Spring 2015 Newsletter - Partnerships For Success

Welcome to our New Clubs!
Loganville
North Hall
High
Middle
School
School
Newsletter 2015
Partnerships for success – change your future with us.
Sports News
Disability Resource Center sponsors Beep Kickball
PFS Clubs from Chestatee High, East Hall HS, Johnson HS, Lanier Charter Career Academy,
North Hall HS, North Hall MS and West Hall HS all participated in Beep Kickball and other
activities on April 17. The events began after Sylvester Story from DRC sang the National
Anthem, and Marissa Shores from LCCA rolled the first pitch
Will Crain, Johnson HS, honored at the State Capitol for being a Special Olympic
World Game Athlete.
Johnson High School PFS Club member Will Crain was honored by legislators on
March 19. Will has been chosen to represent our country at the 2015 Special Olympics
World Games in Los Angeles this July. He’s the only person from Georgia on the fiveperson USA Kayak Team. Way to go Will!
Partnerships for Success is funded by the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities.
Cindy Saylor, Program Coordinator
Colleen Lambert, Program Coordinator
www.partnershipsforsuccess.com
General News
Apalachee High School PFS Club members go
to prom, two members are crowned
PFS Club members Tyler Ozborne and Alissa Wheeler
were crowned prom king and queen.
Loganville High club members turkey around
in November and bake in January
To celebrate the holiday season, PFS club members
from LHS created turkey wreaths in November and
held a delayed baking day in January where they
baked Christmas cookies.
Leadership in Action
North Hall High School PFS Club
provides eggstravaganza for elementary
students
North Hall HS club members filled Easter eggs
with goodies, hid the eggs for the elementary
students, and helped to find the eggs in April.
Members form North Hall and Chestatee High
Schools planned and guided a variety of
Activities for 8 middle and high school Clubs
across Northeast Georgia. Each Club learned
about responsibility, team work and conflict
resolution when they built a bridge that could
hold a water bottle using only newspaper and
tape.
March 5, 2015. Disability Day at the Capitol
More than 125 students from Walton, Douglas and
Hall Counties’ braved the weather, saw their state
government in action and learned more about the
Americans With Disabilities Act thanks to the
programs sponsored by the Georgia Council on
Developmental Disabilities.
Club Members from Loganville HS, Carver MS and
Monroe Area HS were recognized by Rep. Bruce
Williamson from the floor of the House Chamber.
New Manchester and North Hall Clubs
recruited new members during their
Freshman orientation.
C.A. Gray Jr. High School PFS Club members
have a movie night and pajama party
Community Service News
PFS Club at New Manchester High School
sport new t-shirts
Northeast Georgia Leadership
Conference February 12, 2015
Alora Ennis, a senior at Loganville
HS was chosen to read a poem by
Kathryn Carroll at the Disability Day
Rally. The poem, “I (Don’t) Care”,
can be found at
http://www.abilities.com/community/
adacaring.html.
C.A. Gray Junior High
School volunteers their
time at local soup
kitchen
After earning money at their craft fair in November,
PFS Club members from NMHS purchased t-shirts
designed by one of their own!
The PFS club at C.A. Gray
Junior High prepared food
and offered coloring pages
to the children at a local
soup kitchen in Moultrie
Chestatee High School PFS Club members
read to little ones at a local pre-school
The PFS Club of Cartersville High fills
goodie bags for Tapestry Hospice
Tapestry Hospice Volunteer Coordinator, Ms. Bray
supplied
materials for the
Cartersville High PFS Club
to fill goodie bags for hospice patients at Christmas
Students Michael Holland, Kwan Cooper & Taquan
Grosvenor from New Manchester HS carried the
banner that led the rally participants in a parade
from the State Capitol to the Freight depot.
Chestatee HS visited the gallery where they saw Lt.
Governor Casey Cagle and watched the senate
debate a bill about the takeover of failing schools
by the State.