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Each week during the school year The Reporter spotlights activities and achievements of students,
faculty and staff at a different Monroe County school. Thank you to Erin Carr, media specialist, for
news from Hubbard Elementary. Next week look for news from T. G. Scott Elementary. Email
school-related news, including items for "Monroe in College," to Diane Ghdewell at news<~mymcr.net
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4th grade students were getting ready to "Knock the
Milestones out of the Park."
The 4th graders here at Hubbard Elementary have
worked so hard and diligently. The students were excited
to show what they know on the Milestonestests.
They created promises for doing their best on the tests.
Some of the "Promises" were: "I will take my time" "I will
read all of the questions," "I will check my work" and "I
will get a good night's rest."
After the students created their "Game Day Promise"
they signed a Pledge to say they will do their best on the
Milestones.
Hubbard Elementary first
graders build greenh0use
Hubbard Elementary's first todrill holes for PVC pipe principles, with kids tackling cold winter months! Right
graders have been work- placement, cut PVC columns the very real question of now, they have half of a wall
ing diligently to finish their to size, and even help to how to grow affordable and completed (that's a lot of
greenhouse, secure part of the first wall to healthy food in all types of work for six year olds!), and
Just in the last month, they go up! weather, they are looking forward to
have watched as the frame This greenhouse is the cul- With the greenhouse, finishing the remainder of the
has gone up to their specifica- mination of a year-long study they hope to be able to grow greenhouse before the end of
tions. They have been excited of both plants and economic vegetables even during the the school year.
2nd graders give Hubbard
a peartreef0r Earth Day
Mrs. Burgess' 2nd grade dass at Hubbard
Elementary celebrated Earth Day by plant-
ing a Flowering Pear tree on campus. Each
student learned how to properly plant a tree.
First, they dug a small hole and made a
cone of dirt in the bottom of the hole. Next
students placed the tree in the hole and
spread the roots of the tree evenly around the
cone. Lastly they made sure the crown, where
the roots met the trunk, stayed above the top
of the soil.
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H & R Block presented
the Hubbard Alumni As-
sociation with $720 raised
through its Non-Profit
Referral Program. Lillian
Davis, who is an officer
with HAA and also works
with H & R Block, ex-
plained that every new H
& R Block client is offered
the opportunity to have the
company contribute to the
non-profit of their choice
from local programs regis-
tered with the company.
"It is an honor for H&R
Block to be able to contrib-
ute to an organization such
as the Hubbard Almnni
Association;' said District
Manager Michael Morris.
"We value their partnership
and we look forward to our
continued relationship."
Sponsors and contribu-
tors played a major role
in making the Hubbard
Alumni Association
Celebration a success.
The group will be able
to provide four $1,000
scholarships to graduat-
ing Mary Persons seniors
this year with funds raised.
The HAA Banquet raised
$5,115.
Sponsors of the Hubbard
Alumni Celebration: Sum-
merset, an Assisted Living
Community; Georgia
Power Company; Flow-
ers by Helen; Mr. & Mrs.
Joseph W. Evans, Majic
100 FM Classic Soul Hits;
WATS International-Certi-
fied Minority Owned Hrm;
Persons Banking Com-
pany; United Bank; The
Monroe County Reporter;
Promotional assistance
provided by the City of
Forsyth Convention and
Visitors Bureau.
Contributors: H&R
Block; Freeman Funeral
Home; 1st Franklin Hnan-
cial; Mr. & Mrs. George
Willis; Mr. & Mrs. Ma-
cArthur Stewart; CoTique
Boutique; Mr. & Mrs.
Charles Dumas; Mr. & Mrs.
Todd Tolbert; Mr. & Mrs.
Randy Brittain; Mr. & Mrs.
Hugh Sosebee Jr.; State
Farm Tommy Johnston,
Mr. & Mrs. Dustin But-
tigieg, Dr. Margie Bryant;
Mrs. Margaret Moye; Mr.
& Mrs. George Berry; Mike
Hickman Sr.
H & R Block District Manager Mike Morris and his wife,
Maria, were able to represent H & R Block at the HAA
Banquet on April 21. Pictured above, left to right, are
Maria Morris, Juanita Pitts, Mike Morris and Lois Allen.
(Photo/Diane Glidewell)
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Shea Sparks of
Forsyth,
a Georgia State Uni-
versity undergraduate
student studying Neurosci-
ence, earned second place
at the 2018 Georgia State
Undergraduate Research
Conference (GSURC).
Sparks' research was
showcased in a poster pre-
sentation entitled, "Identi-
fication and Distribution of
the Chemoreceptor Protein
IR25a in the Spiny Lobster,
Pantrlirus argus" This year
more than 300 Geor-
gia State undergraduate
students from a variety of
academic disciplines were
selected to give presenta-
tions. Students shared their
findings through oral pre-
sentations, posters, artistic,
displays and performances.
For more information
about GSURC please visit
gsurc.honors.gsu.edu.
The following local
residents were recently
initiated into The Honor
Society of Phi Kappa Phi,
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Certified Public Accountants
68 North Jackson Street Forsyth
(p) 478-994-1820 (f) 478-994-3102
www.hopkinscpaga.com
Serving Forsyth for more than 40years~
the nation's oldest and most
selective collegiate honor
society for all academic
disciplines.
Patsy Butts of Forsyth
was initiated at Univer-
sity of West Georgia.
Rebecca Sparks of
Forsyth was initiated at
Georgia College & State
University. They are among
approximately 30,000
students, faculty, profes-
sional staff and alumni to
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be initiated into Phi Kappa
Phi each year. Member-
ship is by invitation only
and requires nomination
and approval by a chapter.
Only the top 10 percent
of seniors and 7.5 percent
of juniors are eligible for
membership. Graduate stu-
dents in the top 10 percent
of the number of candi-
dates for graduate degrees
may also qualify, as do fac-
ulty, professional staff and
alumni who hai, e achieved
scholarly distinction.
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