Media release: Students from Pepperell High School recently were recognized for their work in the area of teen traffic safety within their community. The Georgia Trauma Foundation invited Eva Ellenburg, a Teen Advisory Board member with the nationally recognized peer-to-peer Teens in the Driver Seat program, and Kaitlyn Morgan, both sophomores at Pepperell, to… Read more
Adventure Film Festival Rome is a one-night film festival, featuring almost three hours of groundbreaking independent films. The event, held at Rome’s Historic DeSoto Theatre on Saturday, Feb. 23, will bring together art and adventure in evening that is certain to entertain and inspire. This year’s collection of films will allow guests to paddle the Inside Passage in… Read more
Rome High School senior and Air Force Junior ROTC student Anthony Linatoc, center, proudly displays his award of a four-year scholarship to the Army ROTC program at the University of North Georgia in Dahlonega. Retired Air Force Col. Seaborn Whately (left) and retired Air Force Master Sgt. Keith Thrash (right) are the lead instructors… Read more
Story line: Felisha Jackson on Wednesday takes on the official title of principal at Anna K. Davie after serving as interim following the surprise resignation of Dr. Clifton Nicholson, hired in June 2017 to serve as the principal. Nicholson replaced Parke Wilkinson who was named principal at Rome Middle School. The media release follows: Rome City Schools… Read more
The sale of the remaining four acres at the Midway Primary School site by the Floyd County Board of Education to the Evans’ family has raised some questions in the community. Tuesday morning, Dr. Jeff Wilson, superintendent of Floyd County Schools, and Dr. Tony Daniel, chair of the board of education, joined us on the… Read more
Media release: All four Floyd County high schools were among a select group of high schools across the state honored by State School Superintendent Richard Woods last week as he announced the 2019 Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools. Armuchee High, Model High and Pepperell High were all honored as AP Challenge Schools, AP STEM Schools,… Read more
From Berry College: Congratulations to senior Ben Umberger for winning the 2019 Pitch Competition! Ben was not only awarded the top prize of $10k Henry & Clara Ford Fund for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, but also an additional $1,000 for the audience pick for the Berry Best Idea. Ben owns Umberger Farms Cattle Company, a… Read more
Media release: The Bartow Education Foundation made 257 dreams come true this year through its unrivaled Teacher Grant Program. Bartow County students will now be able to learn from cow eye dissection and owl pellet kits, graphing calculators, and a library of S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) books, just to name a few. Approximately 330 grants… Read more
Rome City Schools’ best spellers joined educators, family and friends gathered at the Central Office on Tuesday to compete in the school system’s spelling bee. Students from all elementary schools and Rome Middle School took turns spelling words until the last one was left standing. Mason Cochran, one of the West End student representatives,… Read more
It was a very big day at Unity Christian School on Friday. Thanks to the second phase of the school’s Technology Initiative this year, eighth through 12th grade students received an iPad for educational purposes. Sixth- and seventh-grade students will receive individual iPads in a few weeks as well. The only difference is these students will… Read more
Darlington’s fine arts department will present “Fiddler on the Roof” Feb. 15-17 at the Rome City Auditorium. Doors will open Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m., with showtime at 7:30 p.m. The Sunday matinee begins at 2:30 p.m., after doors open at 2 p.m. Tickets can be purchased in advance online at www.darlingtonschool.org/musical, or at the door… Read more
Automotive Technology student Brandon Neighbors was named Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s 2019 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner and Leyner Argueta, program director of Business Management, was selected as the college’s 2019 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year. The winners were named during a reception at GNTC’s Floyd County Campus in Rome on Friday, Feb.… Read more
The first wave of Scouts could be at your door this Saturday, leaving the above flyer about the annual Scouting for Food campaign. Local Scouts seek your assistance in helping the Salvation Army and others feed those in need in Northwest Georgia. This Saturday, Scouts will place the flyers in door handles, seeking canned… Read more
Media release: Six juniors from Floyd County high schools have advanced to the semifinals in the Governor’s Honors Program. The Governor’s Office of Student Achievement indicated that over 3,200 students were nominated to the state level GHP competition and nearly 1,700 of them have been selected as semifinalists for state interviews/auditions. The… Read more
Four Rome Middle School students were recognized as being Terrific Students for the Month of January by the Rome Rotary Club on Thursday. Alya Samha, Daysia Watkins, Christian Gonsalves and Yash Patel were nominated by their teachers for being excellent students and going above and beyond in everything they set forth to do. Accompanying… Read more
The Georgia Department of Education has released Financial Efficiency Star Ratings for schools and school districts in Georgia. To view the ratings, click here for school-level and here for district-level, or use the CCRPI reporting tool. The Financial Efficiency Star Rating provides a measure of a district’s per-pupil spending in relation to the academic achievements of its students. Specifically,… Read more