![]() Both of these gyms, which corresponded to Monticello’s two former segregated high schools, were established in 1956. What I will do is tell the history that I actually know without the aid of interviews. Second, it would have required me to do some extensive interviews with old teachers, student-athletes, and others in Monticello, something I have not yet drawn plans to do. First, I was not there to actually experience those days prior to the 1970 desegregation of Jasper County Schools in Monticello, Georgia. I guess I am doing this in a way, but I still could not tell the stories that I hoped to tell for two reasons. I planned to talk about how my grandparents had attended and graduated from the school pictured above while my parents, aunts, uncles, and I received our high school diplomas from the school pictured below. When I originally set out to write this series I wanted to write a historical piece about top basketball players at the old schools pictured. Original images were gathered from Google Maps® Street View and edited. Anyone interested in joining should see Giangregorio or one of the club officers.Story originally contributed by Coddy Carter in December 2014 The Badminton Club broke its record for members last year and hope to break it again this year. We had our highest attendance during the first few meetings, and it would usually get to a point where we would run out of rackets for people to use.” Last year, the number of members fluctuated from 12 to 30 members. ![]() “Whoever attends or wants to attend is welcome. “We don’t have a set number of members other than the five officers,” Chu said. The Badminton Club wants to have one to two singles and or doubles tournaments this year. “Badminton is a really fun sport and we only get to play it in gym class so we decided to further expand the time students get to play and give them the opportunity to play recreationally or competitively.” “ I chose to to make a Badminton Club because there was a lot of people that had a passion for the sport and wanted to play including myself,” Bhatia said. Aside from their love of badminton, they wanted to create an environment where students could play the sport in either a relaxed or competitive way. Two years ago, three students asked Giangregorio if they could start up a weekly Badminton Club. “Interested students should look out for updates on Eagle Eye News and our Google Classroom, using the code zo圓l2b,” Giangregoio said. Students don’t have to go to every meeting or stay the entire time. The first meeting is Tuesday, October 3 from 2 p.m. “After the winter sports season, we’ll get back to regular weekly meetings in the spring.” “We plan on meeting each Tuesday until about Thanksgiving when winter sports start up and gym time becomes more difficult to schedule,” Giangregoio said. Members said that the Badminton Club is a great way to meet new people and get some exercise. Giangregorio and led by seniors Srivarsh Gudlavalleti, Saharsh Bhatia, Jasper Chu, Jonathan Uruchida, Raagav Kuraganti, Vincent Vocal, and Alastaire Balin. The club is advised by English teacher Mr. The Jonathan Law Badminton Club is back in the gym for the new school year.
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