Academic+Banquet

The academic banquet was held Tuesday, May 14 at the First Methodist Church in Sylacauga at 6:30pm. Thanks to a lot of hard work by many people, it was a huge success. Erika Mejia started off the banquet with an inspirational speech, followed by music from Justin Jones and Lauren Green. After eating, the students were recognized for their grades, as well as particiaption in Beta Club, and highest averages in all subjects. The juniors and seniors were recognized for an overall a or b average throughtout the past 3 years. The speaker of the night was Dr. Buckley-Comander. The Mary E. Mims award was presented Samantha Machen for all of her hard work. Each year the Beta Club votes on a high school and elementary teacher to receive an apple. This year they picked Coach Mike Patterson and Mrs. Kristen Elliff. The top 8 seniors were also allowed to give an apple to the teacher that they felt had influenced them the most. They went as followed: Samantha Machen Sally Chastain Colt Fincher Sally Chastain Kalyn Richardson Tammy Pennington Lacey Caldwell Debra Williams Kyle Butler Susan Shaw Jordan Mizzell Marty Turner Erika Mejia Kathy Landers Jessica Morris Laura Brown By: Kalyn Richardson