B2 I APRIL 24,2019
Academia
BERTIE LEDGER-ADVANCE
The fabric of Bertie County since 1832
Students get free trip to school
WINDSOR - Out of ap
proximately 150 appli
cants statewide, two
students from Bertie
Middle School were se
lected to attend a free,
one-week residential
program at the North
Carolina School of Sci
ence and Mathematics
this July.
Only 50 students in
the whole state were
chosen to be a part of
the “Step Up to STEM
program,” which is July
14-19 in Durham.
Jahkia Basnight,
grade 8, is the daughter
of Mashawanda Razor
of Windsor. She is an
Honor Roll student and
a member of the Na
tional Junior BETA Club
at Bertie Middle School,
where she serves as the
president.
Basnight is also a
varsity cheerleader
and represented Bertie
Middle School as “Miss
BMS.” She has been
accepted to the Ber
tie Early College High
School for the 2019-2020
school year.
Timya Freeman, grade
8, is the daughter of
Cheryl Jefferson, San
dra Vaughan, and Ca-
reem Freeman (parents)
From left: Bertie Middle School Principal Mona Gilliam, Timya Freeman, Jahkia Basnight and Beta Club Advisor Sandra Wil-
liams-McGione.
of Windsor.
She is an Honor Roll
student and a member
of the National Junior
BETA Club at Bertie
Middle School, where
she serves as the Chap
lain.
Freeman is also a var
sity cheerleader and
serves as Captain for
the junior varsity team.
She has also been ac
cepted to the Bertie
High School Early Col
lege for the 2019-2020
school year.
“Step Up to STEM” is
an innovative, interdis
ciplinary academic pro
gram that uses exciting
real-world subjects to
challenge rising 9th
graders across North
Carolina to build their
skills in science, math
and communications.
During the program’s
residential summer in
stitute, students live
and learn on the histor
ic campus of the North
Carolina School of Sci
ence and Mathemat
ics, where they have
the opportunity to
take advantage of the
many unique enrich
ment activities avail
able throughout the
Triangle.
This unique summer
program, which is be
ing made available to
our students for free, is
.valued at $ 1,495 per stu
dent. “Step Up to STEM”
provides students with
opportunities to en
gage with curriculum in
ways not typically avail
able to them during the
standard school year.
During the week-long
summer program, stu
dents will be studying
an interdisciplinary sci
ence, mathematics, and
biomedical engineering
curriculum, all of which
are supported by a writ
ing component.
Specifically, the sum
mer program will ex
plore biological systems
and associated cellular
processes. A variety of
enrichment activities
outside of class time
further develop stu
dents’ social and aca
demic learning through
on-campus events and
off-campus field trips.
This is a free one-
week residential sum
mer program valued
at $1495.00. Basnight,
and Freeman are among
150 other applicants in
vited to be one of the
50 participants in the
2019 Step Up to STEM
program. The program
will be held July 14-19
at the North Carolina
School of Science and
Mathematics in Dur
ham.
Honor students announced at BACA
ASKEWVILLE-Bethel As
sembly Christian Acad
emy Principal Sharon
Jernigan recently an
nounced the Principal
List and Honor Roll for
the third grading pe
riod.
Those honored in
clude:
K-5
Honor Roll: Jase Am
brose, Emilee Baker,
Joshua Beachboard, Lil
lie Beachboard, Gabbi
Bunch, Briley Conner,
Jaxson Harrell, Caelyn
Pesce, Sophie Todd,
Justin White, Kaleigh
Williams
First Grade
Principal’s List: Logan
Jernigan, Luke Miz-
elle, Caylee Ownbey,
Michael Pierce, Avery
White
Honor Roll: Myles
Dozier, Hunter Frazer,
C.J. White, Nolan White
Second Grade
Principal’s List: . Ray
leigh Leggett, Rowyn
Mizelle, Savannah Own
bey, Addison Sawyer
Honor Roll: Easton
Hobbs
Third Grade
Principal’s List: Olivia
Bazemore, Elizabeth
Conner, Dustin Myers
Honor Roll: Hallie
Mizelle, Chesson Pas-
pas, Conner Taylor
Fourth Grade
Honor Roll: Caden
Bauer, Zoey Harden,
Zoey Minyard
Fifth Grade
Principal’s List: Sa
vannah Ball, Jack John
son, Katelin Outland,
Mallory Woodard
Honor Roll: Zachary
Brickhouse, Levi Dozi
er, Albion Mizelle
Sixth Grade
Principal’s List:
McKinley Conner, Sa
mantha Jernigan, Si-
anna Johnson, Austyn
Rawls
Honor Roll: Drake
Barnes, Kaydee Beach
board, Caroline Jack-
son, Jaxson Minton,
Lauren Taylor
Seventh Grade
Principal’s List:
Lynsey Bazemore,
Jaden Hobbs
Honor Roll: C o 1 e e n
Askew, Cade Cullipher,
Nathan Daniels, Aliza
Jernigan
Eighth Grade
Principal’s List: Ab
bey Minton, Savannah
Rodgers
Honor Roll: Lorie Nel
son, Mackenzie Mizelle
Ninth Grade
Principal’s List: Eliana
Bazemore, Joshua Dun-
low, Haven Hoggard
Honor Roll: Kelli
Bunch, Reagan Davis,
Nicholas Jernigan, Joey
Patterson
Tenth Grade
Principal’s List: Gage
Bolam, Sarah Conner,
Hayle Harrell, Sheree
Harrell, Mandi Jernigan,
Luke Johnson, Maddie
Knowles, Dylan. Men
dez, Grade Simmons
Honor Roll: Bryce
Barnes, Elizabeth
Joyner, Joshua Morris,
Haley Northcott, David
Pesce, Hannah Price
Eleventh Grade
Principal’s List: Cait-
lyn Askew, Kelsea By
rum, Lucas Doughtie,
Kayley Minton, Grace
Todd, Meredith Toppin
Honor Roll: Carson
Askew, Mason Askew,
Kyle Cullipher, Mason
Dunlow, Adam Hog
gard, Carman Mizelle
Twelfth Grade
Principal’s List: Jen
na Dunlow, Colton
Hoggard, Ava Johnson,
Fletcher Todd, Lindsey
Todd
Honor Roll: Jackson
Harrell, Joseph Harrell
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LUMINARIAS AND TORCHES
American Cancer Society
Relay For Life of Bertie County
Bertie High School
May 17, 2019
You can help light the way to a cure for cancer and honor loved ones who have battled this disease. During the American Cancer Society Relay For Life Event, a beautiful
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