TCMS students won many awards in The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Junior American Citizens annual competition.  There were twenty-six winners from Thomas County Middle School for the Thomasville chapter. Eleven of those winners took first place and will advance to state competition in January. This year’s theme was “The 50th Anniversary of the Lunar Landing—America’s Great Move Forward in Exploration and Technology.”  Students were able to compete in the following categories: poster, stamp design, photo essay, banner, poem, short story, or community service.

The following students placed in the competition:

5th grade, Group 1

Poem: 1st Place -  Max Mare

5th grade, Group 2

Poster:1st Place - Ayvah Kelly

Stamp: 1st Place - Zykierra Hightower

2nd Place - C.J. Humphries

3rd Place - Cooper Chastain

Poem: 1st Place - Cheyenne Lashley

2nd Place - Amaya Johnson

Short Story: 1st Place - Geoffrey Patton

2nd Place - Alyria Price
 

5th grade, Group 3

Stamp: 1st Place - Noah Barlow

Poem: 2nd Place - Heaven Bell

3rd Place - Cole Dreasher

Short Story: 1st Place - Dallas Helton

6th grade, Group 1

Banner: 1st Place - Lydia Glass, Deonna Thomas, Emily Proctor

2nd Place - Valeria Hidrogo, Ayla Little, Weslyn Miller

Poster: HM - Harmony Walker

Stamp: 3rd Place - Bowen Dennard

Poem: 3rd Place - Charlie Dunbar IV

6th grade, Group 2

Banner: 1st Place - Chloe O’Neal, Madelyn Graham, Abigail Wright, Ella Kate Rice

 2nd Place - Marlee Binion, Avery Turnbull, Amerys Lewis

 3rd Place - Yasmin Bryant, Brooke Walker, Rhi’anna Mitchell

Stamp: 1st Place - Kara Welch

2nd Place - Tripp Taylor

3rd Place - Cutter Golden

Poem: 2nd Place - Charlie Eddings

Short Story: 1st Place - Nathan Landing

Pictured below are all fifth and sixth-grade winners seated on the front row is Geoffrey Patton, Cheyenne Lashley, Cooper Chastain, C.J. Humphries, Zykierra Hightower, Ayvah Kelly, and Max Mare.  On the second row from left to right is Ayla Little, Amerys Lewis, Lydia Glass, Deonna Thomas, Emily Proctor, Dallas Helton, Cole Dreasher, Heaven Bell, and Noah Barlow. On the third row from left to right is Weslyn Miller, Ella Kate Rice, Chloe O’Neal, Madelyn Graham, Abigail Wright, Bowen Dennard, Charlie Dunbar IV, Harmony Walker, Valeria Hidrogo, and Amaya Johnson.  In the last row from left to right is Marlee Binion, Avery Turnbull, Rhi’anna Mitchell, Brooke Walker, Yasmin Bryant, Cutter Golden, Nathan Landing, Tripp Taylor, Kara Welch, and Alyria Price. Not pictured is Charlie Eddings.

Pictured below are fifth-grade first place recipients who will move on to the state competition in January.  On the first row from left to right is Geoffrey Patton, Noah Barlow, and Max Mare. On the back row from left to right is Zykierra Hightower, Dallas Helton, Ayvah Kelly, and Cheyenne Lashley.

Pictured below are sixth-grade first place recipients who will move on to the state competition in January.  On the first row from left to right is Emily Proctor, Lydia Glass, Madelyn Graham, and Deonna Thomas. On the back row from left to right is Chloe O’Neal, Kara Welch, Nathan Landing, Abigail Wright, and Ella Kate Rice.