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December 2023 Student Spotlights – Pike Road

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Student & School Spotlights Dec RRP (Pike Road)
Every month we compile a list of students doing great things across the River Region.  We have so many talented students in our area.  River Region Parents joins with their families and schools to celebrate their achievements!
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Pike Road Senior Organizes Blood Drive

Pike Road Senior Organizes Blood Drive

Sydney Rhodes is in the business of saving lives. Last year after donating blood for the first time she realized it was so easy, anyone could do it. That’s when she started thinking about bringing the BloodMobile to Pike Road Schools.
The PRS Leo Club and her teacher, Ms. Amanda Fuller both knew this was a great cause and agreed to sponsor the event. Sydney spent time over the summer making calls and working with LifeSouth to organize the event.
This is the first blood drive at Pike Road Schools and they had almost 100 students, teachers, and parents sign up to donate. There were also more than 20 students who volunteered at the event throughout the day.
Life South provided students who donated a $20 gift card, and the Leo Club received a stipend for organizing the event. They plan to put the money aside to be able to help a family who needs it due to a medical emergency. They hope to never need to use it. All of the blood donated with LifeSouth stays in our community and each donation can help to save up to three lives.

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Macon East Academy Holds Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for New Activity Center

Macon East Academy Holds Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for New Activity Center

Macon East Academy dedicated its new 7,500 square-foot multi-purpose building with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by city, state, and county officials. State House Representative Reed Ingram, Montgomery County Commissioner Doug Singleton, and Pike Road Mayor Gordon Stone were among the guests, in addition to the Headmaster Glynn Lott, school administrators, and trustees. The building offers an open-space design that can be utilized for school events, classrooms, and an all-sport indoor training facility with retractable batting cages for baseball and softball. Additionally, there are enlarged restroom facilities to serve the football, baseball, and softball complex. This new building is an investment in the campus, students, and faculty.

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ACAP Celebration at Pike Road Junior High

ACAP Celebration at Pike Road Junior High

Excitement was in the air as the GW courtyard transformed into a sizzling spot for celebration. Dedicated volunteers were on campus early in the day tending to the grill, and packing lunch bags for students who achieved proficiency on some portion of the ACAP or reached a category 3 or 4 in Growth. 473 students from 7th, 8th, and 9th grades were able to participate in the hot dog cookout!

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First Responders Visit Pike Road High School

First Responders Visit Pike Road High School

Pike Road High School Career & Tech instructors invited groups of first responders to speak to students about their jobs. The visitors included Montgomery City Police Officers, Montgomery County Sheriff Deputies, K-9 units, Alabama Power, Dixie Electric, Waugh/ Mt. Meigs Volunteer Fire & Rescue, and Pike Road Fire Department. Students could engage with the responders, ask questions, get in the emergency vehicles, put on their gear, practice CPR, go through the smokehouse, and more!

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Pike Road Junior High Teachers Receives Excellence in Robotics Teaching Award

Pike Road Junior High Teachers Receives Excellence in Robotics Teaching Award

Catherine Kenny was awarded the Terry Marbut Excellence in Robotics Teaching Award on October 13 at the 2023 Southern Educational Robotics Conference. Mrs. Kenny teaches STEM/ Technology Education, Computer Science Discoveries, and Robotics Systems at Pike Road Jr. High School. She also serves as the junior high and high school VEX VRC robotics coach. Congratulations Mrs. Kenny for this honor!

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Pike Road Show Choirs Host Spooky Sprint 5K

Pike Road Show Choirs Host Spooky Sprint K

The Show Choirs hosted a Spooky Sprint 5K last week. There were more than 200 racers, and at least 50 zombies! There were medals awarded for race winners and prizes awarded for the best /scariest/ most creative costumes. At the end of the event, the two show choirs performed together for the first time, and they ended up raising almost $10,000 for the show choir programs!

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Macon East Fourth Grade Field Trip

Macon East Fourth Grade Field Trip

Macon East Academy fourth graders enjoyed an Alabama History field trip to learn all about cotton. They started at the Milstead Gin Company in Shorter, AL. Mr. Joey Scarborough was a gracious host and provided the tour of the gin. Students then visited Segrest Farms in Shorter, and walked through the fields and picked bags of cotton to take home as a souvenir. After picking cotton, students enjoyed a picnic lunch. The students also enjoyed a presentation about the native Americans and Tes Jolly showed the students some ancient Creek Indian artifacts. They enjoyed learning about history and playing outdoors on a beautiful fall day!

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PRES Learns About Fire Safety

PRES Learns About Fire Safety

Pike Road Elementary School students spent a week learning about fire safety. Local firefighters visited our kindergarten classrooms talking to the kids and showing them what a fireman looks like in full gear. Students in 1st – 3rd grade had the opportunity to explore the fire truck and experience the smokehouse. A big thank you goes to the Pike Road Fire Department for dedicating their time to PRES and teaching our learners about fire safety!

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Baptist Health Supports PRS

Baptist Health Supports PRS

Baptist Health donates nearly $7,000 worth of medical supplies to Pike Road High School Health Sciences Program. This generous donation equips more than 200 students in the Career Tech Program’s Health Sciences track with new medical tools, including stethoscopes, thermometers, gloves, masks, wheelchairs, and more, enriching their educational experiences.
Many of these students will not only use these supplies to learn skills in the classroom, but it will also serve to prepare students for future internships and potential careers at Baptist Health.

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Pike Road Lady Patriots Win Big

Pike Road Lady Patriots Win Big

Pike Road Patriots are 6-A Area Tournament Champions! We are so proud of these girls!

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Pike Road SGA Hosts Trunk or Treat for Pike Road Community

Pike Road SGA Hosts Trunk or Treat for Pike Road Community

On October 30, the high school SGA hosted their second annual Trunk or Treat for our community and it was a huge success! At least 25 “trunks” were handing out candy or offering games for more than 100 costumed visitors. The entire community joined in the fun from school clubs and organizations, to churches, and local businesses! The SGA even held a costume contest for the kids. Regardless if you were walking with a candy bag, or hosting a game, a good time was had by all!

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PRES Wins 2nd in Hay Look at Us! Contest

PRES Wins nd in Hay Look at Us! Contest

Pike Road Elementary School placed 2nd in the Hay Look at Us! haybale decorating contest. This year, the PRES specialists transformed their haybale into Spookley, the Square Pumpkin. If someone was not familiar with Spookley, there was even an added QR code that could be scanned to hear PRES theatre teacher, Mr. Clark read the story.

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