Southside High School Recognizes Students of Achievement | Eastern North Carolina Now

Press Release:

   Each teacher in the English/foreign language department at Southside High School recently recognized students for academic achievement, effort, and/or attitude.

    Students recognized were Zoila Lopez (English I-Freda Potter), Tiayah Brown (English I- Kathy Macey), Anderson Potter (English I Honors-Meredith Southworth), Danita Gibbs (English III Honors-Grace Morgan), Dei'Vontrick Clinton (English IV-Connie Lewis and Beverly Bower), and Mariah Preece (Spanish II-Susan Moore).

    Pictures of these students were displayed on the department's "Reach for the Stars" bulletin board.
Pictured are (sitting) Anderson Potter and Mariah Preece and (standing) Danita Gibbs and Dei'Vontrick Clinton. Zoila Lopez and Tiayah Brown are not pictured.

    Brittney Shelton was honored as Southside High School's nominee to the Beaufort County Board of Education for the character trait of honesty.

    Other students nominated for this character trait, part of the Beaufort County Schools' character education program, included Jametta Jones, Kyajia Mourning, Jordan Toomey, Corey Wiggins, Ryan Crawford, Joan Williams, Darion Curlings, Nicolshia Crawford, Ni'Quira Beasley, Tiara Lopez, Davante Latham, Samantha Lore, Taylor Hill, and Tia Hardy.

    Southside faculty and staff also recognized students for being on time and on task, part of the SOAR initiative under the PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies) program. These students included Anthony Gladson, Shayonti Barua, Cheyenne Mayo, Ashley Fields, Trey Elks, Stephen McLawhorn, Jeremy Gonzales, Daniel Woolard, David Rowe, Edgar Hernandez, Chad Johnson, McKayla Aldridge, Kwa'Tarius Bailey, Celeste Jones, Brandon Adams, Ron Keyes, Raeshon Arthur, and Tiana Corbett.

    All nominees were honored at a reception at Southside on February 24.
Honesty nominees pictured are (front row) Jametta Jones, Tia Hardy, Nicoshia Crawford, Brittney Shelton, Darion Curlings, Joan Williams, Tiara Lopez, Samantha Lore, (back row) Corey Wiggins, Davante Latham, Jordan Toomey, Taylor Hill, Kyajia Mourning, Ni"Quira Beasley, and Ryan Crawford.
SOAR nominees pictured are (front row) Ashley Fields, Cheyenne Mayo, Tiana Corbet, Shayonti Barua, Celeste Jones, McKayla Aldridge, Kwa'Taruis Bailey, Ron Keyes, Jeremy Gonzales, (back row) David Rowe, Raeshon Arthur, Edgar Hernandez, Stephen McLawhorn, Anthony Gladson, Chad Johnson, Daniel Woolard, Brandon Adams, and Trey Elks.


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