Awards from AGATE Conference

A teacher and two students from Conway were recognized with awards at last week's annual AGATE conference in Little Rock.

Melissa Ennis won the 2009 Educator Award for her involvement with Odyssey of the Mind, Quiz Bowl, Chess Club, mentoring future educators from Hendrix College and Holland, and organizing an elementary Kid to Kid conference. Mrs. Ennis is the GT specialist at Marguerite Vann.

Robbie Powell, an 8th grade student at Bob Courtway received the Youth Challenger Award for his work on the "Live 4 Ben" campaign raising money and awareness of NBIA, a degenerative brain disorder that affected his close friend.

Emily Bullington is a 5th grade student at Simon Intermediate who raised over $18,000 for emergency food supplies and to build an orphanage in Africa. She has received money from all over the world by giving away cups of lemonade and accepting donations for her cause.

Congratulations to all three of our award winners!