Media release: Georgia Highlands College started its Brother 2 Brother chapter in fall 2009 on the Floyd campus with only seven students. Today, the membership has grown to around 120 students on all five campuses. At the end of March, GHC’s B2B won the Outstanding Chapter of the Year Award for the third time in… Read more
Media release: Rome Area Council for the Arts has awarded 5 prizes in the Second Annual Firefly Fling Student Art Competition this year. First place prize of $300 was awarded to Kiana Mata from Armuchee High School. The $200 second place prize was awarded to Reannah Smith of Pepperell High School. A $100 third place prize… Read more
Media release: Sam Bryant, a sophomore at Model High, connected with his inner cowboy to pen a poem that took second place honors in the Booth Western Art Museum’s 2015 Writing Through Art Literary Competition. The purpose of the contest is to encourage students to develop writing skills by using works of art from the… Read more
Media release: The Pepperell High FBLA team of Daniel Lovell and Joey Purser placed first in Computer Game and Simulation Programming to earn a spot representing Georgia at the National FBLA Leadership Conference in Chicago later this summer. The two competed with other students from across the state at the Georgia State Leadership Conference in Atlanta.… Read more
Media release: Replete with team ballcaps, pearls, and drinks served in mason jars, Saint Mary’s Catholic School Auction Gala “A Knight in the South” succeeded in living up to the annual event’s goals, while making some bold changes to the school’s tried-and-true formula for success. read more
Media Release– Booth Western Art Museum is proud to announce winners of the 2015 Writing Through Art Literary Competition. The purpose of the contest is to encourage students to develop writing skills by using works of art from the Booth’s collection as inspiration. read more
Media release: The Pepperell Middle School eighth-grade math team won the 2015 edition of the Berry College Math Meet held last week at Berry College. Pepperell eighth-grader Kathleen Winn tied for first place overall high scorer during the competition. Public and private middle school math teams from the area come together at Berry each year… Read more
Media release: The Rome-Floyd Tennis Center hosted the first “Teach Me Tennis” tournament where 110 juniors from five local schools competed to include Johnson Elementary, Glenwood Elementary, Pepperell Primary, Midway Elementary and Garden Lakes Elementary. Johnson and Garden Lakes made it to the finals; Johnson won the tournament 14 – 11. read more
Media release: Floyd County Schools swept the first three places in the 7AA Literary Meet held recently at Georgia Highlands College. Coosa High School took the region title and first place, Model High came in second and Armuchee High took third to complete the sweep of the region. Individual Coosa results contributing in the region… Read more
Media releae: Floyd County Junior and Senior 4-H’ers competed at Rock Eagle for district honors the weekend of March 13-15. Floyd County had four junior and three senior 4-H’ers to compete. Senior 4-H’ers include: Shannon Nelson, Home School 4-H’er in the Veterinary Science project, from Armuchee High , Natalie Daniel in the Career & Workforce… Read more
Media release: Three students from Floyd County Schools have been selected to participate in the 2015 Governor’s Honors program. Marcus Wilder, a junior at Armuchee High; Sam Bryant, a sophomore at Model High; and Makayla Keasler, a junior also at Model High were selected for the four-week summer instructional program designed to provide intellectually gifted… Read more
Media release: Model Middle School has won the 2015 Floyd County Academic Quiz Bowl for middle schools for the second consecutive year. The Academic Quiz Bowl is a county-wide academic competition that was held at Berry College on Thursday, March 12. Coosa Middle School’s team placed second with Pepperell Middle finishing third. Sixth, seventh, and eighth-grade… Read more
Media release: Braden Gilleland, a senior at Model High School and the school’s STAR student, has added STAR student for Floyd County to his list of accomplishments. Gilleland earlier earned the STAR award for Model High School to qualify him for the county award. Gilleland and his STAR teacher, Dr. Brian Swanagan, were honored today at… Read more
Media release: Braden Gilleland, a senior, was named as the STAR student at Model High School recently. Gilleland selected, Dr. Brian Swanagan, math instructor now at the College and Career Academy, 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… Read more
Media release: Alto Park Elementary has won their third Academic Quiz Bowl in a row after taking top honors in the intellectual battle between fifth-grade teams from Floyd County Schools. Alto Park’s team has won six of the last eight years in the elementary division of the academic competition. The Academic Quiz Bowl is a… Read more