Education

The Brooklet Elementary School student news team had their own personal media day with the Savannah Bananas Baseball Team on Feb. 2, and Georgia Southern University Women's Basketball will welcome the young journalists on Wed. Feb. 7.

Georgia Southern University’s Institute for Health Logistics and Analytics (IHLA) and graduate student Joana Tome have received a $20,000 grant from the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) to educate and train students on all three campuses in natural disaster emergency preparedness and response. 

Eli Compton of Statesboro High School and his Honors and AP chemistry teacher, Ashley Thompson, are Bulloch County's top STARs for 2024! The winners were announced at the annual Bulloch County STAR Recognition Luncheon on January 31, 2024, at Forest Heights Country Club. Congratulations to all!

Computer Information Systems instructor Donny Collins received the 2024 Rick Perkins Award for Excellence in Technical Instruction at OTC's Spring Faculty & Staff Meeting and Awards Ceremony. He will move on to the regional competition in Tifton next month. Barry Dotson, Tom Elrod, Rachel Rigdon, and Christina Harrell were also honored at the ceremony.

This week, students in Bulloch County schools enjoyed locally sourced beef in their spaghetti thanks to the Bulloch County Schools Nutrition team and Hunter Cattle Co. Hunter's Kristan Fretwell and her family visited Stilson Elementary to enjoy the lunch with students.

Thirteen awards were announced worldwide, only two of which went to individuals based in the U.S. Keeley received the award in the business and economic development category. Achievements cited included his development of Georgia Southern’s presence in Ireland and his facilitation of trade and investment opportunities between Georgia and Ireland. It is the highest honor the country of Ireland can give to a person who is a non-resident.

The GOAL program helps technical students get connected to local businesses and strengthens the relationships of colleges and the community workforce.

More than 132,000 seniors received personalized letters from Gov. Brian Kemp last October listing the public universities, colleges and technical colleges they are academically eligible to attend. Nearly 12,000 high school seniors had requested information about the GEORGIA MATCH program through Jan. 7 or taken it a step further by claiming a spot at one of the system's 23 colleges and universities participating in the initiative.

Portal, Langston and Mattie Lively will all three get new principals for the '25 school year. Click on the graphic to read more.

Recommendations include reducing the maximum class size from 22 to 20, increasing lead and assistant teacher salaries, increasing funding for opening new or renovated Pre-K classrooms in public school systems and lease-equivalent payments for private Pre-K providers, and more.