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Timary Blount |
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Ware County High School has released the
names of the highest performing seniors in the 2012 graduating
class. Zubair Akram, ranked 1st out of 307 graduates, has been named
the schools' Valedictorian. Timary Blount, 2nd in the class, is the
Salutatorian. Both will lead the graduates into Memorial Stadium on
Friday evening.
Zubair Akram is the son of Dr. Mohammad and
Mrs. Zahida Akram. He is the grandson of Aman Khan & Aziz Fatima of
Waycross and Abdul Majid & Rafiqan Begum of Virginia.
Zubair’s
Activities/Honors at WCHS include: WCHS 2011-2012 STAR Student;
Georgia State Superintendent’s Advisor Committee; BETA Club
Parliamentarian; National Honor Society Vice President; All “A”
Honor Roll Award; Anchor Club President; Academic Quiz Bowl Team
Captain; Future Business Leaders of America Region Winner/Business
Math; Georgia Envirothon; National Society of High School Scholars;
Waycross College Regional Math Tournament – Junior Varsity 2nd
place; 2011 Valdosta Model United Nations, Distinguished Delegate;
Georgia Certificate of Merit Award; Lions Club Academic Honor
Society; Presbyterian College Scholarship.
Also 2011 Governor’s Honors
Program Participant in Social Studies; Satilla REMC Washington Youth
Tour Delegate; National History Bee and Bowl-Top Ten Winner;
Extemporaneous Speaking, 1st Region; NAACP Regional Essay Contest,
1st place.
Zubair has been involved in a number of
community activities including: Mary Street Mission; Advisory
Council Member for Senior Charity projects; Special Olympics;
Somalian Relief Fund Organizer; Car Safety Speaker at elementary
schools; Red Ribbon Week Volunteer; Satilla Regional Medical Center
Volunteer; Canned Food Drive helper/organizer; Anchor Club
distributor of blankets to cancer patients; Student tutor grades 9th
– 12th ; SAT/ACT mentor for high school students.
After graduation from Ware
County High School, Zubair plans to attend Duke University to major
in political science or business administration. After obtaining his
Ph.D, Zubair would like to return to South Georgia with aspirations
of having a career in an area of policy making or even state level
politics.
Timary Lee Blount, salutatorian, is the
daughter of Timothy and Kim Blount. She is the granddaughter of
Tommy and Marlene Blount of Waycross. Timary’s Activities/Honors at
WCHS include: BETA Club, National Honor Society, All “A” Honor Roll,
WCHS Golden Gator Band Marching Band, University of Georgia
Certificate of Merit, AP Scholar with Honors, Waycross Bank & Trust
Jr. Board of Directors, Leadership Class, Future Business Leaders of
America, Math Team, Alpha Delta Science Club, WCHS Soccer Captain,
All-Region Soccer, WCHS Homecoming Court.
Timary has been involved in
a number of community activities including: Special Olympics, Mary
Street Mission, Miracle League, Operation Christmas Child, Food
Drive at Fairgrounds, Senior Citizens Awareness Project, Red Ribbon
Week, YMCA Reindeer Run, Mentored Elementary and Middle School
Student, March of Dimes, Concerted Services Food Distribution, MDS
Foundation Donor. After graduation from Ware County High School,
Timary plans to attend the University of Georgia to major in
Biology. Her long range career goal is to be a dentist.
May 11, 2012
For More
Information Contact:
Theresa Martin
Director of Public Relations
(912)283-8656 |
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