Rossville has been awarded a grant for the first phase of its sewer rehabilitation program in the federally-designated Opportunity Zone.
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The interpretation and resource education staff at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park have recorded several virtual education programs and placed them online.
Georgia Northwestern Technical College is proud to announce the students on the President’s and Dean’s Lists for the 2021 summer 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 credit ho…
ATLANTA - Legislators studying the issue of raising Georgia’s mandatory age for school attendance from 16 to 17 were met with tough, complex questions from some metro Atlanta school officials on Wednesday, Sept. 22.
Catoosa County Schools Superintendent Denia Reese will retire during this school year, the county Board of Education announced. Reese has been superintendent for 16 years.
Catoosa County school officials broke ground Tuesday, Sept. 14, for a performing arts center at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School.
Georgia Association of Conservation Districts (GACD) awards an annual scholarship of $1,000 to encourage study and careers in soil and water conservation related fields. Awards will be given to students majoring in or intending to major in a soil and water conservation related area.
ATLANTA — The Georgia Board of Education adopted new mathematics standards Thursday, Aug. 26, that move away from the multistate Common Core standards conservatives have opposed as a federal takeover of education.
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On Aug. 24, Walker County Schools Superintendent Damon Raines issued the following announcement to parents, guardians and stakeholders of Walker County Schools:
The Catoosa County school system has strengthened its COVID-19 mask-wearing policy, just 10 days after saying that masks would be optional for students and staff.
Principals and assistant principals began the 2021-22 school year on July 26. Superintendent Denia Reese began the back-to-school meeting with school recognition.
Catoosa County Education Association members Caitlin Nichols Martin and Jennifer Duffy greeted new teachers at Ringgold High School. CEA represents school personnel at the county, state and national levels.
Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) and Dalton State College have established articulation agreements that allow students graduating from select GNTC programs a transition opportunity into specific Dalton State four-year degree programs.
The Cedar Grove Community Club provided more than 100 book bags to school children at the Cedar Grove Community Center. Many individuals and groups made donations to support the giveaway.
The Catoosa County school system on Monday, Aug. 2, issued its latest pandemic response measures, including its stance on mask-wearing.
The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) has announced Oakwood Christian Academy student Mason C. Clark from LaFayette has been selected to become a member of the esteemed organization. The society recognizes top scholars who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, scholarship …
Kellie Johnson, a native of Catoosa County and 2020 graduate of Heritage High School, was named a Presidential Scholar for her spring 2021 semester at the University of Georgia. Presidential Scholar students have achieved a grade point average of 4.0 and earned at least 14 credit hours durin…
Some property owners will see a 15% property tax increase in 2021 if the Walker County Board of Education maintains the current tax rate.
ATLANTA — All 60,000 Georgia preschoolers will be back in the classroom when the 2021-22 term begins later this month.
Budget talks are underway in Walker County Schools, and Chickamauga City Schools have already adopted next year’s budget.
Walker County’s Lauren Pike has been selected to receive a scholarship from the Georgia Foundation for Agriculture (GFA). Pike is one of eight rising college juniors and seniors statewide selected to receive a $2,000 scholarship.
Walker County schools will reopen for in-person learning this fall with $20 million in COVID relief federal funds.
Kids Need to Read (KNTR) will be arriving at the Rossville Public Library with Grow Your Library, an inspiring library donation program led by KNTR Board Members Gary and Tina Mlodzik.
Jackson and Ava, students of Catoosa County Schools, learn the importance of Flag Day at the Catoosa County Library. Flag Day, a lesser-known observance, is every year on June 14.
Approximately 45 students from the Youth Success Academy (YSA) lined up outside of Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Floyd County Campus on Monday, June 14, and Walker County Campus on Tuesday, June 15, to receive their GED diplomas.
The Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) Foundation awarded $13,600 in scholarships to 35 students for the 2021 summer semester.
The Walker Retired Educators’ Association (WREA) is an organization of retired educators from the Walker County Schools and Chickamauga City Schools and is a chapter of the Georgia Retired Educators’ Association. WREA endeavors to promote public education. Each year, the association awards a…
Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) is proud to announce the students on the President’s and Dean’s Lists for the 2021 spring 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 cr…
Georgia Northwestern Technical College announced the students on the President’s and Dean’s Lists for the 2021 spring semester.
Bobby McNabb has resigned from the Walker County Board of Education.
LaFayette High School Principal Maggie Stultz presents Class of 2021 valedictorian Anthony Collins with the Charles and Brownie Gwyn Memorial Scholarship. The Charles and Brownie Gwyn Memorial Scholarship was established by their children to honor the memory of their parents in perpetuity. T…
From left, Darwin Campbell, Megan Gorman, Dash Johnson, Fin Robinson, Antonio Celis, and Everett Atkinson at Pure Genius camp. Pure Genius, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting science, technology, reading, engineering, art, and mathematics (STREAM) education, has camps …
Savannah Goldsmith was named Cloud Springs Elementary School’s 2021-22 Teacher of the Year. This honor was selected by the faculty.
The National Junior Honor Society at Gordon Lee Middle School recently sponsored “Kindness Week.”
Four Georgia Northwestern Technical College Basic Law Enforcement graduates each donated $100 to the GNTC Foundation to assist future law enforcement students.
Robin Poe Stallings, a teacher at Battlefield Elementary School, was named 2021 Teacher of The Year.
The kindergarten classes at North LaFayette Elementary (NLE) received some special visitors on Tuesday, May 18. Two baby goats, named Marshmallow and Daisy, came to the new outdoor classroom at the school, where the children were thrilled to meet their adopted friends in person for the first time.
Thirteen Catoosa County Public Schools students gathered with their friends and families at The Colonnade Center in Ringgold on Tuesday, May 11, to receive recognition for completing certificates from Georgia Northwestern Technical College through their Robotics and Mechatronics pathway at t…
Three high school seniors were awarded the Walker County Republican Party Good Citizen Scholarship, which recognizes grassroots involvement in the community through civic and volunteer projects: Jake Lee, Gordon Lee High School; Carlee Corbin, LaFayette High School; and Morgan Shavers, Ridge…
Joyce Landers has retired after 47 years of accident-free school bus driving for Catoosa County. She loved driving, but most of all she loved the kids that she drove through the years. It takes a special person to be this dedicated. Her fellow workmates are very proud of the work she has don…
A Heritage High School student and a Ridgeland High School student are among the winners of the 2021 “Student of Integrity” scholarship offered by the Better Business Bureau Serving Southeast Tennessee & Northwest Georgia (BBB).
Georgia Northwestern Technical College Marketing Management student Stephanie Kuhrt was named a 2021 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership finalist, and Jeremiah Cooper, program director and instructor of Welding and Joining Technology, was selected as a 2021 Rick Perkins Instructor of th…
Ringgold High School’s JROTC drill team exhibition squad won its fifth-in-a-row state title. Also, last year's National solo exhibition champion, Katie Allmond, won her a state solo championship this year. This team also won regions and competed in Army Nationals in Daytona, Fla., as well as…
Maryville College senior Bryan Crouser (1921) of Flintstone, Ga., is among five college students in Tennessee to be named a recipient of the 2021 Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Award sponsored by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC).
Students from Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) nine-county service area will participate in a vehicle procession outside of the Floyd County Campus (FCC), in Rome on Thursday, May 6, to safely celebrate their success in completing their program of study.
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