DeKalb County High School announced last Friday three winners of a new set of awards set to honor students, teachers, and parents or guardians.
“This year we started our Student, Teacher, and Parent or Guardian of the Month,” Assistant Principal Thomas Cagle explained. The new program will honor one student, a parent, and a teacher each month for outstanding achievement.
For the August Teacher of the Month, which is voted on by the administration, Sonja House was recognized. Mrs. House teaches ninth grade English, and has been teaching multiple classes, filling in from staff that have been out.
“I’m shocked. I’m blown away and beyond humbled,” Mrs. House said when receiving the award.
For the August Student of the Month, which is nominated and voted on by the faculty and staff of DCHS, Miss Ellie Webb was honored.
“I’m a senior and I’m grateful for being named Student of the Month,” Webb said. “I’d like to thank all the teachers that nominated me. I’m real appreciative of that, and very thankful.”
Webb said she helps with the Comprehensive Development Class children at school and has since her junior year. “I really enjoy that and plan on doing it next semester also.” Webb is also a member of the DCHS Tennis Team, as well as the Service Society, student government, Science Club, Literature Club, Beta and several other clubs. She is the daughter of C.D. and Cindy Webb.
For the Parent or Guardian of the Month, each student had to submit an essay on why their parent or guardian should be honored. Mrs. Joann Meece was selected from her granddaughter Arianna Barnwell’s essay, as the August Parent or Guardian of the Month.
“I’m honored to be her grandmother,” Mrs. Meece said. “I’ve tried to teach her the right things to do.”
“I’m just really glad that my granny won,” Barnwell told the Smithville Review. “I was hoping she would win, and I put a lot of thought and effort into writing the essay. I kind of cried a little bit when I wrote it, but I’m really glad she won and I’m thankful that she’s my granny.”
In addition to receiving an award certificate, each of the award recipients also received a gift certificate from this month’s sponsor Kilgore’s Restaurant.
