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Congratulations to Coffee High School for being named a 2017 AP Honors School in the categories of AP Stem Schools, AP STEM Achievement Schools, and AP Humanities Schools. State School Superintendent Richard Woods recently named 674 Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools. “The number of our schools and students succeeding in the college-level learning offered by Advanced Placement continues to increase,” Superintendent Woods said. “It is my pleasure to recognize these schools – and, by extension, their students, teachers, and staff – for the excellent work being done to expand opportunity to all students.” AP exams are administered by the College…

The fourth-seed South Georgia State College Hawks took advantage of a scoring run early in the second half Tuesday night to defeat the fifth-seed Chattahoochee Tech Golden Eagles 98-86 and advance to the semifinals of the GCAA Conference Tournament. Leading 48-37 at halftime, the Hawks (22-9) opened the second half with a 13-4 scoring run in the first three minutes to break the game open and lead 61-41. The Hawks stretched their lead to 21 points midway through the second half before the Golden Eagles cut the lead to seven with less than two minutes remaining. Five players finished the game…

The Coffee County Sheriff’s Office has a charged a 16-year-old male with one count of terroristic threats in regards to a social media post threatening an act of violence against Coffee County Schools. Sheriff’s officials were notified just prior to midnight, March 8, 2017, that the juvenile had posted an update to his personal Facebook page stating, “I’m shooting the whole Coffee County School system up tomorrow.” Officers were able to locate the 16-year-old at an apartment complex in Douglas, where he was taken into custody shortly after 1 a.m. The suspect admitted to officers he had published the post…

Coffee County Schools are joining the Georgia Department of Education’s new state-wide initiative to Shake It Up in School Nutrition. The initiative was created to enhance the flavor and improve the perception of school meals by focusing on three key areas; tasty meals, friendly cafeterias and happy schools. Coffee County Schools are Shaking It Up with tasty meals by: conducting student taste tests, offering a seasoning bar in select schools, including Georgia grown and/or farm to school food items on the menu, offering a variety of colors of fruits and vegetables, serving delicious attractive meals every day. Coffee County Schools…

In preparation for the 2017-2018 school year, Coffee County Schools will be hosting a Teacher Job Fair on Saturday, March 25, from 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM, in the auditorium of Coffee Middle School, located at 901 Connector 206 North. All of the school systems administrators for the upcoming school year from the elementary, middle and high school level will be present to conduct informal interviews. The school system is interested in interviewing applicants from all teaching fields, with special emphasis in the areas of early childhood, middle grades and secondary math, science, social studies, language arts and all exceptionalities…

Carol Morgan was the speaker at the Douglas Kiwanis Club meeting of Tuesday the 7th of March at the Flyin’ Cowboy restaurant. She spoke about the Coffee County Memory Project covering the years 1969 thru 1972. Using donated equipment and a grant they have made good progress and hope to eventually produce a book. The Kiwanis club members enjoyed and appreciated her presentation.

Congratulations to Westside Elementary for being named a Highest Performing school and Broxton-Mary Hayes, Nicholls, and West Green Elementary schools for being named High Progress Schools. The Georgia Department of Education recently released its 2016-2017 list of Title I Reward Districts and Reward Schools. “These schools and districts are working against the odds to provide an excellent education for their students,” State School Superintendent Richard Woods said. “This is so much more than numbers or data. We are talking about changed lives for thousands of students. I can’t overstate how proud I am of every teacher, administrator, and parent who…

Deputies located a wanted Florida fugitive Tuesday and he is incarcerated at the Coffee County Jail awaiting extradition. Papo Arroyo, Jr., 41, was convicted of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon in Hillsborough County, Florida in 2013. A probation warrant for his arrest was issued on March 6, 2017. Coffee County deputies located Arroyo at a residence off Highway 32 West Tuesday afternoon, where he was arrested and taken into custody.

Michael Milikae Scott, 22, who is charged with the March 2, 2017 kidnapping of former girlfriend Veronica DeLeon, is in custody at the Coffee County Jail. Scott was booked into the jail shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday after being arrested in South Carolina March 3. He has been charged with three counts of aggravated stalking, kidnapping, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, obstruction of law enforcement, and two counts of violating a family violence order.

The 2017 NJCAA Swim Meet is complete and the South Georgia State College women’s team has finished second in the nation for the second year in a row. SGSC’s women defeated Iowa Central Community College and Southwest Oregon Community College by a score of 563 points to IOCC’s 498 and SWOCC’s 480. Monroe Community College from Rochester, New York rounded out the top five for the women. SGSC’s men’s team placed fourth in the meet by just 36 points to second place Southwest Oregon and third place Iowa Central. Indian River won both men and women’s sides of the competition for the 45th…