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8:50 am Wednesday, February 6, 2002

Excellence in Education

By Staff
Jan. 31, 2002
The following students made the Newton County Elementary School principal's list and honor roll for the second nine weeks.
Principal's list
First grade: J.C. Alexander, Jonathan Amis, Lucas Aycox, Tina Bates, Zeakethia Bogan, Kristy Bradley, David Brand, Will Brand, Sarah Carmichael, Hunter Collins, Kym Croft, Heather Davis, Alex Drew, Katy Ezelle, Sarah Freeman, Mackenzie Gannon, Cheyenne Gressett, Alyssa Griffin, Corey Harrison, Delton Harrison, Lacye Harrison, Katherine Jacome-Cluff, Cady Jones, Jacob Lurk, Amy May, Cody McMahan, Della Mixon, Johanthan Morgan, Jacob Old, Haylee Pace, Rashod Shoemaker, Tyler Spence, Charles Throne, Clint Tisdale, Charles Wansley, Cody Warren, Desiree West, Haleigh West, Faith Westberry, Alli Whitted, Kristin Wilkinson and Brock Williamson.
Second grade: Micah Arundel, Trevor Ayllon, Keri Bailey, Ashley Bozeman, Katie Bradley, Aaron Brown, Mark Brown, Adam Buckley, Neal Buckley, Parker Bullock, Haley Chapman, Kasey Childress, Emily Jacome-Cluff, Emily Davis, Kaitlin Dean, Samantha Ellingburg, Lindsey Ezelle, Vivek Gosai, Heather Johnson, Devin Little, Jacob Oliver, Akalia Pace, Tyler Pigg, Haley Porter, Marcus Powell, Victoria Quintero, Caitlyn Sant, Stephanie Spence, Madison Stringer, Carly Thomas, Russ Thompson, Will Thompson, Trest Underwood, Clay Upton, Paige Wall, Jordan Walker, Kyle Walker, Kayla Walton and Paige Weir.
Third grade: Sandy Alexander, Jon Marie Baucum, Josh Bradley, Jeremy Carson, Cassie Clearman, Michael Dover, John Corbin Eaves, Reneisha Evans, Hannah Farmer, Chelsey Griffin, Claire Griffin, Malori Jones, Missy Manues, Haley McMullan, Anna Morrow, Trevor Hillhouse, Claire Tadlock, Kelsey Tadlock, Nolan Thorne and Erin Thornton.
Fourth grade: Colt Cleveland, Emmalee King and Chris Morgan.
Fifth grade: Summer Alexander, Justin Griffith, Haley Huey, Jenny Holifeild, Krissy Holmes, Kala Massey, Hank Pugh, Brittney Reed, Kacey Smiley, Deborah Turney and Cali Underwood.
Sixth grade: Rachael Addy, Caleb Alexander, Holly Alexander, Kim Amerson, Brittney Cochran, Amanda Dendis, Whitley Fisher, Elise Gibbs, Lacey Gilmore, Dylan Harris, Dylan Nichols, Chlesea Pugh and Kellye Reeves.
Honor roll
First grade: Lavonte Buckley, Symone Chapman, Willie Coleman, Matthew Cress, Derias Croft, Brandon Davis, Cody Embrey, Joshua Finley, Will Gibson, Sammie Hand, Rickey Handford, Will Howington, Tia Hudnall, Lee Jones, Jonathan Killens, John Clay Lyles, Shelby Martin, Tayler Mayes, LeAndre McCune, Annie McKinnie, Kasey Miller, Jaquaris Moore, JaDarrias Patrick, Daniel Powell, Brittany Plummer, Julie Plummer, Jamal Pruitt, Kyle Pugh, Justin Reeves, Brandon Rigdon, Hannah Robinson, Troy Thomas, Courtney Tillman, Milton Tucker, Tiffany Walder, Brock Walton, Steven Weir, Jacob Williams and Radiance Wright.
Second grade: Garrett Alexander, Amber Askew, Jordan Benson, Shelby Bishop, Jessica Brashier, Jessica Crocker, Megan Dillard, Brandon Ellis, Patrick Ellis, Patrick Embrey, Lauren Ezelle, Kristen Felton, Dakota Griffin, Erica Griffin, Ashondra Harris, Alex Hollingsworth, Elizabeth Hurt, Taylor Hudnall, Joe Johnson, Shaye Johnson, Sedrick Johnson, Shaina Keene, Danny Loper, Zach May, Anterrian Martin, Gwen McCullough, Micah McDaniel, Jaley Massey, Kara Miller, Skylar Morgan, Alyssa Oglesbee, Ryan Packer, Casey Jo Parker, Alyssa Price, Alexis Reece, Felica Robinson, Toneshia Ruffin, Jayohnnie Slaughter, Haley Todd, Cody Thomas, Katie Vance, Danielle Walker, Jessica Walker, Katie Willis, Tyler White, Bryant Williams and Zach Yates.
Third grade: Tyler Alexander, Kirby Bishop, Michael Buntyn, Trey Cleveland, Blake Cochran, Robin Coker, Patience Ethridge, Chelsy Ezelle, Natallie Field, Xzavier Franklin, Leighanne Gardner, Kirk Griffin, Julien Gills, Tyler Gilmore, Markee Guidry, Andy Harrison, Wesley Hillhouse, Angelica Johnson, Tramine Johnson, Jay Keene, Maygun Kelly, Karri Miller, Brooke Morgan, Sedrick Page, Adam Richardson, Dustin Richmond, Adam Savell, Shelby Scarbrough, Colby Skelton, Tiffany Smith, Breanna Spangler, Jay Thames, Ashton Vance, Savannah Vance and Jennifer Watkins.
Fourth grade: Lauren Acord, Brooke Armstrong, Emily Brackeen, Catherine Brand, Paul Case, Haley Chaney, Hailey Dunavant, Ashlee Gibbs, Ashley Gressett, Edward Holmes, Kirby Keith, Chelsea Lucas, Emily Lucy, Aaron Lawson, Anthony Lawson, Lauren Lurk, Jason Mann, Wendy McCracken, Cassie Munn, Hanah Parker, Tyler Reeves, Katie Reeves, Annalyse Thorne, Michelle Sessions and Coby Smiley.
Fifth grade: Brandon Boulton, Brooke Boulton, Amber Bryant, KC Buckley, Jarrod Cain, Spencer Cash, Ethan Chance, Whitney Clearman, Stormie Corsaro, Alana Dawkins, Christine Eaves, Robert Embrey, Dewaine Ferguson, Richie Ferguson, Justin Gates, Ryan Gillis, Devonna Gilmer, Cole Harris, Melanie Harris, Jessy Harrison, Maree Kidd, Courtney Lanier, Melody Mann, Michelle Massey, Danielle McLemore, Jammie Mitchell, Rachel Morgan, Brittney Parker, Josh Reeder, Heather Roberts, Lee Scarbrough, Jacob Scoggin, Keona Thompson, Hayden Weaver and Nikki Weir.
Sixth grade: Jonathan Adkins, Kimberly Amerson, Colton Amis, Amanda Blackburn, Baleigh Brown, Jamie Butler, Steven Crocker, Beau Engle, Lane Fulton, Kristin Gibbs, Joy Gosai, Brandon Hughs, April Hurt, Emily Pace, Dylan Randolph, Nikki Sheely, Ayla Smith, Tiffany Spence, Brody Thomas, Jordan Vance, Brittney Welsey, Ashley Williams, Brittney Williamson and Drew Wilson.

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