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Riverdale High School to graduate 5 sets of twins
ATLANTA (AP) — A high school in Clayton County is set to graduate five sets of twins during its graduation ceremony on Friday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the five sets of twins wi...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ashley Kobe presents a scholarship to Cody Peoples
College and Career Academy presents scholarships
The end of a school year and graduation closes one chapter for students but it is also a bright, new beginning. That is especially true for students earning scholarships to continue their education...
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Morgan Hughes says she plans to attend Chattahoochee Technical College this fall. (Lauren Jones / RN-T.com)
GRADUATE OF DISTINCTION: Model High School's Morgan Hughes to pursue cosmetology
After infusing her career as a Model High School student with volunteer work such as painting houses and sprucing up river banks, Morgan Hughes has a different kind of makeover in mind for the ...
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Augusta Hosmer
Armuchee's Augusta Hosmer is a Stamps Leadership Scholar
Augusta Hosmer, a senior at Armuchee High School, has been named a Stamps Leadership Scholar and will receive a scholarship valued at $210,000 for her college experience. The scholarship will inclu...
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Gordon County schools approve new ‘feeder program’
As students prepare to meet the end of another school year, the Gordon County School system is in the full swing of change. With announcements of the change in Ashworth Middle’s principal, resigna...
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Bennett Garland, 17, will graduate from Armuchee High School as salutatorian of his class. (Lauren Jones / Rome News-Tribune)
GRADUATE OF DISTINCTION: Armuchee High's Bennett Garland plans to attend Ga. Tech to pursue business career
When Bennett Garland approaches the podium on The Forum’s stage Saturday and looks out at the hundreds of eyes staring back at him, the Armuchee High School grad-to-be has one goal: to make the...
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Armuchee High, Rome High see graduation rates soar; all area high schools top state rate in a graduation report released Tuesday
Rome and Floyd County schools all recorded graduation rates for 2012 above the state average, and most saw an increase from 2011, according to figures provided Tuesday by the Georgia Department o...
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Muscogee Co. school board approves school closings
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — A west Georgia school system has approved a package of cuts that includes closing an elementary school and a middle school. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports that the Mu...
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Pepperell Elementary fifth-grader’s random act of kindness comes back to her
by Lauren Jones, Staff Writer
May 21, 2013 | 7 7 comments | 41 41 recommendations | email to a friend
After Lindsey Johnson watched a promotional video for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in class at Pepperell Elementary School, the 11-year-old went home in tears. “She had seen the video and...
GNTC nursing program reaccredited
by press release
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Georgia Northwestern Technical College Associate Degree Nursing program has been granted continued accreditation by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. Accreditation will co...
Common Core: A primer on the curriculum, and the debate about it, from WABE's Martha Dalton
by WABE radio
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
On May 17 and 18, Georgia Republicans will gather in Athens for their state convention. While much of the buzz will center on a crowded Republican U.S. Senate primary field, there will likely also ...
Nathan Deal escapes GOP rebuke over Common Core
by Political Insider with Jim Galloway
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Gov. Nathan Deal owes Seth Harp a basket of flowers. Or at least a thank-you note. By calling for a quorum in the final minutes of the state GOP convention on Saturday, the former state senator fro...
A risk that paid off: Students scarred by war earn college degrees
by CNN.com
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Rome, Georgia (CNN) -- Mireille Kibibi's march to the graduation stage at Berry College was tough -- laden with the burdens of war. As a little girl, she fled civil war in Burundi and escaped to ne...
GRADUATE OF DISTINCTION: Rome High valedictorian Juhi Varshney plans to serve others in life
by Lauren Jones, Staff Writer
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
After using her hands to serve others throughout her four years at Rome High School , Juhi Varshney has decided to let service dictate her years to come. Varshney will graduate at the top of her...
State assigns consultant to Floyd County schools
by Alan Riquelmy, staff writer
May 18, 2013 | 8 8 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
The state Charter Committee said Friday it will postpone a decision on whether Floyd County schools violated its charter agreement by failing to include local input in its decision making process. ...
Floyd County Schools and Berry College offering academic summer camp for gifted children
by Floyd County Schools reports
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Summer break from school is near and many parents will be looking for opportunities for enrichment camps for their children. Floyd County Schools and Berry College have teamed-up to provide a gifte...
Scotland Yard makes two additional arrests and searches six locations in the probe of the brutal murder of a British soldier, while reports say both attackers were known to both UK authorities and a radical jihadist group.
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