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Smile Report: Seven Floyd County Seniors honored by Rome Noon Optimist Club

Posted on March 10, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Media release: Seven seniors from Floyd County Schools were honored recently by the Rome Noon Optimist Club at the groups annual Student of the Year awards banquet. Anna Tibbetts of Armuchee High received the All-around award. Tibbetts plans to attend Samford University after graduation. All-around finalists were: John Tyler Dobson, Pepperell High; and Rachel McFry,… Read more

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Smile Report: GNTC Aviation Maintenance Technology student awarded scholarships

Posted on March 10, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Media release: Stephanie Morris, a student in the Aviation Maintenance Technology program at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC), was recently awarded two scholarships through the Association for Women in Aviation Maintenance (AWAM). Morris received the “Pratt & Whitney Training Scholarship” that covers the cost of an engine maintenance course. Pratt & Whitney, an aerospace manufacturer… Read more

Updated Smile Report: Armuchee Middle students take first place in state technology fair

Posted on March 8, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Armuchee Middle School students Ben Graves and James Blankenship took first place in the Case Modification category of the Georgia Technology Education Fair on Saturday. According to Beth Wardlaw, teacher at Armuchee Middle, the students completed against 17 regions with over 1,000 other students. A total of eight Armuchee Middle students competed. Other students who placed… Read more

Smile Report: Alex Mitchell named 2015 Star student from Coosa High

Posted on March 6, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Media release: Alex Mitchell, a senior, was honored recently as the 2015 STAR student for Coosa High School. Mitchell selected Adam Daniel, band director at Coosa High, as his STAR teacher. To be named a STAR student, a senior must have the highest SAT score in the school on one test date through November prior… Read more

Smile Report: Big win for Pack 113 at this year’s Pinewood Derby

Posted on March 4, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Pack 113 Champions and includes (L to R) Cameron Pickens (1st Place), Aiden Conrad (2nd Place) and Aiden Parsa (3rd Place) Left to right, front row - Cameron Pickens (1st Place), Ethan Wilder (2nd Place) and Aiden Parsa (3rd place). On the back row are (left to right) Isaac Agan, Alex Eason, Nicholas Johnson, Philip… Read more

Smile Report: Coosa Middle student runner-up in District Spelling Bee

Posted on February 28, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

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Smile Report: Rachel Garland named Armuchee High’s STAR Student; Emily Mowery is STAR teacher

Posted on February 27, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Media release: Rachel Garland, a senior at Armuchee High School, has been named the 2015 STAR student at Armuchee High School. Garland selected Emily Mowery, An AP English/language arts and Journalism teacher, as her STAR teacher.To be named a STAR student, seniors must have the highest SAT score in their school taken on one test… Read more

Smile Report: Garden Club of Georgia honors Oak Hill’s Tim Brown. Night at the Movies raises $18,000.

Posted on February 20, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Tim Brown, director of Oak Hill & The Martha Berry Museum, recently was honored by The Garden Club of Georgia with the Seal of Honor. Oak Hill and The Garden Club of Georgia Inc. have a long history of working together, dating back to the days of Berry College founder Martha Berry. When Brown came on… Read more

Smile Report: Rome High’s Sonora Martinez named Star Student

Posted on February 19, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Media release: Rome High senior Sonora Martinez has been named the STAR student for 2015. As STAR student, Martinez earned the highest single-test score on the SAT. She is also in the top ten percent of her graduating class. “I knew I had a good test score, but it was a surprise when I was called… Read more

Smile Report: Steve Jones patriotic display earns him a ‘Proudly We Hail’ honor

Posted on February 19, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

The Exchange Club of Rome’s Americanism Committee members found a rare and priceless example of patriotic display at the residence of Steve Jones. Steve is one of those determined individuals that has that intangible and inextinguishable character to overcome adversity. He also has that sense and spirit of duty, honor and country that has never been… Read more

Smile Report: Darlington’s DarBots team takes state title, heading to Texas next for regional showdown

Posted on February 17, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Media release: Darlington’s DarBots robotics team took first place in the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) state tournament on Saturday after outperforming 34 other Georgia groups. The team was also awarded the Rockwell Collins Design Award, the tournament’s top engineering prize, by a panel of professional engineers. In the semi-final round, members of Darlington’s robotics team broke… Read more

Smile Report: Two Darlington seniors selected for GADA Scholarship Award Competition

Posted on February 16, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

From Darlington: Seniors Natalie Collins and John Goldin have been selected to represent Darlington in the 2015 High School Female/Male Scholarship Award Competition, sponsored by the Georgia Athletic Directors Association (GADA). The program recognizes seniors who have represented their respective sports well both in performance and in leadership. Two winners will be chosen from the… Read more

Smile Report: West End wins sixth-grade math competition at Berry; Unity’s Clay Crawford takes individual honors

Posted on February 14, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Media release: The Spring 2015 Sixth Grade Berry College Mathematics Contest was held on campus Thursday, Feb. 12. Twelve sixth-grade teams competed. The top three teams were: First, West End Elementary School (Rome); second, Armuchee Middle School (Floyd County), and third, Gilmer Middle School. read more

Smile Report: Zac Mitchell, an eighth-grader at Coosa Middle School, takes county spelling title

Posted on February 11, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Media release: Zac Mitchell, an eighth-grader at Coosa Middle School, used his theater experience to control his nerves and confidently spell “haiku” and “expertise” to take the spelling championship at the 2015 Floyd County Schools Spelling Bee. The system’s annual spell-off was held on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 9 a.m. at the Floyd County… Read more

Smile Report: East Central earns Proudly We Hail Award from Exchange Club’s Americanism Committee. More honors.

Posted on February 11, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Members of the Americanism Committee of the Exchange Club of Rome visited East Central Elementary School’s 571 students on Monday morning, Feb. 9, to make a special presentation to the students, faculty and staff. East Central was named one of three schools to receive the Proudly We Hail Award given by the Exchange Club of Rome… Read more