According to news reports, colleges and universities statewide are expecting to lay off thousands of employees, eliminate programs and raise tuition in order if the state's higher education system ...
Author Dan Jolley visits Lakeview Middle School Top photo: Author Dan Jolley, a graduate of Ringgold High School, spoke to students at Lakeview Middle School on Friday, March 5, on his career and works. Jolley is a novelist, a comic book writer...
Cherokee Ridge students donate to Operation Coffee Cup
For the month of February, students at Cherokee Ridge Elementary School in Chickamauga collected boxes of toiletries, coffee, sugar, creamer and soups for Operation Coffee Cup. Operation Coffee Cu...
Ringgold fifth-graders donate $580 to "Pennies for Peace" Shortly after Thanksgiving, Melody Moore and her fifth-grade students at Ringgold Elementary School, began a project to help less-fortunate children in Pakistan. Each day since, the students have ...
Walker County school system opts for fewer — but longer — days Students and teachers in the Walker County school system will enjoy a longer-than-expected summer break this year. Students will be heading back to class later than usual — on Aug. 16, rather than...
Gingerbread House in Ringgold treated to a day with Dr. Seuss Top photo: On March 2, children of the Christian pre-kindergarten program at the Gingerbread House in Ringgold were read various Dr. Seuss stories by none other than the Cat in the Hat. Bottom pho...
Student-eye view of Rossville A new approach to school projects could land Ridgeland High School students’ visions of the future on the streets of Rossville. The Rossville landmark Roy’s Grill, which closed about 1...
Ringgold Elementary students blast into the past Social Studies students at Ringgold Elementary had the opportunity recently to view and handle real artifacts from World War II. The National World War II Museum in New Orleans, La., will send a ...
Ringgold Telephone Company, in cooperation with the Evitt Foundation, has donated $5,980 to Tiger Creek Elementary to purchase Study Island, a computer-based learning program for students. This p...
Chris Sandow, art teacher at Gilbert Elementary, and Liz Hornik, art teacher at LaFayette High School, attend the February meeting of the Georgia State Board of Education in Atlanta where the new...
During the school year, second-grade students at Graysville Elementary School participated in the Junior Achievement Program. The second-grade program offered by Junior Achievement involves many ...
On Monday, Feb. 22, first- and second-grade students at Graysville Elementary School enjoyed a weather program. Channel 12 meteorologist Brian Smith visited the school to share his knowledge abou...
Recently, the students in Jeanne Newell's art classes at Lakeview Middle School participated in a statewide-art contest for the University of Georgia. The contest rules were to design a poster t...
For the fourth year in a row Graysville Elementary students have collected loose change to raise donations for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Pennies for Patients campaign. Pennies for Pati...
Dr. Jason Webb of Northwest Georgia Dental and all his staff came to Graysville Elementary to teach the kindergarten, first-and second-grade students about dental health, celebrating Dental Health ...
Georgia State Representative Jay Neal addresses a group of Walker County educators at a recent Delta Kappa Gamma Society International business meeting. Delta Kappa Gamma is a professional honor ...