Madison County High School’s Arianna Oxford won the “Rising Star Award” in the 2020 Reel Girls Film Festival for her screenplay entitled "Uncertainty." Oxford wrote and revised her screenplay throughout the past semester in her MCHS Audio/Video class.
Madison County residents were recently recognized for academic honors at the University of North Georgia.
Clayton Adams and Parker Varnadoe of Madison County High School have been named to this year’s Georgia 4-H Tech Team. Both students have been selected by application to be a part of this team for consecutive years.
Madison County’s Kaylie Goldman, Alyssa Goldman, Tyler Guest and Miracle Turner will represent the state of Georgia at this summer's FCCLA National Leadership Conference.
Madison County residents graduated from Piedmont College in the spring semester.
The University of North Georgia awarded more than 1,600 degrees and certificates. Ceremonies were canceled due to COVID-19, but UNG hosted a virtual celebration on the UNG commencement website starting May 8, which would have been the first of back-to-back days of commencement ceremonies.
Shannon Stricklett, daughter of Tandi Dinkle of Danielsville and granddaughter of Mark and Sharon Stricklett, Danielsville, recently graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Social Work Degree.
Several Madison County residents were recognized for their achievements during the spring semester at Emmanuel College.
Jasia Clark of Hull is among those earning a degree from Georgia College in the class of 2020, receiving a degree special education.
Vivian Russum of Hull was named to the President’s List at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College for the spring semester.
Madison County residents were recognized for academic achievement at Piedmont College for the spring 2020 semester.
Aidan Russel-McCorkle, Shee Paw and Gretchen Collier, three recent graduates of Madison County High School, have been awarded college scholarships created by the Community Affirmation Committee of the Madison County Democrats.
Madison County High School 2017 graduate Donna Davis, who attends Wingate University in Wingate, NC, and just finished her junior year, was named to the President’s List for Spring 2020. She has been a collegiate cheerleader for three years at Wingate. She receives the Wingate Presidential S…
The faculty and staff of Hull-Sanford Elementary School recently presented 2020 Husky Advantage Scholarships totaling $4,000 to Madison County seniors (L-R) Harrison Kirkland, Samantha Wolf, Caroline Beach, Shelby Thomas and Nikki Nicholson.
Madison County FFA members may not be traveling to Macon this year for the annual State FFA Convention, but competition and recognition will continue.
Three Madison County students received awards from the University of North Georgia for their accomplishments in the classroom for 2019-2020.
The Juvenile Courts of the Northern Judicial Circuit announce that Caitlin Parker has won the 15th-annual Law Day Essay Contest.
Madison County 4-H is recruiting members for its new virtual Disney trivia contest. This trivia contest is a district-sponsored contest with teams of four students buzzing in to answer all kinds of questions about Disney. This is offered to sixth to 12th graders.
Almost 80 fourth, fifth and sixth graders participated in first-ever Northeast District Virtual Cloverleaf Project Achievement contest. Due to recent developments, five competitions similar to this one took place over the past two weeks around Georgia. The state competition will now take pla…
Madison County School District has announced open registration for its lottery-funded Pre-K classes for the upcoming school year.
The Madison County Chamber of Commerce announced a plan this week to “Support the Class of 2020.” Here is the Chamber’s press release on the effort:
Madison County High School has announced the honor graduates of the class of 2020, including the valedictorian and salutatorian.
Austin Sipper is an actual rocket man and one of the most highly decorated military graduates of Madison County in the last decade.
The deadline for entries for a $1,000 merit scholarship competition (and second prize of $500) has been extended to April 30. High School seniors in Madison County planning to enroll in college or a technical school after graduation are encouraged to enter by going to the Madison County Demo…
Madison County’s Zharia Ware was named to the Dean’s List at the College of Coastal Georgia in Brunswick for the 2019 fall semester.
Twenty-two Madison County 4H’ers participated in the recent District Project Achievement in which 4H’ers choose a topic of interest and present a 10-to-12 minute speech on the subject.
The Grandparent Essay Contest sponsored by Madison County Retired Educator’s Association (MCREA) recently announced the 2020 winners from Madison County.
Four Madison County FFA members won their respective proficiency categories at the region level, earning a trip to state. Junior Brooke Fleming is the north region winner in swine production, seniors Nick Moss and Chase West are state finalists in agricultural mechanics design and fabricatio…
High School seniors in Madison County planning to enroll in college or a technical school after graduation have a new $1,000 merit scholarship available to them. The deadline for entries is March 31.
The Madison County High School FFA Nursery Landscape team took second at the Area 2 Career Development Event held at Banks County High School Feb. 26. Team members Marcus Thompson, Zandy Gonzalez, Mattie Harris and Cade Thomas identified plants, insects and disorders, took a knowledge test, …
Amber Cooper is this week’s Madison County High School “Alumni Spotlight.” She chose Christa Pearson as her spotlight teacher.
Pictured are (L-R) Trinity Owensby, Marlo Godfrey, Bella Watson and Seraphina Guess. These students were selected to represent Madison County in the Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA) Statewide Sixth Grade Honor Chorus Feb. 27-28 at the Classic Center in Athens.
