The B

uzz!

Volume 2, Issue 8 October 5, 2012

Yearbooks are currently on sale in

Mrs. Prince’s room for $45. The price

will increase to $50 on October 15th

and to $55 on January 14th.

10/06– Raneisha Florence,

Veronica Ramon 10/09– Logan

Barrett 10/11– Charles Basko

Christopher Bur-roughs is the winner

of last week’s football contest. Congratula-

tions!

Staff Members - Jessie Adams, Delanie Aday, Cheyenne Brooks, Casandra Brown, Lexi Gilliard, Ramsey Glass, Jaquan Green, Pamela Halliday, Courtney Hilliard, Sherry Lammons, Wakeelah McIntyre, Harlee Moates,

Jasmine Riddle, Kelly Rodgers, Jessica Yarley, and Jayla Young Christian Drake - Sports Editor Yazmen McCaskill - Asst. Editor Harli Singleton - Editor Mrs. Meg Whigham - Sponsor

Hornet Spotlight

If you are interested in receiving The Buzz

through your e-mail, please e-mail the staff

at PHSTHEBUZZ@gmail.com or see a staff

member or Mrs. Whigham.

Fall Break Coming Soon: October 8 & 9

Inside this issue:

FFA News 2

Pep Rally 3

Lights Out 3

Mrs. Prothro 3

PHS Sports 4

Best Dressed- Hakeem Ferrell and Timesha

Cleveland

Best Sense of Humor- DeAnthony Davis and

Marissah Frost

Most Talkative- Chris Shelton and

Wimbrelle Scott

Most Athletic- Clifford Stewart and Daisy

Martinez

Most Spirited- Michael Futch and Latressa

Moore

Most Intelligent- Tyler Singleton and

Hannah White

Most Likely to Succeed- Seth Taylor and Halliotte

Bell

Best All-Around- Kyle Howell

and Beth Phillips

Most Unforgettable- Antonio Green

and Shakina Hayward

Most Talented- Joel Venegas and Herbnesha

Laster

The Pelham Wildlife Festival will be held

behind the depot Saturday morning,

October 6, 2012. The Wildlife Parade

will be Saturday night, and it will start at

8:30. If you have any questions call

(229) 294-4924.

The Hornet Spotlight shines on two exceptionally talented Hor-nets this week, McKenzie Smith and Austin Waters. McKenzie

Smith is a smart and hardworking freshman at PHS. She runs cross country where she runs in the 3 mile event. She also plays

basketball for the Lady Hornets. She is the

daughter of PCMS principal, Laron Smith, and Mrs. Willa Smith, who works in the PHS

front office. McKenzie works hard to main-

tain her AB average and does her best to succeed at everything she does. Austin

Waters, is another smart and hardworking

freshman at PHS. He is currently taking honor classes, where he also maintains an AB average. Austin is a member of the PHS

football team and an active member of FCA. He also participates in the PHS marching band where he plays trombone. According

to Mrs. Bulloch, these two are very hardworking Hornets who

strive to push themselves to be the best. Nothing is going to slow these two down!

Keep up the good work and congratula-

tions for being featured in the Hornet

Spotlight. - By Wakeelah McIntyre

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It is during our darkest mo-

ments that we must focus to

see the light. -Aristotle Onassis

On October 1, 2012 Mr.

Young held a pig show

meeting. If anyone is

interested in showing a

pig this year, please see

Mr. Young for more

details. On October 2,

2012 an FFA meeting

was held in the ag room.

The FFA board members had a Fear Factor

theme night, and Mr. Young provided the

members with hotdogs, hamburgers, and

drinks. The Poinsettia sale is going on right

now. If any FFA members would like to sell

poinsettias or if anyone wants to buy poin-

settias, see Mr. Young. Thursday through

Sunday the FFA goat show team will be in

Perry, GA for the State Lamb and Goat

Show. The members that will be showing

are Staci Clark, Brianna Holton, Tres Wil-

liams, Cameron Solomon, Shawnee Fenton,

and Jessica Yarley. Branson Beasley will be

showing his cows at the Georgia National

Fair Cattle Show in Perry, GA this weekend.

Also, on October 17, 2012 Mr. Young is

planning a trip to Expo. There is a $10 fee

to sign up, but he only has thirty slots and

after those thirty are filled, students’ names

will be put on a waiting list. You must be an

FFA member to go, and you must wear your

FFA shirt. If you would like to sign up,

please see Mr. Young. –By Delanie Aday

and Jessica

Yarley

FFA News!

Last Friday’s Pep Rally was full of

excitement and enthusiasm for Friday

night’s game. There were various

activities going on, such as competi-

tions between each grade level to see

who could be the loudest. Of course,

the seniors won! Seniors participating

in fall sports and Senior Favorites were

also announced and by the end of the

pep rally, everyone was “all whammed

up.” Seeing the cheerleaders get pied

in the face just added more excitement

and had the students even more hyped

as they left PHS on Game Day Friday.

