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Halls High 2006 Blue Ribbon School
HHS Principal Andy Pugh looks at
the school's Blue Ribbon criteria
with Amanda Lane, who was in charge of the application for the
program.
Halls High
School has been nominated as one of six schools in the state to
receive the 2006 Blue Ribbon School Award, a program established
under the federal No Child Left Behind legislation to reward
high-performing schools. Each school nominated has scored in the
top 10 percent on state tests for reading and math for the past
three years.
“I am pleased to announce that Halls High School has been
selected for the competition,” said Superintendent of Lauderdale
County Schools Phillip Jackson. “We will support the school in
every way as they pursue this high honor.”
Among the 2006 Blue Ribbon School nominees, HHS is considered a
Category 1 school, a group including schools that score in the
top 10 percent of the state that have at least 40 percent of its
students ranking economically disadvantaged.
Other schools nominated in the Category I class include Franklin
Elementary School in the Williamson County School System,
Hampton High School in the Carter County School System, and
Monterey High School in the Putnam County School System.
Schools nominated in Category 2 include those that have scored
in the top 10 percent of the state, including Holloway High
School in the Rutherford County School System, and Brentwood
Middle School in the Williamson County School System.
The program requires that one-third of the schools nominated
serve at least 40 percent disadvantaged students.
The State Department of Education notified nominees last
November that they had met the eligibility requirements to apply
for national recognition. The U.S. Secretary of Education will
announce the 2006 awardees in September, and a ceremony for the
schools will follow in Washington, D.C.
HHS baseball team ends season with 22-11
record
The Halls High School baseball team recently completed its
season with a 22-11 record and entry into district tournament as
the number one seed.
The team’s regular season finale provided several memorable
moments and provided a big boost to help the Tigers in
post-season play.
In their last regular game, Halls beat Greenfield 12-0. Tiger
seniors were honored for their efforts, with Zach Webb picking
up a key hit to highlight an impressive offensive attack, and
Colin Clendenin stealing the show by pitching a no-hitter.
Junior Josh Daniels returned from an injury to hit a grand slam
home run, and provided an additional spark to his teammates.
“We had a good game to finish the regular season,” said Halls
baseball Coach Mike
Blackwood.
The team fell to Humboldt in an elimination game of the district
tournament, but Blackwood said that the seniors on the team have
much to be proud of in their high school careers. Chaseton Dudas,
Daniels, Josh McBroom, Stephen Taylor, Colin Clendenin, and Zach
Webb were all key parts to last year’s team, which advanced to
the state tournament. The group also took part in three
sub-state games.
“I hate that it ended that way for the seniors, because the
expectations were extremely high,” said Blackwood. “You always
hope to go out as high as you can in your senior year, but this
group has a lot to be proud of.”
Wal-Mart gives HHS FFA a greenhouse
 Members
of the Halls High School FFA recently joined with
representatives of Wal-Mart to hold a ribbon cutting for the
school’s new greenhouse.
The new structure was donated to the FFA department by
Wal-Mart, and needed to be moved from the store’s property to
the campus in just a few short days to accommodate the club’s
spring plants, which were due to arrive any day.
FFA members had to tear down the old greenhouse, which had
been built out of the old school bleachers, remove a tree, and
reconstruct the new building on the campus before the 3,800
plants arrived without a home.
According to FFA Advisor Missy Hammond, who was out of town
when the greenhouse became available, many individuals were
instrumental in making the project a success. Halls Mayor Trent
McManus, Public Works Director Alan Cherry, Ed Hunt and trustees
of the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Department, and Carl Newman
all provided help to the club, with Hammond, assistant FFA
advisor Windy Willette, and members of the FFA and Ag
departments working long hours to complete the transition.
The greenhouse is now in place and open for business.
Eighty graduate from Halls High School
In a moving ceremony Friday night, 80 seniors walked the walk
to receive their diplomas from Halls High School. In an awards
ceremony on May 10, students received $230,150 in scholarships
and numerous awards for academic achievement.
The class’s Top Ten students are Sarah Beth Warren, 99.1;
Caitlyn Hurt, 98.47; Colin Clendenin, 97.23; Zak Kelley, 96.12;
Rachel Fitzhugh, 96.02; Sally Jo Turner, 95.09; Kellianne
Hardee, 95.07; Audra Smith, 94.50; Zack Webb, 94.21; and Stephen
Taylor, 93.63.
