Early voting began Monday for the Special Election that will determine whether the current 1-cent Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax for local schools will be extended through June 2027.
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Steel work recently started at the site of the future Calhoun Early Learning Academy on Barrett Road.Â
Calhoun Elementary School conducted their annual Spelling Bee Wednesday. Jacob Bateman emerged as the Spelling Bee champion and Anthony Alvarez finished in second place. Other participants included Whit Queen, Addie Grace Hoblitzell, Dilan Lopez, Marley Roach, Mallie Reece, Jacob Bateman, Ka…
Calhoun Primary Kindergarten Registration will be held March 1st, 2nd and 5th.
Calhoun City Schools recently announced its middle and high school Young Georgia Authors school competition winners.Â
Four Georgia Northwestern Technical College students received The Governor Nathan Deal Technical Education Scholarship, an award of up to $2,500 for academic achievement for students enrolled in an industrial program at the Whitfield Murray Campus.
United Way of Gordon County would like to thank Calhoun High School’s construction trades class for building a new thermometer board for our campaign goal announcement! United Way is currently at 82% of our $750,000 goal. If you would like to make a donation, visit our website at
Calhoun High School eleventh grader Christian Lewis, is the Calhoun College and Career Academy Student of the Week for Feb. 8-12.
Bryson Burnette is with Boy Scout Troop 22, sponsored through Calhoun First United Methodist Church. For his Eagle project, Bryson wanted to do something special for the younger students at the Calhoun Primary/Elementary School. He designed sets of Calhoun Yellow Jacket cornhole boards to be…
Red Bud Middle School grade-level Gordon County School System winners of the Young Georgia Authors Competition. Winners are sixth grader Carden Sampson, left, with “The World Wide Pandemic” and seventh grader Morgan Guyton, right, with “The Voyagers.” These exceptional students and their wri…
Calhoun Primary School is proud to recognize our Huddle House “Write to Win” recipients for February. Students whose writing was selected will earn free meals at Huddle House for a month and their writing will be available in the restaurant for patrons to enjoy while dining. Please ask your …
Registration for next school year’s Pre-K and Kindergarten classes at all Gordon County system elementary schools will begin Feb 19.
Calhoun High School eleventh grader, Kathryn Brook, is the Calhoun College and Career Academy Student of the Week for Feb. 1-5, 2021. Kathryn is a third-year graphic design student.
The January 2021 CTAE Teacher and Spotlight Program of the Month is the education and training pathway offered through the Calhoun College and Career Academy to Calhoun High students.
Calhoun High School FBLA attended the Region Leadership Conference virtually this year, with students competing in eight events. Emilee Cornelison, from left, Jolie Jackson, Yetziel Figueroa and Henry Gutierrez all participated. Jackson and Cornelison placed second in Graphic Design, Gutierr…
Calhoun High School eleventh grader, Lex Walraven, is the Calhoun College and Career Academy Student of the Week for January 25-29, 2021.
Gordon County Schools students will be required to wear protective face masks while riding school buses beginning Thursday, Feb. 18, in accordance with a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mask-wearing order that builds upon a federal mask mandate announced Jan. 21 by President Joe Biden.
The total number of deaths in Gordon County since the start of the pandemic rose to 83 over the last week, with four more COVID-19 deaths reported since late last Wednesday evening.
Gordon County voters will cast ballots to determine whether to continue the already existing 1-cent Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (eSPLOST) for local schools on March 16. If approved, the tax would be extended through June 2027. If voted down, it would expire in June 2022.
Gordon County Schools continues to carefully monitor its active cases that impact schools and works closely with healthcare and community leaders to help mitigate our community spread.
Calhoun High School 9th grader, Katie Reynolds, is the Calhoun College and Career Academy Student of the Week for Jan. 18-22, 2021.
Red Bud Middle School recently recognized students for the Reaching Beyond Award for second nine weeks. These students were chosen by their teachers for consistently reaching beyond expectations.
Gordon Central High School’s Young Georgia Authors writing competition winners are, from left, ninth grader Kaylin Reid, eleventh grader Elaina Richardson and twelfth grader Holli Kile. Not pictured is tenth grade winner Alexandria Rampley. Winning entries will now move on to the system leve…
Congratulations to Rachel Pierce and Saiji Morales for being our Gordon Central High School 2021 Valedictorian and Salutatorian.
Shaw Industries recently donated water bottles to students at Calhoun City Schools. According to the company, Shaw’s continuous involvement with local schools throughout the pandemic strives to protect the area’s educators and future leaders.Â
Ashworth Middle School’s school-level winners of the Young Georgia Authors Competition are sixth grader Karys Pickens, seventh grader Seth Kolterman and eighth grader Krystal Marshall. Their writing will proceed to the district level competition.
