The DaVinci Academy seventh- and eighth-grade band participated in the Ninth District East Georgia Music Educators Large Group Performance Evaluation at Hart County High School Performing Arts Center in Hartwell. In their first ever LGPE participation, the group earned superior ratings from all three performance judges. Out of 45 categories, the DaVinci band earned A or A-plus in 40 of those categories. • Timothy James Fisher of North Hall was named to the fall 2011 dean’s list at Boyce College in Louisville, Ky.