STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

Frances Ding
WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL

Woodland Middle School eighth grader Frances Ding achieved first place in the MATHCOUNTS State Competition.  Frances is one of four students who will represent Tennessee at the 2009 Raytheon MATHCOUNTS National Competition in Orlando.  Her teacher is Linda Conrad and her math team coach is Christine Xu.

Alex Cannon & Tony Shallcross
FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL

Franklin High School students Alex Cannon and Tony Shallcross won first place in the Banking & Financial Systems category at the Future Business Leaders of America State Leadership Conference & Competitive Events.  Their teacher is Maria Shepherd.

Alice Ye
FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL

Franklin High School student Alice Ye won first place in Accounting I at the Future Business Leaders of America State Leadership Conference & Competitive Events.  Her teacher is Maria Shepherd.

Robert Alan Porter & Parker Evans
FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL

Franklin High School students Robert Alan Porter and Parker Evans won the award for Outstanding Bill in the Red Senate at the annual Youth in Government Conference.  This award was received for researching, writing and proposing the legislation.  Their teacher is Myron Franklin.

Krystyna Braxton
FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL

Franklin High School student Krystyna Braxton received the award for Outstanding Press Member at the annual Youth in Government Conference.  Krystyna served as a news anchor for the event and was in charge of writing her own script.  Her teacher is Myron Franklin.

Harrison Dreves
FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL

Franklin High School student Harrison Dreves received the award for Outstanding Governors Cabinet at the annual Youth in Government Conference.  This award was given for assisting the governor in drafting and reviewing legislation.  Harrison's teacher is Myron Franklin.

Jomya Lei
RAVENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

Ravenwood High School student Jomya Lei won first place in Latin at the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad.  Her teacher is Victoria McCord.