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Seymour remains in hunt for $100,000
Seymour High School fell to second place, but remains very much in the running for $100,000 in the U.S. Cellular Calling All Communities campaign.
U.S. Cellular released the Top 100 leaderboard on Thursday. Seymour lost the No. 1 spot that it had held for the past four weeks. Tennessee still has two schools in the Top 10.
Voting ends Jan. 15, and the 10 schools with the most votes will win $100,000.
Tennessee schools currently in the Top 100: Seymour High at No. 2, Temple Baptist Academy in Powell at No. 8, Grace Christian Academy in Knoxville at No. 19, Roberts Elementary in Livingston at No. 21, Knoxville Jewish Day School at No. 26, West High School in Knoxville at No. 71 and Sunbright School at No. 100.
More than 110,000 votes have been cast for 5,400-plus schools. Those ranking in the Top 100 have earned at least 180 votes. About 450 votes mark the threshold for the Top 50, and approximately 2,000 votes are needed to make the Top 10.
“In some instances, only a handful of votes separate schools,” said Jack Brundige, director of sales for U.S. Cellular in Tennessee. “That’s why we encourage everyone to keep getting those votes in right up to the deadline.”
Although the Top 100 list will not be released again during the campaign, updates of the Top 20 will continue to be posted at participating U.S. Cellular stores, at uscellular.com/callingallcommunities and on U.S. Cellular’s facebook page.
Anyone 18 or older can visit any U.S. Cellular store — there are stores in Sevierville and Seymour — to pick up a voting code, and each voting code can only be used once. Winning schools will be announced in February.
No purchase is necessary to vote. See official rules at uscellular.com/callingallcommunities.
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