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106-9 Kicks Country and The Tennessee Credit Union recognized Courtney Smith, a senior at Cumberland County High School in Crossville, as a Dream Big Scholar.
Smith maintains a 3.8 GPA, a four year member of The Girls’ Basketball Team, and has received the 2015 Chemistry Award at her school.
Smith plans on going to Tennessee Technology University and pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Courtney Smith will now be eligible to win scholarship money from 106-9 Kicks Country and The Tennessee Credit Union.
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Lewey Clouse is a Social Studies teacher at Prescott Middle School. Clouse was nominated by Bell Bontrager because he “was such a good teacher and made sure you understood what he was teaching. He made sure he knew the material that he was teaching before he tried teaching it. Overall he was always there for you and was such a great teacher.”
Hope Ballard Presley is the Program Director for the Cookeville Campus of Fortis Institute.
Steve Jones is a 6th grade teacher at Algood Middle School.
Lite Rock 95.9 and The Tennessee Credit Union recognized Tamara Vaughn, a senior at White County High School in Sparta as a Dream Big Scholar.
106-9 Kicks Country and The Tennessee Credit Union recognized Hannah Johnson, a senior at Livingston Academy in Livingston, as a Dream Big Scholar.
Mary Beth Herron is a 6th grade teacher at Prescott South Middle School of Cookeville. She was nominated by Iris Strode because she “makes her Language Arts classes fun and meaningful. She uses music, games, and poetry to make our lessons interesting. She challenges us to think about the meaning of things we read and also songs we hear on the radio. You can tell she cares about us and is interested in us as people, not just students.”
Joe Matheney is the principal of White Plains Academy in Cookeville. Mr. Matheney was nominated for being an honest and concerned educator and mentor, and for his inspiring leadership abilities that he passes on to his students. As principal of White Plains Academy, Mr. Matheney promotes a positive and productive atmosphere for all of his students.
Rhonda Girdley teaches Kindergarten at Findlay Elementary in Sparta. Girdley was nominated by Matthew Hargrove because “Ms. Girdley has been a teacher for 30 plus years and is wonderful. She has had both of my children. They went into Kindergarten crying and being scared. Ms. Girdley has taught them to come out of the shy bubble and now they are both outgoing and have changed 100 percent.”
