education
Board gets through meeting agenda with standing-room-only audience
A protest against teachers losing their jobs may have dominated the March 10 Board of Education meeting, but the chairman of the Board nevertheless pushed on through agenda items to conduct school ...
Mar 23, 2009 | 1 1 comments | 149 149 recommendations | email to a friend
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A plaque on the flagpole honors John Trimnell who was its principal for 17 years.
Retired teachers honored by plaque at high school
Retired educators were honored last week with the dedication of a marker listing their names, which is located at the entrance of Jones County High School.
Feb 15, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
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Darnell, Bowden named STAR student, teacher
Jones County’s STAR (Student Teacher Achievement Recognition) student was announced at a small gathering at Jones County High School last week.
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More than 500 people visited the Jones County School System Old Book Sale and searched the tables of the Gray Station Middle School cafeteria looking for books and movies to add to their personal collections.
Books for books: media center fund-raiser nets $4,000
Jones County residents were able to travel to foreign countries, meet celebrities, solve mysteries, and more last Saturday at the Jones County Schools Media Specialists Old Book Sale.
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Individual instruction is one of the benefits of the tutoring, which is done in small classes.
Tutoring program helping students who fall behind
A tutoring program for Jones County juniors is an aggressive effort to help students pass the graduation test and to help the school meet AYP standards.
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