The Houston County School System is registering children for Pre-Kindergarten through Mar. 15, 2013, for the 2013-2014 school year.  Any interested parent is encouraged to register their child at the Central Registration office from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Linda Horne, Assistant Superintendent for School Operations, said, “So far approximately 500 children have been registered for Pre-K.  We projected that more than 1,300 would register, so we have decided to open registration to any and all instead of asking parents to register their children during an assigned week based on their zoned school.” 

Pre-K students must be four years old on or before September 1.  Only a parent or legal guardian may register a child.  Pre-K applicants will be entered into a computer system for a lottery drawing.  After registration closes, parents will be notified by mail of acceptance or waiting list status. 

Six Perry High School students won three Gold Keys and six Honorable Mentions for art entered into the 2013 Scholastic Art and Writing competition (SAWC).  The students and their art teacher, Catherine Heller, will attend an awards banquet on Mar. 23, 2013, at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in Atlanta.

Congratulations to the following students:

·         two Gold Keys - Steven Le, for his drawings titled “Bike” and “Skeleton”

·         Gold Key - Hayley Stepp-Gold for her mixed media titled “Circular Motion”

·         Honorable Mention – Steven Le (two awards), Sarah Whiddon, Autumn Wilson, Courtney Stepp and Lanisha Wilson. 

Pictured with their art are:  (from left) Sarah, Steven, Hayley, Autumn, Courtney and Lanisha.  Steven’s additional winning works are shown in the background.