Smith-Cotton Junior High teachers enthusiastically gave high-fives, handshakes and fist bumps to student award winners at a Friday morning assembly held at the school.
Principal Steve Triplett opened the ceremony, called Academy Awards, by introducing Freshman Academy Team Xtreme leader Stacy Curry and other staff and teachers before announcing the names of students who had achieved ‘A’ and ‘B’ honor rolls. Triplett said the awards were given based on cumulative grade point averages for the first semester of the 2009-2010 school year.
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