The Catoosa Retired Educators Association is offering scholarships to seniors who plan to enter the educational field, said CREA president Carolyn Turner. There are three scholarships available....
Boynton is roarin’ with the dinosaurs Deana Thacker’s second-grade class recently displayed their dinosaur masterpieces after their study of prehistoric times and the giant creatures that roamed the Earth. Students were instructed to...
Rock party at Graysville Elementary School Graysville Elementary third graders in Lynda Russell’s class were treated to a “rock” party hosted by Neal Harvey of Vulcan Material Company. Harvey told the students about rock ...
Rossville's teens voice their hopes for their hometown “Project Synergy” is giving Ridgeland High School students a voice in Rossville’s future. For the past month, more than 300 students at the school have been busy creating a concept that could theo...
Georgia Northwestern in "wait and see" mode on budget cuts 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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 10 years ago b...
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 ...
Scarlett Queen has been selected as Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) 2010 GOAL winner and Leif Penrose has been named the college’s Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year. The honors...
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 ...
Christine Mott described her daughter as a troubled single mother who had the "mentality of an abused woman" and who, in trying to escape her loneliness, may have spiraled into the depths of Islamic extremism.