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Germantown, Tenn. (December 10, 2012) – Kenzie Jones, a senior at Germantown High School, has been named a C Spire Wireless Academic All-Stars Award winner.

Jones is one of six students in the Greater Memphis area who received this week’s award for Drama & Speech. C Spire Wireless will recognize more than 160 students during the 2012-2013 school year. Jones and other weekly winners will be honored at a luncheon at the Hilton Memphis, Thursday, May 2, 2013.

Jones is a top student and devoted member of the school’s Fine Arts Department. She has a 3.88 weighted grade point average, scored 27 on the ACT and holds crucial management positions within the fine arts department, including Poplar Pike Playhouse box office manager and producer for Germantown Community Television (GHS-TV). She is treasurer of both Thespian Troupe #912 and Modern Film Club and is an important four-year member of the Junior Classical League.

In addition, Jones is the producer of GHS-TV’s morning news program, “Wake Up, Germantown,” which is seen daily. She was the overall producer of the Germantown Festival Arts and Crafts Fair, where she managed a crew of 65 people doing 30 live interviews, eight guest performances and 10 field reports. She also was the floor director for the station’s Live Auction Show, coordinating hosts, guests and crew members.

The C Spire Wireless Academic All-Stars program was conceived to identify and recognize high school students for excellence in academics, school leadership and community service. Now in its 7th year, the C Spire Academic All-Stars Awards are presented weekly for 28 weeks during the academic year from nominations submitted by school administrators.

Judges include educators from Rhodes College, The University of Memphis, LeMoyne-Owen College and Christian Brothers University. Each Sunday during the year, C Spire Academic All-Stars are announced in The Commercial Appeal.

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