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The Sounds of Straight Superiors
Members of the Brooks County Middle School Band and the Brooks
County High School Band traveled to Cairo, Georgia on Thursday, March
10th to participate in the 
District 2 Large Group Performance
Evaluations also known as Band Festival. At this event, the students
performed three concert pieces from a selected list for a panel of
judges. These judges evaluated the performance and assigned a rating
based on the performance. Brooks County Middle School/High School
Festival Band received Superior Ratings for their stage performance
which is the highest score that they could receive. The band is under
the direction of Christina Huss and Alan Carter.
Jump Rope and Hoops for Heart at BCMS
Students at BCMS raised $3,256 for the American Heart Association’s Jump Rope for Heart and Hoops for Heart. Grades sixth and seventh participate in Jump Rope for Heart and eighth grade has Hoops for Heart.
BCMS Students Place at Science Fair
tudents
from BCMS recently competed at the regional Science Fair competition in
Tifton. Even though the students did not qualify for state, ALL of the
students placed in Region! Those who went and placed were Case Cain
(7th) 2nd place in Chemistry, Alesa Bennett (7th) 2nd place in
Chemistry, Carli Wheeler (7th) 2nd place in Plant Science, Cody Peeples
(6th ) 3rd place in Chemistry, Daisy Gordon (6th) 3rd place in
Chemistry, Grace Mills (7th) 3rd place in Behavior and Social Science,
Gavin Hiers (6th) 3rd place in Animal Science, Olin Blair (6th) 2nd
place Chemistry, Madeline Blair (6th) 3rd place Chemistry, Emileigh
Ratcliffe (7th) 3rd Medicine and Health, and Aaron Sapp (8th) 3rd place
in Chemistry.
Students Perform at History Program
The theme for this year's Black History Program was "My History +
Your History = Our History …American History." Two special student
groups, "Men of Purpose" 
performed
a step dance and "Leading Ladies" performed a dance for the students
and staff. Students were inspired by the reading of poems, music,
dance and by the special inspirational guest speaker, Chaplain J.
Patrick Miller.
Ryan Barber Selected for Middle School Honor Band
In February, Ryan Barber represented Brooks County Middle School in the District 2 Middle School Honor Band. Ryan was selected for the honor band after participating in an audition back in December. The Honor Band was held in Norman Park, Georgia at the Norman Park Baptist Assembly. He plays trombone.