Socastee High students win local design contests
March 5, 2008

Leigh Pounds wins logo design contest

Leigh Pounds, a junior at Socastee High School, was the winner of the 5^th annual T-shirt and logo design contest for the Surfside Area Rotary Club. All participants received a t-shirt.

Before the start of the race at 10:00 a.m. last Saturday, Leigh was presented with a $50 savings bond for being the winner of the school and a $100.00 savings bond for being the overall winner. Leigh is an International Baccalaureate student and is currently taking Art 4 and is considering a career in Interior design or Social work.

Honorable mentions include: Ryne Martin (IB Art), Julie Thompson (Art 4), Joey Draper (Art 3), Keri Sanborn (Art 3) and Frannie Hughey (Art 4).

L to R - Leigh’s mother (Mrs. Foreman),
Leigh Pounds, and Tamera Bergstrom, Surfside
Area Rotary Club’s Director of marketing

Five students place in the Coast Regional Transportation Authority design contest

• First Place: Senior Frannie Hughley, Art 4............$100.00 savings bond
• Second Place: Freshman Chris Finkley, Art 1……$75.00 savings bond
• Third Place: Sophomore Jaliza Yera, Art 1…….....$50.00 saving bond
• Honorable Mentions: Senior Ryne Martin, IB Art and Freshman Kyla Rissell, Art 1

The students attended the board meeting for Coast RTA today, Feb. 27^th at 12:00 noon to receive their savings bonds. First place winner, Frannie Hughey, will have her design imprinted on one of the Coast RTA buses.