On Thursday, May 3 twenty-two Griffin High School students were inducted into the National Honor Society. These students have maintained a 93% average throughout their high school careers. In order to become More »
April’s PBIS students have been chosen! These students are chosen from each academy for exhibiting positive behavior. The overall winner, who won the drawing for $25.00, is Nilay Patel from the Engineering More »
Wednesday April 18, the Healthcare Science students hosted Guest Speaker Dr. Leo Ovadje MD Board Certified Nephrology and Internal Medicine of Caritas Medical Center. Dr Ovadje presentation included a PowerPoint Presentation and More »
The Kiwanis Club of Griffin on Wednesday awarded 14 scholarships to local high school students worth a total of $15,500. The funds for those scholarships came from the money the Kiwanis Club More »
Jed Paz has been selected to participate in the 2012 Governor’s Honors Program with a major in Engineering. The Governor’s Honors Program is a four-week summer residential instructional program designed to provide More »
On Thursday, May 3 twenty-two Griffin High School students were inducted into the National Honor Society. These students have maintained a 93% average throughout their high school careers. In order to become a member of the National Honor Society, they were required to submit a record of their leadership, service and character and an essay to the Faculty Council. The Faculty Council had to approve each member before they could be asked to join the National Honor Society.
To maintain membership in the National Honor Society they are required to maintain their scholastic average, continue to exhibit leadership qualities in school and the community, keep their discipline record spotless, and perform school and community service until graduation. By accepting the invitation to become a member of the National Honor Society these students have pledged to adhere to the required standards.
Griffin High School is extremely proud of these students and all of their accomplishments!
Claudia Adame
Cody Bennett
Illyanna Berry
Angel Crawford
Bradley Durden
Robyn Hardaway
Kalesia Henderson
Tyler Hendrix
Rebecca-Rosalie Hill
Xandria Hosely
Jasmine Jackson
Jessica Johnson
Ronald Kelley
Christina Odom
Joni Patterson
Jed Paz
Cleopatra Randolph
Abigail Savage
Aaron Trimble
Michelina Walcott
Kevedis Watson
Jeremy Wells
April’s PBIS students have been chosen! These students are chosen from each academy for exhibiting positive behavior. The overall winner, who won the drawing for $25.00, is Nilay Patel from the Engineering Academy. Kristen Davis (Freshman), Malik White (Consumer Science), and Jacob Maddox (Fine Arts) are also recognized and received a certificate. We would like to thank them for their positive behavior!
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| Nilay Patel | Jacob Maddox |
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| Malik White | Kristin Davis |
Wednesday April 18, the Healthcare Science students hosted Guest Speaker Dr. Leo Ovadje MD Board Certified Nephrology and Internal Medicine of Caritas Medical Center. Dr Ovadje presentation included a PowerPoint Presentation and handouts on Managing Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease. Healthcare Science, Math, ROTC and Science Students attended the session.
Wednesday April 4 Healthcare Science students hosted Guest Speaker Dr. Robert Hayden D.C., PhD, F.I.C.C. of Iris City Chiropractic Center. Dr. Hayden’s presentation informed students of setting and obtaining goals in healthcare, Chiropractic Medicine, Cardiovascular Clinic Nurse Specialist and Intern opportunities.
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| Dr. Ovadje | Dr. Hayden |
The Kiwanis Club of Griffin on Wednesday awarded 14 scholarships to local high school students worth a total of $15,500.
The funds for those scholarships came from the money the Kiwanis Club generated during its most recent Pancake Day in February.
According to Scholarship Committee Chairman Larry Foster, the Kiwanis Club had received 37 scholarship applications this year, and in order to qualify, students had to be graduating high school students, be attending college for the first time and reside or attend high school in Spalding County.
The Kiwanis Club handed out 10 William A. Gregory scholarships of $1,000 each. The recipients were Ashlyn Coffey, Alexa Haines, Sarah Hill, Natalia Jones, Holli Kulp, Bethany Lopinsky, Emily Peek, Leah Slaughter, Allison Waters and Alex Wood.
