THOMASVILLE — The Keep Thomas County Beautiful (KTCB) executive director said Thomas County residents should properly dispose of cleaning supplies and personal protective equipment, including sanitizing wipes, masks and plastic gloves used during the coronavirus crisis.

Thomasville City Schools students enjoyed an extra long Presidents Day weekend while administrators, faculty, and staff made use of their Professional Learning Day on February 14, 2020, to target a variety of educational topics. Employees from across the district exchanged ideas and interact…

THOMASVILLE — Alex Hall is motivated to come to work each day. As an educator and coach at Thomas County Central High School, Hall is inspired by his students daily.

THOMASVILLE — Thomas County Central High School Work-Based Learning program partnered with local employers to give students a glimpse at a day in the life of professionals in their career interest fields. 

Recently, Southern Regional Technical College (SRTC) announced its 2020 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year award winner: Hannah Holmes, an English instructor at SRTC-Tifton. The Rick Perkins Award for Excellence in Technical Instruction honors the Technical College System of Georgia’s most …

Thomasville City Scholars Academy AP Human Geography students in Dale Kelly’s class have been studying agriculture and in particular subsistence and organic farming and the important roles they play in geographic sustainability. The class recently visited Lewis Produce at the local Thomas Co…

Each year, Thomas County students in fourth, fifth, and sixth grade participate in the Georgia National Fair's Fair Bear Writing Competition. Students compete at the school level, and first place winners from each grade compete at the state level.

Thomasville High School Band Director Samantha Jones appointed seven students to attend the 70th Annual University of Georgia January High School Band Festival, a weekend of instruction, enrichment, and performance in Athens from January 16-19, 2020.  

Thomasville City Schools’ Winter Break Reading Challenge Reading champions have been crowned. Between December 21 and January 4, these students took on the challenge to read for 15 minutes per day through the Footsteps 2 Brilliance program.  \

First place winners in the Thomasville City Schools Science Fair will compete at the regional fair on February 14, 2020, at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton.  

Bishop Hall Charter School is holding its winter commencement ceremony at 6 p.m., Friday, Dec. 20 at the gymnasium of Bishop Hall Charter School.

Harper Elementary School teachers recently used a district professional learning day to enhance their pedagogy skills. Teachers split between two professional learning sessions.  

THOMASVILLE — Thomas County Central High School International Travel Program has announced scholarship recipients for its fifth annual trip. This summer 2021 voyage is to Japan.

Three Garrison-Pilcher Elementary students were recently honored to meet President Jimmy Carter in Plains. The students entered the annual Plains Peanut Festival Postcard contest sponsored by the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site Education program.

Harper Elementary School students participated in a “Walk To School” event on Thursday, October 17. 

Musicians Carla Connors and Timothy Hoekman will be the featured performers at the next Fridays at Noon performance on Oct. 11 as part of Arts for the Community at Thomas University (ACTU). The event will be held in Balfour Chapel on TU’s Forbes Campus.

Sarah Black abd Sherror Drew's Pre-K students at Jerger Elementary became paleontologists and discovered different dinosaur fossils to bring an end to their week of dinosaurs. They have studied about different dinosaurs, learned the difference between carnivores and herbivores, counted dinos…

Local students named to LaGrange College VPAA’s list

Georgia Southern announces Fall 2018 dean’s list

VALDOSTA — Fifth graders at J.L. Lomax Elementary School recently learned about angiosperms and gymnosperms in Willie Edward’s science class. The lesson began with a much-anticipated trip to the outdoor classroom for a nature walk, according to a school press release.