The Apalachee High School SkillsUSA chapter received notification May 4 that it was recognized as a Silver Chapter of Distinction in the Chapter Excellence Program this year. This level of high recognition “is due to the leadership and organization of activities planned by of our amazing off…

On March 11, Apalachee High School SkillsUSA members cleaned student desks, using sanitizing products amid the coronavirus and flu season. Trinesha Brown, Savannah Wallace and Feyikemi Adeyemi-Bajo planned the event to help teachers at Apalachee. In total, 10 SkillsUSA members cleaned desks …

Apalachee High School celebrated National FFA Week, Feb. 22-29. More than 700,000 members participate in National FFA Week activities at local, state and national levels, according to a news release. During the week, chapters conduct a variety of activities to help others in their school and…

Kayla Ashman is wrapping up her final semester at Toccoa Falls College and is preparing to put her undergraduate degree to work as she follows her calling into mission work.

Apalachee High School recently recognized its top students and faculty members for the month of February. Pictured, from left to right, are Mickie Matthews (faculty member of the month), Michele Gerely (teacher of the month), Judah Cannarella (most improved student of the month), Aldo Rivas …

The Barrow Brigade Military Ball was held at the Barrow County Leisure Services Center on Friday, Feb. 28, and various awards were presented to cadets that achieved excellence during 2019-2020. Presenting the awards from AMVETS Post 12 was service officer, Wanda Rice, middle. The first award…

Apalachee High School recently recognized its top students and faculty members for January. Pictured, from left to right, are Morgan Turner (Student-Athlete of the Month), Kalee Howard (Teacher of the Month), Alishia Moss (Faculty Member of the Month) and Donovan White (Student of the Month). 

Thursday, Feb. 6, was 4-H Day at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta, and Barrow County 4-H sent 14 children grades 7-12 to the Capitol. The children arrived downtown and were welcomed at the Georgia Railroad Freight Depot. They then walked across the street to the Capitol. Upon arrival, they rec…

The Center for Innovative Teaching had a special art gallery presentation, featuring student-created visual art inspired by various South American artists. The gallery is a product of 45 sixth grade student artists of Laura Payne’s language arts and social studies students, whose parents wer…

On Friday, Feb. 7 Apalachee High School, along with other schools in Barrow county, participated in the National Wear Red for Women Day. Every year the first Friday of February has been dedicated to National Wear Red Day by the American Heart Association as an awareness day for American wome…

One wouldn’t normally expect a nonprofit to host fundraisers for other nonprofits, but that’s exactly what Bethlehem Christian Academy students and staff do every year around Valentine’s Day.

Bethlehem Christian Academy’s preschool and lower elementary school recently hosted a small-town community helpers’ fair in the hallways of the school. 

Statham Elementary School has combined fitness and food for “a taste of Statham” that shows off the school’s gardens.

Apalachee High School principal Jennifer Martin said she knew senior student Kelly Eick was a special student when she joined the school’s Chick-fil-A Leadership Academy as a freshman.

Claudia Shedd, left, who is chairperson of outreach for St. Anthony’s Episcopal Church, presents a "big check" to Ellen Petree, Barrow County schools, for $825 to sponsor three of the 300 BCSS students in the weekend meal bag – Feeding Barrow program (formerly named Food2Kids Barrow.) Studen…

The Barrow County Chamber of Commerce has named Nate Hodnett its Apalachee High School Senior of the Month for January.

Apalachee High School recently named its top students and faculty members for December. Pictured, from left to right, are Sam Jorgensen (Teacher of the Month), Madison Bardwell (Student of the Month), Jaquan Townsend (Student-Athlete of the Month) and Jason Gray (Faculty Member of the Month)…

Athens Academy’s Middle School Drama Department will present "An Evening with Sherlock Holmes" Friday, Jan. 31, Saturday, Feb. 1, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 2, at 2 p.m. in the Bertelsmann Presentation Hall.

