{"id":33392,"date":"2022-07-03T03:01:28","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T03:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/?p=33392"},"modified":"2022-07-03T03:01:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T03:01:28","slug":"good-news-in-ocala-florida-includes-student-achievements-and-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/03\/good-news-in-ocala-florida-includes-student-achievements-and-donations\/","title":{"rendered":"Good news in Ocala, Florida includes student achievements and donations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">Area students excel in higher education<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>University graduates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Brian Epstein, Ocala, Bachelor of Science degree, Mechanical Engineering, with Highest Honors, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Georgia Institute of Technology<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Diego Lavieri-Sosa, Ocala, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Bachelor of Arts, Mercer University<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Meghan Morgan, Ocala, College of Pharmacy, Doctor of Pharmacy, Mercer University<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Landon Smith, Summerfield, Bachelor of Science degree, Criminal Justice, Valdosta State University<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Local drama:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/story\/news\/2022\/06\/29\/school-board-don-browning-findings-sent-gov-ron-desantis\/7765035001\/\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|spike click:6|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Don Browning says fellow Marion school board members engage in &#8216;gross harassment&#8217; of him<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">&#8216;It\u2019s not compatible&#8217;:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/story\/business\/2022\/06\/28\/high-end-rental-complex-sw-ocala-fails-recommendation-80th-street\/7726165001\/\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|spike click:7|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Marion board doesn&#8217;t want rental community near On Top of the World<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Ocala\/Marion housing crisis?:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/story\/business\/2022\/06\/29\/housing-crisis-more-marion-rental-homes-needed-slow-rent-increases\/7703890001\/\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|spike click:8|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">More inventory needed to quell rising home values, rent costs<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>President\u2019s List<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Carter Gibb, Ocala, College of Charleston, Spring semester<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Dean\u2019s List<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ja&#8217;Quces Mathis, Ocala, Alvernia University<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Erriz Cacucciolo, Ocala, Hollins University<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">FFA programs capture state and national honors at annual convention<\/h2>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Several Marion County Public Schools\u2019 Future Farmers of America programs recently competed in individual, team\u00a0and overall program events at the 94th Florida FFA Convention and Expo, according to a press release from Marion County Public Schools. More than 100 FFA students from 14 local schools attended\u00a0the week-long event in Orlando.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The following students captured first place awards in their respective competitions for the\u00a0state, thus qualifying them for the national competition:<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<ul class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul\">\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">First Place,\u00a0Division Six Agriscience Fair Contest,\u00a0Social Science: Amanda Padgett and Ben Chase Ritten,\u00a0North Marion High School<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">First Place,\u00a0Extemporaneous Public Speaking Leadership Development Event, Ashlynne Neal,\u00a0Vanguard High School\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">2022 Lake Weir High School graduate Tyler Laib was elected as the Area 3 Florida State vice president. FFA state officers are new high school graduates; they\u00a0hold their elected position for one year.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_anc\" id=\"gnt_atomsnc\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadAnc\" aria-label=\"Newsletter signup form\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">North Marion High School received the National Chapter Award, which is the gold standard\u00a0for FFA programs. The award recognizes FFA chapters that actively implement the mission and strategies of the organization, the release said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">FAMU Rattlers to hold annual Round-Up<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Florida A&amp;M University National Alumni Association, Marion County chapter, will hold its annual Rattlers Round-Up on July 9, according to a press release from the chapter. This event is for all Rattlers:\u00a0Those who attended, graduated, those who just love FAMU, students home for the summer and those headed to the<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">university.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Round-Up is spearheaded by the membership committee of the association to serve as the annual membership drive, the release said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Round-Up will be held from 11 a.m.-2 p.m., in the cafetorium of the Howard Academy Community Center. There will be music, entertainment, games\u00a0and refreshments<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">For further information contact Loretta Pompey Jenkins at 352-351-0824<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">or lorettajenk@aol.com.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">HOSA students compete in International Leadership Conference<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The West Port High School Health Occupation Students of America team recently competed at the International Leadership Conference, according to an email from Cecily Gleason, HOSA adviser\/teacher at West Port. The conference was held in Nashville\u00a0from June 22-25, with contestants from around the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cOur students competed in six competitions and did very well,\u201d Gleason<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">said in the email.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul\">\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Public Service Announcement: First Place, Kayla Anthony, Tyler Pinkowski,\u00a0Luis Castenada<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">HOSA Bowl: First Place,\u00a0Mauricio Gonzalez,\u00a0Avneesh Saravanapan,\u00a0Vivek Sandrapaty, Sujay Jullo<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Community Awareness: Third Place,\u00a0Angela Trinh,\u00a0Anjali Murali<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Health Career Photography: Third Place,\u00a0Eesha Reddy<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Health Education: Raziya Harroon,\u00a0Mohammed Zaqzouq,\u00a0Kaitlin Koviack<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Prepared speaking:\u00a0Eryka Salta<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">Stuffing the bus<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Members of the Marion County Veterans Council and the Kingdom of the Sun Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America, organizers and sponsors of the Stuff the Bus program, joined volunteers from the On Top of the World Veterans Club\u00a0and On Top of the World Lions Club\u00a0on June 25 to\u00a0fill backpacks with school supplies for children in need for the 2022\/23 school year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:495px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/06\/27\/NOSB\/cf00ca72-c98f-4412-8c6f-69613205bca5-Stuff_the_bus_1.jpg?width=660&amp;height=495&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Retired U.S. Army Col. Craig Ham and his grandson Brady Collins, 11, wrap up a volunteer session for the Stuff the Bus program in southwest Ocala on June 25.\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u00a0About 12 volunteers filled 634 backpacks with school supplies, from pencils to rulers, for distribution to counselors at all Marion County public and charter elementary and middle schools. The counselors will in turn present the filled backpacks to students in need.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ham said last year 1,071 backpacks filled with school supplies were distributed beginning July\u00a02021. Plans are to fill at least an equal amount\u00a0 in the 2022 program, Ham indicated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Send items to calendar@starbanner.com<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocala.com\/story\/news\/2022\/07\/02\/good-news-ocala-florida-includes-student-achievements-and-donations\/7747678001\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Area students excel in higher education University graduates Brian Epstein, Ocala, Bachelor of Science&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-careers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33394,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33392\/revisions\/33394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}