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Bolton High School French teacher, Leanne Hinkle, will be representing Tennessee in Princeton, NJ in early August on the Praxis Panel. She will be working on one of six 25-person panels composed of 20 secondary education teachers and five higher education professors to determine passing scores on Praxis tests. A critical part of teacher formation, all future teachers must make a minimum score on a variety of these tests before becoming licensed and certified. Leanne is one of two secondary French teachers from Tennessee and the only high school teacher from Shelby County to take part in this effort.

James Dempsey, an 18 year old Botlon High senior has been honored by the Memphis Beat the Odds Foundation. Each of the six student winners has a disability or life-threatening disease that could be used as a crutch. Yet, each courageously chose to live their life with gratitude and to give back to the community. Though he suffers from a rare, life-threatening disease, James is actively involved in Future Farmers of America (FFA), Science Club, Knowledge Bowl, 4-H Honors Club, and Boy Scouts. He says that he has never asked "Why me?" He plans to attend UT Martin and eventually become a doctor.

Bolton Auto Technology Students Score at the Ford/AAA Auto Skills Competition!
Students enrolled in Bolton High School’s automotive technology class were among the top winners in the Ford/AAA Auto Skills Competition. For the second year in a row, Bolton students had the highest written scores in the entire state. They also earned a sixth place finish overall.  The Ford/AAA competition has been going on for more than 60 years and offers $10 million in awards and scholarships each year to winners in every state. Its objective is to encourage talented young people to pursue careers as automotive service technicians. For more information about the competition, visit http://www.autoskills.com/about.html

BHS Senior, Carley Whitehead, was selected to have her art showcased on the SCS 2009-2010 calendar.
Carley was of on 12 winners of a system-wide contest where each school submitted three pieces of art to be judged.
Congratulations to Carley and her art teacher, Jane Watson.

At the 81st State FFA Convention, James Dempsey and Amanda Ellis received The STATE FFA DEGREE, the highest award given to a High School student enrolled in Agriculture Education.

Congratulations to Joseph McPherson, Jr. for ranking in the top 12 on the CBU Competitive High School Chemistry Exam on Saturday, March 28. He will be recognized at an awards luncheon on May 1, and will be accompanied by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McPherson, Sr., and his chemistry teacher, Mrs. Almeda C. Luster.

Congratulations to Michael Wathen, 11th grade member of the Bolton Trap team, who earned “Top Gun,” (high scorer) at the trap competition on Saturday 3/28. He shot a 97 out of 100.

Six students from Bolton have recently earned their Eagle Scout ranking. They are: Montgomery Dempsey, Austin Rowe, Zach Williams, Matt Bradsher, Brian Blurton and Mitchell Smith. Congratulations to these students for their hard work and dedication!

Bolton HIgh School had a record number of students qualify for the All-West TN Instrumental ensembles this year.  42 students will represent our school at the January Band and Orchestra clinic at the Cannon Center and 5 will go on to the All-State level in April. Over 100 schools and 2400 students participate in the audition process, which includes a difficult prepared piece, memorized scales and sight reading a piece of music they have never seen before. I am proud to say that we rank in the top 5 each year for participating students.  This honor can also lead to thousands of dollars in college scholarships.

Garry Shriver, Bolton High School
Mr. Garry Shriver was selected as a reader for the National Advanced Placement Psychology exam

Congratulations to Carley Whitehead, Cody Fernandez, and Suiwen Liang for being recognized as National Merit Commended Scholars. This is an award that recognizes students in the United States in the top 5% academically in the nation.

Bolton Mentors
This summer our new Mentors sponsored a Kick-Off Orientation day for incoming Freshmen, and almost 400 of our 580 Freshmen participated.  Throughout the upcoming year the Mentors will have activities to stay connected to and involved with the 9th graders.  The Mentors are headed by a Council of Mentors who have agreed to assume leadership of the group and will develop their goals and activities. The major goal of the mentoring program is to positively impact grades, attendance, and behavior of 9th graders.  Academic failure is not an option.  We also want very high attendance and very low discipline referrals.  The teachers may also call on the Mentors to help them with students who are struggling with the transition to high school.  We want it to be a great program and one that positively impacts our school environment.   This new Mentoring program is sponsored by the Guidance Department.

LeAnne Hinkle, French teacher, was awarded a $2000 grant for a “Fashions Through History” project. The project will involve a group of French, art, and textiles students. Mrs. Rholedia Morgan will be working with Mrs. Hinkle on the textiles part of the project. The project will begin sometime in October and will be finished by May. The end result will be the creation of authentic clothing that would have been worn by people in France throughout history.  Finished projects will be displayed in the school.

Math co-teacher, Tamela Box, has received a Special Education grant to purchase technology items for her classroom. She will receive an Interwrite Pad and Quizdom interactive response devices to enhance the math curriculum.

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