Aiken High Dominates Markwalter Art Winners
In the Markwalter Art Competition sponsored by the Augusta Arts Council Aiken High School swept all five high school division categories listing winners Neville Whitfield-Cargile Brant Lisk Leigh Hyman Jason Starks and Chris French. Aiken Elementary will display artwork at Aiken Mall and joined the World’s Largest Concert broadcast on public TV stations March 2. The Aiken Center for the Arts announced an Aiken Middle School Art Show opening March 16 through March end at 122 Laurens St.
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Markwalter
Augusta Arts Council
Aiken High School
Neville Whitfield- Cargile
Brant Lisk
Leigh Hyman
Jason Starks
Chris French
Aiken Elementary
Aiken Mall
America
Aiken Center For the Arts
Laurens St
Aiken Middle
Top Music Singles and Films Revenue Highlights
The list shows top earners across film and music from releases and chart hits. Notable films include Outbreak 13.4 million and Forrest Gump 1.9 million while music entries feature Madonna Take a Bow and TLC Creep with multiple Platinum or Gold awards.
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Billy Madison
Madonna
Maverick Sire
Soul For
Brandy
Atlantic
Brownstone
MJJ
Real McCoy
Arista
Dionne Farris
Columbia
Hold
Hand
Hootie & the Blowfish
Freak Like Me
Adina Howard
Mecca Don EastWest
Boyz II Men
Motown
Redcliffe Elementary Fuses Arts and Reading in Scores Rise
Principal Candye Slay says the school im m erses students in learning through an Arts in Basic Curriculum that blends reading with drama and dance. Scores on the Stanford Achievement Test 8 show gains over five years, with black students near mid range and whites higher, despite rural, low-income and minority factors. The school promotes high expectations and parental involvement, with wall displays like Forehead Knockers and Writing Wall of Fame and student art connecting history and literacy.
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Redcliffe Elementary
Candye Slay
Stanford
South Aiken NROTC Team Wins Third Annual Orienteering Event
The South Aiken NJROTC team led by Cadet Commander Jeremy Morris and Lt Kevin Brantley won the Navigators Cup at the third annual SC USA JROTC orienteering championship on March 4 at Mistletoe State Park. Bri an Leibetter and Bobby Malson of Silver Bluff High School NJROTC took first in a later category.
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South Aiken
Njrotc
S.C. USA
Bobby L. Malson
Silver Bluff High School
Middle School Students Earn Poetry and Math Honors Across State
Jermaine Patterson of New Ellenton Middle has a poem accepted for publication in the Anthology of Poetry by Young Americans to print in March and distribute later. Mead Hall Middle School's February Science Fair crowned winners with Crystal Henderson and Kyle Simmons first, Jenny Royer Avi Tomczak and Jason Walker second, Jessica George Iris Mixon third, and Brian Dodge Maxie Jones Ernie Wike honored. South Carolina Mathcounts crowned champions from 14 middle school teams with top five placements led by Aiken Preparatory School in fourth. Junior and Senior All-State selections span Jackson Middle Kennedy Middle Leavelle McCampbell Middle Paul Knox Middle Schofield Midland Valley North Augusta High Silver Bluff South Aiken High. Scholastic Art Awards honored Stewart Grinton Scho field Middle Jason Fleury South Aiken High Rebecca Good Elise Miley North Augusta High. others named from Aiken, Midland Valley, North Augusta, Silver Bluff, South Aiken High.
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Jermaine Patterson
New Ellenton Middle
Mead Hall Middle School
Crystal Henderson
Kyle Simmons
Jenny Royer
Avi Tomczak
Jason Walker
Jessica George
Iris Mixon
Brian Dodge
Maxie Jones
Ernie Wike
South Carolina
Aiken Preparatory School
D.C. Society of Professional Engineers
S.C
Joshua Estep
Jason Limehouse
Jackson Middle
Matt Miller
Ryan Miller
Kennedy Middle
Jennifer Cole
Leavelle-McCampbell
Lakishia Garrett
North Augusta Middle
Lori Jones
Amy Jerome
Tiffany Cleghorn
Paul Knox Middle
Stewart Grinton
Nadin Flanigan
Schofield
Mary Cook
David Botsch
Heather Carpenter
Gabe Mangiante
Aiken High
Jenny Main
Jason Jackson
John Robinson
Midland Valley
Kristen House
Joanna Ponder
Jillian Abraham
North Augusta
David Hastings
Jason Whinghter
Silver Bluff High
Kacee Cline
Teresa Griffith
Michelle Weaver
Courtney Yates
Ray Bennington
South Aiken High
Lander University
Velux America
Schofield Middle
Jason Fleury
South Aikicn High School
Rebecca Good
Elise Miley
North Augusta High School
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Shel Silverstein
South Aiken Orienteering
South Aikien High
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Chrissie Kelley
Hilda Hunter
Regina Sanders
Eric
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Amisha
DOE
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Jeffrey B. Hooks
Patrice A. Frazier
Thomas A. Reynolds Jr
Rosa Johnson
Leavelle McCampbell Middle School
Renee’ Carpenter
M.V
Midland Valley High School
Susan Watkins
USC Aiken
Tammy Goff
USCA
The
South Aikien High Njrotc
Kevin Brantley
Jason Burkhart
Jennifer Brock
Chris Hickman
Adam Beranek
Robby Faustman
Daniel Bailey
Drew Rischbieter
Upson
Amy Gambrell
Aiken
Presbyterian College
John and
Carole Gambrell
Savannah River Site
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Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board
SRS Cab
Triangle Plaza
Edgefield Road
North Augusta, D.C
Bill Lawless
Myles Grant
Mathcounts
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South Carolina Army National Guard
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al Smith
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