RMS 2019-2020 Honors Week

Hello, everyone and welcome to the Russell Middle School Virtual Honors Week!  Each day this week, we will be highlighting student accomplishments throughout the 2019-2020 school year.  This is in place of our annual Honors Night ceremony. A new video will be uploaded here each day to showcase our award recipients and recognitions for the day. These awards and recognitions are “above the rest” and are considered as high honors in our school.  Congratulations to all of the students recognized this week! We are so proud of you!

Monday, May 11th Awards (transcript can be found below the video): 

KJ Long is the RMS Super Speller! After winning our school level Spelling Bee, KJ went on to win the District Level Bee and competed at Regionals.  Can you spell “congratulations”? Way to go, KJ!

The scientists tell us that we can’t be in person to present the next award.  Maybe these girls can invent a way for us to be back at RMS in August.  Congratulations to Emma Pitman for winning Gold and Natalie Mays for winning Silver at the Regional Science Fair!

The annual Winder Noon Lions Club Peace Poster Contest helps to spread peace throughout our community.  Mason Nguyen won our school level competition and went on to earn an Honorable Mention for Barrow County.  Mason, thanks for spreading peace during our time of need!

Did you know that FCCLA stands for “Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America”? These girls do! They worked very hard in STAR Events competition and made it to the state level.  Congratulations to Sophia Donovan and Courtney Johnson!

Ms. Harris’s Future Business Leaders of America students were rockstars at State Level Competition this year.  Ashton Brown, Justin Adeyeye, and Katey Maddalena all placed at State, proving that our future is in great hands!

This year’s Beta Club Convention theme was “Beta - As Far As You Can See”.  In keeping with recent tradition, these Russell students placed at State and will represent us in the upcoming virtual National Competition - Megan Tuz, Maya Tuz, Ethan Yang, Johnny Koss, and Henry Campbell.  As far as WE can see, you are all winners!

...and the beat goes on with Band recognitions.  These students passed through the first level audition process to participate in the District 14 Middle School Honor Band Clinic.  Congratulations to Henry Campbell, Connor Kruzich, Jackson Center, Nolan Tuttle, and Ben Ortiz-Centeno for this music-making accomplishment!

Music continues to make the world go round! In November, these students sang in the District 14 Middle School Honor Chorus at Brenau University.  They represented RMS very well, continuing the tradition of making harmony with others.  Way to go, Laura Lettau, Rose Thao, Selah Moore, Courtney Johnson, Simon Carnathan, Hannah Hathcock, Lexi Paduraru-Lambert, and Kara McDonald!

Tuesday, May 12th Awards (transcript can be found below the video):

Hello, everyone!  Welcome to Day Two of the RMS Virtual Honors Week!  Today, we are honoring students in three different categories.  First, we will start  with the Academic Content Area awards.The Academic Content Area award recipients are those who earned the highest average in each academic content area.

For 6th Grade English: Thalia Gallego-Ortiz & Josephine McElhannon
For 6th Grade Math: Cora Raybourn & Ryan York
For 6th Grade Science:  Mason Nguyen & Jason Adeyeye
For 6th Grade Social Studies: Cora Raybourn & Shelley Kindon
For 7th Grade English: Cruz Barrera & Grace Yang
For 7th Grade Math: Oscar Oviedo & Justin Adeyeye
For 7th Grade Science: Kyla Rundles & Nicole Vanegas Pineda
For 7th Grade Social Studies: Danielle Decker & Haley Hathcock
For 8th Grade English: Caleb Rogojan & Ethan Yang
For 8th Grade Math: Caleb Rogojan & Gage Kennedy
For 8th Grade Science: Isabella Johnson & Lacey Guthrie
For 8th Grade Social Studies:  Ni’Leah Moon & Lacey Guthrie
Congratulations to all of our Academic Content Area Award winners!
The President’s Award for Educational Excellence is awarded to students who have maintained a 90 or above in each academic class for 6th, 7th, and 8th grades AND have placed in the 85th percentile of the Georgia Milestones Assessment during their 7th grade year in either Reading or Math.  These students are: Moira Bailey, Benjamin Billa, Kayla Bradshaw, Christen “Kai” Brown, Henry Campbell, Simon Carnathan, Isabella Chavis, Anna Deaton, Brooklyn Garrett, Lacey Guthrie, Victoria Guzman, Hannah Hathcock, Kaitlyn Hoang, Jacob Hunter, Gage Kennedy, Taylor Kindon, Jason Lara Ramirez, Emma Lewis, John Marsh, Macy Mathews, Madilyn Miller, Victoria Nicholson, Ben Ortiz-Centeno, Makayla Quinn, Clayton Rice, Caleb Rogojan, Lily Senderhauf, Alaysia Suggs, Rose Thao, Megan Tuz, Si’mone Vegas, Payton Welch, Kyle White, Maylon White, Kaylah Xiong, Ewon Xiong, Ethan Yang, and Aeonah Yang.

Congratulations to these fine students for maintaining these grades throughout middle school!

Finally today, we are recognizing our Scholar Athletes.  This award is given to the 7th and 8th graders with the highest GPA for each sport.  We are proud of these students for their hard work and dedication to academics and athletics!

