SWEET WATER - Sweet Water High School Student Government Association elections were held September 24. Marengo County Probate Judge Cindy Neilson brought an OPTECH III-P voting machine for students to use. Judge Neilson supervised the voting process with students. She has volunteered her time to this activity each year since 1998. According to Judge Neilson, using the OPTECH III-P makes it possible to, "Vote everybody in about an hour’s time." After all students have voted, the results are immediately printed out on a tape. Student poll-workers were Tiffany Evans, Kristina Woods, and Wayne Etheridge. Officers will be inducted October 13 at 6:00 p.m.

SGA officers are as follows: President: Emily Worthy, Vice President: Ganae Dixon, Secretary/Treasurer: Ashley Anderson, Financial Secretary: Martina Landrum, 12th Grade Representatives: Roderick Apklins, William Black, Kendra Johnson, and Maurice Jones. 1lth Grade Representatives: Crystal Black, Lolita Young, Courtney Gamble, Chanise Jones, and Catherine Pritchett. 10th Grade Representatives: Cliff Jones, Tramaine Jones, Blake Luker, Hanna Henslee, and Debra Johnson. 9th Representatives are Lacy Norris, Ashley Reese, Taylor McGrew , and Jenna Morgan. 8th Grade Representatives: Abby Grochowski, Scottie Nelson, Wes Benett, and Sherita Evans. 7th Grade Representatives: Hazel Ford, Jasmine Gamble, Quinton Jones, and Cassie Sager.

On Tuesday, October 7, SWHS’ PTO Meeting was at 6:30 p.m. The Kindergarten students presented the program. Voyager Reading Representative Kim Hill also presented information about Voyager. Voyager is the new Scientific Base Reading Research program for k-1. On behalf of SWHS faculty and staff, Mr. Stokley would like to thank the many parents, friends, and students who attended.

Students received school pictures Tuesday, October 7. Please fill out these order forms and return them as soon as possible.

PSAT will be administered October 21 at 8:00 a.m. The test fee is $10.50. ASVAB will be given to all 11th graders and all interested 12th graders, Monday, October 27. PLAN test will be given October 28. The testing fee for PLAN is $8.50. Please call Mrs. Harris if you have any questions about these tests.

K-3 parents, we need your help! We are an Alabama Reading First Initiative school. This means that our students K-3 can not be interrupted between 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Please be mindful of this when you schedule doctor’s appointments or other such things during this time. Parents who come to school between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. to check out a child or visit with a teacher disrupt entire classes to check out one child. This is not acceptable to the ARFI grant. ARFI is a federally funded grant and as such has specific requirements that this Reading Initiative time be completely uninterrupted. Please help us by respecting the ARFI guidelines.