FROM STAFF REPORTS

The U.S. Achievement Academy recently announced that Brody Holder of Chelsea Middle School has been recognized as a student of excellence in leadership.

Holder was nominated by his teacher Chana Miller, and he will appear in the academy’s official yearbook, which is published nationally.

Holder is the son of Harry and Kim Holder, and his grandparents are Bobby and Carolyn Butts of Blountsville and Harry and Jane Holder of Birmingham