Alcorn Central High School

Calling Tennis Players

Students, if you are interested in playing tennis next year, you need to go by and see Mrs. Nancy Lambert in the Media Center as soon as possible to get information about summer tennis practice and other opportunities.

Congratulations to AC Students

Congratulations to Alcorn Central High School students who have excelled in their studies at the Alcorn Career and Technology Center this year. The ACTC Student of the Year has been awarded to Chelsea Robbins, daughter of Heather and Kevin Engle. Chelsea has completed the Allied Health Program under Mrs. Tila Johnson.

Fourth quarter students were Cody Broadway for Computer Systems Technology, Adam Wren for Manufacturing Fundamentals, Evan Gibens for Automotive Service Technology and Alicia Frady for Graphic Arts.

Student of the quarter in Business and Marketing is Morgan Woodruff. DECA District Competition Winnners are Heaven Ronacher, Dillon Piner, Morgan Woodruff and Jake Hall. Economics Award to Jake Hall, CPAS High Achievement Awards to Heaven Ronacher, Morgan Woodruff and Hannah Johnson. DECA President Award to Hannah Johnson. Marketing and Economics Student of the Year Award to Hannah Johnson.

AC Track

Congratulations to our ACHS Track Team, under the leadership of Coach Bobby Purvis! At the State Track Meet in Jackson, our students finished:

Kaitlynn Mynatt, 7th in Discus

Alex Madahar, 6th in Long Jump and High Hurdles

Alex Madahar, 7th in Intermediate Hurdles

Alissa Ann Williams, 5th in Pole Vault

Taylor Derrick, 6th in Pole Vault

Forrest Crumby, 4th in Mile Run (breaking 5 minute mark with 4:55)

Congratulations, guys!!

All-Star

Congratulations to Katie Foster! She was named as a North Mississippi Coaches Association Basketball All-Star and will be competing with the North East All-Stars on June 2 at Itawamba Community College.

Also named to the All-Stars was Coach Charlette Foster. She will be coaching with Coach Chris Higginbottom from Belmont. Together they will be coaching Katie and the rest of the All-Stars from the North East.

Tennis Team Division Champs!

Congratulations to the ACHS Tennis Team! They are the Division Champs for the very first time and had a great showing at the State Tournament May 7 and 8. Ally Gray and Trevor Smith, Ande Mills and Reid Price and Anna Bowling went to the 2nd Round of the Semi-Finals. David Hollowell is the Runner-Up for Boys' Singles. Congratulations to Coach Nancy Lambert and her team!!

Scholarship Notes for Seniors

Seniors, just a reminder that if you are going to college, and haven't taken the ACT, you must do so ASAP!! The next two remaining dates are April 14 (registration deadline March 9) and June 9 (registration deadline May 4).

Also, if you plan to go to NEMCC, you MUST complete the Federal Need Based Financial Aid Application (FAFSA) for two reasons: 1) You may qualify for financial aid for school next year and 2) You are required to complete this application to qualify for the Guaranteed Tuition Program. This application is called the FAFSA or Pell Grant. Grants do NOT have to be paid back.

You may access FAFSA in three ways: 1) Go to www.fafsa.gov to apply online (preferred), 2) Go to www.fafsa.gov: click "Start Here" and click "Filing Options" to download and print out a paper copy or 3) Call the U. S. Department of Education at 1-800-433-3243 or 1-319-337-5665 to have a copy mailed to you.

A reminder that college-bound seniors need to apply for State Financial Aid. This includes MTAG and other financial aid that students may qualify for. That site is www.mississippi.edu: click on the rise up section or "Applying for State Aid", then "State Aid," then click "Submit New." The counselor will forward 7 semester grade point averages to the State Financial Aid office in mid-February. All the senior has to do is provide the State with a proof of residence. Seniors must have a 15 on the ACT and a 2.5 GPA in order to qualify for the $500 grant. Seniors will be notified by the State FInancial Aid office by late Spring/early Summer of their status.

Seniors going to NEMCC should fill out the NE Scholarship Application and submit it by the APRIL 1 scholarship priority deadline to NE. The counselor must sign off on this application confirming GPA and ACT scores. Line 6 on the back of this application is where the student should list any of the scholarships NE has to offer. The application itself has information about ACT, GPA, Leadership and Career Incentive Scholarships.

For information about other NE scholarships, go to www.nemcc.edu. From the home page, click on "Scholarships." The scholarships on the left side of the page will be handled by the NE Financial Aid office, and should be applied for on line 6 of the application. The ones on the right side of the page are handled by the NE Foundation, and instructions are given as to how one may download and print out an application. Many of the scholarships listed on the left side of the page are also listed in the NE catalogue on pages 52-58. Mrs. Grisham and Mrs. Lewis will have a coy of those also.

Time is drawing near!! Seniors that haven't already done so, should make preparation for college and future plans.

FBLA Students to compete

ACHS FBLA students competed at the State Leadership Conference on Thursday, April 12.

The students who placed at the state level are:

1st place Alex Holloway in Business Communications,

2nd place Reid Price, Katelyn Miller and Brooke Odle in Banking and Financial Systems, 2nd place Taylor Bordeleau in Word Processing I,

5th place Hilary Price in Introduction to Business Communications,

6th place Madison Leggett in Business Math,

6th place Lakin Little in Introduction to Parliamentary Procedures.

Congratulations, guys!!