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 December 13, 2009 - Beverly Blomquist was chosen as the
Titans Tennessee Teacher of the Week as
announced on the Titans Radio Network on
Sunday, December 13. Davidson Academy
will receive $400 for her recognition. Mrs.
Blomquist wishes to spend her winnings on Science Department
supplies. The weekly recognition is
sponsored by American Paper and Twine and the Titans
football team. Congratulations Mrs. Blomquist! |
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 December 2009 - Drew Jordan, a sophomore at Centre College in Danville,
Kentucky, recently received 2nd place in the “Flo Gault Student
Poetry Competition.” The competition is sponsored by
Sarabande Books, a leading publisher in the field of poetry.
Drew, along with his poem entitled “Waking Up,” will be recognized
at a party on January 30, 2010, in Louisville, Kentucky.
He will also receive a $200 cash prize. Drew is a DA graduate,
class of 2008, was Poet Laureate in 2008, and is the son of kindergarten teacher, Paula
Jordan, and her husband, Jaime. |
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 On December 12, 2009 hundreds of students auditioned for the Junior High (7-9 grade) Midstate Honor Bands. Three of our students were chosen for the three bands at midstate. Lee Rice (9th grade) received second chair percussionist in the gold band. Justin Kilmarx (9th grade) received fourth chair percussionist in the silver band. Amirah Tayyun (8th grade) received seventh chair clarinet in the 7th and 8th grade band. The students will spend a weekend rehearsing and will put on a performance with their honor band on January 7-8, 2010 in Murfreesboro. Times are to be announced. |
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 December 2, 2009 - Geography Bee Winners -
Congratulations to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners of DA’s
school-level National Geographic Bee: Matthew Hardee,
Jacob Whitman, and Sterling Bishir. Students answered
questions relating to geography, climate, cities, and cultures
all around the world. DAA provided a $25 Best Buy gift card
to our 1st place winner and $10 movie gift cards for 2nd &
3rd place winners. Matthew Hardee will continue preparing
to take a written test in January to qualify for competition
in April’s state bee along with up to 100 of the top scorers
across the state. |
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 November 21, 2009 - DA English teacher Dianne Bolin being congratulated by Dr. Bill Chaney for receiving the award as a High School Teacher of Excellence at the meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English's annual convention in Philadelphia, PA on November 21, 2009. Congratulations Mrs. Bolin! |
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 November 10, 2009 - Tri-M Music Honor Society Induction Ceremony held in the Band Room on November 10, 2009 at 7:00pm. The following students were inducted into the Tri-M Music Honor Society: Kristen Clay, Morgan Elmore, Montie House, Jimmy Killian, Justin Kilmarx, Daniel Mena, Lee Rice, Erin Wood. Officers were also installed: Kristen Clay, President, Erin Wood, Vice President, Morgan Elmore, Secretary, and Montie House, Historian. Members at this ceremony carried out their last task of performance before becoming inducted into the society. Tri-M stands for Modern Music Masters. A member of the Tri-M Music Honor Society is one who sets a good example, is always willing to assist those students who are striving to better themselves in the music department, and always remembers that real honor bring responsibility. Tri-M’s purpose is to serve others and raise awareness of music in schools, music education, and our school’s music department.
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 November 7, 2009 - Congratulations to Matthew Roberts for making 3rd place Field Commander in the state!! He was only one point away from first! Excellent job Matthew!! In the Division I State Championship the band beat 8 other bands, the colorguard beat 8 other colorguards, and the drumline beat 16 other drumlines! Congratulations on the end of a fantastic season!
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 October 30, 2009 Davidson Academy was privileged to host a group
of school administrators from the Republic of China. The
group included principals of elementary,
middle, and high schools; central office persons; and
three interpreters/translators. Their local liaison is Mr. Tom
Ward of Peabody/Vanderbilt, formerly principal of Hume-Fogg
Academic Magnet High School. More pictures are on Davidson Academy's SmugMug Galleries. |
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 October 2009 - First Graders Raise Funds for
Amazima Ministries Program. Their awesome total
from the money collected for the orphans in Uganda is:
$1,090.43! Check here for more about Amazima Ministries which is based in Brentwood, TN. |
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 Mrs. Rust’s Third grade class is corresponding with an internationally known rainforest biologist, Dr. Meg Lowman. She is the author of several books and has been delightful with the children. One of the third graders has been so impressed that she is choosing to portray Dr. Lowman at the annual biography presentations on the day of our Thanksgiving luncheon. |
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 Davidson Academy Students
Receive AP Scholar Awards - At Davidson Academy 5 students qualified for the AP Scholar
with Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least
3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five
or more of these exams. These students are Reid Cimala,
Daniel Kidd, Seth Latture, Ben Price, and Christina Walker
– all from the class of 2009.
Two students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award
by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams
taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these
exams. These students are Jenna Pemberton (’09) and
Matthew Roberts (’10).
Seven students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing
three or more AP Exams with grades of 3 or higher. The
AP Scholars are Alex Crabtree (’09), Whitfield Hamilton
(’10), Katie Hogan (’09), Matthew Hogan (’09), Tiffanie
Melton (’10), Betsy Swann (’10), and Hannah Warner (’09).
Congratulations to these students. |
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 October 2009 - Recent competitions the DA Marching Band has won are:
Pulaski Classic on October 3 = 2nd place Band, 2nd place percussion, 2nd place field commander, 2nd place colorguard.
Small Band Championships on October 10 = 3rd place band, 3rd place percussion, 2nd place field commander.
