Ringgold High School’s Performing Arts will perform “Anastasia the Musical” April 22-24 in the high school theater. The shows will be Thursday, April 22, at 7 p.m.; Friday, April 23, at 7 p.m.; and Saturday, April 24, at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Ringgold High School Performing Arts has kept theater…
Education
The Catoosa County Board of Education is reviewing and updating the system’s strategic plan. The board values input from parents and community members, so a stakeholder survey is posted on the system’s website (www.catoosa.k12.ga.us) to receive feedback. Stakeholder input will be used to det…
ATLANTA — Georgia Tech provides the best value among the Peach State’s public and private universities, according to a new study by a New York-based financial technology company.
Marketing Management student Stephanie Kuhrt was named Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) 2021 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner and Jeremiah Cooper, program director and instructor of Welding and Joining Technology, was selected as the college’s 2021 Rick P…
Legislation to expand state-funded scholarships for special-needs students to attend Georgia private schools cleared the General Assembly Monday, March 29.
Teammates Emily Ray and Bianey Vidal cheer and dance for Battlefield Elementary School.
Marketing Management student Stephanie Kuhrt was named Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) 2021 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner and Jeremiah Cooper, program director and instructor of Welding and Joining Technology, was selected as the college’s 2021 Rick P…
The LaFayette High School Forestry Field Day Team celebrates its victory in the Area 1 Forestry Field Day competition. The team has advanced to the state finals that will be held April 15 in Swainsboro. The team consisted of Jud Woods, Jeremy Wunders, Jake Cabe, Gage Massingill, Diana Nave, …
The Spring Plant Sale at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC), an annual tradition in Rome, Ga., will be held April 6-8.
The Tennessee Valley Authority, in partnership with EPB and Bicentennial Volunteers Incorporated (a TVA retiree organization), recently awarded Lakeview Middle School $5,000 for a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education project.
Tayler Coleman is a four-year track and field standout from Heritage High School. She is a top-ranked discus thrower in the region.
Ben Carson Reading Rooms recently opened at two Catoosa County schools — one on the Ringgold Elementary/Primary campus and the other at Woodstation Elementary School in Rock Spring.
Catoosa County voters on Tuesday, March 16, overwhelmingly approved another round of ESPLOST, a one-percent sales tax to help fund education.
Lorina Young of WOW Ladies Ministries donated Easter baskets to Battlefield Elementary School. Also pictured is Kelly Wolfe and Lauren Smith of Battlefield Elementary.
Georgia Northwestern Technical College will be hosting a Free Application Week, April 5-9, to help those who are seeking to enroll in summer semester.
Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) Police recently received an $18,000 grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS).
Faculty and staff at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) have nominated seven of their peer instructors for the Rick Perkins Award of Excellence in Technical Instruction competition.
Four Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students have been selected as the college’s semifinalists for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL), according to Trish Wiggins, coordinator for the college’s GOAL program.
The Clayton Bell Scholarship Program of the Marsh House Museum (308 N. Main St., LaFayette) offers rising seniors (those who have completed the junior year) at any of the three Walker County high schools the opportunity to complete an internship of 50 hours in historic preservation at the Ma…
Catoosa County Public Schools celebrated “Read Across America.” Third-grader Hannah Wolfe donned the “Cat in the Hat.”
Early voting is underway on whether to continue a one-percent sales tax to help fund education in Catoosa County.
After working quietly for two and a half years, the Walker County, Georgia, Peace, Love, Justice, Remembrance and Reconciliation Coalition — in cooperation with the Equal Justice Initiative based in Montgomery, Alabama — held a commemoration at the Rock Creek Fellowship campus in the Durham …
The National Junior Honor Society at Heritage Middle School recently held an induction ceremony.
Four Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) 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 (WMC).
Catoosa County students Brynlie Weber and Lucas Miller are indoor soccer champions for 10 and under. Both students attend Battlefield Elementary School.
A bill to remove student discipline from factoring into a five-star rating for schools and districts cleared a state Senate committee Wednesday, Feb. 17.
The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) announced the award of $4.85 million to a consortium of Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) colleges to help meet labor market demands for a skilled workforce.
The Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) Foundation is establishing an Alumni Advisory Board to allow graduates the chance to provide feedback and make an impact on the college.
