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June-July 2018 .com Page 11 arlington high AHS Names in the News Smiles and Learning Abound at the Inaugural AHS Spring Carnival By Tyler Hill, Arlington Community Schools Lexy Heflin, a junior from Arlington High School was selected to be a HOBY Ambassador this Spring. The three-day seminar took place at Trevecca Nazarene University with a total of 93 ambassadors. Attendees participated in team building activities, lectures about leadership, and learned how to apply what they’d learned to their life That’s Dr. Tiger To You... Six former Arlington High School students received medical degrees this Spring from the University of Tennessee’s College of Medicine and will begin their residencies this summer. Scott Parker (Class of 2008) | Family Medicine at Baptist Memorial Hospital/Church Health (Memphis, TN) Spend time with Livy for 10 minutes and you’ll immediately know what she’s all about: fun and laughter. To say that was the case at the AHS Spring Carnival would be an understatement, as the day brought nothing but fun for Livy and her classmates at Arlington High School. For the first time ever, the school year ended for these students with a Spring Carnival – an event with games, food, dancing and something unique: skill building. Tiffany Roberson-Farmer, a teacher at AHS, organized the event, but not without the help of her students. “We wanted to do something different, something fun,” she said. Typically, this event would consist of your typical outdoor barbeque. But not this year. “We wanted to expand it for two reasons,” she explained. “One, we needed more end of the year activities for our kids. Livy and a friend pose for the camera at AHS’ inaugural Spring Carnival. Two, it presented an opportunity for our students to Riley Pace (Class of 2009) | Internal Medicine/Pediatrics at UTHSC (Memphis, TN) Austin Hardaway (Class of 2009) | Orthopaedic Surgery at UTHSC/ Campbell Clinic (Memphis, TN) Mimi Bach (Class of 2010) | Pediatrics at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital (Cleveland, OH) Anna Kushnir (Class of 2010) | Pediatrics at Phoenix Children’s Hospital (Phoenix, AZ) show off their skills. They helped set up everything. They set up the tents, the tables. They set out the drinks. They figured out how to operate the games. They displayed what skill sets they have and