The fourth- and fifth-graders at Bethlehem Christian Academy recently performed a Christmas musical, “Carol and the Belles,” a 1950s story of Big Bill’s Drive-In, where the onion rings and the music are made in-house. Not only are Big Bill (Calvin White) and his daughter Carol (Ally Johnson)…

Bethlehem Christian Academy students recently competed for spots in this year’s Noon Lion’s Club “Journey of Peace” poster contest. Five students made the final round of the competition at BCA: Natalie Wellborn (eighth grade) was the first-place contestant, while Gray Emmett (eighth grade) a…

Lindsey Bevard, left, a fifth-grader at Holsenbeck elementary and president of her local Beta club chapter, was elected elementary junior Beta club president for the state of Georgia. Her sponsor April Balenger, right, a fifth-grade teacher at Holsenbeck, and the elementary junior Beta club …

Five Apalachee High School SkillsUSA members, along with advisor Amanda Pugh, attended the SkillsUSA Georgia Fall Leadership Conference at the FFA/FCCLA Camp in Covington from Oct. 29-30.

Athens Academy held its sixth annual International Education Week Lecture and Foreign Language Induction Ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 20. 

Apalachee High School recently handed out its student and faculty awards for October 2019. Pictured, from left to right, are Christina Johnson (Faculty Member of the Month), Mason Griffiths (Student-Athlete of the Month), Robert Zheng (Student of the Month) and Brooke Turner (Teacher of the …

Rachel Lee, Barrow County, is one of four Lanier Technical College students who have been named semi-finalists for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership, according to Kari Register, coordinator for Lanier Tech's GOAL program. It is a statewide program of the Technical College System o…

On Oct. 4, 21 Apalachee High School SkillsUSA Chapter members attended the SkillsUSA Georgia Champions Rally at the Perry Fairgrounds. Students competed in five competitions: Chapter Banner (designed by Liviya Hill, Betsy Mancillas and Vanessa Neslon); Chapter Display (designed by Jaia Ratli…

Jackson Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) awarded four Barrow County middle schools $10,445 in Bright Ideas grant funds for seven innovative classroom projects, according to a company news release.

The 2019-2020 Apalachee High School SkillsUSA Officer Team has been hard at work to make this year’s chapter the best to date, according to leaders. The team was selected in May and they have been busy planning activities for the entire school year. Thus far, they have participated in variou…

Cole Barnes, Bryson Hardy, Kyleigh Norwood, Lauren Woods and Alysa Wright from the Winder-Barrow High School FFA chapter attended the 92nd National Convention and Expo in Indianapolis, Ind., from Oct. 29 through Nov. 1 with FFA advisors Ashley Best and James Hale. Members spent five days lea…

The Director's Cup is an award the University of Georgia created three years ago to recognize the high school whose first-year students performed the best in their freshman year at UGA. UGA considers those high schools who have 10 or more students in the  first-year class. Winder-Barrow High…

Members of the Winder-Barrow High School FFA exhibited livestock during the Georgia National Fair Oct. 3-13.

Hannah Parks, second from right, was crowned Winder-Barrow High School's 2019 homecoming queen at halftime of the Bulldoggs' football game against Gainesville on Friday, Oct. 25. Parks is pictured with her father, 2018 homecoming queen Ticia King and WBHS principal Al Darby. 

Apalachee Theatre’s first production of the season, “Silent Sky” by Lauren Gunderson, is opening Saturday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 p.m. with additional performances on Sunday, Oct. 27, at 3 p.m. and Monday, Oct. 28, at 6:30 p.m.

Winder-Barrow High School has announced its 2019 homecoming court. A parade is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, and the school's homecoming football game against Gainesville will be 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25. Pictured, from left to right, are front row: Bailey Boswell, Torrie Sauls, Shia…

The Winder-Barrow High School yearbook, Panorama, took top honors from the American Scholastic Press Association and the Georgia Scholastic Press Association

The Winder-Barrow High School Drama Doggs open the 2019-2020 season with “magic.”

Bethlehem Christian Academy recently celebrated Spirit Week during the days leading up to the school's homecoming game and dance on Friday, Oct. 4. Pictured are first-graders dressing up for Cowboy Day. From left to right: Welker Hunt, Logan Bailey, Hadley Wray, Katie Griffith, Katelyn Sidhi…

Alysa Wright, a member of the Winder-Barrow High School FFA chapter, began her term as the Area 2 Treasurer on Aug. 2 when the Georgia FFA area officers met for the Area Officer Training Conference.

Barrow County resident Georgia Parris was among five members of Athens Academy’s class of 2020 who were recognized recently by the National Merit Scholarship Program, based on their performance on the October 2018 PSAT/NMSQT. Parris and the other four students were named National Merit semif…