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The Effingham County Board of Education will not raise its millage rate for the 2014 fiscal year and will use funds from the state’s midterm adjustment to adopt a balanced budget. Read More
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STATESBORO — Georgia Southern University has launched a new Georgia historical markers smartphone application that will allow historians and visitors to easily locate and explore Georgia’s more than 2,500 historical markers. Georgia Southern partnered with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs in the development of the application. Read More
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Springfield Elementary second-grader Rebecca Neidlinger won this year’s Quick-Think-A-Thon tournament on May 2 at Ebenezer Middle School. Read More
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Effingham students make dean’s list at GCSU Read More
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Sand Hill Elementary School students enjoyed a “big” show for their annual career day on May 10. Several large vehicles were on display to showcase careers in transportation. Read More
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Many students nowadays don’t already have a job lined up on graduation day. Read More
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Georgia Southern University archaeologists will begin a major conservation project to identify and conserve 150-year-old metal artifacts found at Camp Lawton, a Confederate prisoner of war camp located at what is now Magnolia Springs State Park in Millen. The project is the next step in preparation for the opening of a planned history center at the park. Read More
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Blandford Elementary students showcased cultures from around the world Friday in the school’s annual international arts festival. Read More
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Students were able to climb on board and sit behind the wheel of heavy-duty military vehicles during Blandford Elementary School’s annual career day on May 3. Read More
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Cloverleaf (fifth- and sixth-graders) 4-H’ers selected a project area that interested them from more than 60 choices for county Project Acheivement. Students prepared a three-to-five-minute presentation using materials he/she learned, created three posters and used visuals to explain the topic for the presentation. Presentations were viewed by two judges and scored based on subject knowledge, visuals and speech delivery. Read More
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The Effingham County School System earned high marks on the state’s new index for measuring school performance. Read More
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Rincon Elementary School welcomed the arrival of spring with its 30th annual May Day celebration Friday. Read More
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The South Effingham Middle School Junior Beta Club recently raised $610 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Read More
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Effingham County High School teaching paraprofessional Denese Parker is retiring at the end of this school year, but she’s treating it as if it were another high school graduation. Read More
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While they still are, and always will be, Effingham County Rebels, a group of seniors wore their college colors to school on Wednesday. Read More
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Gov. Nathan Deal has signed into law legislation that aims to boost Georgia’s college completion rate. Read More
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For the past couple years, Ebenezer Middle School’s after-school running program has promoted fitness for runners of all ages and abilities. Read More
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Another season of the YMCA Christian Leadership Academy was completed April 21 at the annual spring banquet. Read More
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The Effingham County Board of Education is sponsoring a family night for students in the ESOL program and their parents. Read More
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Effingham County 4-H’ers merged their hearts and hands to create Easter baskets for local residents. As part of their monthly community care projects, students are given opportunities to express their gratitude by extending a generous hand to the community of Effingham County. Read More
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Superintendent Randy Shearouse is optimistic the Effingham County School System will collect a higher amount of local tax revenue this year than last year. Read More
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SAVANNAH — Jason White, one of the founders of Okefenokee Solar, Inc., in Blackshear, attended Savannah Technical College’s Photovoltaic Systems class twice a week last summer. Then, he earned certification by the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP), a national certification organization for professional installers in the field of renewable energy. With his Photovoltaic training and NABCEP certification, White has installed 14 solar pump stations, one 8.25 kilowatt (KW) commercial installation and one ... Read More
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Hannah Boyd took the crown in the Miss Effingham County High School pageant on April 6. Read More
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Elizabeth Kicklighter was crowned Miss South Effingham Middle School in the annual SEMS pageant. Kicklighter also was named Miss Photogenic. Read More
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Rachel Miles, a junior at Presbyterian College, was recently honored with the MLK Drum Major for Service Presidential Volunteer Service award. The award recognizes citizens who have acheived a certain number of hours of service over the past year. Read More
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Students in the Effingham College and Career Academy’s logistics program are giving nearly 30,000 books to schoolchildren. Read More
