HES Top 5
The Top 5 students were announced at Huxford Elementary School Wednesday, May 2.
Perdido MS students take first place in economics at state
Special to Atmore News For 14 years in a row, Perdido Middle School students in Ms. Gerri McDonald’s gifted program have taken first place honors in multiple categories in Alabama’s Council on Economic Education program. This is the fourth consecutive year that her students have placed first in the state for the Alabama Economics Challenge, Alabama’s Personal Finance Challenge, America and the Free Enterprise System Essay Competition, and America and…
Perdido School wins ‘Battle of the Books’
North Baldwin “Battle of the Books” is an annual reading competition event open to all 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students in the area served by Baldwin County High School. Students at participating schools read five chapter books. Throughout the entire school year, students discuss and study these books in relation to genre, plot, setting, theme, characterization as well as literary elements such as simile, metaphor, personification, idiom and point…
Absentee voting in the June primary election
The following information is provided by John R. Fountain, Absentee Election Manager, Escambia County Courthouse, Brewton. Any qualified elector may vote an absentee ballot by mail or in person at the absentee election manager’s office, if he or she makes an application in writing not less than five days prior to the election and meets one of the following requirements: The person will be out of the county or the…
YLA goes behind the scenes in Montgomery
By BAILEY HAYLES Special to Atmore News On April 12, Youth Leadership Atmore visited the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery. We had the opportunity to meet State Treasurer Young Boozer, Representative Alan Baker, and Chief Justice Lyn Stuart (who was born and raised in Atmore and graduated from Escambia County High School). The first stop on our trip was at the Alabama State House, where we were given a behind…