Author: Atmore News

Special to Atmore News Ava Penner, eighth grader at Escambia County Middle School, submitted a logo for the upcoming Alabama Association for Gifted Child (AAGC) Conference to be held in Birmingham in mid-October. Ava’s logo was chosen out of the hundreds of submissions received. Her logo will now be printed on conference t-shirts, pens, pencils, bags, and notepads. “We are so proud to have one of our student’s logo printed…

Escambia County Gifted Program students in fourth, fifth, and sixth grades recently had the opportunity to attend Robotics Pathfinder Space Camp in Huntsville. While attending this camp, students learned how to program EV-3 robots. They eventually had a competition to see which teams were able to complete the most tasks with their robots and earn the most points. Shown at space camp are, from left, Mr. Larry (team leader), Ashlyn…

During the month of August, faculty and students at Huxford Elementary School focused on the traits of kindness. Students who exemplified these traits were chosen at the end of the month, through their words and actions. Shown are students recognized for kindness, from left, front, Chris Pham, Brylon McGhee, Ryder Weaver, A’Niyah Richardson, Zayden McIlwain, Landon Ashe, Bailee Godwin; back, Jackson Rackard, Cherie Naquin, Bella Hilburn, Y’Ana Carter, Shaughnessy Rothschild,…