Graduating members of the Halls High School
Class of 2006 are:
Whitney Diann Akin
Jonathan James Arwood
Raven Nicole Barlow
Andrea Marie Barnes
Kimberly Michelle Bentley
Nicole Monicalee Bernard
Kimberly Ann Blackwood
Ashley Elizabeth Buckner
Heather M. Buckner
Zachary William Camp
Krystal Ann Canada
Lisa Reane Cherry
Brittany Kara Chipman
Jason Lagustus Claybrooks
Colin Joe Clendenin
Mary Elizabeth Cook
Chelsea Marie Crockett
Dustin Michael Curran
Brittany Lashae Dennis
Brandi Nicole Doyle
Chaseton Edward Dudas
David Eric Edwards
Britney Carol England
Joshua Stephen Escue
Melissa Victoria Escue
Mildred Michelle Everth
Daniel Edward Ferguson
Kristie Renee Fincher
Rachel Elizabeth Fitzhugh
Zackery Lance Flatt
Maegan Bliss Gay
Kellianne Renee Hardee
Amanda Dawn Henson
Jeremy De’Juan Hudson
Janica Danielle Humphrey
Caitlyn Munn Hurt
Erin Leigh Hutcherson
Monica Leigh Jackson
Ericka Danielle Johnson
Robert Anthony Jones
Zachary Allen Kelley
Bubba James Land
Christina Amanda Lopez
Chris Lussier
Ashley Lynn Luttrell
Casey Elaine Luttrell
Eric Tyler Matthews
Joshua Brett McBroom
Shandetra Vearnel McCadney
Shanyele Capri McKinney
Clinton Luther McPeak
Jeffrey Noble McWilliams
Joseph Craig Miller
Marcus Terrill Nelson
Reginald Rickelle Obie
DeAndre Jamelle Patrick
RaySean Marcell Patrick
Katelyn Elizabeth Ray
Robert Earl Richmond, Jr.
Jarvis Brandon Roberts
Megan Elizabeth Robison
Angel Renee Scott
Steven Wymond Shands
Tina Marie Shands
Amber Dawn Smith
Audra Ann Smith
Anna S. Spray
Samantha Joyce Stafford
Stephen Michael Taylor
Kelly Lynn Terry
Katie Renae Throgmorton
Sally Jo Turner
Brittany Yvonne Tyus
Bobby Doyle Ward
Mary Elizabeth Ward
Sarah Beth Warren
Zachary Thomas Webb
Brandon Demario Whitelow
Marty Joe Wright Jr.
Brandon Lee Yates
Seniors scholarship
awards equal $230,150
Halls High School recently held its Senior Awards Day for
students graduating on
Thursday, with students earning $230,150 in scholarship money.
The event took place at 9 a.m., on Wednesday, May 10, in the
high school gymnasium students receiving awards and scholarships
granted and enjoying a slide show presentation of senior
memories created by parents of the senior class.
Scholarships awarded include:
Arnold Academic Scholarship -
Sarah Beth Warren and Colin Clendenin
Xi Lambda Omega Chapter of the Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority Scholarship - Jeremy Hudson, Robert
Richmond, and Mildred Everth
Bank of Ripley Scholarship - Lisa
Cherry
Carol Ann Douglas Fine Arts Scholarship
- Sarah Beth Warren
C.N. Armour Scholarship - Jeff
McWilliams
Hospital League of BMH-Lauderdale
Scholarship - Audra Smith
Judi S. Keen Memorial Scholarship -
Sarah Beth Warren
Jon M. Moore FFA Memorial Scholarship-
Jeff McWilliams
Junior Auxiliary Scholarships -
Sarah Beth Warren and Nicole Bernard
Lane College Scholarship - Andrea
Barnes
Lauderdale County Education Association
Scholarship - Sarah Beth Warren Lauderdale County
Education Foundation Merit Scholarship - Sarah Beth
Warren
Lauderdale County Food Service
Scholarship - Zak Kelley
Mt. Pleasant M.B. Church Scholarship
- Jeremy Hudson
P.A. Turner Memorial Scholarship -
Zak Kelley
Presidential Freedom Scholarship
with matching funds by the Xi Lambda Omega Chapter of AKA -
Mildred Everth
Ward’s Accounting Scholarship -
Rachel Fitzhugh
Robert Ward Memorial Scholarships -
Sarah Beth Warren, Caitlyn Hurt and Rachel Fitzhugh
Ross W. Dyer Memorial Scholarship -
Zak Kelley
Regions Bank Scholarship - Sarah
Beth Warren
Tennessee Titans Scholarship -
Chaseton Dudas
Union University Scholarship -
Colin Clendenin
University of Memphis Scholarship -
Anthony Jones
University of Mississippi Scholarships
- Colin Clendenin and Caitlyn Hurt
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Scholarship -Jeremy Hudson
University of Tennessee at Martin
Scholarship - Mildred Everth
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Scholarships - Colin Clendenin, Zak Kelley, Josh Ward, Sarah
Beth Warren and Zack Webb
U.S. Army Scholarship - Whitney Akin
Scholarships awarded to attend Dyersburg
State Community College were presented to Kimberly
Bentley by Ripley Power and Light Company; Kimberly Blackwood,
Beth Cook, Chelsea Crockett and Steven Shands by Komatsu;
Chelsea Crockett by Incentive; Christina Lopez by Lauderdale
County Bank and Forcum Lannom; Krystal Canada, Megan Robison,
and Audra Smith by First Citizen’s National Bank; and
DSCC Athletic Scholarships went to Ashley Buckner, Monica
Jackson and Ericka Johnson.