Ila Elementary School recently recognized its Young Georgia Author winners for the 2019-2020 school year. Pictured are Glenn Boykin, fifth grade; Brooklyn Gunnells, third grade; Hollis Williamson, first grade; Gianni DelPiano, kindergarten; Carlee Boughton, fourth grade; and Jackson Arnold, …
Madison County High School students recently visited the Georgia Renewable Power biomass power plant in Colbert. Plant manager David Groves and plant employees led a tour for environmental science students, who learned about the facility and power generation.
Danielsville Elementary School recently honored its February "Colts of the Month" students with a certificate and a sign to display in their yard. Students were selected by their homeroom teachers based on their courtesy, cooperation, responsibility, respect and consideration. Students chose…
Ila Elementary School has announced its “Golden Gators” for February. These students were awarded for exemplifying outstanding achievement in the areas of work habits, manners, attitude and citizenship. Pictured (front row, L-R) are Sadie Herron, Harper Croya, Bentley Pierce, Theodore Green,…
Madison County High School celebrated Black History Month in February, culminating with a program Feb. 26 attended by approximately 130 students, school staff and community members.
Danielsville Elementary School recently honored its January "Colts of the Month" students with a Colt of the Month Certificate and a sign to display in their yard. Students were selected by their homeroom teachers based on their courtesy, cooperation, responsibility, respect and consideratio…
Danielsville Elementary School recently honored its January "Colts of the Month" students with a Colt of the Month Certificate and a sign to display in their yard. Students were selected by their homeroom teachers based on their courtesy, cooperation, responsibility, respect and consideratio…
Madison County High School FFA members Joey Vieira, Matthew Parker, Clayton Coile and Cadence Howard recently placed third at the State FFA Forestry Career Development Event (CDE) held at Fort Valley State University. This is a record finish for the school in the event.
Comer Elementary staff and students are looking for some help in updating their school mascot costume.
The Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter recently announced the 2020-21 Georgia National Jr. Livestock Ambassador Team. Mason Wall of Madison County was among those named to the ambassador team. This team will represent the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter, serving a one-ye…
The Georgia Foundation for Agriculture, formerly the Georgia Farm Bureau (GFB) Foundation for Agriculture, is offering $65,000 in scholarships to Georgia students pursuing a degree in agriculture, veterinary medicine, family and consumer sciences or a related field, Madison County Farm Burea…
Nineteen youth participated in the annual Cloverleaf District Project Achievement, Saturday at the Rock Eagle 4-H center, with many winning a first, second or third-place and honorable mentions.
The Madison County High School Class of 1956 alumni will meet for their monthly breakfast and fellowship on Monday, March 2, at 8 a.m. at the Ila Restaurant in Ila. All spouses and friends of the class are also invited to attend, organizers said.
Students at Hull Sanford Elementary School participated in the Kids Healthy Heart Challenge (previously known as jump rope for heart) during PE class the week of Feb. 10-14. Hull Sanford raised $2,187 for the American Heart Association. Pictured are the 10 students who raised the most money …
One of Abby Atkinson’s teachers says Atkinson is “possibly best remembered in Madison County for her epic graduation speech/rap,” but she was also the valedictorian in 2011 and star athlete for both the softball and soccer teams.
Molli McGinnis was named to the fall 2019 President's List at Columbus State University. McGinnis is a music education major Colbert.
This year’s eighth grade REACH scholars were honored at the February Board of Education meeting. Pictured (L-R) are REACH sponsor Renee McCannon, Thaw Htoo, Taylor Maxwell, Erika Hill, superintendent Michael Williams and Charlese Howard. Photo by Margie Richards
Madison County schools will soon hold kindergarten and Pre-K registration.
Blakelyn Larkin, an Early Childhood Care and Education student at Athens Technical College from Comer, has been named as the college’s winner of the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL).
Bailey Deavers of Danielsville was named to the Dean’s List at Samford University in Homewood, Ala. For the 2019 fall semester.
Two Madison County residents graduated from Valdosta State University in the fall of 2019.
Heather Shaw of Hull has earned a bachelor of science, nursing degree from Western Governors University (WGU). The online, nonprofit university has graduated over 167,000 students from across the country since its inception in 1997.
Harper King of Colbert was named to the President’s List for the fall semester at Georgia State University in Atlanta.
Ila Elementary School recently recognized its “Golden Gators” for January. These students were awarded for exemplifying outstanding achievement in the areas of work habits, manners, attitude and citizenship. Pictured (front row, L-R) Landyn Treadway, Jonathan Cape, Addison Ledford, Alexa Den…
Ila Elementary School will hold its annual “Dancing Through the Decades” from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, March 6.
Jasia Clark, Hull, was named to the President’s List for the fall semester at Georgia College in Milledgeville.
Colbert and Danielsville elementary schools were designated Title 1 Distinguished Schools by the state and were recognized for this achievement by the board of education at its January meeting. The designation means that they were in the top five percent of highest performing schools in the …
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