Catoosa County elementary schools have been in session for the 2020-21 school year since Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. They recently celebrated 100 days in school.
During the Feb. 1-15, 2021, 28 business eating establishments were inspected in Catoosa and Walker counties: seven earned a perfect score of 100; 18 earned a score in the 90s (A); three earned a score in the 80s (B). Also, nine school cafeterias (listed at the end of this article) were inspe…
The Catoosa County school system’s secondary students — grades 6-12 — will transition to a traditional class schedule in mid-March.
Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) is proud to announce the students on the President’s and Dean’s Lists for the 2020 fall semester. To be eligible for the President’s List, the student must maintain a GPA of 3.8 or higher during the semester with a course load of at least 12 cred…
The 2020-2021 STAR students at Gordon Lee Middle School are, from left, front: Hannah Stocker, Gabby Cherry, Camdyn Carter, Abby St. Pierre, Maddie Harvey, Lylah Parker, Jenz Martin and Jack Bower; middle: Malia Plemons, LJ Simoes, Vivian McClure, Gisele Tankersley, Macartney Angel, Lexi Fos…
Ahlecksa Johnson, an eighth grade student at Gordon Lee Middle School, was recently announced as the newest REACH scholarship recipient for the Chickamauga City School System. Johnson will receive $10,000 at graduation if she keeps her commitment to make good grades and choices throughout th…
The Fort Oglethorpe Kiwanis Club donates $300 as part of the Kentucky-Tennessee District First Lady’s Project Drop Your Drawers to provide new underwear for schools. From left, Amy Jackson, Kristy Lawson, Cindy Garland, Program Chair Russell Fritze, Darlene Cutler, Stone Creek Elementary Sch…
The Catoosa County Spelling Bee was held Feb. 2 as a virtual event. Twenty-two contestants, representing 10 schools, participated. The three students who won will represent Catoosa County in the Regional Spelling Bee will be held virtually on Saturday, March 13, at 1 p.m. Schools Superintend…
Eli Rymer, a fourth-grader at Battlefield Elementary School in Catoosa County, has achieved more than 75 points in Renaissance Learning. Readers win prizes, treats, and a poster for reaching reading goals.
Brandon Mosgrove , principal at Stone Creek Elementary School in Walker County, spoke at a recent meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Fort Oglethorpe. Musgrove is a graduate of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, with his education career spanning more than 20 years. He has been principal at …
Catoosa County’s secondary school students will continue their hybrid schedule — two on-campus days and three virtual days each week — during February.
ATLANTA — The University System of Georgia will conduct a national search for a successor to retiring Chancellor Steve Wrigley, the system announced Monday, Jan. 25.
The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) is offering scholarships to college-bound high school seniors affected by Alzheimer’s disease of up to $5,000 as part of its annual Teens for Alzheimer’s Awareness Scholarship Essay Contest. Entries can be submitted at www.alzfdn.org/scholarship an…
The McMahan Law Firm announces its Go to Bat Scholarship for eligible students planning to attend or currently attending a two- or four-year college or university in the state of Tennessee.
Fifth-grade spelling bee winners at Cloud Springs Elementary School were (from left) Braylen Grady, second place; Robert (LJ) Butts, first place; and Adelina Taylor, third place.
Kaity Smith, Lyndsie Gadd, Molly Miller, Jordan Cash, Gage Early, Savana Hagood, Ashlyn Neathery, Makayla Ware, Faith Murray, Jenna Driggers, Christiyana Collins, Bre Whitaker, Stacey Perkinson. Not pictured: Molly Boone and Nevaeh Hoover.
Fifth-graders at Battlefield Elementary School recently competed in a spelling bee. BES Spelling Bee winners were Sunshine Davenport and Wyatt Womack. They will compete in the Catoosa County Spelling Bee in February.
LaFayette High School has established a new scholarship. The award will be in memory of Jenny Vowell, who was a counselor at LHS before her death in December.
Battlefield Elementary School students Tate Adkins and Aarushi Patel celebrate their good behavior on the bus. Students in Catoosa County receive bus bucks for positive behavior.
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 in December.
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.
ATLANTA — University System of Georgia Chancellor Steve Wrigley Tuesday, Jan. 12, announced plans to retire on July 1 after 36 years in public service.
