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School to host outdoor movie event
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Updated: Jun 15, 2012, 12:38 AM
Published: Jun 15, 2012, 12:39 AM

Grab a lawn chair or a blanket and come join the Montessori School of Covington Saturday, June 23, for a Movie Under the Stars event showing the 1968 family film "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang."

Tickets are $7 per person and will go towards the school's scholarship fund after the cost of the event is covered. The school hopes to raise $1,000 to cover one scholarship.

The event will begin at 8:15 p.m. with games, hula hooping and music before the movie, which will start once it is dark.

Cotton candy, nachos and popcorn will also be available for purchase at the concession stand.

Event goers are encouraged to bring their own chairs and blankets to enjoy the movie.

The movie will be shown on the school's campus on the lawn area at 4108 Summers St. in Clark's Grove.

The event is sponsored by the Multi-Care Holistic Health Center in Conyers.
NCS high school students named semifinalists for 2025 Governor’s Honors Program
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Staff Report
Published: Mar 31, 2025, 4:19 PM

Eight Newton County Schools’ (NCS) high school students have been named semi-finalists for the 2025 Governor’s Honors Program (GHP). The Georgia Governor’s Honors Program is a residential summer program for gifted and talented high school students who will be rising juniors and seniors during the program. The program offers instruction that is significantly different from the typical high school classroom. It is designed to provide students with academic, cultural, and social enrichment necessary to become the next generation of global critical thinkers, innovators, and leaders.

GHP is held in mid-summer (mid-June to mid-July) as a residential educational experience on a college or university campus. This year’s program will be hosted by Georgia Southern University from June 15 through July 12, 2025. Students will attend classes in the mornings and afternoons in specific areas of study, and then participate in a wide variety of social and instructional opportunities every evening. Meals and rooms are provided by the program.

Students interested in attending must participate in a series of interviews and should be able to speak eloquently and in great detail about the subject they choose. They are students who desire to work with their subject outside of school and go above and beyond. Students may be nominated in Communicative Arts (ELA), all the Foreign Languages, Math, Science, Social Studies, Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts, Engineering, and Agriscience.

NCS students who have successfully passed the school and district-level interviews and had their applications approved by GOSA to be named a semifinalist in the program are as follows:

Jenny Andrade, 11th grader at Alcovy High School specializing in Visual Arts

Adriana Drain, 10th grader at Alcovy High School & NCCA STEM Institute specializing in Social StudiesChrislynn Woodruff, 11th grader at Alcovy High School & NCCA STEM Institute specializing in Communicative Arts

Anthony Miller, 10th grader at Alcovy High School & NCCA STEM Institute specializing in Engineering: Electrical & Computational

Derek Gawlinski, 11th grader at Eastside High School & NCCA STEM Institute specializing in Mathematics. Briley Reed, 11th grader at Newton High School & NCCA STEM Institute specializing in Visual Arts Bailey Fuller, 10th grader at Newton High School specializing in DanceEmilee Beal, 11th grader at Newton High School specializing in Social Studies.

“Being named a semifinalist for the Governor’s Honors Program is a tremendous achievement, and we are incredibly proud of these students,” said Tracy Blackburn, Chief of Learning & Leadership for Newton County Schools. “Their selection speaks volumes about their talent, dedication, and passion for learning. We also recognize and appreciate the educators who have supported them along the way. We wish each of our semifinalists the very best of luck as they advance to the next phase of the Governor’s Honors Program selection process.”