Carnage Middle School held its Fall Fest Step Show to raise money for its Pre-College/Mathematics and Science Education Network program.
The step team from Bugg Elementary in Raleigh won first place in the elementary division. The top spot in the middle school division went to East Garner Middle School, and first place for high schools went to E.E. Smith in Fayetteville.
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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. 
Mollie Melton of Raleigh is a recipient of the Meredith College Presidential Scholarship. 
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. 
Jeanine McCall of Raleigh has earned the Gold Award, the highest achievement in Girl Scouting. 
Lauren Harper of Raleigh has earned the Gold Award, the highest achievement in Girl Scouting. 
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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