Education

Every morning in the Kathryn Winn Primary School gymnsasium, Principal Gerda Wise leads students in a college chant before they leave for their classrooms.

“Hey, first grade. When are you going to college?” Wise asks.

“We are going to college to get some knowledge in 2024,” students reply.

Wise repeats the college chant for remaining grades, and each answers with the year of their high school graduating class.

A scholarship from the Carroll County Training Consortium provided Mary Hawkins with opportunities that led to a full-time job in quality assurance at Dow Corning’s Carrollton plant.

The scholarship paid Hawkins’ full tuition at Jefferson Community and Technical College and for all of her books for her two-year degree in Applied Process Technology.

Students in Lynn Eaglin’s leadership class are seeking real solutions to real problems at Carroll County High School. These students who have already met their college and career readiness benchmarks on the ACT are now applying 21st century learning skills to tackle some real challenges from increasing school spirit to reducing the drop-out rate.

Two students were honored recently in a new program called the JCTC Carrollton Campus Student of the Month Award.

DeVonna Payton  and Marty Clark were honored for the months of August and Septem-ber, respectively, for outstanding academic achievement and campus involvement.

Clark enrolled at JCTC in the fall 2011 and is pursuing an associate’s degree. He plans to transfer to Lindsey Wilson College to complete a bachelor’s degree in human services and counseling.