Education

The 2024 AP Honor Schools are named in eight categories based on the results of 2023 AP courses and exams. Statesboro High School was included on the list for AP Access and Support School, AP STEM School, and AP STEM Achievement School.

To be included in the lottery drawings for available spaces, please register online by 4 p.m., on March 15. Lottery drawings are Thursday, March 28, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. An evening, in-person registration will be held on Thursday, March 7, from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the Bulloch County Board of Education's Central Office

By establishing The Strickland Promise, the board of Directors for the George W. Strickland Foundation will be providing scholarships for qualified Evans County graduating seniors. The scholarship will help offset costs remaining after all federal, state, and any other financial awards are applied to tuition.

Georgia Southern University recently recognized approximately 3,550 students for excellence in academics on the Fall 2023 Dean's List. To be eligible for the Dean's List, a student must have at least a 3.5 grade point average and carry a minimum of 12 hours for the semester.

For the first time in the University’s history, graduates participating in commencement ceremonies will now wear custom-designed blue regalia. Each gown features embroidered University seals on the front, with slight variations of design elements for master’s, education specialist and doctoral degree levels. 

Georgia Southern University Art Professor Casey Schachner has won a global design contest. Her design for the COVID-19 Monument of Honor, Remembrance, and Resilience, selected by the COVID-19 Monument Commission, will be unveiled in Chicago in spring 2025.

Researchers Drs. Stacy Smallwood and Kristina Patterson from Georgia Southern University invite African American and Hispanic/Latino/a community members to share their views on health and well-being in Statesboro and Bulloch County. Participants will receive $40 for their time, and childcare will be provided. The project is supported by seed funding from Georgia Southern University’s Faculty Research Council.

This program is open to college students and young professionals interested in learning about the legislative process and assisting with the responsibilities of a congressional office. Interns will perform a range of tasks including constituent outreach, legislative writing, and more, with the possibility of earning school credit. Summer internships are split into two six-week sessions, and all applications must be submitted via Congressman Allen's website by Friday, March 15, 2024. 

Bodison, who is new to Bulloch County Schools, has been serving as one of two assistant principals at Mattie Lively this school year. He has nearly 10 years of experience as an administrator at the elementary, middle and high school levels. He will begin serving as Mattie Lively principal on July 1.

The Dean's List for students from Bulloch County attending colleges outside of Statesboro has been assembled separately from GS. Congratulations to all Dean's List students!