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Junior Encourages Solutions to Climate Change by Winning Photo Competition

Grace Fleshman, News Editor
May 13, 2024

In a recent photo competition, run by George Mason University’s Virginia Climate Center, junior Madelyn Jones earned 1st place. She is an RCHS Photography II student and she enjoys taking pictures of landscapes. 

The goal of the competition was to educate Virginia residents and bring awareness to Virginia’s battle against climate change. The competition was open to Virginia high schoolers and college students, making it even harder to win. 

 Jones submitted a picture of the Rockbridge Baths solar panels that have been built recently to help the climate. With her creativity, striving to promote awareness of climate change, and photography abilities, she won the contest. 

She will be featured on a Washington D.C. news station, WUSA9 News, and her creativity will be shown off to viewers. 

Here is a link to more information about the photo competition and about the second place winner: https://www.vaclimate.gmu.edu/photo-competition 

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Grace Fleshman
Grace Fleshman, Managing Editor
Grace Fleshman is an emotional senior that has probably cried 100 times because this is her last year of high school. This will be her third year on the Prowler Staff and she is excited to step into the role of Managing Editor. She is involved with NHS and Young Life, while also trying to find opportunities to grow her skills in the field of Journalism. Fleshman has always loved watching the talent show as a kid and can’t wait to plan it this year. In her free time, she dances at The Rockbridge Ballet and just got the role of Snow White in her upcoming show. You can usually find her grabbing a sweet treat with her friends, binge watching popular TV shows, or planning trips and concerts with her family. While on The Prowler staff for her last year, she hopes to share new and exciting types of media with the student body.  In the future, although she’s sad to leave Lexington, she hopes to study Journalism in college to eventually become a News Broadcaster (not just because they talk and drink coffee all day).