Education Section
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BoE adopts $86.1M budget The Effingham County Board of Education has set a budget of $86 million for the 2010 fiscal year. |
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LDSS hosts camp The Lowcountry Down Syndrome Society held a two-week camp for children with Down syndrome. Molly Marchese of the LDSS said fort he first year the participants were only children of members. The camp included physical, speech and occupational therapists along with special education teachers, and middle and high school students volunteering. First Baptist Church of Springfield let the group use the church for the camp. The funds for the camp came from proceeds from the ... |
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STC cooking up culinary classes starting July 8 Attention all aspiring top chefs — summer classes begin July 8 at The Culinary Institute of Savannah at Savannah Technical College. |
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VSU names four to spring dean’s list The following area students have been named to the spring 2009 dean's list at Valdosta State University in Valdosta. |
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Rotary Youth Leadership Awards |
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Simmons, A Class Act shine at nationals A Class Act Dance Center’s Christy Simmons of Clyo won the title and was crowned Miss Junior Dance America at the Kids Artistic Revue Grand National Finals in Myrtle Beach, S.C., from June 15-19. |
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Curtis named to dean’s list at ABAC The faculty and administration of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College recognize outstanding scholastic achievement by placing Thomas H. Curtis on the dean’s list for the spring semester of 2009. Curtis is a 2008 graduate of Effingham County High School and the son of Denise and Charlie Curtis. |
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Donnell earns ABAC scholarship TIFTON — Sarah Donnell from Guyton has been awarded a scholarship from the ABAC Foundation to attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College during the 2009-10 academic year. |
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Morgan accepted into NSCS Richard Morgan of Rincon has accepted membership into the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. |
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Exley graduates from Ogeechee Technical College Kyler Miller Exley graduated with honors from Ogeechee Technical College in Statesboro on May 14 with dual degrees. |
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Hill speaks at Youth Challenge graduation State Sen. Jack Hill of Reidsville was the commencement speaker at graduation ceremonies for Class 32 of the Fort Stewart-based National Guard Youth Challenge Academy on June 20 at the Macon City Auditorium. |
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Cadet Morgan graduates from U.S. Military Academy WEST POINT, N.Y. — Cadet James Thomas Morgan, son of Lt. Col. (ret.) and Mrs. Warren P. Morgan Jr. of Rincon, graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. on May 23. |
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Registration under way for upcoming school year Students planning to attend an Effingham County school for the 2009-10 year who were not actively enrolled at a district school at the end of the 2008-2009 year must register through the district’s central registration center. |
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STC receives scholarship funds from The Grainger Foundation SAVANNAH — The Savannah Technical College Foundation has received $5,000 from The Grainger Foundation, based upon a recommendation from Joe Haddad, manager of Grainger’s Savannah facility. |
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BoE OKs school choice policy The Effingham County Board of Education unanimously approved a policy regulating school choice within the district to comply with a bill that was passed by the General Assembly earlier this year. |
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ECHS gets grant to train AP teachers Effingham County High School has been awarded a $1,500 grant that will help pay for the training to add advanced placement classes at the school. |
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SEHS construction program receives industry accreditation SUWANEE — Georgia builders and contractors will soon have an even better source of potential employees now that South Effingham High School’s construction technology program, led by instructor Kevin Strickland, has been granted industry accreditation. |
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Students win with injury prevention announcements, posters Taylor Love, an eighth grader at South Effingham Middle School, was recognized as the k-8, third place statewide winner for the University of Georgia Traffic Injury Prevention Institute’s “2009 Safety Belt Public Service Announcement Contest.” |
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Elliot earns degree from Emory’s Woodruff School of Nursing ATLANTA— Jill Elliott of Rincon, daughter of Marsha Lauren Sanders of Rincon, received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing of Emory University in Atlanta, at its 164th commencement ceremony on May 11. |
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Lang named to Berry dean’s list Robert Lang has been named to the dean’s list for the 2009 spring term at Berry College, according to Dr. Katherine M. Whatley, Berry College provost. |
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Mock named new junior member Cheyanne Mock of Clyo is a new junior member of the American Angus Association, according to Bryce Schumann, CEO of the national organization headquartered in St. Joseph, Mo. |
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Middle and high school honor rolls Ebenezer Middle Sixth grade Gabrielle Abernathy-Robison, Zachary Adkins, Christopher Aldridge, Gabrielle Alexander, Payton Allen, Juan Aponte, Trevor Baeten, Danielle Balmer, Gabriele Bennett, Michele Bleam, Emma Blue, Makayla Broome, Taylor Coleman, Rachel Conley, Clevon Cooper, Ryan Cooper, Courtney Crosby, Carlos Cruz, Zachary Cudmore, Kaelyn Decker, Brandon Deringer, Jonathan Dingeldein, Shelby Dowling, Taylor English, Megan Enlow, Destiny Evans, Allison Exley, Sara Flagg, Daniel Fowler, Kelsey Gaskins, Sara Gonzalez-Ventura, Madeline Gould, Austin Greene, Michael Griffith, Aaron Grimes, Evan ... |
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SEHS students recognized for Spanish test scores Six of Daphne Sherman’s Spanish Language II students from South Effingham High School recently attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2009 National Spanish Examinations, earning three gold and three silver medals. |
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EMS student wins DNR contest Jayde Haas, a seventh grader at Ebenezer Middle School has been named a state winner in the River of Words Environmental Poetry and Art Project, offered by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division. |
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