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Teacher bringing Holocaust survivors to RHHS
On Tuesday, March 4 RHHS will have the honor of having Holocaust survivors Chaim Mealmed and Vera Hoffman speak for a select group of less than 90 10th graders. Mr. Mealmed, who lived in Jewish ghettos for three years and several concentration camps for one and a half years, and Mrs. Hoffman, who spent a year and a half in mixed concentration camps as well, will speak to students about what it was ...
Wave the biggest flag
In the day and age we live in, war and the hardships that come with it are ever more visible. We, as a community, live extremely close to a military base meaning we, even more so than others, are affected by our country's current military engagements.
RHMS names top teacher
Out of Richmond Hill Middle School's 35 nominees, Catherine Warren was recognized as Teacher of the Year on Thursday, Feb. 14.
BCHS STAR student named
Howard Amelsberg, a senior, has been named 2008 PAGE STAR Student for Bryan County High School.
Cat's Eye View Man on the street
Should we drill for oil in the Alaskan wilderness?
Cat's Eye View
Bye Bye Birdie is a good laugh I was able to speak with Mr. Jamie Hillen, RHHS's musical theater teacher and one of the teachers organizing this year's performance, about the play as a whole, and some of the challenges of putting on a real life high school musical. Q: Why was Bye Bye Birdie chosen for this year's performance? A: Well we were looking for a show that ...
Thoughts on the schools’ special field day
Each year, I have the pleasure of watching a group of people who come together with a singular purpose for one very special day. The special day is Bryan County's annual Special Field Day.
Family meals spell S-U-C-C-E-S-S
S = Smarter Children: Improved vocabularies and reading skills A study by Dr. Catherine Snow at Harvard's Graduate School of Education, followed 65 families over 15 years, looking at how meal time conversations play a critical role in language acquisition in young children. The conversations that occur around the family table teach children more vocabulary and forms of discourse than they learn when you read to them. Improved vocabularies lead to ...
School board weighs architectural options
The Bryan County School district may soon have a new architectural firm planning its endeavors, starting with the new Richmond Hill Middle School.
Failure free reading
If you always do what you've always done, you always get what you've always got. That is the belief which has driven our thinking at Bryan County High School causing us to add the Failure Free computer-based reading program for the current school year.
Cat's Eye View
Wildcat wrestlers host home match
BoE to meet Monday
The Bryan County Board of Education will hold a called meeting to interview architects for a new middle school in Richmond Hill.
A note to parents on involvement
Parents, if you want your child to be more successful in school, become even more involved in their schooling. You can make a real difference for the good of your child. "When parents are involved in their children's educations at home, they do better in school. And when parents are involved in school, children go farther in school - and the schools they go to are better" (National Education Association, 2006).
People make his high school great
I frequently have the opportunity to travel around the state into different school districts and their high schools and I often receive comments from those principals praising the exemplary status of the Bryan County Schools.
BoE shares good news
Good news abounded at the recent Board of Education meeting, where awards were distributed to a couple hundred students in the district on Thursday, Dec. 20.
Articles by Section - Education
Post schools to lose five days to furloughs
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22, 2013 - Students, teachers and parents of the Defense Department's schools can be confident that despite the department's upcoming civilian furloughs, the school year will start on time, the Department of Defense Education Activity's director said today.
Carver chorus students perform
G.W. Carver Elementary School students perform recently during a recital at the school. The chorus performed for fourth- and fifth-graders and sang pieces from "The Star-Spangled Banner," "Green Eggs and Ham" and "Dynamite."
Lanier students tour raptor center
The first-graders at Lanier Primary School took a field trip recently to the Raptor Center at Georgia Southern University.
Deadline looms for Rotary scholarship
The Rotary Club of Richmond Hill reminds local high school students of its May 24 deadline for applications for two college scholarships worth a total of $3,000.
BoE posts surveys on future schools
Two new schools are on the way in Bryan County, and the Board of Education is seeking public input in deciding what will best suit the county's needs.
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