DELAND --New Smyrna Beach Middle School took home first place in a recent Black History Brain Bowl at Stetson University.
Members of the middle school team were Breon Clark, Anthony Little, Jalen Merrick and Devon Robinson. They were coached by Florida Crooms.
Courtesy photo. Martha Wheeler has been named "Volunteer of the Year at New Smyrna Beach Middle School for investing in the lives of children at the school.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Martha Wheeler, a volunteer at New Smyrna Beach Middle School for more than eight years, was recently named "Volunteer of the Year."
She volunteers in the media center each week and serves on the Mentor Program Board of Directors, keeping the files and records of the program in perfect order.
DEBARY -- Paul Lachelier will discuss “Communities in America” at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 6, at DeBary Hall Historic Site, 210 Sunrise Blvd.
Courtesy photos / Volusia Cty. Gov't / Michelle Coats. "Hot Shot" Aundre Branch of the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters visits Samsula Academy in Samula on Monday. At left, fourth-grader Donnie Padgitt with Hot Shot. At right, children see some of Hot Shot's cool basketball-handling tricks.
SAMSULA -- Fourth-grader Donnie Padgitt was among the many children at Samsula Academy on Monday to receive a fast-break visit from "Hot Shot: Aundre Branch, a member of the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Here are the winners of the recent regional fair at New Smyrna Beach Middle School:
Two students won Best of Show, and with it, a trophy and a prize valued at $50.
They were
Life Science: Victoria Sachs
Physical Science: Sydney Levy
FAST FACTS: Here are key numbers for the New Smyrna Beach High School graduating class of 2009
Number of graduates: 314
Valedictorian: Jurate Juozas Lukosaityte
Salutatorian: Alexander Ashley Chisholm
Total scholarships offered to graduates: $1,348,725
* In area and local scholarships: $264,500
* In college, organization, and military scholarships: $791,400
* In Bright Futures scholarships: $292,825
Courtesy photo. Jurate Lukosaityte is valedictorian of the New Smyrna Beach High School class of 2009. The 18-year-old will attend the University of Florida and major in health science. She gave the following speech to her classmates at Wednesday's graduation ceremony at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach:
Courtesy photo. Alexander Ashley Chisholm, 18, of New Smyrna Beach, is the salutatorian for the 2009 graduating class at New Smyrna Beach High School. He plans to attend the University of Florida where he will major in physics. He gave this speech to his fellow graduates during Wednesday's ceremony at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach:
Jack O. McMahon, 81, of Edgewater, a former supply clerk for Merril Stevens Dry Dock Co., Miami, died Sunday, March 15, 2009.
Ann Marie Weiss, 67, of New Smyrna Beach, who worked for the Central Intelligence Agency for 32 years, died Saturday, March 14, 2009.
Robert Lee Megenhardt, 56, of New Smyrna Beach, a heavy equipment operator, died Saturday, March 14, 2009.
Daphne Moore, 79, of New Smyrna Beach, a former supervisor for a bank, died Saturday, March 14, 2009.
Editor's Note: One week after the New Smyrna Beach 'Cudas finished the 2008 football season with a convincing 21-13 victory over the DeLand Bulldogs, Peter Mallory, a member of the 1952 squad that triumphed in the miracle on the gridiron, was so thrilled by what the 21st-century team had done against their playoff-bound opponents that he was inspired to write this story:
The one thing you had to admire about first year Coach Pete Maman was that he showed absolutely no signs of the panic and despair that must have gripped him as he looked out over the practice field. No matter how many times he counted heads he could only find 12 candidates who had shown up for his first August practice session at New Smyrna High School in 1952. I was among them.