–By Casandra Brown & Harlee Moates

Last Friday’s Pep Rally

CTAE– Christopher Burroughs, English– Bryce McDowell, Social Studies– Lacey Brogren, Science–

Kayla Barfield, Math– Bessy Mendez (not pictured)

September Students of the Month

As the faithful Hornets worked

through their busy work day, they

were temporarily interrupted by a

power outage. The power outage

caused second and third lunches to

be delayed so the administration and

cafeteria staff could come up with a

plan to feed the hungry student

Hornets. The lunchroom staff along

with a very helpful administrator,

Mr. Williamson, worked together to

create enough peanut butter sand-

wiches for the students. As the

students in second lunch were en-

joying their lunches, the lights came

back on, and the Hornets were able

to continue their busy day in the

nest. –

By Pam-

ela Halli-

day

Lights Out for the Hornets

“No, I can’t explain my D in math. That class teach-es us about numbers, not

letters!”

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Mrs. Prothro’s Early Childhood Develop-

ment class was assigned to write and

create a children’s story. On Thursday,

September 27, 2012, Mrs. Prothro’s

class went to visit the Pre-K students to

share their children’s story they had

written in the previous days. The elemen-

tary students were amazed at the fact that

they were being read stories by “the big

kids.” The PHS Hornets read so well that

they were even asked to come back. On

Friday, September 28th, 2012, the Early

Childhood Development class traveled to

the elementary school for the second

time. This time they spent time with the

kindergarten class. The kindergarteners

seemed more interactive with story time.

They are a little older so they understood

the story better. The two cheerleaders of

the group, Ann Atkins and Rebekah

Smith, taught Mrs. Slaughter’s class a

cheer. Mrs. Prothro’s class said that it

was great fun reading to the kindergarten

class because of the participation they

received back, but of course, they en-

joyed the Pre-K students, too. Thursday

and Friday several bright little faces were

lit up eagerly awaiting stories. – By

Yazmen McCaskill and Lexi Gilliard

Story Time with the Elementary School

During the week of September 24th –

October 1st Mrs. Prothro’s fourth block

class planned and threw parties that

contained nutritious menus and active

games for the guests to play. For each

party, the group members had to pick a

theme, make their own menu, and plan

the games that were to be played. Some

of the themes were Candy Land, Spider-

man, Angry Birds, Rainbows, and Mon-

keys. The whole purpose of throwing

these parties was so the students would

learn how to make a party be both nutri-

tious and actively healthy. Many children

in America are becoming obese and

overweight due to the fast food and un-

healthy food that they eat. –By Kelly

Rodgers

Healthy Partying

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Cross Country

Hornet Football

The Pelham High School

Cross Country team is reach-

ing the peak of its season.

This past week the team had

two meets, one in Albany and

the other in Thomasville.

Both were difficult, and

challenged the Hornet run-

ners in different ways. The

Monroe Invitational in Alba-

ny, GA took place on Thurs-

day, September 27, 2012 at

5:30 in the afternoon. The

runners said the course was

fairly easy but was made

challenging by the hot sun

shining down on them as

they ran the 3.1 miles. The

Thomasville meet was not as

hot but was made hard by the

changing of surfaces, the

steep hills, and the never-

ending straightaways. The

Pelham Cross Country team

members tried their hardest

at both of those meets, and

two runners were recognized

for their outstanding perfor-

mances. Guthrie Edwards

placed 5th out of nearly 100

male runners, and Beth

Phillips placed 6th overall for

the girls at the Monroe Invi-

tational. Good job Hornets! -

By Cheyenne Brooks and

Pamela Halliday

Silent Cheerleader day was last

Friday. This meant the cheerlead-

ers of PHS had to remain quiet

for the entire day. If a cheerleader

talked, she would have to give her

spirit stick to the person that

made her talk. Students were not

allowed to touch them in any way.

During the pep rally, any person

that received a spirit stick had the

opportunity to hit the cheerleader

in the face with a pie. Rebekah

Smith was pied by Christian

Drake. Ann Atkins was pied by

Mr. White. Marissah Frost was

pied by Clifford Stewart. Ashley

Chason was pied by Beth Phillips.

Latressa Moore was pied by

Lorenzo Church. Shakina Hay-

ward was pied by Ausia Fleming.

Yazmen McCaskill was pied by

Emily Burgess. Hopefully, these

cheerleaders have learned that

when the coach says be silent she

means it. –By Sherry Lammons

Hush Little Cheerleader

On September 28, 2012 the mighty Pelham Hornets started their quest to make the

state play-off with their first region game at home against the Fitzgerald Hurri-

canes. The Hornet defense took the field first, and they did a fantastic job making

the Hurricanes punt the ball to the Hornet offense. The Hornet offense took the field

and moved the ball well but had to punt. On the punt a host of Hornets brought

down the Fitzgerald runner in the end zone causing a safety and giving the Hornets

a 2-0 lead. The Hornets got the ball back after the safety, and started driving the

ball very well. Brandon Smith broke out for a 66 yard run that was called back for a

penalty so the Hornets had to settle for a field goal furthering their lead 5-0 going

into the second quarter. On the ensuing possession the Hornet defense allowed a

score making the score 7-5 Fitzgerald. Later on in the first half the Hornets scored

on a pass from Clarence Almond to Clifford Stewart making the score 11-7. At the

end of the second quarter the Hornets seem to collapse giving up three touchdowns,

two on a goal line stance and another on an interception making the score at the

half 26-11. Coming out in the second half the Hornet offense started it off, and their

drive ended in a punt. This was the story of the second half for the Hornets. At the

end of the game the score was 40-11 giving the Hornets a 0-1 region record. This

week is an off week for the Hornets, and they will be preparing for their next region

game against Cook County. So come out and travel with the Hornets. Go Hornets! –

By Christian Drake