For Football: Desir Jacques, Jr. & Jacob Hunter
For Football Cheer: Katie Anderson & Kai Brown
For Volleyball: Brooke Thao & Tessa Sauls
For Boys Cross Country: Dalton Kay & Stephen Casey
For Girls Cross Country: Frances Beckemeyer & Victoria Guzman
For Boys Basketball: Desir Jacques, Jr. & Jadaan Cooper
For Girls Basketball: Isabella Harris & Rylie Beddingfield
For Basketball Cheer: Gracie Thomason & Lily Senderhauf
For Boys Track: Ashton Brown & Nathaniel “Gage” Kennedy
For Girls Track: Katie Anderson & Rylie Beddingfield

Day Three: Wednesday, May 13th Awards (transcript can be found below the video)

...and we’re back with Day Three of the RMS Virtual Honors Week!  These videos are also uploaded to our school’s website, which includes a daily transcript - special shout out to Mrs. Hollingsworth for making that possible!

Today, we start our Citizenship recognitions.  Citizenship students are individually selected by our faculty and staff members.  These students are “role model” students for working hard, persevering, and setting great examples for their peers.  This video highlights our 6th Grade Citizenship students.

Ms. Gibson - Gavin Rogers
Mrs. Scott - Thalia Gallego-Ortiz
Mrs. Chester - Emma Pitman
Ms. Mackenzie - Cora Raybourn
Mrs. McNeill - Molly Davis
Mrs. Byington - Nicholas Xiong
Mrs. Warren - Alie West
Mrs. Gunter - Elizabeth Ward
Mrs. Liu - Shelley Kindon
Mrs. Cates - Will LaRose
Mrs. Thebeau - Ryan “Joey” Rebstock 
Mr. Caffrey - Westley Booth
Ms. Dalton - Jeremiah Conn
Coach Moon - Markees Jackson
Mrs. Caputo - Raul Mendoza-Luquin
Mr. Taylor - Jasmine Johnson
Mrs. Peterson - Alexis Brock
Mr. Deardorff - Zariah Williams
Mrs. Zavadil - Jacob Bell
Mrs. Hollingsworth - Xaris Carnathan
Congratulations to the 6th Grade Citizenship Award Students! Join us tomorrow as we recognize the Principal’s Award recipients and the 7th Grade Citizenship students! Thanks for tuning in!

Thursday, May 14th Awards (transcript can be found below the video):

Hello again and welcome to Day Four of the Russell Middle Virtual Honors Week!  Today, we are recognizing students in the 7th grade for dedication, honor, and citizenship.

The Principal’s Award is given to the students who show respect and pride as they raise and lower our school’s flags on a daily basis.  We are grateful for their dedication and willingness to serve.  Congratulations to Ryan Patterson and Ryan West! Thank you for all you do!

And now onto our 7th Grade Citizenship students!  Again, these students have been selected by the faculty and staff members at RMS for their hard work and role model status!

Mrs. Daniel - Abigail Knight
Mrs. Bozeman - Alexia Paduraru-Lambert
Mrs. Cramer - Amaya McClain
Mrs. Crippen - Anna Sinquefield
Mr. Peterson - Brooke Ivey
Ms. Huddleston - Brooke Thao
Mrs. Roberts - Chanai Ellison
Mrs. Hart - Ciara Cha
Mrs. Deardorff - Gabby Coates
Mrs. Crawford - Hunter Barton
Mr. Loring - Jacob Young
Mrs. Schramm - Jaheim Smith
Ms. Harris - Keeyro Padilla-Martinez
Mrs. Paserchia - Kenady Bell
Mrs. Price - KJ Long
Mrs. Williams - Makenzie Jackett
Ms. Armenta - Miranda Palacios
Mrs. Olaker - Nathan Page
Mrs. Morris - Nicole Vanegas
Mrs. Carroll - Ryan West
Mr. Cleary - Selah Moore
Mrs. Shreve - Viri Brown

Be sure to come back tomorrow at 2pm as we put a wrap on Virtual Honors  Week!  We will be recognizing our REACH scholar, the DAR citizenship recipient, the Woodmen of the World History Award winner, and our  8th grade citizenship students. Thanks for tuning in!

Friday, May 15th Awards (transcript can be found below the video):

Welcome back to our final day of the RMS Virtual Honors Week! Today’s video features 8th Grade students and their accomplishments.

REACH Georgia is a mentorship and scholarship program that provides scholars with the academic, social, and financial support needed to graduate from high school, gain access to college and achieve post-secondary success.  Upon completion of the program, qualifying students earn a $10,000 scholarship towards their educational costs.  Students must meet several criteria for eligibility as well as complete an extensive application and interview process.  Once chosen, the REACH scholar must maintain participation in the program throughout 8th grade and four years of high school.  We are so proud of our RMS REACH Scholar - Jayelan Ausby.  We know you will continue to do great things!

The Woodmen of the World give an annual award to an outstanding civics and government student.  This year’s recipient of the Woodmen of the World award goes to Lacey Guthrie.  Way to go, Lacey!

The Sunbury Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution also presents an award to the 8th grader who exhibits the qualities of honor, courage, leadership, patriotism, and service.  We are pleased to announce this year’s award goes to Ethan Yang.  Congratulations, Ethan!

To conclude today’s video, members of the RMS Faculty and Staff will recognize the 8th grade students who demonstrate citizenship and Dogpack PRIDE.

Thank you for joining us this week!  While we wished we could have been celebrating in person, we are still very proud of your hard work, dedication, and Dogpack PRIDE.  Have a great summer! YOU ALL MATTER...every single one! This is Mr. Maynard...signing off.