HOUSTON COUNTY, GA – Scotty Kent, Warner Robins High School ninth-grader, recently competed in the FFA Reporter’s Book Leadership competition.  He was the Central Region 3 winner and qualified to compete at state. 

Scotty serves as the Warner Robins High FFA Chapter Reporter.  He is pictured with his project and ribbons. 

The Reporter’s Leadership Award showcases a book that highlights published materials to chronicle the chapter's yearly activities.  The reporter is responsible for news and feature articles.  He also keeps an up-to-date scrapbook showing articles in the sequence of their publication.  During FFA week, the Warner Robins High FFA chapter was covered by The Telegraph, 13WMAZ and WRWR TV-38.  With the circulation and broadcaster viewers of these three media, the school’s FFA news reached an estimated 350,000+ people.

Houston County, GA – The eighth-grade writing scores for Houston County middle schools have been received from the Georgia Department of Education for 2012.  Overall, 87 percent of Houston County eighth-graders met or exceeded standards.  On average, Houston County middle school students scored higher than the state by 10 percentage points and above the RESA comparison group by 5 points.

Superintendent Dr. Robin Hines commented, “I am proud of our eighth-graders’ performance system wide.  Effective writing skills are essential to their success in school and future careers.  I commend all of our teachers and schools on these test scores, especially Perry Middle School on an increase of eight percentage points.”  

This assessment tests four areas:  ideas, organization, style and conventions.