Westminster Excels at Region 4AAA Literary Competition
Congratulations to the students competing at the Region Meet on March
10! Out
of six schools competing, Westminster came in second overall. Students
placing first and second at Region go on to compete at State next
Thursday, March 18, at Valdosta State University. We have students
competing at the State level in 6 of 14 possible categories. In the
Essay category, we have students competing in all 3 events.
Aaron Harris - 1st place, Personal Essay
McCamy Pruitt - 1st place, Rhetorical Essay
Robert MacDonell - 2nd place, Argumentative Essay
Maggie Salley - 1st place, Girls Solo
Garrett Brandenburg - 2nd place, Spelling
Ashley Strother and Joyce Schuster - 2nd place, Duo Interpretation
The following students placed 3rd in their categories: Jason Bailey -
Humorous Interpretation; Mary Elizabeth Goodell - Dramatic
Interpretation; Elizabeth Gay, Maggie Salley, and Becca Thompson - Girls
Trio; Lila Capps - Piano; and Aaron Harris - National Extemporaneous
Speaking.
Well
done, team!
Exchange Students Need Host Homes
Westminster has been
involved with International Exchange (IE), a non-profit high school student
exchange program, for 15 years. Many of our school families have opened
their homes and shared their American way of life with exchange
students.
The school is looking
for three Westminster families to share their homes and culture with a
student from abroad for the 2010-2011 school year. We have two boys and one girl
from Germany who need a families to provide room, board, and a loving
environment. For more information, please email
mtebbs@wsa.net.
Trinity Hospital’s Junior Volunteer Program
Trinity Hospital is
currently accepting applications for its Summer Junior Volunteer Program.
Open to students ages 14-18, the program allows participants the opportunity
to interact with patients, employees and physicians in a formal healthcare
setting, with the option of serving in numerous medical departments.
Students are asked to commit to 75 hours over the course of the summer.
Anyone interested in participating should complete the
application and
mail it to the Human Resources department of Trinity Hospital by April 30.
Interviews will be conducted the first weeks in May.
Black and White Day
The second graders celebrated Black and White Day on Friday, March 5. This
day marked the culmination of their unit on penguins and the completion of
the novel, Mr. Popper's Penguins. Students and teachers dressed in black
and white, dined on fun black and white snacks, waddled instead of walk, and
even did a "Penguin Role-Play," pretending to be penguins guarding their
eggs while their mate went in search of food. It was a fun-filled day with
lots of penguin adventures!
Youth Leadership Conference at Westminster
On February 26 and 27, the annual Augusta Youth Leadership Conference
sponsored by the Military Order of the World Wars was held on our
campus. More than 60 students from 16 area high schools gathered for
this two-day conference. Westminster’s own Caitlin Capps, Eric Speese
and Ashley Strother were among those in attendance. The students heard
from area business owners, political leaders and Mike Ryan, editorial
page editor of The Augusta Chronicle. More information on the
conference is available in the
March 2010 edition of Officer Review.
Westminster was pleased to host such a fine event.
Click here to view pictures from the conference.
WSA Science Olympiad Team Placed Second out of 22 teams at the Region
Tournament
During the 2010 Science
Olympiad, our Westminster team placed well in several categories, which
allowed them to place second overall out of the 22 teams competing. Team
members included Joshua Coleman, Anna Hearon, Isaac Halverson, Jamison
Holgate, Robert MacDonell, Megan McGahee, Jep McNair, Emily Mecredy, Ben
Morgan, Robert Oakman, McCamy Pruitt, Ned Pruitt, David Robeson, Maggie
Snyder, and Catherine Zecha.
Below is a listing of the
events that our team members took fourth place or higher in during the
competition.
Anatomy & Physiology – 3rd
place
- Megan McGahee,
Emily Mecredy
Chem Lab – 4th place
- Robert MacDonell,
Emily Mecredy
Dynamic Planet – 4th place
- Megan McGahee,
Robert Oakman
Ecology – 3rd place
- Robert MacDonell,
David Robeson
ENVChem – 2nd place
- Robert MacDonell,
Ned Pruitt
Exp Design – 2nd place
- Isaac Halverson, Jamison Holgate,
Catherine Zecha
Forensics – 1st place -
Jamison Holgate,
Catherine Zecha
It’s About Time – 3rd place
- Robert Oakman,
David Robeson
Mission Possible – 1st place
-
Joshua Coleman,
McCamy Pruitt,
David Robeson
Picture This – 3rd place
-
Robert MacDonell,
Emily Mecredy,
Ned Pruitt
Remote Sensing – 3rd place
-
Jep McNair,
Ben Morgan
Click here to view a picture of the Science Olympiad
Team.
