Atmore News

‘Reuse, reduce and recycle’
Special to Atmore News The fifth-grade students at Perdido School in Ms. Danielle Brown’s and Mr. Craig Canaan’s classes recently visited Dauphin Island on a field trip. There they learned that marine debris is impacting our world in various negative ways. One solution is to reuse, reduce and recycle. In this culminating project, students reused trash from their homes to create litterbugs or litter creatures. No materials could be purchased…
Christmas around the world
Special to Atmore News Third-grade students in Mrs. Linda McCullough’s class at Perdido Elementary School are celebrating Christmas around the World. Mrs. McCullough has been using her eMints training to teach across the curriculum and allow students to develop their collaborative skills. The students have been using math, language arts, social studies, and science skills to complete activities that expose them to a variety of cultures. They have learned how…
Students attend Reality Campus
Special to Atmore News Reality Campus is an event hosted each year at Coastal Alabama Community College (Monroeville Campus) by the Educational Talent Search Program. Local high school students entering the 11th and 12th grades are invited to participate in a simulation in which they will go through the “college registration process.” Approximately 130 students participated in the recent simulation. They experience life as an “incoming college freshmen” and they…
Body ID’d as missing woman
News Staff Report According to published reports, Escambia County (Alabama) Sheriff’s Office investigators have received confirmation that a body found Sunday, December 9, along the banks of the Conecuh River is that of a Pollard woman who had been missing since November 24. WKRG-TV in Mobile and numerous other media outlets cited ECSO officials as the source for reports that forensic scientists at the state crime lab identified the remains…
Atmore News schedule
Working around the holidays By SHERRY DIGMON News Staff Writer At Atmore News, we often work around holidays, but we’re in a unique situation this month with Christmas falling on a Tuesday, which is our print and delivery day. Several weeks ago, we began talking with Bo Bolton, owner of the Monroe Journal where our paper is printed. Bo is shutting down the press Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 24 and…