American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) recently awarded Jasper County Primary School (JCPS) STEM lab with a grant to purchase Ozobots to teach earth and space standards. Kindergarten is learning about the day and night sky. First grade is experimenting with the Sun on the southern and northern hemisphere and thinking about seasons. Second…
Jasper County Primary School (JCPS) first grade students recently completed a collaboration with many community partners to help solitary bees by constructing bee houses. Solitary are native bees that include bumblebees, carpenter bees, mason bees, leaf cutting bees and more. These solitary bees do most of the pollination and since they do not live in…
Bee bots are robots students can code without screens. Jasper County Primary School (JCPS) students have been learning coding with bee bots throughout the school year. Recently, each classroom participated in a class competition to determine the best bee bot coder per classroom. The following students were the top bee bot robot coders in kindergarten…
YOUTH EXPLORE THE ‘GRANDFATHER TREE’ Fifth grade Safety Patrol students were invited to attend a special three day field trip to Jekyll Island 4-H Center on Jekyll Island. Students left early last Monday morning and were back Wednesday afternoon. During this trip, students took many worthwhile classes such as beach ecology, marsh ecology, north island…
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) names Fall semester students earning academic honors. Dean’s List students include Peyton Klassen, Thomas Maddox, both of Monticello, and Hayden Carey of Mansfield. Distinguished List honoree is Hartleigh Corley of Mansfield. Dean’s List students attained a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and carried at least…
ASSE International Student Exchange Programs (ASSE), a Non-Profit, Public Benefit Organization, is inviting local families to discover the many rewards of hosting a foreign exchange student. ASSE students come from more than 50 countries worldwide: France, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Ukraine, Japan, Australia, to name a few. They are between the ages of 15 and 18…
Valdosta State University congratulates Anna McAfee of Hillsboro for earning a spot on the Fall 2024 Dean’s List. Dean’s List honors are reserved for the highest achieving students at VSU. McAfee is one of more than 2,000 distinguished students recognized for exemplifying excellence. To qualify for Dean’s List at VSU, students must achieve a semester…
Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Jacob Dotson, a native of Monticello who is assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), was awarded warfighter of the week by Command Master Chief Brandy Gennette. The ship’s command master chief awarded Dotson the award while stationed in Newport News, Va. on January 30, 2025.…
LADY COUGARS CELEBRATE WIN & KYLEE KECK It was yet another busy week for the Piedmont Academy Lady Cougars basketball team. Coach Michael Wilson’s team began the stretch with a convincing 77-40 win against Mount de Sales on Jan. 29 at home. Marissa Holder scored 38 points to go with 14 rebounds, eight steals, and…
Winning region titles never gets old for the Piedmont Academy wrestling program. The Mat Cougars won another region trophy last week, their third in a row, with several first-place individual finishes before a packed gym at home. Piedmont is now preparing for the state tournament this Friday and Saturday in Gainesville. Leading the way at…