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Top of their classes
Effingham County High School Valedictorian Kelly Darnell Farmer "Next year I'll be attending Georgia Institute of Technology pursuing a degree in material science and engineering." Most memorable experience from high school "The poetry reading in Ms. O'Brien's class. We read poetry and had coffee shop food." Advice to rising seniors "Enjoy your senior year, but remember to work hard and not neglect your studies." Advice for incoming freshmen "Work hard and live up to ...
Area schools celebrate their seniors
Graduation is set for Friday and Saturday night. But that is not the only time set aside to recognize our local seniors.
The Deens visit ECMS
Effingham County Middle School held its annual career day on Friday. Jamie and Bobby Deen, sons of renowned chef Paula Deen, spoke to the students about the importance of working hard to get where you want to go, and about their show "Road Tasted."
Singing out the school year
The Marlow Elementary fourth and fifth grade chorus performed Monday night. Songs included "In the Jungle," "This Old Man" and a baseball medley.
Herrin earns Provost Scholarship
Athens - University of Georgia fisheries and aquaculture major and Rincon resident James Herrin was awarded the Ernie E. Provost Scholarship at the Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources 76th Annual Spring Awards Banquet held April 19 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel in Athens.
SEHS grad going from SCAD to GM
A South Effingham High School alumna is designing cars this summer with General Motors using the skills she began learning in high school.
Blandford recognizes first graduating class
On Tuesday, Blandford Elementary honored its first graduating class, the class of 2007. Blandford Elementary School, Effingham County's newest school opened its doors in August 2006. School district lines were redrawn and some students from Rincon Elementary and South Effingham Elementary joined to form Blandford Elementary. It opened with many more students than projected and ended the year with approximately 700 students. Blandford Elementary was named for the area where we are located. In the ...
Local students earn President’s, Dean’s lists recognition at Georgia Southern
Georgia Southern University students from the area have been named to the President's List for the Spring 2007 term. These students have achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average with a minimum of 12 credit hours for the semester.
Annual Eagle Cyber Camp set for July
Middle and high school students are invited to sign up for a Web development and computer animation camp at Georgia Southern University.
What 4-H has meant to me
I have been a member of 4-H for six years. It has played an important part in my life. It has taught me leadership skills as well as public speaking skills. It has also given me opportunities to meet other 4-H'ers across the state of Georgia.
ECMS students accepted to science camp
Three Effingham County Middle School students were recently accepted into Georgia Southern's Eagle Science Camp in Statesboro. Their science teacher, Mrs. Carmen Bennett and their math teacher, Mrs. Michelle Wilson, nominated the students. The students are Dallas Vermillion, Austin Brownlow and Hunter Tuttle.
There she is...
Miss Georgia, Amanda Kozak, spoke to students at Effingham County Middle School about the importance of making good decisions Tuesday.
Covenant Christian on the move
Students at Covenant Christian Academy will be attending school at a different location in the fall.
State DTAE board selects new chairman
Atlanta - The 20 members of the state Board of Technical and Adult Education have elected former BellSouth executive Carl Swearingen as their new chairman.
Elliott to attend Emory
Jill Marie Elliott, daughter of Marsha Sanders of Rincon and Robert Elliott of Torrance, Calif., and a 2005 South Effingham High School graduate, has been accepted for the fall semester at the Nell Hodgson School of Nursing, Emory University.
Articles by Section - Education
Effingham County 4-H’ers attend State Congress
Effingham County 4-H'ers attended State Congress in Atlanta from July 19-22 and returned home with high honors. The 4-H State Congress brings students from all over Georgia together to compete in project achievement areas at the state level.
Numbers are stronger for BoE in 2011
Final numbers aren't quite tallied, but the Effingham County Board of Education should close the 2011 financial year considerably stronger than FY 2010.
Forbes names GSU one of ‘America’s Best Colleges’
Georgia Southern University has been named one of America's Best Colleges by Forbes magazine, whose ranking includes the top 20 percent of colleges and universities based on the "student's point of view." The honor is the latest for the growing university that expects to welcome a record 20,000 students to its campus when fall semester classes begin Aug. 22.
Scouts lend a hand
Scouts and leaders from Troop 665 in Rincon along with Dan Frailey and James McElveen from First Baptist Church Rincon are pictured on the wheelchair ramp they built at First Baptist Church Youth Center.
Schools bracing to make stricter AYP goals
Although Effingham County schools' 2011 test scores earned overall gains and high rankings compared to the state, Adequate Yearly Progress projections show no schools in the system meeting AYP by 2013.
Pitching in to start the school year
Effingham schools started the 2011-12 year Thursday, and in celebration Effingham Women in Business donated 24 book bags to school social workers to distribute to the system's homeless students. Teach Right sold WIB the book bags at wholesale price.
Supporting Treutlen House
The Edward Jones offices in Port Wentworth and Rincon partnered together to collect school supplies for the Treutlen House located in Effingham County.
School council elections to be held
The General Assembly requires that all public school systems in Georgia have school councils in place for the purposes of bringing communities and schools closer together in a spirit of cooperation to solve difficult education problems, improve academic achievement, provide support for teachers and administrators, and bring parents into the school-based decision-making process. All Effingham County Schools will hold elections for the upcoming year. Elections will be held to fill expiring terms, new terms and ...
Tanner takes part in AASU advanced research
Mark Tanner from Rincon participated in a six-week Science and Technology Expansion Program (STEP) this summer at Armstrong Atlantic State University. As an entering freshman to Armstrong, Tanner conducted research on nanoparticle catalysis of environmental pollutants. He lived on campus free of charge and received a weekly stipend of $300.
State to start Complete College Georgia Initiative
Gov. Nathan Deal has announced that Georgia is one of 10 states to be awarded $1 million by Complete College America to fuel policy innovations and reforms aimed at significantly increasing college completion. In conjunction with this grant, Deal also introduced his Complete College Georgia Initiative.
School system misses AYP mark
In the wake of increasing No Child Left Behind demands, initial reports indicate that the Effingham County school system did not meet Adequate Yearly Progress goals for 2011.
New schedule and new opportunities at STC
When classes begin this August, students at the Effingham Campus of Savannah Technical College will find many new opportunities available to them including:
Hupman earns national scholarship
Georgia Southern University student Jeffrey Hupman was awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), a nonprofit corporation. The Tampa, Fla., native has achieved a 3.93 GPA, and is the first student from the University to be awarded the competitive national scholarship.
Comcast honors Lariscy, Usher
The Comcast Foundation, founded in 1999 to provide charitable support to its local communities and to empower and enrich lives, today announced the 2011 recipients of its annual Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program. Among the winners are Michaela Lariscy, a student from South Effingham High School and Hillary Usher, a student from Effingham County High School.
ECHS FBLA ‘dives in’ to school year
Five officers of the Future Business Leaders of America chapter at Effingham County High School "dive in" for a new year by attending the summer leadership and officer training summit at Swainsboro High School on July 18. Hannah Boyd, president; Michaela Williford, vice president; Vanessa Williams, secretary; Kelsey Fulford, treasurer; and Josie Alford, historian attended the summit to prepare themselves for their roles as officers this year.
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