2015

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. :Washington to direct Centralettes ..

t Melonie Washington of •Philadelphia was recently select– : ed coordinator for the East Cen· : tral Community College Cen· . , tralettes, the dance line for the ! Wall ·o Sound Marching Band, 1 announced Vicki Blaylock, Fine rArts Division chair for the col– t lege. i "We are excited to have Mel– onie Washington as our Cen– l tralette Coordinator at East Ceo– ' tral," Blaylock said. ~ "Melonienot only was a Cen– ' tralette herself but brings new ~and exciting ideas to our dance I" team." ~ Washington serves as special ~education teacher and is the for- mer cheer coach at Neshoba ,Central High School (NCHS) in

Philadelphia.

excellence from the Neshoba County School District in 2013 and 2014. Wash– ington is married to Mangold

She is also a former Cen– tralette, receiving her Associate of Arts degree from ECCC in 2002. She was named ECCC's Homecoming Queen in 2001. Washington earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in interdiscipli– nary studies from Mississippi State University in 2006. She was named National Federation of High Schools Spir– it Coach of the Year for Missis– sippi in 2014. Washington's NCHS cheer squads earned the Mississippi High School Activities Associa– tion varsity small division state cheer championship in 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2-014. She received the award of

Melonie Washing- Washington ton m and they have two daughters, Mar– lee, 8, and Isley, 2. She is the daQghter ofHouston and Martha Moore of Philadelphia. Washington is a member of Mount Ary Church in Philadel– phia.

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