Westmoreland Highland Rim Competition on October 24 = 3rd place band, 2nd place colorguard, 1st place field commander
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 September 5, 2009 - Pictures of the Fall 2009 Youth Golf Clinic from September 5th at Riverside Golf Center. |
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| Adam Wheeler, DA Class of 1992, is a professional songwriter. His song “Somebody Who Would Die for You” is nominated as potential single for popular country artist Tracy Lawrence. Go to the contest link at: www.tracylawrence.com, listen to a portion of Adam’s song and cast your vote!!! Good luck, Adam! |
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|  May 29, 2009 - The University of Louisville's Kristi Cunningham was selected to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Third team. She becomes the second Cardinal softball player to earn the honor after Catherine Bishop was selected to the third team in 2006. Cunningham (Gallatin, Tenn./Davidson Academy) carried a 3.83 GPA in >>> read entire article
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|  April 15, 2009 - Congratulations to Senior Holly Beth Jones for being selected as a finalist for the Moss-Oliver Award. The Moss-Oliver award is presented by the Nashville City Civitan Club for seniors who excel in the sport of basketball, academic achievement, leadership and community service. Holly Beth was honored by the Civitan Club at a luncheon on Wednesday, April 15th. Holly Beth is the daughter of Marilee Jones and Tim and Paula Jones. Congratulations to Holly Beth and her Varsity Basketball teammates for all of their accomplishments this season. |
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 April 2009 Congratulations to the following students who won awards
on the National Latin Exam:
Latin III
Erin Wood – Gold Summa Cum Laude;
Emily Hancock – Silver Maxima Cum Laude.
Latin II
Mackenzie Burysek – Silver Maxima Cum Laude;
Kaleb Thomas – Silver Maxima Cum Laude;
Sarah Wennerland – Silver Maxima Cum Laude;
John Pugh – Cum Laude;
Angelita Graves – Cum Laude.
Latin I
Josh Cooper – Gold Summa Cum Laude;
Henry Moore – Silver Maxima Cum Laude;
Zach Howard – Silver Maxima Cum Laude;
Brian Campbell – Silver Maxima Cum Laude;
Tyler Francis – Magna Cum Laude;
Justin Kilmarx – Cum Laude. |
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 February 2009 Girls Varsity Basketball Team
Wins Sub-state - A First! Congratulations to the Lady Bears Varsity Girls Basketball Team for winning their Sub-state game on Friday vs. St. George. The
girls won 51-35 in front of an amazing Davidson crowd. Coach Becky
LeGate cuts
down the net
after the girls
basketball
team wins. >>> picture |
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 February 2009 - Kelsey Gilbert has signed a soccer scholarship with Union University. Kelsey helped lead her team to a Region championship and a trip to the State tournament this season. Kelsey is the daughter of Keary and Kelley Gilbert and the sister of 5th grader Kyle Gilbert. Congratulations Kelsey! >>> picture |
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 February 5, 2009 - The Davidson Academy Board of Trustees has accepted an offer for purchase of the schools current campus on Old Hickory Boulevard in Nashville! Click here for more info. |
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 February 2009 - Trey Dill, 4th grader from Mrs. Chason’s room, won best goalie in the “Ace Bailey Got Skills” competition held on January 7th at the Sportsplex. He is a goalie for the Nashville Ice Tigers, Squirt A. This win qualifi es him to compete in the national championship to be held in Chicago. He will compete against other goalies from across the US. He is pictured here with #14 Radek Bonk from the Nashville Predators. Trey is the son of Dan and Jeannette Dill. |
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 January 23, 2009 - Congratulations to Senior Holly Beth Jones for scoring her 1,000th point On January 6th at Webb. Holly Beth was honored on January 23rd during our Coming Home celebration for this great accomplishment. Several members of the Lady Bear Basketball 1,000 point club were on hand to welcome Holly Beth into this prestigious group of players. They included former players, Amy Hutchins, Ashley Boykin and Raven Teeples. These young ladies were former standouts for the Lady Bears and each continued their careers in college by earning full basketball scholarships. Holly Beth is the daughter of Marilee Jones, and Tim and Paula Jones. . >> more |
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 January 24, 2009 - Senior Matthew Brady, the Poet Laureate of Davidson Academy for this
school year, was one of the featured student readers at the Young Writers
Symposium in Memphis recently. Matthew read two poems of his own
composition and received a very warm response from the nearly three hundred
students, faculty, and professional writers in attendance. Matthew is the son
of Danny and Marilyn Brady. |
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 January 21, 2009 - Senior Nathan Stewart is one of the recipients of this year’ ashville Civitan Walter Nipper Award. The awards, named for the late owner of Nashville Sporting Goods, were presented to members of region
champion football teams in the Nashville area. Voted this year’s team captain, Nathan helped our football team win the DII-A state championship.He is the son of Gary and Cathy Stewart. |
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 Beverly Moore’s 7th Grade Bible class designed painted t-shirts that describe the plan of salvation in various ways. Permission was granted for them to wear their “designer” t-shirts to school on Friday, January 16th >> more |
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 January 15, 2009 Spelling Bee finalists announced! 1st – 2nd Grade Champions
Paul Lee – 1st Place (2nd Grade)
Clare Jones – 2nd Place (1st Grade)
Colson Leonard – 3rd Place (2nd Grade)
3rd – 4th Grade Champions
Kennady Peek – 1st Place (4th Grade)
Jack Schumacher – 2nd Place (4th Grade)
Erica Hudson – 3rd Place (4th Grade)
5th – 8th Grade Champions
Matthew Hardee – 1st Place (6th Grade)
Logan Taylor – 2nd Place (6th Grade)
Jenise Williams – 3rd Place (6th Grade)
>> more
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