- November 19, 2024
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The Pilot Club of the Halifax Area helped sponsor the 2024 Volusia County Social Studies Fair held Feb. 24-25 by providing two Community Awards to winners in the Elementary Performance and in the Middle School Performance categories. Pilot Club member Tish Gressang was a judge in the performance categories.
Both winners attended the Tuesday, March 5 business meeting of the Pilot Club of the Halifax Area, where they were each presented with an award of $100. The winner of the Elementary Performance was Rhett Desmarais, who attends Port Orange Elementary. Derrick Henry, Jr. was the winner from the Middle School Performance category; he attends Ormond Beach Middle School.
The theme for this year’s Volusia County Social Studies Fair was "Turning Points in History." Rhett provided a performance of a radio announcer reporting on the terrorist attack on 9/11, providing an on-the-scene perspective of the tragic event. Derrick’s performance as Frederick Douglass provided insight into his early life as well as his accomplishments as an activist, author and public speaker.
