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Smile Report: Model Middle repeats as middle school Academic Quiz Bowl champion

Smile Report: Model Middle repeats as middle school Academic Quiz Bowl champion

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-gradeRead more

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Updated Smile Report: Model’s Braden Gilleland is named Floyd County STAR Student

Updated Smile Report: Model’s Braden Gilleland is named Floyd County STAR Student

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 atRead more

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Smile Report: Braden Gilleland is named STAR student at Model High

Smile Report: Braden Gilleland is named STAR student at Model High

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 dateRead more

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Smile Report: Alto Park Elementary wins Academic Quiz Bowl

Smile Report: Alto Park Elementary wins Academic Quiz Bowl

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 aRead more

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

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

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

Smile Report: GNTC Aviation Maintenance Technology student awarded scholarships

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 manufacturerRead more

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

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

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 placedRead more

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

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

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 priorRead more

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

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

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, PhilipRead more

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

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

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

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

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 testRead more

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

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

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 onRead more

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

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

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 calledRead more

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

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

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 beenRead more

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

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

  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 teamRead more

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