Elizabeth Perkins of Hillsborough has been named Dance Machine Productions' Grand National Petite Solo Champion for the second year in a row.
Elizabeth danced to "Cruella de Vil," choreographed by Laura Curtis of Boone. She also won the photogenic portion of the Miss Dance title's petite division at the competition.
Elizabeth, the daughter of Brian and Lynn Perkins, is in third grade at Hillsborough Elementary School.
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Mollie Melton of Raleigh is a recipient of the Meredith College Presidential Scholarship. 
Jeanine McCall of Raleigh has earned the Gold Award, the highest achievement in Girl Scouting. 
Three minutes of speaking Chinese earned Brooklyn Fogerson first place in the N.C. Chinese Speech Contest earlier this month at N.C. State’s Confucius Institute. 
Students in Joann Blumenfeld’s sixth- and eighth-grade classes and the after-school Dragon Explorers science club at Dillard Drive Middle School helped improve Lake Crabtree County Park in Morrisville this spring. 
Hava Collins used her knack for talking about arthritis in her role as the Triangle Arthritis Walk’s 2012 Youth Honoree. 
Indira Puri of Chapel Hill has been named one of just 141 Presidential Scholars nationwide. 
Eight local students have been named EC Scholars by East Carolina University in Greenville. Keep up with the latest stories with our free local news e-mail newsletters, delivered straight to your inbox!
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