2008 - 09

Awards - Recognitions - Accomplishments

  • Gaffney High School earned the Award of Excellence for Exemplary Display of Sportsmanship, Ethics and Integrity - Class AAAA - Region 2 for the 2007 -08 School Year.

  • Mary Bramlett Elementary School has been awarded $14,695 by the USDA as a special supplement to the National School Breakfast and Lunch Program at the school. The funding will be used to provide fresh fruits and vegetables to the children on a daily basis and will include such items as apples, bananas, tangerines and carrots. Food Service Director Roland Cabading is getting everything set up to begin on October 14.

  • Jennifer Williams – Alma Elementary – Recipient of Picturing America Grant

  • Taylor Covington – Corinth Elementary School – won the Veteran’s Day Essay Contest for 3-5 Division (third year in a row)

  • April Yeargin – Elementary Distinguished Teacher of Reading

  • Betsy Rose – Secondary Distinguished Teacher of Reading

  • Shirley Sealy  - Distinguished Administrator in Literacy

  • Macedonia Baptist Church - Friend of Literacy Award

  • Corinth Elementary School

    • Taylor Covington – District Winner  - First Place - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 2009 Elementary School Writing Contest

    • Taylor Covington – District Winner - Veteran’s Day Essay Contest for Grades 3-5 Division (third year in a row)

    • Kelly Danielle Hall - 1st Place Winner

    • Anna Grace Minor - 3rd Place Winner

  • Blacksburg Middle School Football Team – undefeated season

  • Granard Middle School Football Team – undefeated season - Little Six Conference Tournament Champs

  • Ewing Middle School Boys Basketball Team - Little Six Conference Tournament Champs

  • Ewing Middle School – Ali Henderson – Middle School First Place Winner - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Writing Contest - Poem – “We Are the Dream”

  • Krystal Hannon –Commended Student - National Merit Scholarship Program

  • Julius Tennal – Outstanding Participant – 2009 National Achievement Scholarship Program

  • Shirley Sealy, principal of Grandard Middle School, is the First Runner Up for Administrator of the Year for South Carolina International Reading Association.

  • Gaffney Middle School Boys Basketball Team - Little Six Conference Champs and an undefeated season

  • Gaffney High School Basketball Team - State Runner-Up

  • Joshua Corry - State 4-A Basketball Player of the Year Award

  • 2008-2009 Palmetto Gold Awards: Blacksburg High, Gaffney High, and Cherokee Technology Center.

  • Gaffney High School earned the 2008-2009 Palmetto State Silver Award for closing the gap in student achievement.

 

 

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