Sherry Digmon

Perdido MS honored at awards luncheon
Several middle school students from Perdido School were recently honored at the annual Alabama Council on Economic Education Awards Luncheon. Students from across the state who placed first in one of the various economic competitions for the year were recognized for their outstanding achievement. Parents, teachers, principals, superintendents as well as other invited guests from across the state were there to support the winners at the UAB campus. Jackson Reid,…
SROs visit Perdido Enrichment Class
Perdido Elementary / Middle School’s Resource Office Lucas Jones and his sister, Mrs. Selena Niehuss (who is also a Resource Office in Baldwin County) visited the seventh- and eighth-grade enrichment class last week. The students had recently been involved in a study of mysteries, and read The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sherlock Holmes. As a follow-up, Deputies Jones and Niehuss visited the class to talk to the students about…
Perdido E/M School students compete in state tech fair
Students from Perdido Elementary / Middle School attended the Alabama State Technology Fair held at AUM campus the end of April. Those students who placed first or second in the regional fair were eligible to compete. Traveling to Montgomery were: Fourth-graders Sidra Brown, Hope Bates, Emma Hadley, Brandon Smith, Payton Wasdin, Payge Gibson and Alex Cooper. They presented their projects in General Applications, Multi-media or hardware Robotics. Eighth-graders Lindsey Stewart,…
Healthy Kids Day draws small but enthusiastic crowd
Only half the number of youngsters who attended last year’s Healthy Kids Day observance at Atmore Area YMCA was on hand this year, but those who did show up seemed to have twice the fun. “We’ve been having fun all morning, really enjoying ourselves,” said Sonya Hollinger, who chaperoned young Jayden Sims, barely big enough to sit in a chair by himself. The skimpy attendance numbers (less than 70 children)…