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PCI scholarship open for applications
The Poarch Creek Indian Community Scholarship is now open for applications at The Community Foundation of South Alabama. Created in 2015 with an initial investment of $250,000 and an eventual goal of $1 million, the scholarship fund allows for two scholarships to be awarded annually to one male and one female residing in Alabama or the Panhandle of Florida. The Poarch Creek Indians established the scholarship with a goal of…
Robots: More than just games
It was an exciting day in fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade Project Jubilee / Humanities, as students found out that robots are much more than toys or “workers” on an assembly line. Thanks to Dr. Stephanie Hulon, Instructional Transformation Specialist for Baldwin County Schools, the students were able to Skype with engineers who are involved with AIRBUS. Engineers Tyrone Benjamin and Michael Sutherland both have ties to the Gulf Coast area,…
Rachel Patterson Elementary School honor roll Second nine week grading period
Kindergarten All S honor roll: Braylen America, Lawrence Arnold, Jordyn Barlow, Kazion Bartholomew, Ensley Boykin, Christian Brown, Jayleigh Brown, Khloe Brown, Tristian Brown, Khalani Cooper, Kori Dailey, Kenneth Davis, Elijah Dubose, Diana Garcia, Darius George, Neleh Gholsby, Alexa Hardy, HeavenLi Hartley, Jaliya Hazley, Anthony Hines, TyJayvion Hudson, CaShiyah Johnson, Jordan Johnson, Aryanna Jones, Brayden Jones, Nevaeh Jones, Kamarian Kelly, Amari Lambert, Kaci Martin, Diamond Moody, Dexter Pace, Angel Phillips, Jabryon…
Perdido students experiment with ramp designs
At Perdido Middle School, students in Ms. Nita Long’s eighth-grade science classes began an activity to teach them about distance vs. time graphs and how to use these graphs to find the average acceleration of an object. Everyone designed a ramp using classroom items such as textbooks and miniature marker boards. Students’ cars were released from the top of the ramps as they then tested various heights to see how…
BOE approves personnel recommendations
The Escambia County Board of Education approved the following recommendation by Superintendent John Knott at the regular meeting Thursday, January 19, at Escambia County Middle School. Resignation 1. Royce Young, teacher, head football coach and athletic director, Escambia County High School, effective May 26, 2017 2. Doug Hoehn, teacher, head football coach and athletic director, W.S. Neal High School, effective January 31, 2017 3. Kyle Cinereski, bus driver, Brewton Bus…