Spotlight
Congratulations to Meredith Daniel of Double Springs! Meredith won The "Magic City Invite" at Mountain Brook Saturday, January 28, 2012. She won the Level 9 All-Around with a score of 35.850, won the Bars with a 8.475, won the Beam with a 9.050, placed 2nd on Floor with a 9.175, and placed 3rd on Vault with a 9.150. She will be competing in meets in Chicago, Illinois, Charleston, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia in the coming weeks as well as the Alabama State Meet in Tuscaloosa at the end of March.
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Jake Jauch, Addison High School class of 2009, signs
a copy of his second book in his Banished Land series. He donated this
book, The Turning, to the Addison High School Library. His books are
available at abbottpress.com, Barnes and Noble, and Amazon. Addison High
will be hosting a book talk and signing in the near future.
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Congratulations to Anna Kate who represented Winston County in the
2012 Distinguished Young Women of Alabama. We are very proud of her!
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Congratulations to Mrs. Denise Sibley of Addison High School for completing her Educational Leadership Doctorate.
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Congratulations to the Addison High School Varsity Volleyball team for being Class 1A State Runner-Up.
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Jalen, an eighth grade student at Double Springs Middle School this
fall, received the Coaches Award in the SEC Division at the NIKE Elite
Basketball Camp (June 25 through July 1) at Homewood Middle School. Way
to go Jalen, you represented DSMS very well!
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Congratulations to WCHS students Elijah Posey and Tyler Cagle. Elijah placed 2nd in oratory; prepared speech on volunteerism and Tyler placed 2nd in special talent; vocal solo/guitar piece "If You're Readin' This" at the Sr. High Beta Club National Convention in Nashville, TN. June 2011.
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Congratulations to WCHS student Bella Martinez for placing 3rd at the National Jr. Beta Convention in the speech competition. She has won first place at the state level three years in a row and has placed all three times she has attended Nationals. This success in speech is one in which very few, if any, has ever accomplished. Also competing at Nationals was Fallon Christian in English and Hayden Hodge in watercolor painting. They both represented WCHS and Double Springs Middle School very well.
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2011 Winston County Science Fair Photostory
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Congratulations to Anna Kate West of Winston County High School! Anna Kate was named Winston County's Distinguished Young Woman of 2012 and will receive a $1000 scholarship from the Winston County Arts Council.
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Lynn Elementary School-Mrs. Lisa Cagle was named the VFW Teacher of
the Year for 2010-2011. She was awarded this for her teaching and
promotion of patriotism in her classes. Congratulations!
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Lynn Elementary School supports St. Jude's Hospital.
Thanks Mrs. Denise Cagle for helping us support St. Jude's and
children's cancer research.
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Congratulations to Addison High School's Sadie Beam
for placing 1st in the javelin and Jesse Seales for
placing 1st in the high jump at the state track meet.
Congratulations to the Addison High Schools girls track team
for finishing 3rd in the state track meet.
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Congratulations to Meredith Daniel! She won the long jump Tuesday, May 3rd at the Sectional Track Meet in Winfield. She jumped 16' 2" and three quarters. She also made it to state in the high jump and relay. We are so proud of you. Meredith is an 7th Grade student at DSMS.
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Congratulations to Meredith from Double Springs Middle
School. Meredith won the Level 9 All-Around Gymnastics State
Championship in Huntsville, AL on March 25 with a score of 36.275. She
also won the State Title on Bars with a score of 9.250, and won the
State Title on Vault with a score of 9.125. She finished 3rd on Beam
with an 8.850 and 3rd on Floor with an 9.075. Meredith also qualified to
go to Regionals in New Orleans, LA in April.
We are all very proud of her!
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Congratulations to the 2011 WCHS Key Club for the
following District Convention Awards:
1st Place in the Clarence Brooker Non-Traditional Scrapbook
1st Place in Video; 1st Place John H White Achievement Award Platinum
Division; 2nd Place in Club Skit; 3rd Place in Non-Digital Poster; 3rd
Place in District Project Overall Fundraising ($3,000); 2010-2011
Distinguished Club; Received the Keeping Promises Patch; Received the
UNICEF Patch.
Individual winners: Hannah Jacobs and Macie Dodson-1st
Place Talent; Jessica Bloom-1st Place Oratory; Bella Martinez-2nd Place
Oratory; Tyler Cagle, Tyler Marks, Will Hodge, & Spencer Sawyer-2nd
Place Talent; Kaci Cagle received a Kiwanis Matching Scholarship $1,000;
Lucas Posey received a Matt Palys Memorial Scholarship $500; Macie
Dodson was installed as Lt. Governor Division 7.
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Congratulations to these 2011 WCHS Senior BETA State winners:
Heaven Williams-1st Place Poetry
Tyler Cagle-1st Place Special Talent
Elijah Posey-1st Place Oratory
Rachel Roberson-1st Place Counted Cross Stitch
Taylor Daniel-2nd Place Black & White Photography People and also 2nd
Place Arts & Crafts Sweepstakes
Will Hodge-2nd Place Social Studies
Macie Dodson-2nd Place Color Photography People
Holly Comeens-3rd Place Other Needlework
Quiz Bowl Team-2nd Place (Jessica Bloom, Spencer Christian, Alex Myrick,
Lucas Posey)
Will Hodge received the John W. Harris Leadership Award
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Congratulations to WCHS 9th grade students Isabella Martinez and Fallon Christian for their State Beta Convention wins. Isabella placed first in Speech and Fallon placed second in English. Fallon took a test that consisted of grammar and literature questions and competed with about 60 other people. Isabella competed with about 30 others. We are very proud of them!
