One rising senior at Westover High School has been named president of the Albany Museum of Art (AMA) Teen Art Board (TAB) for the 2021-2022 school year.
The ranking is based on the school’s College and Career Readiness Index score, which rates the overall performance of a school, which is based on criteria from attendance and behavior to academic performance indicators.
Active duty military members from the 822nd Base Defense Squadron came out and assisted the humane society by donating several hours and lots of hard work.
Since fall 2020, the Lowndes County Utilities Department has taken a couple of hours each month delivering food boxes from Second Harvest of South Georgia to individuals at the Alzheimer’s Caregiver Time Out, as well as residents at Ashley Towers.
This past Friday, law enforcement and volunteers helped celebrate National Donut Day by collecting donations at Dunkin’ locations across the state to support Special Olympics Georgia’s mission to help athletes realize their dreams of training and competing in athletic competitions year-round.
The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office is sending a huge thank you to Target and Loss Prevention Manager Reginald Johnson for their recent donation of snacks and goodies to our staff.
Sgt. Chad Ciani of the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, Sgt. John Brown of the Americus Police Department, Battalion Chief and Fire Marshal Rick Bell of Sumter County Fire Rescue and Engineer Billy Jones of the Americus Fire and Emergency Services were all awarded the honor.
As a finalist, Lisa West from Crisp County Pre-K, along with the other five finalists, received a $500 cash prize from the Georgia Foundation for Early Care and Learning.
To receive the Jay Shaw Scholarship, recipients must demonstrate a positive engagement in community service, exhibit strong leadership qualities, and show strength in academics.
To be named a STAR student, high school seniors must have the highest score on any single test date of the SAT taken through the March test date of their senior year and be in the top 10% or top 10 students of their class based on grade point average at their respective schools.
Dr. Janice Richardson announced Friday that Crystal Wang was selected with the honor, and she chose her Biology teacher, Cindy Plumly, as her STAR teacher.
City Manager Alan Carson said he was humbled to honor the city’s employees for reaching these milestones and thanked each of them for the time they have invested into the Thomasville community.
The Collegiate Advertising Awards are an elite program recognizing higher education organizations for excellence in communications, marketing, advertising and promotions of their schools.
The department said although Cason has only been with the department for a little over a year, in that time, he has distinguished himself with his strong work ethic and willingness to go beyond the basics when investigating criminal activity.
Those recognized during the ceremony were Donterrius Buck, and Jelani Muhammad who were promoted to Firefighter Class-One, and Kevin White who was promoted to Firefighter Class-Three.
