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… Read more
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… Read more
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
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
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
Media release: The Rome Aerials gymnastics team seems to be hitting their mid-season stride in 2015. This past weekend, the Aerials competed at the “Paws for a Cause Invitational” at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. The weekend started off with Levels 3,4,5 taking home 57 medals total with Lori Pendleton (Level 5) taking… Read more
Media release: On Saturday, Jan. 31,Floyd County 4-H hosted, the county’s largest youth public speaking event, Northwest Georgia Cloverleaf District Project Achievement, held at Georgia Highlands College. The day started out with a welcome from Georgia Highlands President Dr. Don Green. Students then presented speeches on various topics that they had a special interest in. … Read more
Media release: Coosa High’s soaring IQ was on display as a team from the school won their first round match Wednesday night for WSB-TV’s High Q program. High Q is a television game show formatted public affairs program that pits high school teams against one another. The teens match wits in a fast-paced barrage of… Read more
Media release: Kayla Hutcherson, an eighth-grader at Armuchee Middle School, has won the 2015 Floyd County Schools Gifted Oratorical Contest. The event was started in 2009 to allow gifted students to display their academic skill and connect with other gifted students. “Just as athletes showcase their talents, we want our academically gifted students to… Read more
Media release: Georgia Highlands College has announced students named to the 2014 fall President’s List and Dean’s List. To achieve President’s List status, students must earn a 4.0 grade point average and attain a minimum of nine semester hours of credit. To make Dean’s List students must complete a minimum of nine semester hours and… Read more
Meet the top performs of the month of December from East Central Elementary School off Dean Avenue in East Rome.
Media release: The Kiwanis Club of Rome celebrated this centennial anniversary at their weekly meeting Jan. 19. In attendance were local club members as well as Lt. Gov. Division 11 Jack Deaton and his wife Shelley. Festivities included reviewing historical photos from 1915 (the first Kiwanis club was chartered Jan. 21, 1915) and the announcement… Read more
Media release:The Pepperell High Academic Decathlon team was crowned champions in the Floyd County Schools Academic Decathlon competition held at the Board of Education central office on Wednesday, January 14, 2015. Pepperell pulled away in the competition to outpace the traditionally strong Coosa High team. Coosa has won 21 of the last 26 competitions. Daniel Lovell… Read more
Media release: Darlington eighth-grade student Chris Mauer has been chosen to represent the school at the Georgia Music Educators Association District 7 Middle School Honor Jazz Band. He will join other top jazz students from the district at a musician clinic and performance in Cartersville, Jan. 16-17. Over the weekend, Mauer will audition and rehearse… Read more
Media release: Cameron Pickens, a third grade student at Saint Mary’s Catholic School, won second place overall in an archdiocesan-wide elementary school contest honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Archdiocese of Atlanta includes 15 elementary schools in Atlanta and North Georgia. The 2015 theme for the annual contest was a gospel verse from the… Read more