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12:15 pm Wednesday, November 28, 2001

Excellence in education

By Staff
Nov. 28, 2001
Meridian KinderCare has gained accreditation to the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
The accreditation process in the association is voluntary. It involves self-study; collecting information from parents, teachers, administrators; and observation of classrooms. KinderCare sites are reviewed by a team of national experts.
KinderCare Learning Centers Inc. is based in Portland, Ore. KinderCare and its subsidiaries operate more than 1,200 early childhood education care centers in the United States and Canada.
Students named to the Northwest Junior High School's honor roll for the first nine weeks of the school year include the following:
Blair Barham, Jeremy Bates, Cory Beadles, Ashley Blass, Robert Bourrage, Sarah Boutwell, Elizabeth Bowen, Artesian Boyd, Jeramus Boyd, Samantha Brooks, Amber Brown, Denise Brown, Kimberly Brown, William Brown, Clark Bullock, Steve Cacapit, Yinessa Cacapit, Andres Calderon, Ashley Carmichael, Kendra Carr, Matthew Castleberry, Ashley Chisolm and Cole Clopton.
Amanda Cody, Alexander Cofield, Roysheda Collins, William Compton, Katherine Crawford, Jessica Crews, Nick Daniels, Libby Davis, Madison Davis, Laura Dayton, Anna Deen, Kimberly Denton, John Dixon, Tiffany Dooley, Dana Duckworth, Bailey Duke, Kentisha Dunn, Alandria Edwards, Brandi Edwards, Emily Entrekin, Garland Floyd, Hannah Ford, Angela Fortenberry, Hunter Futch and Christina Garza.
Samantha Gearlds, Joseph Gibson, Heather Goldman, Monica Gordon, James Graham, James Griffin, Trey Grissett, Vanessa Hamilton, Trey Hannah, Zachary Harris, Kara Harwell, Shane Horton, Nikki Huffman, Tashia Jasper, Daniel Johnson, Jennifer Johnson, Murrietta Jones, Andrew Kuehn, Ambrea Lane, Lacey Lewis, Sarah Lisenbe, Matthew Loeb, Sasha Luster, Savannah McClinton and Amberly McDonald.
Bernadette McGlothin, Tierria McGlothin, Victoria Meek, Marissa Mendiola, Trevor Miller, Lorenzo Minter, John Morgan, KeAndrea Naylor, Gracie Nichols, Chet Nicklas, Richard Noble, Matthew Owen, Mercedes Peterson, Christina Plummer, Precious Ramsey, Britnze Ratcliff, Aaron Rhodes, Amber Rhodes, Britany Rigdon, Candy Rivers, Lowry Rush, Jodi Schiedel, Addison Shock, Nabeel Siddiqui, Latora Sims, Christopher Smith, Tiffanee Spates, Dominic Spinks, Michelle Stallworth, Leah Thomas, Ashley Thompson, Lauren Tureaud, Derek Walimaa, Erien Watson, Adam Wilson, Samuel Wilson and Emily Womack.
Students who were named to Northwest Junior High School president's list had grades of A for the first nine weeks of the school year. They include the following:
Frank Achorn, Anna Allred, Amir Badat, Kyle Boswell, Nicole Burton, Meagan Crane, Stephanie Dawkins, Dan Derrington, Matt Deweese, Erica DuPlessis, Carmen Duke, Crystal Duke, Chris Edwards, Jessica Farrar, Erin Hardy, Andrew Havron, Jessica Hawn, Alyshia Hicks, Gerard Hills, Micah Hodges, Hank Holcomb, Sarah Holley, Sarah King, John Lisenbe, Jessica Lucovich, Menton McGinnis, Nick Norman, Dimple Patel, Kristen Price, Jessica Rose, Nelia Rush, Francis Surles, Ophelia Thomas, Erik Tolleson, Courtney Trotter, Erin Ware, Cody Warner, Thomas Watts.

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