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Indian Creek Elementary School held its annual Spelling Bee Thursday, November 3, 2016. Participants from fourth grade were Adia Hines, Abby Wright, Edwin Garcia, Jaimie Hutcheson, Riley Davis, Jake Grantham, Brylee Clements, Nora Lott, Miguel Gonzalez, and Izaiah Walker. Fifth grade participants were Chavez Johnson, Lilana Dominguez, Stephanie Castro, C.J. Hobbs, Eli Stodghill, Nathan Cooper, Majesty Clemmons, and Graham Lott. The top three spellers will represent Indian Creek Elementary School at the County Spelling Bee on Thursday, January 26. We would like to congratulate our winners: Brylee Clements (1st Place), Nora Lott (2nd Place), Jake Grantham (3rd Place), and Majesty Clemmons (Alternate). Principal Tamara Morgan…

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No…it’s Westside Superhero Readers! Students at Westside Elementary School are using their super reading powers to read, read, read. Each grade level is working to accumulate a set number of “words read” by the end of the year in order to reach the school-wide goal of 25,000,000 words! Principal Wendy Jowers spearheaded this initiative in order to get students excited about reading and to increase reading Lexile levels. As you can see from the pictures, Headquarters (AKA the media center) is filled with excited students who are using their reading super powers…

Thursday, December 1, 2016 has been designated as “Dining In Day”. Join the movement and commit to dine in with your family. Spark a conversation and promote your commitment to healthy families. Make your commitment at http://www.aafcs.org/fcsday/commitment.html. #FCSday #healthyfamselfie – Submitted

Westside Elementary staff was treated to a delicious meal from The Olive Garden provided by The Howard Center for Women on Tuesday, November 1. Each staff member not only enjoyed the catered meal, but walked away with a burlap tote bag, a t-shirt, and entered his/her name for a drawing for a Michael Kors bag. The winner of the bag was Mrs. Quinette Lott. Westside would like to thank The Howard Center for Women for taking the time to come to Westside Elementary to serve the delicious dinner as well as providing their services to our community. Pictured above, representing…

Pre-K classes at Indian Creek Elementary have been learning about community helpers. On Thursday, October 20, the firemen from the City of Douglas visited to teach the students about fire safety. On Oct. 28, the EMTS from Coffee Regional Medical Center visited to teach us about their jobs. They demonstrated how they help people that are sick or hurt. Thanks to these community helpers for visiting us at school to teach everyone about the jobs that they do! – Submitted

Cory Baldwin could not have asked for a better way to open South Georgia State College’s men’s basketball season. Three players scored 20 or more points, and three school records were broken Wednesday night as the Hawks (1-0) dominated the Martinique National Team in Douglas, 148-29. Shaquille Williams led the Hawks with 27 points and shot 70 percent from the three-point line. O’Showen Williams finished with 22 points and shot 67 percent from the three-point line. Zaquavian Smith rounded out the top scorers with 20 points. In addition to breaking the record for most points in a game (148), the…

The City of Douglas has been selected as a PlanFirst Community by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. The PlanFirst designation recognizes communities for successful comprehensive plan implementation efforts over many years. The prestigious designation enables the City of Douglas to take advantage of various incentives offered through the program which will be in effect for a three-year period. Benefits of a city becoming a PlanFirst designation are the incentives available to designees from DCA and GEFA during the designation period. Incentives available to the PlanFirst designees include: • Statewide recognition for community achievement• PlanFirst Community plaque indicating date of…

The City of Douglas will be doing its part to make the holiday season special for residents of Georgia’s hospitals serving persons with developmental disabilities and behavioral health needs. For 57 years, cities across Georgia have brought the joy of the holiday season to patients at Georgia’s regional behavioral health hospitals through the Mayors’ Christmas Motorcade. “This is a great program to help patients at local and regional mental health facilities,” says Mayor Tony Paulk. “I encourage everyone to donate so we can ensure these patients receive some joy at Christmas.” The program, begun by the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA) …

Congratulations to Casey Cox for being chosen as the Coffee High School/Wiregrass Georgia Technical College Move On When Ready Student of the Month for November. Casey was presented with a certificate and a $20 Wal-Mart gift card. She is a student in the Early Child Care and Education pathway at Coffee High School. Casey’s teacher is Ms. Amy Hodges. – Submitted