Archive By Section - Education
YAC visits the Capitol
Young leaders from Effingham County High School are part of the Effingham Family Connection, Communities in Schools, Youth Advisory Council.
RES forms Junior Beta Club
Rincon Elementary School has established a new Junior Beta Club chapter. It consists of fifth grade students who have met the set criteria for becoming members. The new members have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement, exemplified worthy character, and maintained a commendable attitude throughout the first semester of the 2010-11 school term.
G-P pitches in at ECHS
Georgia Pacific pitches in at Effingham County High School by donating paper products to the school.
School system completes screenings for pre-k students
The Effingham County School System recently completed vision, dental and hearing screenings on each of its 480 pre-k students in preparation for their transition to kindergarten next fall.
Guyton elementary Family Night
Guyton Elementary enjoyed a fun night with students and their families on Feb. 10. The theme was "Put Your Heart into Learning."
GES, Chick-fil-A teaming up
On Monday, Effingham County's Guyton Elementary and Chick-fil-A will be teaming up to raise money for Relay for Life and to enjoy a Read Across America night with students and parents.
Waxing historic
Springfield Elementary fourth-graders held their annual wax museum, where students stood frozen in time until visitors stepped in front of them. They students explained the historic significance of their characters.
BoE moves district lines
With newest member Mose Mock as the lone dissenter, the Effingham Board of Education approved a recommendation to adjust middle school district lines at its Feb. 17 meeting held at Effingham County Middle School, where a majority of the students impacted will attend in the fall.
RES parent of the month
Betty Milton was awarded as the February parent of the month by Rincon Elementary School for her involvement and dedication to her nephew's education and special needs.
Celebrating Georgia Day
The United Daughters of the Confederacy, Effingham County Hussars, Chapter No. 2285, presented its annual Georgia Day program to Guyton Elementary School fifth graders.
Miss EMS crowned
Lauren Morgan, an eighth grader at Ebenezer Middle School, was crowned as Miss EMS 2011 in the pageant held recently at the school.
Three from SEHS FBLA earn firsts at region competition
South Effingham High FBLA members participated in the recent Region Competition held in Jesup, with three of them earning first place finishes.
Presbyterian College honors Fowler
CLINTON, S.C.- Caitlin Ryan Fowler, a junior early childhood education major from Guyton, was named to the Dean's List at Presbyterian College for maintaining at least a 3.5 grade point average for the Fall 2010 semester:
SEHS student to attend national summit in D.C.
Hanna Schoen, a rising senior at South Effingham High School, has been selected to represent Georgia as a National Youth Delegate to the 2011 Washington Youth Summit on the Environment at George Mason University.
Springfield Elementary to hold ‘Wax Museum’
Fourth graders at Springfield Elementary will become frozen in time, so to speak, on Friday, when they pose as figures in a wax museum representing the historical characters they have spent several weeks researching.
Articles by Section - Education
ECHS valedictorian spurred on by ‘angel’
When Effingham County High School valedictorian Hannah Boyd graduates Saturday night, her thoughts will be on her loved one who isn't at Rebel Field.
Top of SEHS class has been side-by-side
Jaret King and Jared Curtis have been good friends in high school, often sitting next to each other in their classes.
BES lands Kroger grant
Blandford Elementary School recently received a $1,500 grant from the Kroger Earning Plus Learning program.
Gordy takes turn as page
Parker Gordy, a freshman at South Effingham High School, served as a page to Sen. Buddy Carter during this year's General Assembly session.
School board won’t raise millage rate
The Effingham County Board of Education will not raise its millage rate for the 2014 fiscal year and will use funds from the state's midterm adjustment to adopt a balanced budget.
GSU designs app for historical markers
STATESBORO - Georgia Southern University has launched a new Georgia historical markers smartphone application that will allow historians and visitors to easily locate and explore Georgia's more than 2,500 historical markers. Georgia Southern partnered with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs in the development of the application.
Rebecca Neidlinger wins Quick-Think-A-Thon
Springfield Elementary second-grader Rebecca Neidlinger won this year's Quick-Think-A-Thon tournament on May 2 at Ebenezer Middle School.
Local students earn college honors
Effingham students make dean's list at GCSU
Career day rolls into Sand Hill Elementary
Sand Hill Elementary School students enjoyed a "big" show for their annual career day on May 10. Several large vehicles were on display to showcase careers in transportation.
Finding a purpose and career through Project SEARCH
Many students nowadays don't already have a job lined up on graduation day.
GSU starts effort to preserve POW camp relics
Georgia Southern University archaeologists will begin a major conservation project to identify and conserve 150-year-old metal artifacts found at Camp Lawton, a Confederate prisoner of war camp located at what is now Magnolia Springs State Park in Millen. The project is the next step in preparation for the opening of a planned history center at the park.
Around the world at Blandford Elementary
Blandford Elementary students showcased cultures from around the world Friday in the school's annual international arts festival.
'Careers on wheels' at Blandford Elementary
Students were able to climb on board and sit behind the wheel of heavy-duty military vehicles during Blandford Elementary School's annual career day on May 3.
4-H Cloverleafs take part in Project Achievement
Cloverleaf (fifth- and sixth-graders) 4-H'ers selected a project area that interested them from more than 60 choices for county Project Acheivement. Students prepared a three-to-five-minute presentation using materials he/she learned, created three posters and used visuals to explain the topic for the presentation. Presentations were viewed by two judges and scored based on subject knowledge, visuals and speech delivery.
Effingham schools soar past state marks
The Effingham County School System earned high marks on the state's new index for measuring school performance.
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