Student news: Stratford students test creative thinking skills at world competition

▪  Stratford Academy’s fifth-grade Odyssey of the Mind team went to the world finals last month at Michigan State University. Team members included Emerson Toles, Chandler Fleming, Callie Evans, Amal Mansoor, Mary Lois Mitchell, Evan Bogle and Ella Reaves. The coaches were Heather and Rob Evans and Charlotte and Brian Bogle.

▪  Miracle Scott, a Houston County Career Academy student and Perry High School junior, was named the 2017 champion in the career profile portfolio category at the SkillsUSA State Leadership Conference earlier this spring.

▪  Westside High School students Etta James and Jaylan Scott have been selected as 21st Century Leaders. As part of the program, they attended a Georgia Power’s weeklong EarthCare Leadership Program at Georgia College in mid-June.

▪  Six Houston County upperclass students have been selected for the 2017 Governor’s Honors Program: Daniela Morales and Keerti Soundappan, from Houston County High; Heather Floden, Northside High; Anna Brown and Benjamin Price, Veterans High; and Scott Cummings, Warner Robins High.

This story was originally published June 30, 2017 at 10:01 AM with the headline "Student news: Stratford students test creative thinking skills at world competition."