Ward named Miss ECHS 2012

Kiley Ward was named Miss ECHS 2012, as Effingham County High School held its annual pageant Saturday night.

Schools getting ready for life after AYP

The Effingham County School System is preparing to join others around the state in adopting a new set of guidelines to measure student and school success.

School buses to get eyes on bad drivers

The Effingham County School System soon may have high-tech sets of eyes to identify drivers who illegally pass school buses.

Effingham Christian School announces third quarter honors

Effingham Christian School recently celebrated the completion of the third academic quarter with the presentation of several awards.

Middle and high school honor rolls

Ebenezer Middle School Sixth grade Kenichi Ainscoe, Madison Austin, Nychorida Austin, Emily Bagwell, Angelina Blanchette, Austin Brant, Rachel Bright, Meghan Button, Wade Calhoun, Isabella Castillo, Alexia Chavez, Bohong Cheng, Madison Cocke, Maia Collins, Alissa Daniels, Matthew Davis, Megan Deyhle, Michaela Digiovanni, Kaitlyn Drittler, Jared Dyches, Ian Foster, Perry Fulcher, Nadia Garcia, Matthew Goetz, David Goodson, Kristen Gossett, Madeline Griner, Autumn Hanna, Zayne Harbison, Emily Hartzog, Hunter Harvard, Kylee Hathaway, Sierra Hathaway, Grace ...

Honor rolls

Blandford Elementary First grade Ian Arguello, Maddi Beecher, Collin Blakely, Kallan Bland, Jalyn Blissett, Stephen Blunt, Micah Bostic, Maya Boughner, Olivia Bradley, Elijah Brittain, Brianna Burbage, Nolan Button, Allen Butts, Peighton Capwell, Kahlil Castillo, Donovan Cervantes, Lucy Cheng, James Cheshire, Haleigh Christianson, Gabrielle Cody, Owen Cohn, Ethan Consos, Carl Craig, Amber Dickey, Jada Dorsey, Scott Dorsey, Tyler Drudy, Kaley Duff, Robert Edwards, Joseph Ellis, Ethan Fender, Yadira Figueroa Diaz, John Franklin, Alicia ...

Local FFAers attend Success Conference, Jamboree

Real results for the SEHS mock trial team

A group of South Effingham High School students gave an impressive performance in court recently - in the Georgia Mock Trial competition.

Johnson named Miss SEHS 2012

Megan Johnson, a junior at South Effingham High School, was crowned MIss SEHS 2012 at the school's annual pageant Saturday night. She won a $600 scholarship.

SEHS Science Olympiad reaches the heights

South Effingham High School's Science Olympiad team placed third at the regional competition, held recently at East Georgia College. Out of 23 different events, SEHS students placed fourth or higher in 11 and the Mustangs took third place overall. They qualified for the state competition to be held at Emory University on March 24. Awards for second place include: Kyle Hackworth and Garrett Keyes for Thermodynamics; Joe Shaw and ...

Blandford pre-K classes to move to RES for 2012-13

To accommodate the growth at Blandford Elementary School, three pre-kindergarten classes will move from BES to Rincon Elementary for the 2012-13 school year.

Effingham school system salutes its board members

The Effingham County School System is joining in a statewide celebration this week to salute the efforts of local school board members. The week of March 12-16 has been proclaimed School Board Appreciation Week in Georgia. The weeklong observance calls attention to the contributions of local boards of education.

Talent Show rocks SEHS

Showcasing a wide range of talents, 19 student acts entertained a packed house in South Effingham High School's third annual talent show on Feb. 10.

BoE OKs update to sex education materials

The Effingham County Board of Education has voted to update some of the materials teachers and counselors use to teach sex education and sexually-transmitted disease prevention. One addition is Speak Up Be Safe, an updated version of the Childhelp organization's Good-Touch-Bad-Touch abuse prevention program. SUBS is a research-based curriculum to use with first- through fifth-graders to prevent physical abuse, sexual abuse, bullying or sexual harassment. Also approved were new videos and ...

State’s first lady visits RES

The youngest students at Rincon Elementary School enjoyed a visit Friday from Georgia first lady Sandra Deal.

School system honors top work-based students

Two graduates from the class of 2013 have been honored as Effingham County's 2012-13 work-based learning students of the year.

Powell named STC’s dean of industrial technology

SAVANNAH - Savannah Technical College has selected Joseph Powell as its dean of industrial technology. Prior to this position Powell was STC's department head for drafting technology.

Studio CEO offers direction for JROTC cadets

Having faith and faith in yourself are essential to success, the chief executive officer of Medient Studios told members of the Effingham County High School Air Force JROTC on Thursday night.

Educators take part in water issues workshop, key issues institute

For three Effingham County school teachers, summer school was never more fun. Jana Bolton and Kendra Brophy of Effingham County Middle School and Amber Teare of South Effingham High School were selected and sponsored by Georgia-Pacific to attend summer workshop programs designed to help them bring environmental issues into the classroom in a dynamic way.

AASU partners with Martin Luther University

Officials from Armstrong Atlantic State University have signed a memorandum of understanding with representatives from Martin Luther University in Halle, Germany, underscoring the growing relationship between the two universities.