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2011 Miss Free State of Winston Results
Junior Division:
Winner - Sydney Chambers; 1st Alternate - Destiny Knight; 2nd Alternate
- Ashlyn Steele; 3rd Alternate - Ali Aderholt; 4th Alternate - Erica
Roberson; Miss Congeniality - Markeia Fell; Miss Photogenic - Ali
Aderholt
Senior Division:
Winner - Raven Brown; 1st Alternate - Kapsey Hyche; 2nd Alternate -
Lindsey Knight; 3rd Alternate - Amanda Tittle; 4th Alternate - Cadi
Hardy; Miss Congeniality - Nat Augustinova; Miss Photogenic - Amanda
Tittle
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Congratulations to our Cheerleaders! Final results from Orlando, Florida - Meek High received 3rd Place & Winston County High received 4th Place! View video at varsity.com - choose small varsity non tumbling.
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Winston County 2011 Spelling Bee Winners
Champion--Brook R.--Meek High School
Runner-Up--Erik M.--Addison High School
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Congratulation to Alex Scott of Addison High School for winning the Region Six - Bryant/Jordan Scholar Athlete Award. She will receive $1500- $2,000 in scholarship money along with participating in the State Bryant/Jordan Award banquet on April 11, 2011.
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We are proud of you! Winston County has two teachers who have met all requirements to become a National Board Certified Teacher. Congratulations to Marcie Hill, Addison Elementary School, and Dalina Hunter, Addison High School for meeting those standards. The ability to complete the process and the commitment to the challenge of the extraordinary professional development journey magnifies the dedication to the profession and to the students.
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Congratulation to the following ALFA contest winners:
Zachary Tidwell, a ninth grader from WCHS, for winning
the essay contest (7-9th grade division) ; Macy Green, a sixth
grader from DSMS, won 1st place in the poster contest (grades
4-8th division) ; Kya Crooks, a third grader from DSES,
won 1st place in the poster contest (grades K-3rd division).
All have been sent to Montgomery to be entered in the state competition.
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Congratulation to Addison High senior Alex Scott who was named a state winner of the Wendy's High School Heisman. The Wendy's High School Heisman Program recognizes the nation's most esteemed high school senior men and women for excellence in academics, athletics & leadership.
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Congratulation to Addison High student Bethany Beasley for winning the 2010-2011 Huntsville Chapter Christopher Columbus essay contest of which she will receive a first place medal and certificate. Bethany's essay will now be sent to the state level.
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Congratulation to Kaitlin Parker of Addison High School for being selected to represent Winston County in the Alabama Jr. Miss Scholarship program. The program awards college scholarships to young women who have distinguished themselves at school and in their communities.
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Congratulation to the Meek High School Cheerleaders
for being the 2010 AHSAA State Champions! Over 1,200 cheerleaders from
71 teams participated in the 14th annual event administered by the
Universal Cheerleaders Association on November 20, 2010. The squads in the varsity and junior
classic competitions went through their routines before over 2,700 fans.
The Meek High Cheerleaders also won 1st place in the
North Alabama Regional Cheer Competition on November 6, 2010 where they
received an invitation to the National Cheerleading Competition in
Orlando, Florida in February 2011.
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Congratulation to Mrs. Dalina Hunter of Addison High School for achieving National Board Certification!
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Congratulation to Alex Scott of Addison High School for being named the state winner of the Wendy's High School Heisman. She will now be Alabama's representative for the national finalist competition.
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Congratulations to the Meek Band of Champions for Superior Ratings in the divisions of Band, Colorguard, Percussion and Drum Major. The band received Best In Class in Band and Drum Major. They also received the Challenge Cup for the 2nd year in a row (October 2010).
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Addison High's first cross-country team participated at Good Hope
Saturday, September 18, 2010. The team members include L to R: Dylan E., Kurtis R., Laura M., Tony B., Coach Randy White, Dustin B., and Jake B.
Laura placed 4th out of 70 runners. Congratulations to this team for
making history at Addison High School.
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Winston County students were selected and attended "Be Ready Camp" at
the Huntsville Space and Rocket Center during the week of Sept 7-11,
2010.
Shown here are Alexandria(Lynn Elementary) Cody(Lynn Elementary)
Adam(DSMS) Hunter(DSMS) Hayden(DSMS) Caitlyn(DSMS)
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Mrs. Barbara Cutcher of Addison High School applied for a community
grant July 2010 to purchase reading materials. The check was presented
to Mrs. Cutcher and Mr. Smothers by Wal-Mart employee Yogi Cutcher.
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Congressman Robert Aderholt and VFW Post #4543 visited Lynn
Elementary on 8-23-10 to present and American Flag that had been flown
over our nation's capital to Principal Sara Ritter.
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