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AND CAREER ACADEMY
Code Quest
Two Newton College and Career AcademyEntrepreneurial Business Incubator
associates on The Web Tech team competed
in a computer coding contest on April 18th at
Lockheed Martin in Marietta.
The competition hosted over 40 High School
teams participating in Advanced to Novice
levels.
Each team had to solve 15-20 and figure out
missing code issues through JAVA problems
in only 2.5 hours.
James Parsons and Fletcher Stamps
competed under the Novice category.
We are very proud of their participation.
Figure 1Paton with the 2nd and 3rd place winners and the
proficiency award sponsor.
STATE WINNERS IN THE FOREST
MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTS
PROFICIENCY RECOGNIZED AT THE
87th GEORGIA FFA STATE
CONVENTION
MACON – (APRIL 24, 2015) – Winners of the
Forest Management and Products Proficiency
were recognized at the 87th Georgia FFA State
Convention held at the Macon Centreplex on
April 23-25, 2015. Paton Day of Newton
County placed first in the proficiency
competition, followed by Broxton Crosby of
Echols County, and Joshua Peterson of Dodge
County, finishing second and third,
respectively.
Proficiency awards are granted to FFA
members who have excelled in their
Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE).
Participants in the Forest Management and
Products Proficiency implement best
management practices for the conservation, or
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accumulation, of the economic value of a
forest and/or forest products through practices
such as thinning, pruning, weeding, stand
improvement, reforestation, insect and disease
control, planting, and harvesting.
The Forest Management and Products
Proficiency was sponsored at the state level by
The Twilley Lands, and at the national level by
John Deere and Ram Trucks.
All winners received a plaque and a cash
award. State winners receive $100, as well as
$500 travel money to attend the National FFA
Convention. Additionally, the advisor of the
state winner also received $100 cash. Second
place winners received $50 and third place
winners received $25.
The National FFA Organization, formerly
known as the Future Farmers of America,
changed its name in 1988 to reflect the growth
and diversity of agriculture. There are more
than 500,000 FFA members nationwide. The
Georgia Association has more than 37,000
members, making it the 3rd largest Association
in the nation. The FFA makes a positive
difference in the lives of students by
developing their potential for premier
leadership, personal growth, and career
success, through agricultural education.
WBL Employer Appreciation
The work based learning and Entrepreneurial
Business Incubator hosted an Employer
Appreciation Reception May 6th.
NCCA’s culinary arts students catered the
event. They were extremely professional and
the meal was a great success. Eastside
engineering students etched the glass awards
we gave.
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Several of our business incubator students
were recognized. EBI companies Desktops 4
Ed, Home Grown Digital and Music &
Memory employers were recognized.
Home Grown Digital, Right at Home and Jared
Rutberg, JRJ Construction were all recognized
as ‘EBI Companies of the Year’ .
Our ‘WBL
Employer of the
Year’ was The
Covington News.
Dr. Lizella
Dodson, Porterdale
Elementary
Principal, was
given an award for
partnering with the
NCCA ECE
associates.
Dr. Dodson is retiring this year and we wanted
to give her recognition for going above and
beyond in assisting our ECE NCCA associates
with internships. Thanks so much!
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The students were presented with certificates
for their achievement.
The Pre K children had an opportunity to have
an up close and personal lesson about the bees
on view in Mr. Pollard's Class
Also, each student had a chance to entire the
MOS World Wide Championship. We have
one student currently ranked 3rd place and
should go on to compete in Florida this
summer.
DECA Nationals Finalists
Two Newton College and
Career Academy (NCCA)
seniors, Keyondra Mitchell
and Sydney Damiani, have been on the ride of
their lives for the past three months.
Having chosen to compete for their Marketing
CTSO, DECA, both girls have spent their time
testing, competing, and winning.
Students Become Certified
Students attending NCCA who are taking a
Business class have had the opportunity to take
one of the Microsoft Certification tests.
Of 80 students tested 59 students this year have
passed one of the Microsoft Office Specialist
Certification Tests.
That is a jump of 25 students from last year’s
numbers! The various certifications range from
Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint.
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These young
women competed
in the Marketing,
Sales, and
Service Events at
both the regional
and state level.
Keyondra
Mitchell
competed in
Restaurant and
Food Service
Management,
representing the
Sports and
Entertainment Pathway at NCCA;
Sydney Damiani competed in Apparel and
Accessories, representing the Fashion
Merchandising and Retailing Essentials
Pathway at NCCA.
Keyondra and Sydney placed in the top three at
regionals to have a spot to compete at the state
DECA level.
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Once at Georgia DECA State Competition,
each student finished within top seven in the
state of Georgia and will be competing again at
ICDC (Nationals) in Orlando, Florida.
We would like to congratulate NCCA DECA
Advisors Mariana Mansfield ED. S., Fashion
Marketing Trainer, and Heather Fuller, Sports
and Entertainment Trainer, for the
accomplishments of their students.
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U.S. Department of Education Rep. Mr.
Dennis Bega visits NCCA Science Students
On May 12th 2015 a rep from the U.S.
Department of Education visited Newton
College and Career Academy. Science
students presented projects, participated in a
forum and expressed opinions and concerns
as it relates to public education with Mr.
Dennis Bega, a representative for Secretary
Arnie Duncan. Several interesting topics were
presented and discussed by students such as,
homicide, infectious disease, media influence,
and addictions. The rationale was to present
information as it relates to epidemiology and
public health to the U.S. Department of
Education. Mr. Dennis Bega collaborated
with science teacher Mr. Evern Williams for
the purpose of hearing the voice of the
students in both presentations and in open
discussion forum. Seniors, Elise McDonald,
Alcovy High, Cionna Jones, Newton High, Rehji
Martin, Eastside High and Tucker Vaughn,
Eastside sat on a panel discussion with Mr.
Bega. "Thanks for an impressive visit; your
students were engaged and energetic" Mr.
Dennis Bega. Also in attendance was Emory
epidemiology professor and author Dr. David
Kleinbaum. “This was a rare opportunity to
see a rep from the U.S. department of
education taking notes from our students here
in Newton County, I am so proud of them”
Evern Williams.
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