The Georgia Department of Education and Georgia Department of Public Health are bringing together school superintendents from across Georgia to discuss vaccination rollout plans for teachers and school staff. In addition to superintendents, representatives from teacher associations will atte…
Calhoun High School 12th grader, Juan Robles, is the Calhoun College and Career Academy Student of the Week for January 11-15, 2021.
Georgia public schools are set to receive about $1.7 billion in federal COVID-19 aid as part of a second round of relief spending Congress passed last month.
Calhoun High School 11th grader Shannon Yaeger-Rood is the Calhoun College and Career Academy (CCCA) Student of the Week for Jan. 4-8, 2021. He is an excellent student in the culinary arts pathway. His culinary teacher, Caroline Atkins, nominated him, stating, “I chose Shannon because he has…
By the end of December 2020, the Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) Foundation raised approximately $250,000 in support of students from private donations, corporate gifts, grants, planned giving and establishment of an endowed fund.
The Gordon County Board of Education unanimously voted Oct. 12, 2020, to name the historic Red Bud Dome the Freda Hunt Gymnasium. During its January 2021 meeting, the board held the official dedication ceremony.
ATLANTA — University System of Georgia Chancellor Steve Wrigley Tuesday, Jan. 12, announced plans to retire on July 1 after 36 years in public service.
Calhoun City Schools Superintendent Michele Taylor represented the school system at the People’s House Jan. 7 along with other superintendents who serve on Gov. Brian Kemp’s Superintendent Advisory Council. From left are Michael Duncan, superintendent of Pike County Schools; Taylor; Kemp; an…
Calhoun Elementary School recognizes its Huddle House Write to Win recipients for January, from left, front: Aisley Putnam (third grade), Evangeline Afdahl (third grade) and Caroline Kirby (fifth grade); back: Jacari Bodison (fourth grade), Addie Hite (fifth grade), Herman Chen (fourth grade…
Both the Gordon County Schools and Calhoun City Schools boards of education recently approved new calendars for the 2021-2022 academic year.
During a special joint meeting of the Calhoun City and Gordon County Boards of Education on Monday, Dec. 14, the boards voted to approve a sales and use tax for education resolution that will be put before voters on March 16.
Georgia K-12 public schools have the option not to count year-end tests toward students’ final grades this year due to schooling hardships from the COVID-19 pandemic following a vote Monday by the state Board of Education.
Christmas came early for the 4,200 students in Calhoun City Schools. Shaw Industries Group Inc. donated refillable water bottles for all students in the district to use during the pandemic. The school system appreciates Shaw’s generosity and support during these challenging times. As a Partn…
Gordon County Schools has achieved the Georgia School Boards Association’s (GSBA) 2020 Exemplary School Board recognition.
The goal of Gov. Nathan Deal’s Complete College Georgia initiative is to graduate an additional 250,000 college students by 2020 with relevant postsecondary degrees for an ever-changing workforce. One of the programs created to help achieve that goal is Realizing Educational Achievement Can …
Calhoun High School 12th grader Yolanie Cott-Skerrett is the Calhoun College and Career Academy Student of the Week for Dec. 14-18. Cott-Skerrett is in the Certified Nursing Assistant program through Chattahoochee Technical College.
North Georgia Regional Library System officials announced Friday the holiday schedule for the system’s branches. Due to the public health emergency and out of an abundance of caution, the library will temporarily suspend services from Dec. 24 until the reopening Jan. 7.
Ten Georgia Northwestern Technical College students recently graduated from Basic Law Enforcement Training Classes #202001, #202002 and #202003. Seven graduates are employed law enforcement agencies in the Northwest Georgia community.
Gordon County Schools students start their holiday break almost a full week early today after the system announced Tuesday would be the last day of full classes for the fall semester, given the recent spike in positive COVID-19 cases and the corresponding increase in quarantining students.
The Sonoraville High School (SHS) Lady Phoenix cheerleaders placed first at the Adairsville Invitational, third at the LaFayette Competition and second at the Jingle Jam Calhoun Competition.
Calhoun City Schools has achieved the Georgia School Boards Association’s (GSBA) 2020 Exemplary School Board recognition.
The Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) Foundation awarded $11,900 in scholarships to 31 qualifying students.
Each year the Calhoun High School Student Government officers from each grade level sponsor a child from the Voluntary Action Center. Once a child has been chosen, the student officers go shopping and begin preparing Christmas surprises. School officials said they appreciate and commend thes…
