State tournament awards won by DCMS are as follows:3rd place Science Word Robert Hines & Graham Hopkins; 4th place Tower by Katherine Guthridge & Orin Lincoln; 4th place Simple Machines Orin Lincoln & Sang Lee; 4th place Food Science Orin Lincoln & Michelle Vatrall; 4th place Microbe Mission Chandler Barre & Sang Lee * DCMS won medals in all these events.

DCMS won ribbons in the following events: 6th place Rocks & Minerals Katherine Guthridge & Sang Lee; 7th place Robo Cross Katherine Guthridge & Michelle Vatrell; 9th place Meteorology Joey Garrett & David Garrett; 9th place Mystery Architecture Chandler Barre & David Garrett.

Michelle Vatral's drawing of the Columbus Riverwalk. She drew the picture freehand, and it will be going to our sister city in Japan along with artwork from other MCSD students.

Mr. Walker's students did VERY well in the Foreign Language Fair for high and middle school students.  Ian Rodriguez won 1st place for his middle school poem. Brittany Klewotic & Cody Gault won 1st place for for their Spanish book project. Hope Thomas & Madeline Sievers won 1st place for their drawing project. Erica Jones & Ja-Nae Strozier won 2nd place for their cultural project. Desiree Walton won 1st place for her poster. Katron Jones & Justin Haslam won 3rd place for their pinata.

Daylen Stone placed 2nd in the Regional Oratorical Contest.

Congratulations to Orin Lincoln for being selected the T. Hiram Stanley winner for DCMS. He will compete against other MCSD winners for the city-wide T. Hiram Stanley winner to be named in May.

Austin Monroe came in 56th place in the Georgia MathCounts competition.  He competed against 250 of the top math students in Georgia.

DCMS Orchestra received Superior ratings at the Large Group Evaluation. They received a Superior rating in Sight-reading-they performed a selection after only 2 minutes of review!

Way to go, Callie Marcum!!  Callie won the Rosa Stanback Award of Excellence for her project at the regional Social Studies fair. Callie was a finalist in the Georgia Social Studies Fair.

Regional 1st Place Science Fair Winners are Olivia Masterson, Robert Hines, & Chandler Barre.

Orin Lincoln placed 8th in the Georgia Spelling Bee!

Congratulations to Michelle Vatral, Kayhsha Diaz, and Orin Lincoln.  They were selected Student of the Month in their grade levels.

2008 8TH GRADE FAVORITES:

Boys: Dylan Brittingham, Marcus Daniel, Michael Evans, Eric Graddy, Kirk Hodge, Cole Knight, Tommie Mullins, Anthony Padron, and Labarrius Turner.

Girls: Jaleesa Arvelo, Shaunice Bell, Savannah Bishop, Olyvia Branch, Lasherry Brown, Whitney Jones, Reagan Lammert, Sydney McCarroll, and Danielle Staula.

Mr. DCMS is Jarvis Abron and Miss DCMS is Angie Baez.

 Samantha Haley won the DCMS Geography Bee.

Academic Bowl placed 2nd in the Regional Competition in Americus, GA.

 Ms. Marilyn Hall is the DCMS Teacher of the Year.  Ms. Hall teaches 6th grade math and works with our Math Team.

Congratulations to the All-State Chorus students who passed the first audition: Tricia Hall & Sanuqesha McGruder. Good luck at your 2nd audition!  6th grade Honor Choir students will represent DCMS at the Statewide Honor Choir are Brianna Henthorn, Michelle Vatral, & Chris Wyatt. Students representing DCMS in the All-District Choir are: 8th graders Tricia Hall, Elena Ray, & Sinclair Parry; 7th graders Jamear Jackson, Victoria Mulneix; 6th graders Courtney England, Ashaunti Humphries, Olivia Masterson, &  Chris Wyatt. 

GMEA District 3 All District Honor Band 8th grade members: Dominique Tillman, Ryan Swafford, Olyvia Branch, Victorria Barreras, Ackeeia Calder, Cassandra Villareal, Orin Lincoln, Daylen Stone, Nathan Walden, Tiouna Griggs; 7th grade: Sang Lee, GeGe Merideth, Katherine Guthridge. Thirteen band members is the highest selected from ANY school!  The following students will travel to Perry, GA in January for a Second Round All State Band tryout: Daylen Stone, Orin Lincoln, and Ackeeia Calder. 

DCMS Science Fair Winners are as follows:

Olivia Masterson, Michelle Vatral, Christian Whaley, Orin Lincoln, Robert Hines, Sang Lee,  Kaycee Cross, Amy Miller, Soreen Beal, Ebone Monk, Cassandra Villarreal, Jonathan Hamby, Evan Hinson. Best in Show went to Chandler Barre.

6th grade Science Fair winners are as follows:

Best Overall Project:Callie Marcum "How does a Nuclear Power Plant Work?

Models: 1st Place: Rachel Vale  "The Heart"; 2nd Place: Rebecca McClendon "Moving Clouds"; 3rd Place: Jessica Rathel "The Cardiovascular System"; 4th Place Charles Grimes "How are Crystals Classified?"

Collections: 1st Place: Wes Evermon "Gems"; 2nd Place: Austin Griswold "The Rock Hound"; 3rd Place Nikki Pham "Trichology/hair collection"

Biographies: 1st Place: Mikalah Jackson "A life time of Invention"; 2nd Place: Lindley Hornsby "Beatrix Potter, the Scientist"; 3rd Place: Nikki Madison "John Pemberton"

Congratulations to the DCMS Math Team for placing 3rd in the CHS Math Tournament. Orin Lincoln placed 3rd overall in the competition.

Big Congratulations to the Academic Bowl team for placing first in their division and 2nd overall in the middle school competition.