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Rincon Elementary School recently inducted new members into its Junior Beta Club chapter in a ceremony attended by family and friends. Read More
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The Effingham County School System is conducting a parent survey in preparation for its five-year district accreditation visit in 2015. Read More
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Following are the honor rolls for Effingham County's high schools for the third nine-week grading period: Read More
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Following are the honor rolls for Effingham County's three middle schools for the third nine-week grading period: Read More
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SAVANNAH — Fifty-seven Savannah Technical College students were inducted into Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society in a ceremony STC’s Eckburg Auditorium. To qualify for Phi Theta Kappa membership, students must have completed a minimum of 12 degree-level semester credit hours and have a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher. Read More
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Following are the honor rolls for Effingham County's eight elementary schools for the third nine-week grading period: Read More
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The Effingham County School System is now taking appointments for kindergarten registration for the 2013-14 school year. Appointments will be scheduled for Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays through May 9 at the school district’s Central Registration Center. Read More
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Fifty-two second-graders at South Effingham Elementary School participated in the United Daughters of the Confederacy’s annual Georgia Day program. Maria Bashlor, president of the Effingham County Hussars chapter 2285, led a brief history and slide presentation. Read More
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Outstanding artwork created by Effingham County public school students during the 2012-13 school year has been on display this week. Read More
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Efforts to improve Effingham County students’ writing skills have paid off with higher scores on Georgia’s Eighth-Grade Writing Assessment, school officials reported last week. Read More
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Students from the Effingham College and Career Academy competed March 21-23 at the Georgia SkillsUSA Skills and Leadership Conference in Atlanta. This year the Effingham College and Career Academy was awarded the “largest increase in membership” of 1,500 percent. Read More
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Effingham Christian School took its annual egg drop competition to new heights this year. Read More
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Members of the Effingham County High School chapter of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) recently participated in a weekend leadership conference March 14-16 at the Classic Center in Athens. Attendees, in addition to a weekend of competitions, participated in a Career and Trade Expo, University of Georgia tours, educational demonstrations, and sessions that motivated and informed members and their advisers with the theme “Saving the World … One Leader at a Time.” ... Read More
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When Barry Sheehy was contemplating donating property he owned in southern Effingham County, he considered several local agencies as recipients. Read More
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South Effingham Middle School students Caitlyn Lariscy, Brian Nichols and Sarah Yonce attended the Georgia United Nations Assembly, a model United Nations program sponsored by the State YMCA of Georgia. Y-Club members and other middle and high school students from public and private schools across the state are eligible to participate. Read More
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Rising ninth-graders learned about the Effingham County School System’s work-based learning program as well as career opportunities at Gulfstream Aerospace at the recent Aviation Career Day hosted by Gulfstream. Read More
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Effingham County students in grades 3-8 will take the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test beginning on April 16. Read More
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Effingham County High School senior Hannah Boyd received the Georgia Horatio Alger Association Scholarship. Boyd was the only senior from Effingham County to be awarded the scholarship, which is worth $5,000. Read More
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Springfield Elementary School fourth-grade students made history come alive in the school’s annual “wax museum.” Read More
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The Effingham County Young Farmers Association brought in more than $13,000 Thursday at its annual auction at Effingham County High School. Read More
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A plan to document evidence of drivers illegally passing Effingham County school buses might not include as many bus cameras next year as originally thought. Read More
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Georgia Southern University’s College of Business Administration has been honored by Military Times as one of the best business schools for veterans in the United States. In the first-ever survey, COBA received the “Best for Vets: Business Schools” seal. Read More
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Young inventors displayed their big ideas at the Effingham County School District’s annual Invention Convention. Read More
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February was Career, Technical and Agricultural Education month across the state. At Effingham County High School there were many reasons to celebrate accomplishments over the past month. In addition to the boys and girls basketball teams advancing in the state playoffs, the Career Technical and Agricultural Education department is not short of its own achievements. Read More
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