Read more: Kiwanis scholarships total $15,500 by Thomas Hoefer
Jed Paz has been selected to participate in the 2012 Governor’s Honors Program with a major in Engineering.
The Governor’s Honors Program is a four-week summer residential instructional program designed to provide intellectually gifted and artistically talented high school students challenging and enriching educational opportunities not usually available during the regular school year. Activities are designed to provide each participant with opportunities to acquire the skills, knowledge and attitudes to become independent, life-long learners. GHP is fully-funded by the Georgia General Assembly, and operates at no cost to the participant.
More than 2,900 students from across the state, representing 1% of all sophomores and juniors of public, private, and home schools, were nominated last fall by their schools in twenty separate majors. These nominees attended state-level interviews in January and February, where panels of judges and interviewers applied the program’s selection criteria to select 690 finalists.
The finalists will attend the program this summer at Valdosta State University, from June 24 through July 21. They will attend classes in their major, select another area for their minor, and participate in seminars, activities, and performances. The intensity of the experience is almost universally described by its alumni as “life-changing.”
This summer will be the 49th program, which began in the summer of 1964. Georgia’s program is the longest continually running summer gifted program in the nation.
Jed is a joy to have in class or in an extracurricular activities. He is a leader and gives his all in everything that he does. Meeting deadlines, organization skills, committed, competitive, going the extra mile, and desire to achieve excellence are traits demonstrated by Jed on a daily basis here at Griffin High. Jed has discussed and shown his passion to become an engineer ever since I have known him. There is no doubt in my mind that Jed will follow his passion.
-Mr. Burrell
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| Jed Paz | Aaron Trimble, Mr. Simmons, Jamal Jordan,Kayla Brantley, Jed Paz, and Ashley Morgan |
Congratulations to the Boys Golf Team! Many of the players on our golf team have never played before and have worked very hard this season to improve their games. GHS’ golf team’s first match of the season was vs. Upson-Lee and we lost 226-206. However, we played them again yesterday and won 185-206, a forty stroke improvement. If you know any of the Golf team members please congratulate them on their win yesterday! Names and scores are listed below top 4 scores are calculated for the team score.
Name Score
Mahlon Robinson 42
Johnathon Frost 46
Jake Hornsby 47
James Stamey 50
Ryan Cochran 53
Chip Daniels 57
Parents/Guardians:
The Griffin-Spalding County School System (GSCS) needs your help evaluating parent involvement programs and school quality for the 2011-2012 school year. Please take a few minutes to complete our Spring Parent Questionnaire, which will help us know how to meet the interests and needs of your family effectively. Please answer each question as openly and honestly as possible, your answers will be anonymous. Only one survey should be completed per household.
To take the survey online, you can access it by following the link below or by visiting the Griffin-Spalding County School System website.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Spring2012ParentSurvey
Thank you for participating. We appreciate and value your opinions. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or would like any further information.
During the SkillsUSA State competition, March 15-17, 2012, Griffin High School students represented their school very well through their professionalism and skills. Griffin High School had two-students to compete. Stanley Laster competed in Masonry along with twenty-seven other contestants/schools, and Tyler Hendrix competed in Carpentry along with twenty-three other contestants/schools. Laster did not place in Masonry but based on my professional opinion he was in the top five. Tyler Hendrix, 1st Place, Gold Medal winner will go on to compete in the 48th Annual National Leadership and Skills Conference, Saturday, June 23 – Wednesday, June 27, 2012 in Kansas City, Missouri.
After the awards ceremony, Tyler received some very nice carpentry tools, and he stated to Mr. Preston, “This is the first time I have won something like this; I am the best carpenter in the state of Georgia.” Mr. Preston stated, “Yes you are and you will go on to represent the state of Georgia at the Nationals in Kansas City, Missouri.” If you have seen the look on this young mans face you will realize why I do what I do. I love my job. Tyler’s final remark to me was how can I afford to eat for a whole week in Kansas City. He was told not to worry about that.
Tyler Hendrix
