the city. The young artists had their artwork displayed through the month of February in the lobby of City Hall. Students recognized were Amanda Elwart, Merrill Jipson, Lydia Clark and Emilee McCuller. Also pictured are City of Alachua Mayor Gib Coerper and Sprout Learning Resources art instructor Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson.
Crisp winter day in Alachua
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The early morning sun and a quilt work of clouds stretched across the sky last Friday morning, casting long shadows across the grounds of Alachua City Hall.
Snapshots from area youth basketball
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Mebane Middle National Geographic bee
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Seventh grader R.J. Murphy won the Mebane Middle School geography bee, which was sponsored by National Geographic.
Contestants answered questions related to physical and cultural geography and population density around the world. After five rounds of rigorous questions, 11 students with the highest scores remained. They entered a tie-breaker round to determine who would fill the top 10 spots for the final rounds of questions. The top ten finalists were 7th grade students Connor Grady, R.J. Murphy, Tyler Owen, Connor Burgin, Evan McDonald and Tyler Baker, and 8th grade students Spencer Haire, Liam Zabek, Joshua Eang and Gary Corbett.
The 10 students faced off in competition for the first place medal. Once a contestant answered two questions incorrectly, they were eliminated from the final round. The competition was narrowed down to three contestants: Connor Grady, R.J. Murphy and Tyler Owen. After several more rounds of questions, the winner was determined, with Connor Grady coming in third and Tyler Owen taking second. The winner of the Geography Bee was 7th grader R.J. Murphy.
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