The Macon East Academy Drama Club participated in the AISA Regional and State Drama Festivals. At the Regional Drama Festival, the Drama Club placed in the top three in each of the four categories.  At the State Drama Festival, the Drama Club placed in the top three in three of the four categories. Also at the State Drama Festival, Sam Jones and Seth Meriwether was chosen to be part of the all-state cast. Seth Meriwether also won Best Actor.

Regional Drama Festival:

Solo Acting – 1^st Place: Seth Meriwether

Duet Acting – 2^nd Place: Sam Jones and Seth Meriwether

Ensemble Acting – 3^rd Place: Addison Folmar, Mason Estes, and Seth Meriwether

Musical Drama – 2^nd Place: Dallas Sanders, Emily Riddle, Kali Holland, Abbey Rogers, and Austin Skipper

State Drama Festival: 

Solo Acting – 1^st Place: Seth Meriwether

Duet Acting – 2^nd Place: Sam Jones and Seth Meriwether

Ensemble Acting – 1^st Place: Addison Folmar, Mason Estes, and Seth Meriwether

All-State Cast: Sam Jones and Seth Meriwether

Best Actor: Seth Meriwether

Video Clips from the Competition

Link to all participant results on the AISA website

The Newly Formed High School Leo Club and the Junior High Y Club at Macon East Academy Lead a School Wide Effort to Provide Thanksgiving Meals

Durden Dean, a Lions Club member and contact person for the Lions Club school-sponsored Leo Clubs, has recently assisted Macon East Academy in forming a Leo Club in their High School.  Upper School Math teacher Keri Johnson agreed to sponsor the club with the assistance of Durden Dean and the Guidance Counselor, Debbie Hooks. The first service project of this club was to partner with the Junior High Y Club, led by Jennifer Harris, 7^th and 8^th grade English teacher, to collect foods needed for a traditional Thanksgiving meal. Donna McCullough, Director of the Forest Park Ministry Center, had been given over 20 frozen Thanksgiving turkeys to distribute to families in need during the Thanksgiving season. The Leo Club and Y Club then decorated paper bags with art work and Bible verses and provided a food needs list consisting of stuffing, yams, green beans, peas, cranberries, corn muffins or bread mix, and a boxed dessert to complete the Thanksgiving meal. The food drive was conducted for a week and then students sorted the food and filled the bags with groceries. Donna McCullough picked up the beautiful bags of food and placed the turkeys with them and these complete Thanksgiving meals were distributed to families that needed them through the Forest Park Ministry Center. Students were blessed by giving and families were blessed to receive.