Education

After standing on the sidelines supporting other athletes for most of the year, the Carroll County High School and Carroll County Middle School cheerleading squads both stood center stage in their own sport, performing in national competitions in March. The CCHS team won the JAMfest  Nationals Series competition in Louisville in the intermediate co-ed varsity division on March 23-24.  The CCMS team earned second runner-up in the junior high/middle school division among scholastic and recreational squads at the Cheer Limited Nationals at Myrtle Beach, S.C., on March 15-17.

What is your favorite thing about school and why?

“My teacher and my class because they are nice and Ms. Miracle teaches me a lot.”

What is your favorite subject and why?

“Math because I like to learn about numbers and how to add and subtract them.”

What was the last book you read? 

“The Foot Book”

What was the last movie you saw?  

“A scary movie.”

The best hits in baseball come when the ball connects with the “sweet spot” of the bat, the part of the barrel about six and half inches from the end, that maximizes the force of the swing. Doug Oak, principal of Cartmell Elemen-tary School and former baseball player at Cumber-land College, compares the school’s new “Personalized Learning Time,” or PLT, to hitting the “sweet spot of learning.”