Congratulations to the following students for having artwork in the Congressional Art Show held by Lynn Westmoreland. The show will be judged April 21st at the CEC in Newnan.
Laura Rawson, 10th grade
Chloe Coulibaly, 11th grade
Briana Davis, 11th grade

19 Fayette schools were awarded for academic performance by the Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement and Sandy Creek is proud to have won two recognitions. Each year the Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement recognizes outstanding public schools for high academic performance. The state awards were given in two categories: greatest gain, for schools that showed the greatest improvement in scores on the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT) or the Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT), and/or highest performance, for schools that demonstrated the highest achievement on the CRCT or GHSGT. Sandy Creek High School was the only school to earn an award in each. A total of 370 awards were given statewide.

Sandy Creek High School also received a Platinum award for greatest gain. Only North Fayette and SCHS received Platinum awards in this category. These two schools made AYP for three consecutive years with a minimum of 35 percent of students exceeding standards and scoring in the 98th percentile of greatest gains.

Congratulations to Mr. Chris Cannon! He has been selected as Georgia's Economics Teacher of the Year!

The award will be made at the Annual council luncheon to be held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta in May.

Mr. Cannon was also selected as Sandy Creek High School's teacher of the year and as a finalists for Fayette County's Teacher of the Year.

Over Winter Break DECA students attended State Competition/Leadership Conference. Three of our students qualified for Nationals, which will be in Salt Lake City, Utah late this April. Please read the below names & congratulate students! (Besides those who actually placed for Nationals in the Top 6 in their areas, we also had 12 students get call backs, meaning they placed in the top 10-20 in their respective areas for the state, they just didn't make it to the final 6 who get to advance to Nationals.)

3rd Place - Business Services Marketing - Joseph Verdun (Senior)
5th Place - Hotel & Lodging Management - Jamarcus Mathis (Sophomore)
6th Place - Professional Selling - Alex Hughes (Sophomore)
~ H&R Block's Virtual Business Financial Challenge State Winner - Hong Cheng (both Fall & Spring Semesters)
Chapter Awards:
5th Place Largest Percentage Membership Increase
6th Largest Chapter in the State of Georgia - "Diamond Level" (243 members)

The Sandy Creek Chapter set a new chapter record with 33 students competing in 21
competitions. Students also set a chapter record by medalling gold, silver or bronze in ten
competitions including each of the following Competitors who will be advancing to the SkillsUSA
National Skills & Leadership Conference to be held in Kansas City, Missouri in late June: Gavin Baswell (Gold – Automotive Service Technology), Donovan Ivey (Gold – Diesel Equipment Technology), Rick Steele (Gold – Mobile Electronics); Sam Brunk, Tyler Hall and Adedoyin Osinloye (Gold – Engineering Technology). Other students who medalled were: Kevaughn Charles (Gold Mathematic Applications, 11th/12th Grade), Diana Lopez (Gold – Mathematic Concepts, 9th/10th Grade), Saridh Galvan (Silver – National T-Shirt Design), Carlisle Vidourek (Silver - Promotional Graphic Design), Keri Davis (Bronze – Prepared Speech) and Devin Roddy (Bronze – Action Skills). Full Article

The Sandy Creek Mock Trial Team won their region this weekend in a hard fought final round with Eastside High School. This is a back to back region win and is well-deserved. The team will compete at state level competition on March 17th. The team also scored defeats over Whitewater High School, Barrow High School, and Newton High School earlier in the day. The following students were recognized in the awards ceremony for individual achievements:

Outstanding Witness: Andrew Barrow (2 different rounds), Esther Oyerinde, Britt Pullie, Lauren Cooper

Outstanding Attorney: Brandon Swint, Mary Oguoma-Richards, Julien Brinson

The other members who competed on Saturday included: Christy Oso, Jasmine Robinson, Omari Allen, Tiera Lee, Todd Baker, Christiana Dossie, Dia Martin, Harrison Williams, Laci Thompson, and Paul Lindo have also contributed to the team this year.

Please congratulate these students when you see them. This is the 4th year Sandy Creek has had a team and already we are one of the more competitive teams in the state. That is mainly because of the many many hours these students put in preparing their cases, learning the complex legal concepts, and developing public speaking and presentation skills.

Amber Ugbo 1st place - Nutrition Knowledge
Kayla Triche 4th place - Researched Persuasive Speaking
Zack Booker, Dara Carter, Kaitlyn Taylor, & Shantorria Williams 7th place - Biomedical Debate
Suraj Kanna 8th place - Job Seeking Skills
Narie Roberson, Paul Lindo, Cari Jones, & Bryce Harvey 10th place - Biomedical Debate

Kaiser Permanente Exam Winners:
Hong Cheng
Bobby Lee
Jirah Suttle
Jordan Taylor

SCHS HOSA - Most Enthusiastic Chapter
Imani Williams - Elected HOSA State Reporter