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Aviation Maintenance graduate Terry Thomas thankful for career opportunities provided by SGTC education

From Staff Reports   AMERICUS – “Courage doesn’t always roar.  Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the…

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Georgia Power sponsors Internship Coordination meeting with educational partners

From Staff Reports   AMERICUS – Georgia Power local manager Don Porter, who also serves as the Chairman…

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Coach Fedd to meet with parents

Coach Fedd, the new Sumter County High School head football coach will be meeting with parents on Thursday,…

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Kimberly Sadecky Named SGTC Student of Excellence

From Staff Reports   AMERICUS – Kimberly Sadecky of Montezuma was honored recently as the Student of Excellence…

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Tooty Tots celebrates Black History Month

    It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon which hinted at spring.  On February 26, 2002, the staff…

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Former State Board chairman brings students to tour South Georgia Tech

From Staff Reports   AMERICUS – Former Georgia State Board of Technical and Adult Education Chairman Daniel B.…

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SGTC’s Jacob Eubanks presented GADA automotive scholarship

From Staff Reports   AMERICUS – South Georgia Technical College Automotive Technology student Jacob Eubanks of Americus was…

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Jeffrey Macon Recognized as SGTC Student of Excellence

From Staff Reports   AMERICUS – South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently announced Precision Machining student Jeffrey Macon…

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Five SGTC students to compete in State SkillsUSA competition

From Staff Reports AMERICUS – Five South Georgia Technical College students will travel to Atlanta to the SkillsUSA…

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South Georgia Technical College hosts John Deere Agricultural Technology Open House

From Staff Reports AMERICUS – Approximately 50 high school students, parents and dealers from across the Southeastern United…

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Furlow Executive Director and Vice Principal leaving prior to end of school year

From:  Furlow Charter School Furlow Charter School Executive Director Dr. Lezley Anderson and Vice Principal Dr. Karen Collier…

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Gulf Coast Avionics Corporation executive tours SGTC Aviation and Culinary Arts programs

From Staff Reports   AMERICUS – Rick Garcia, President/CEO of Gulf Coast Avionics Corporation in Lakeland, Florida, visited…

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South Georgia Technical College hires Dr. Pamela Simmons and Amy Sammons as full-time English Instructors

From Staff Reports   AMERICUS – Dr. Pamela Simmons of Kernersville, NC and Amy J. Sammons of Preston,…

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South Georgia Tech Foundation receives $200,000 anonymous gift

From Staff Reports   AMERICUS – The South Georgia Technical College Foundation announced today it is the recipient…

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Gov. Kemp introduces “Unmask Georgia Students Act”

Gov. Kemp introduces “Unmask Georgia Students Act” From the Office of Governor Brian Kemp Atlanta, GA –Governor Brian…

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Knighton gives an improving report on academics as students return to class

The Sumter County Board of Education (BOE) met Thursday night, February 10, 2022, for their regular voting meeting.…

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South Georgia Technical College ranked 3rd best for Associate Degrees in Georgia

From Staff Reports   AMERICUS – South Georgia Technical College was selected as the third best college in…

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SGTC Holds Financial Aid Workshops in Americus and Cordele

From Staff Reports   AMERICUS – South Georgia Technical College recently hosted financial aid workshops for SGTC students…

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Air purifiers, BOE “entitlements,” academic goals, deleting committee meetings and dismissing Choates addressed at BOE work session

The Sumter County Board of Education spent over four hours on 2.7 to address items which may go…

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President Emeritus Sparky and Allene Reeves honor South Georgia Tech’s 2022 Outstanding Instructor of Year, Starlyn Sampson

From Staff Reports   AMERICUS – South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene,…

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Sumter County Leaders speak on the importance of CTAE

  The Career Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE) program offers students of Sumter County Schools (SCS) a dedicated…

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Zakyah Cameron named SGTC 2022 GOAL winner

From Staff Reports   AMERICUS – Zakyah Cameron of Bonaire, GA, a culinary arts student in Chef Ludwig “Ricky”…

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SGTC Announces Local GOAL Finalists

From Staff Reports   AMERICUS – South Georgia Technical College recently announced four finalists selected to advance to…

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Emancipation Proclamation Program announces scholarship recipient

  The annual Emancipation Proclamation Program sponsored by the local Lincoln Douglas Memorial Society is held on January…

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BOE votes on leadership and extends mask mandate

On Thursday, 1.13.22, with the District Three seat left vacant, Chairman Rick Barnes opened the meeting and Superintendent…

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Furlow emergency meeting regarding school closure; reversing Executive Director’s decision to close facility

Tuesday, January 11, 2022, the Furlow Governing Board held an emergency called meeting to discuss an Emergency School…

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Furlow Charter School to hold emergency called meeting January 11, 2022 at 5:00pm

Furlow Charter School has scheduled an Emergency Called Meeting for today at 5:00 p.m. in the FCS Media…

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Alison Humphrey: Chosen

There is something in each of us which longs to be chosen. To be chosen means we belong,…