Keith High Standout
Heading to WCCS
Shauntay Gooden has signed a letter of intent to play girls’ basketball for Wallace Community College of Selma. Gooden, a five-year starter, helped guide the Keith High Lady Bears to their first consecutive area titles and trips to the Alabama High School Athletic Association Regional Tournament. She has received numerous individual awards such as: Selma Times Journal Player of the Week and All-County First Team. She has also guided the bears the last two seasons to an overall record of 38-12 while averaging 18 points per game, 12 rebound, 4 steals, and 2 blocks per game. Antionette Blevins of Wallace College top Center, Principal Grady Broadnax right, Assistant Principal Joseph Pettway Jr. .left, bottom left Coach Tommy Tisdale, Shauntay Gooden Bottom Center, Georgia Gooden mother bottom right
2008 JAG Bowl Winners
Keith High School Jobs for Alabama’s Graduates Chapter Wins At Southern District Competition held at Faulkner University on April 11, 2008 in Montgomery. Keith High School JAG Bowl Team 2008 won first place in the JAG Bowl competition the team consisted of Shaletha Robinson, Amber Gowdy, Kendrell Carter and Vanessa McMillian. Shauntay Gooden also won 2nd place in the public speaking contest. JAG Bowl competitors included Straughn High School, Robert E. Lee High School, Troy Pike High School and Southside High School. The JAG Bowl team has won first place consecutively and is currently looking forward to State Competition to be held in Montgomery. Pictured JAG bowl students are accompanied by Jobs for Alabama’s Graduates Career Specialist Mrs. Patricia Wesley Mingo left and Mrs. Elwanda Penn Director of the Dallas County Career Technical Center.
Alabama Schools Pilot Project Community
Keith High School is involved in the Project Community pilot educational program. The program uses the interdisciplinary design of the Discovering Alabama educational television series to make learning locally relevant. Project community focuses on the natural resources of a particular community and provides free supplemental materials to teachers. Keith High School was selected as 1 of the 12 pilot schools for the 2007-2008 school year. The project community team at Keith High School consists of Principal Mr. Grady Broadnax, (Center), Ms. Stephanie Holmes, (right), Mrs. Gloria McElroy -Taylor, (left) and Mrs. Beth Stevens (Center)
- JAG Instructor honored at National Convention -
Keith High School JAG
Instructor Mrs. Patricia Wesley-Mingo was recently honored at the JAG Nationals
in Orlando, FL.
Mrs. Patricia Wesley-Mingo JAG instructor at Keith High School received three
recognition awards at the convention that was held in July. Mingo was honored
for acquiring the most community service honors for JAG in the state of Alabama,
the 5 for 5 criterion award for Keith High School and the Top Job Specialist
Award along with a $100 stipend.
“These awards are merely an added inspiration for the never-ending work with the
Keith High School JAG chapter career association as well as a motivation for the
students to continue to achieve and do their absolute best”. Mingo said after
returning from Orlando.
The four goals of the JAG program:
1. Leadership Development
2. Career Enhancement
3. Community Service
4. Social Awareness
Project Community takes classes outside
The Selma Times-Journal
ORRVILLE - Science classes at Keith High School will take place outside more
often.
Project Community, a new pilot program designed to enhance
learning through a hands-on approach, will take students outside.
Doug Phillips, who hosts “Discovering Alabama” on public television, showed off
the program's equipment and instructional materials.
“This is going to make learning relevant,” Phillips told
Stephanie Holmes' seventh grade science class. “There's so much you can learn,
and it's to make sure we take good care of the land.”
Sherika Parker said she was excited about “all the new stuff.”
“I really like this because it's helping our school,” she said. “You learn more
when you can explore.”
The materials that come with Project Community include DVDs, binoculars, a
weather station, maps identifying wildlife and plants and outdoor teaching
exercises for students.
The project is paid for by a $126,000 from the Alabama Association of
Conservation Districts.
Keith High School Honors Principals
Story By: Amber Gowdy
JAG Officers and members recently honored their Principals at Keith High School for National Boss day. The students presented Principal Grady Broadnax Sr. and Assistant Principal Joseph Pettway Jr. with plants as a small token of appreciation for all the Hard work done at Keith High School.
Contact: David Hagood
Communications Director, Dallas County Board of Education
(334) 876-4460
dhagood@dallask12.org
Keith High receives grant from Senator Sanders
Senator Hank Sanders chose Keith High School to be one of the $3,000 grant recipients. Keith was among three High Schools to receive the grant. Pictured is Keith High School Principal Mr. Grady Broadnax along with Senator Hank Sanders