Media release: Brylen Cantrell, a graduating senior at Model High School, has been named one of more than 4,500 candidates in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The candidates were selected from nearly 3.6 million students expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in the year 2020. Inclusion in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program is one… Read more
On Saturday, Jan. 18, seven Floyd County 4-H’ers competed at the State Indoor Archery Tournament held in Perry at the Georgia National Fairgrounds. The State Indoor event consists of 30 arrows shot in 10 rounds of 3 arrows each at 18 meters. Center shots are scored as an 11, making 330 a perfect… Read more
Media release: Four years after graduation, a Model High School alum has found her passion in helping the children of Rome and she is doing so through a partnership between the Rome-Floyd County Commission on Children and Youth and Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s Youth Success Academy. Abby Larry met the executive director of the commission, LaDonna… Read more
By Natalie Simms nsimmshh@att.net It’s been a busy three weeks for Rome’s Lowery May since Governor Brian Kemp called on Jan. 2 asking her to represent the 14th congressional district on the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents. Although it’s been a whirlwind with training and meetings, it’s an opportunity to serve others that May… Read more
Four Georgia Northwestern Technical College students have been selected as the college’s semi-finalists for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership, according to Trish Wiggins, coordinator for the college’s GOAL program. Listed are students chosen as semi-finalists for the GOAL award showing (from left to right) the student’s name, county of residence, program of study, GNTC… Read more
Media release: The Coosa High Academic Decathlon team was crowned champions in the Floyd County Schools Academic Decathlon competition held at the Floyd County Board of Education central office on Friday, Jan. 10. Zayden Sullins of Coosa High was the highest-scoring individual participant this year with 2,788 total points. The theme for questions in this… Read more
Darlington’s College Guidance Office announces the following college scholarships reported between Dec. 1 and Jan. 6: Carisa Brogden has earned a $78,000 Presidential Scholarship from Roger Williams University. She is the daughter of Lana and Chris Brogden of Nassau, Bahamas. Tysen Dougherty has earned a $76,000 Academic Scholarship from Mercer University. He is the son of Julie and… Read more
Media release: Appetite was the final word that Natalia Jones, an East Central sixth-grade student, spelled to win the annual Rome City Schools Spelling Bee. Karla Vasquez-Perez won runner-up while representing her school, Elm Street Elementary. Thirteen young spellers were joined in the RCS Board Room by their parents, school administrators, three judges and Superintendent… Read more
About Anna K. Davie and the CCRPI scores: The Georgia Governor’s Office of Student Achievement calculates an annual Turnaround Eligible Schools list consisting of schools whose three-year average College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) score is in the bottom 5 percent of the state. The 2019 list includes all schools with a three-year… Read more
Media release: Two administrators have joined Georgia Northwestern Technical College to oversee Academic Affairs as well as its Foundation. At the beginning of January, Jennifer Loudermilk began work as the college’s new associate vice president of Academic Affairs and Lauretta Hannon became the director of Institutional Advancement. While the two women support separate areas… Read more
Media release: Ten Floyd County schools beat the odds in 2019, performing better than statistically expected on the College and Career Ready Performance Index. The CCRPI is Georgia’s statewide accountability system. It measures schools and school districts on a 100-point scale based on multiple indicators of performance. Beating the Odds is a statistical analysis that… Read more
Media release: Pepperell High School‘s Teens in the Driver Seat Chapter attended the Teens in the Driver Seat Summit ’19 held in San Marcos, Texas, in December. TDS is a national peer-to-peer driving safety program sponsored in Georgia through the Georgia Department of Transportation and General Motors. Car crashes account for more teen deaths than… Read more
After a 2-week Christmas break, local students will return to class on Tuesday, Jan. 7. Floyd County and Rome City teachers will have an in-service work day on Monday. Students at Rome City Schools will go back to classes on Jan. 7 in a different way. That’s when RCS will begin its district transportation system.… Read more
Media release: Gov. Brian P. Kemp has named five appointments to the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents including Lowery May of Rome, who will represent the 14th Congressional District. “For many years, I have worked closely with each of these individuals and found them to be honest, hardworking, and committed to our state’s long-term success. I… Read more
Media release: While his fellow graduates were walking across the stage in December, Georgia Northwestern Technical College graduate Dusty Powell was driving through Oklahoma on his way to the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif., where he would begin work the following week. After five interviews with one lasting well over five hours, the two-degree… Read more
Ouida Word Dickey, 91, a beloved educator and academic administrator who spent nearly her entire career as well as her retirement years serving Berry College, passed away early on December 31, 2019, following complications from emergency surgery. She was the widow of Garland Martin Dickey, also a longtime Berry faculty member, director of athletics, and… Read more
Students at Rome City Schools come back to classes on Jan. 7 in a different way. That’s when RCS will begin its district transportation system. You’re familiar with the mandated changes the city faced and school administrators pushed for a delay until the second half of the 2019-20 school year. The new transportation page is… Read more
Four people have been arrested on drug and other charges at the Economy Inn, 1803 Martha Berry Blvd., in Rome, according to the Floyd County Jail logs. Arrested were: Cassie Cowart, 36, of Rome, Crystal Leigh Bollen, 35, of Rockmart, and Michael R. Hall, 33, of Cave Spring: Possession of drug-related objects; possession of meth.… Read more