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CALHOUN AND REGIONAL STUDENTS RECEIVE GOLDEN HORSESHOES |
| (05/02/2015) |
| Calhoun and regional students received Golden Horseshoes Friday in Charleston at the Cultural Center. Knowledge of the Mountain State really paid off for a group of eighth-graders who were honored with a prestigious award. Receiving the Golden Horseshoe from Calhoun was Calhoun Jeremy Parsons and Destiny Wager. The Golden Horseshoe test has been administered in West Virginia each year since 1931 and is the longest running program of its kind in the United States. The top-scoring students in each county receive the prestigious award. Each county has at least two winners. The exam tests student knowledge on West Virginia citizenship, civics and government, economics, geography, history and current events. Receiving the award in Roane County, Carley Jarrell, Jeffrey Proctor-Kinsley, and Dylan Hammack. Wirt County, Bradley Hall and Sophia Steigleder. Braxton County, Brady Bender, Garrett Perkins, and Sydney Skidmore. Clay County, Oliva Legg, Heather Sears, and James Summers. Gilmer County, Logan Phares and Kaylene Snyder. Ritchie County, Haley Mitchel, Michael Sammons, and Samuel Summers. The Golden Horseshoe originated in the early 1700s in Virginia when then-Gov. Alexander Spotswood saw the need for exploration of the land west of the Allegheny Mountains, most of which is now West Virginia. Spotswood organized a party of about 50 men to explore the frontier. At the end of the exploration, he presented each member of the party with a golden horseshoe. READ: OVER 250 CALHOUN STUDENTS RECEIVE GOLDEN HORSESHOES |
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