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Georgia officials grade local schools
Georgia Department of Education officials released the first set of grades under the College and Career Ready Performance Index that was implemented in June 2012. The new standards replaced the fed...
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Students take inventory of the vegetables in the garden behind Gilbert Elementary School. The raised beds were built in the shape of the GES initials. (Messenger photo/Matt Ledger)
STEM Day at local schools
Several schools in Walker County took part in Georgia’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Day. Gov. Nathan Deal proclaimed May 3 as a day to promote STEM curriculum around the...
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Local middle school to undergo “stress test” scenario
The Walker County School system and local law enforcement agencies will conduct an emergency drill to evaluate the response protocols for an event that hopefully will never actually occur. On May 1...
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During the Catoosa County Public Schools’ Partnership 200 luncheon on Thursday, May 9, Chick-Fil-A in Fort Oglethorpe was recognized as 2112-13 Large Partner of the Year for its partnership with Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School. From left: Chick-Fil-A operator Terry O’Neal, team member Sara Stansell, team member Andy Waldrop, and Partnership 200 coordinator Buffy Hemphill. (Catoosa News photo/Adam Cook)
Partnership 2000 Luncheon recognizes businesses that contribute to the school system
The Catoosa County school system held its 24th annual Partnership 2000 luncheon on Thursday, May 9, as it recognized numerous local businesses and organizations that contribute the success of thous...
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Gordon Lee High School students dance in red siluettes made especially for men.
Chickamauga students "walk a mile in her shoes" to raise awareness of sexual violence
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Chattanooga, benefiting Partnership's Rape Crisis Center, called all men to put themselves in “her” shoes — literally — and walk a mile with the Partnership Rape Crisis Cen...
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Walker County superintendent of schools Damon Raines (left) presents the Teacher of the Year award to Kelly Long, a math teacher at Rossville Middle School. (Messenger photo/Matt Ledger)
Rossville Middle School math teacher named Walker County’s Teacher of the Year
Walker County school officials have announced the district’s selection for Teacher of the Year as Kelly Long. Long is in his seventh year at Rossville Middle School as an eighth-grade math teacher....
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LHS drama club taking a stand against bullying. (Messenger photo/Matt Ledger)
LaFayette High School teens make statement against bullying
A group of students all too familiar with teenage drama made a statement against the bullying behaviors that some students have endured unnecessarily. The LaFayette High School Drama Club made a po...
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Cancer survivor Renay Wattenbarger (center) walks with her husband Mark and daughter as part of team Relay for Renay, along with numerous co-workers, from Rossville Elementary School, which formed a 27-person team named “Bulldogs of Hope.” (Messenger photo/Matt Ledger)
Rossville Elementary’s emotional journey for Relay for Life
The Walker-Catoosa Relay for Life showcases how wide-ranging cancer touches society and how a community can rally around those affected by the disease. More than $27,000 was raised among the 43 tea...
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Walker County’s Teachers of the Year
by Matt Ledger
May 01, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The 14 schools in the Walker County school system have each selected a Teacher of the Year for 2012-13. A panel of three teachers who retired (with 97 years of experience) from Walker County Public...
Walker County school system renews classroom size waiver
by Matt Ledger
Apr 20, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The Walker County school board has approved renewal for a waiver for class sizes. The approval was extended from last year, a legislative solution to allow school systems to increase class sizes ...
Ridgeland High student selected for summer STEM school
by Matt Ledger
Apr 20, 2013 | 2 2 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
A junior at Ridgeland High School has recently been chosen as one of 26 students to attend a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) summer academy. Eric McCarty has been accepted to p...
LaFayette High School club plans to visit nation’s capital
by Matt Ledger
Apr 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The LaFayette High School Key Club is raising money to attend the 70th annual Key Club International Convention in Washington D.C., this summer. The trip, from July 3-7, is an opportunity for those...
Rossville aquaponics farm donates systems to area kindergarteners
by Christi McEntyre
Apr 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Since coming to Rossville almost a year ago, businessman Ryan Cox has already begun to transform the way the greater Chattanooga area thinks about its food supply. Beginning with community-based I...
Walker County school system hosts fundraiser for Relay for Life
by Matt Ledger
Apr 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Administrators with the Walker County school system took on a new role while raising funds for the annual Relay for Life walk. School officials spent a couple of hours doing a few of the more commo...
Walker County school officials offer more details about redistricting plan
by Matt Ledger
Apr 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Walker County schools superintendent Damon Raines spoke of the complexities of redistricting the school system to a crowd of more than 100 people Thursday night, April 4. Continued budget challenge...
School resource officers receive computer donation for safety instruction
by Natasha Colbaugh
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Seven laptop computers were donated to Catoosa County school resource officers to assist prevention educations in the CHAMPS (Choosing Healthy Activities and Methods Promoting Safety) program. The ...