Category: education

PACE — Andrew Hand has been a Boy Scout for 12 years and, on April 21,  he earned the rare distinction of becoming an Eagle Scout.
The 18-year-old is among just 6 percent of all scouts who achieve …

MILTON — Making functioning tiny robots and human-powered game controllers was a project goal this week in one S.S. Dixon Intermediate classroom.
Meanwhile, students in the music room watched a sci…

Sophia McGee, nine years old, and her mother, Stephanie, play Pac-Man with a controller they made from Playdough, some electrodes, and a circuit board. Human electricity from mom powers the device.

SS Dixon Intermediate STEAM night – Eastman Chemical presenters Wayne Pannell (right) and Margaret Tremblay make ice cream using liquid nitrogen; they had the students count how long it took.

SS Dixon Intermediate school held a Science Technology Engineering Art and Mathematics night to demonstrate to parents the importance and the kinds of STEAM education their students receive. Here,  B…

During Tuesday's ukulele concert at Jay Elementary School, fourth grade students performed 'Eleanor Rigby' a classic from the Beatles.

MILTON — Three Santa Rosa County elementary schools now can buy additional books for educational enrichment — books that wouldn’t have been  available to students without the Milton Rotary Club’s eff…

TROY, Ala. — Chanda Hawthorne, of Jay, participated in Troy University Department of Theatre and Dance’s April 6-10 production of the musical "Violet.”
Hawthorne served as assistant costume designe…

PACE — Pea Ridge Elementary’s 2016-2017 kindergarten registration is April 20-21.
April 20 registration is 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.; April 21 registration is 5:30p.m.-7:30p.m. Come to the school office and…