HHS Students who received Tennessee
Education Lottery Scholarships included Lisa Cherry,
Brittany Chipman, Colin Clendenin, Chaseton Dudas, Josh Escue,
Mildred Everth, Rachel Fitzhugh, Meagan Gay, Kellianne Hardee,
Jeremy Hudson, Zak Kelley, Christina Lopez, Josh McBroom, Megan
Robison, Tina Shands, Amber Smith, Audra Smith, Stephen Taylor,
Katie Throgmorton, Josh Ward, Sarah Beth Warren, and Zach Webb.
Awards presented at the program included:
Art Awards - Brittany Chipman,
Colin Clendenin, Josh Ward, and Sarah Beth Warren
Career/Technology Awards - Zak Kelley and Sarah
Beth Warren
English awards to Colin
Clendenin, Rachel Fitzhugh, Kellianne Hardee, Caitlyn Hurt, Zak
Kelley, Sally Jo Turner, and Sarah Beth Warren
FCCLA Awards - Mildred Everth,
Maegan Gay, Casey Luttrell, Angel Scott, Amber Smith, Sarah Beth
Warren
High Schools That Work Achievement
Awards - Colin Clendenin, Chaseton Dudas, Rachel
Fitzhugh, Caitlyn Hurt, Megan Robison, Sarah Beth Warren, and
Zach Webb
Information Technology Award -
Steven Shands
Mathematics Award - Sarah Beth
Warren
Marketing awards - Mildred
Everth, Zak Kelley, and Sarah Beth Warren
Science awards - Caitlyn Hurt
and Colin Clendenin
Social Studies Award - Zak Kelley
Spanish Award - Sarah Beth Warren
HHS Achievement Award -
Kristie Fincher
Balfour Award - Caitlyn Hurt
Booker T. Washington Award -
Jeremy Hudson
DAR Award - Sarah Beth Warren
President’s Award of Educational
Achievement - Marcus Nelson
Principal’s Leadership Award - Sarah
Beth Warren
U.S. Army Reserves Scholar
Athlete Awards - Caitlyn Hurt and Jarvis Roberts
Other awards given included:
President’s Award of Educational
Excellence to Brittany Chipman, Colin Clendenin, Rachel
Fitzhugh, Kellianne Hardee, Caitlyn Hurt, Zak Kelley, Sally Jo
Turner, Tina Shands, Sarah Beth Warren, and Zach Webb
Honor Curriculum Awards to
Brittany Chipman, Colin Clendenin, Mildred Everth, Rachel
Fitzhugh, Kellianne Hardee, Jeremy Hudson, Caitlyn Hurt, Zak
Kelley, Tina Shands, Stephen Taylor, Sally Jo Turner, Sarah Beth
Warren, and Zach Webb
HHS Tennessee Scholars include
Colin Clendenin, Chaseton Dudas, Mildred Everth, Rachel
Fitzhugh, Kellianne Hardee, Jeremy Hudson, Caitlyn Hurt, Zak
Kelley, Tina Shands, Amber Smith, Audra Smith, Anna Spray,
Stephen Taylor, Sally Jo Turner, Sarah Beth Warren, and Zach
Webb.
Students in the ACT “25 Club,” who
achieved a score of 25 or higher on their ACT tests are Colin
Clendenin, Rachel Fitzhugh, Kellianne Hardee, Caitlyn Hurt, Josh
Ward, Sarah Beth Warren, and Zach Webb.
Halls softball girls win
district tourney
The Halls High School Softball team
recently came away from its district tournament with another
championship.
The Lady Tigers lost to South Fulton, 8-7, in the final round of
the winners’ bracket before winning three games, including two
more against South Fulton to storm the title.
“We were playing well,” Halls Coach Joey Tetleton said. “We
rallied to come back and win the district championship. We were
hitting the ball fairly well.”
Players for the Lady Tigers include Jessica Milner, Heather
Hill, Ashley Buckner, Sally Jo Turner, Kimberly Blackwood, Anna
Claire Hartman, Christi Meeks, Colby Smith, Crystal Lopp, Sarah
Hargett, Crystal Belew, Kelly Crook, Holly Crook, and Staci
Frazier.
Tetleton and Assistant Coach Molly Meeks went on to coach the
team in the regional semi-final tournament, where they fell to
McKenzie, 6-0.
“We came out a little flat on Monday in the Regional,” said
Tetleton. “But, we finished the season strong.”
HHS Bike-a-thon benefits
St. Jude
Halls High School students in the DECA Club and
Mrs. Gara Strong’s 11th grade English class recently sponsored a
Bike-a-Thon at Halls Elementary School to benefit St. Jude
Research Hospital.
Children collected flat contributions or
donations by the mile or lap, with prizes furnished by St. Jude.
Children on bicycles, mothers with strollers, and residents who
just wanted to walk for the cause joined together to participate
in the fundraiser.
Halls tennis duo wins
district title
The Halls High School doubles tennis team
of seniors Caitlyn Hurt and Sarah Beth Warren won the district
championship with a win over a team from Madison Magnet.
With the win, the duo advanced to the regional tournament, where
they gained a forfeit victory from a team from Booker T.
Washington.
The girls faced the Madison Magnet team for a rematch for the
regional championship, and would have advanced to the state
tournament if they had not been defeated in their second match
against the team.
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