School Board Recognizes Achievements

Photo By Victoria Kirkpatrick
AWARD WINNER – Tomeka Woody received the School Business Administrator certificate from the Southeastern Association of School Business Officials, and was recognized for the achievement at the April 14 meeting of the Meriwether County Board of Education.

By VICTORIA KIRKPATRICK
The Meriwether County Board of Education recognized an outstanding staff member and several students during their meeting on April 14.
Tomeka Woody was recognized with the School Business Administrator certificate from the Southeastern Association of School Business Officials. The award is one of the organization’s highest honors, awarded to individuals who demonstrate exceptional leadership at the national, regional or state level. Woody is one of only two people in Georgia to ever receive the award.
The Board of Education also recognized the winners of the Rotary Club “Laws of Life” essay contest. Awards went to the following Greenville High School students:
McKenzie Marshall, school winner and 10th grade winner, who received $100; Kamari Robinson, 9th grade winner, who received $50; Trinity Elliott, 11th grade winner, also a recipient of $50; and Janiya Favors, 12th grade winner, who was awarded $50. Honorable mentions went to Adam Grimes and Cheyenne Colton in 9th grade; LeAnna Crespo, Lily Norman, Cierra Jenkins, and Tevin Jackson, 10th grade; Shaniyah Richardson, Evenly Trejo Velazquez and Kayleigh Howard, 11th grade; and Nibraylin Welch, 12th grade.
Manchester High School essay winners were:
Eli Bush-Hester, 9th grade and school winner and recipient of $100; Carla Luke, 10th grade winner and recipient of $50; and honorable mentions of Emily Baskin and James Tonkin, 9th grade; Andrew Lane, Collin Griffith and Jaleel McMillan, 10th grade; and Chase Stein, Karlecia White and Markevious Key, 11th grade.
The contest asks students to pick their own law and write about how it relates to their lives. Teachers and coordinators emphasized the program’s value in building character, integrity, perseverance, compassion and responsibility.
The Board of Education approved an event window for a formal public debate called “Great Growing Greenville Debate” for May 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. and confirmed as a four-hour security minimum requirement from the Greenville Police Department.
The next regular meeting of the Meriwether County Board of Education will be Tuesday, May 12, at 6 p.m. at the Board of Education office at 2100 Gaston Street in Greenville.