education
Students to pay same tuition for 2018-2019
ATLANTA — University System of Georgia (USG) students will pay the same tuition for the 2018-2019 academic year…
education
Your take: April 18, 2018
The Sumter County Board of Education and Superintendent Torrance Choates, Ed.D., recognized the Americus-Sumter Ninth Grade Academy at…
education
Your take: April 14, 2018
Members of the Southland Academy Raider Band, directed by Rob Ivey (not pictured), traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii, over…
education
SGTC honors Moore with tennis court dedication
AMERICUS — South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) paid tribute to Harold Edward Moore, who served as the Dean…
education
Your take: 4-11-18
iffany Patterson’s kindergartners at Furlow Charter School are learning about all the things that make up soil and…
clubs/organizations
Sumter Jr., Sr. 4-H’ers go to DPA
EATONTON — Junior and Senior 4-H’ers from Sumter County traveled Feb. 2-4 to Rock Eagle 4-H Center in…
clubs/organizations
National POW Museum marks 20th anniversary
By Leila S. Case ANDERSONVILLE — The 20th anniversary of the National Prisoner of War Museum at Andersonville…
education
Your take: April 7, 2018
Americus-Sumter High School recently held its ‘Student of the Month’ celebration for February. Seven faculty members from the…
education
3 generations reunite at SGTC event
AMERICUS — South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year and the history and…
education
Your take: April 4, 2018
The Sumter County Middle School Student of the Month celebration was held March 29. Each homeroom teacher selected…
education
Judge moves Sumter school board election moved to Nov.
By Beth Alston Part 1 Part 1 AMERICUS — In mid-March, federal Judge Louis Sands of the…
education
Relay for Life: Time for celebration, remembrance
By Ken Gustafson AMERICUS — Several cancer survivors, their families, care givers and others came out to participate…
education
Your take: March 31, 2018
Students at Sumter County Primary School celebrated 3rd nine week achievements at the Super Awards Assembly held in…
education
Reeveses present SGTC 2018 outstanding student with scholarship
AMERICUS — South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and his wife Allene presented Crisp County Center…
education
Southland Academy Lower School Honor Roll for third quarter 2017-18
AMERICUS — Southland Academy’s Lower School (grades 2-5) Honor Roll has been announced by Lower School Director Laura…
education
Local student named to Troy University Provost’s List
TROY, Ala. — Valisa Mercer of Americus has been named to the Provost’s List at Troy University for…
education
Your take: Match 28, 2018
EFNEP is the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program that reaches adults and youth through educational programs on…
education
Local Odyssey of the Mind teams take home trophies
Furlow Charter School OM teams take first place in their divisions AMERICUS — After seven months of work,…
education
SGTC alumnus gives ‘hands-on’ lesson to current students
AMERICUS — Christopher Saunders, a 1998 South Georgia Tech graduate and current information technology (IT) professional, recently revisited…
education
Rebecca Nelson selected as one of the Top 10 Educators
ATLANTA — Claes Nobel, senior member of the family that established the Nobel Prize and Chairman of The…
education
Your take: March 21, 2018
Each year with the help of the Georgia Forestry Commission, Southland Academy first graders observe Georgia Arbor Day…
education
Time for South Georgia Native Plant, Wildflower Symposium
At this time of year, our thoughts are occupied with many seasonal gardening tasks and obligations: to prune…
business
SGTC nominates 4 companies as Georgia Manufacturers of Year
AMERICUS — Sumter County’s Café Campesino, Golden Gourmet Meals LLC, and Leatherbrook Holsteins LLC, were each nominated by…
education
Miss SAR Pageant is Friday
AMERICUS — Southland Academy announces the 30th annual Miss SAR Pageant Contestants. The seniors in this year’s pageant…
education
Your take: March 17, 2018
On Feb. 27, Sumter County Intermediate School held a Sizzling, Sensational, Scientific Night for students and parents. The…
education
Studying rocks
April Duke’s third-grade class at Southland Academy investigated rocks, minerals and fossils in the elementary Lower School Science…
education
1 local public school has walkout
By Beth Alston AMERICUS — At schools across the nation, students participated in National Walkout Day to protest…
education
Holloman represents SGTC at EAGLE
AMERICUS — Christian Holloman of Buena Vista has been selected to represent South Georgia Technical College at the…
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