The American Legion is accepting applications for its annual high school Oratorical Scholarship Program contest.

The Giles County Board of Education discussed a textbook committee during its work session Nov. 17.

TN Promise students participating in the tnAchieves program crossed a significant milestone this month. Over the last 15 years, tnAchieves students have given back more than 4 million hours of community service.

State Rep. Clay Doggett is welcomed to a Delta Kappa Gamma Phi Chapter meeting held at Richland School by member Missy Locke (left) and Chapter President Carole Cheatwood. Doggett shared with members the latest educational news from the state. The top two topics discussed were third grade re…

Richland Elementary School’s September Students of the Month are (front row, from left) pre-kindergartner Kenzleigh Townsend, kindergartner Holden Francis, (back row) fourth grader Skyler Sakowicz, first grader Ali Harper Gordon, third grader Gunnar Pruett, second grader Maggie Flynn and fif…

Richland School’s September Students of the Month are (seated, from left) sixth grader Brendan Hale, seventh grader Tyson Sexton, eighth grader Hollis Miller, (standing) freshman Laura Jett, sophomore Riley Hale, junior Denton Watkins and (not pictured) senior Laura Stone.   Submitted

Southside Elementary School’s October Student of the Month is third grader Teagan Turner.

Richland School August Students of the Month are (seated, from left) sixth grader Paxton Handy, seventh grader Cassidy Borges, eighth grader Mika Krieg, (standing) freshman Rayse Penrod, sophomore Chris Buchanan, junior Shelby Perry and senior Isabella Murphy.   Submitted

Richland Elementary School’s August Students of the Month are (front row, from left) first grader Charlie Mae Stanford, pre-kindergartner Eli Parker, (back row) second grader Karmyn Kimbrough, fourth grader Anzlee Grisson, fifth grader Silas Dean, (not pictured) third grader Kayleigh Johnson…

Southside Elementary School’s September Student of the Month is fifth grader Travis Howard.

The students of Bridgeforth Middle School who have qualified to be named on the school’s first nine-week honor roll for the 2022-23 academic year are:

On Wednesday, Oct. 26, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) will convene top regional leaders at the University of Tennessee Southern in the Colonial Hall Parlor  to help launch a momentum-building year to renew and articulate the value of education in Tennessee and to increase e…

With less than two weeks remaining until the October 21 tnAchieves mentor application deadline, Giles County still needs 9 mentors to meet local student demand. More than 3,300 volunteer mentors are still needed statewide!

Is 4-H still relevant in 2022? Ask any member, past or present, this question, and you are likely to get a resounding yes. Chances are most of the business owners, teachers, leaders and volunteers in your community have been members of 4-H — where they learned, and what 4-H members are still…

With just one month until the Oct. 21 deadline, tnAchieves needs 4,500 additional volunteer mentors to serve the TN Promise Class of 2023. 14 mentors are still needed in Giles County.

Pulaski Sonic Drive-In employee Abigail Sauls was awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the Nashville Advertising Co-op of Sonic Drive-Ins in June.

Jerry Scroggins is trying to turn tragedy into hope and help for others.

A Giles County family was host to an exchange student through the 4-H International program for the first time in more than 20 years. Yuto Sakai, a 15-year-old student from Inagi, Japan, recently spent three weeks as the guest of Mason Wells, son of Andrea and Ray Keeton.

Southside Elementary School’s August Student of the Month is fourth grader Kurtis Hunt.

The year's first meeting of the Giles County 4-H Club was held Aug. 10 at the Agri Park.

Students across Tennessee can make their voice heard in the gubernatorial race between Republican Incumbent Bill Lee and Democrat Nominee Jason Brantley Martin in the Secretary of State's 2022 Tennessee Student Mock Election.

Giles County Cattleman’s Association President Brett McNeil presents $50 and a Certification of Achievement to MaeLee Williamson in recognition of her performance at the Tennessee State 4-H Public Speaking competition, where she took top honors and was named the 2022 Ninth Grade Tennessee St…

The Giles County Cattlemen’s Association in June awarded a $2,000 scholarship to Brooklyn McKnight.

The Endless Opportunities Career Expo held at the Giles County Agri Park in May was a tremendous success! 

The 2022 Ray Holt Memorial Scholarship recipients are congratulated by members of the Holt family. On hand for the presentation are (from left) Linda Holt, Lydia Barnickle, Leigh Ann Holt, Riley Britton, Chaye McElroy, Elizabeth Cox, Landon Hill, Layla Crabb, Webb Stewart, Brooklyn McKnight,…

The Richland School Alumni & Faculty Hall of Fame officially welcomed it’s second class of inductees in May.

The 2022 Trent Holt Memorial Scholarship recipients are congratulated by members of the Holt family. On hand for the presentation are (from left) Chaye McElroy, Leigh Ann Holt, Riley Britton, Landon Askins, Chloe Shelton, Josie Wiser, Layla Crabb, Connor Newton, Tucker Toone, Maggie Myers, S…

The students who have qualified to be named to Minor Hill School’s fourth nine-weeks honor roll of the 2021-22 academic year are:

The students who have qualified to be named to Southside Elementary School’s fourth nine-weeks honor roll of the 2021-22 academic year are:

Richland School’s April Students of the Month are (seated, from left) Riley Hale, Harley Patterson, Langston Norris, Bentley Thomason, (standing) Macie Dunavant, Denton Watkins, Kristen Garner, Ethan Workman, Kailey Thomason, (not pictured) Jake Haddock and Sam Edwards.   RS / Submitted

The Giles County Creative Clover Schoolhome 4H Club tours First National Bank. FNB’s Savannah Bentley guided the youth around all the different departments of the bank. Students learned what happens on a daily basis in each department, and were able to enter the vault, board room, theater an…

Richland School’s April Students of the Month are (seated, from left) Riley Hale, Harley Patterson, Langston Norris, Bentley Thomason, (standing) Macie Dunavant, Denton Watkins, Kristen Garner, Ethan Workman, Kailey Thomason, (not pictured) Jake Haddock and Sam Edwards.   RS / Submitted

The students of Bridgeforth Middle School who qualified to be named on the school’s third nine-week honor roll for the 2021-22 academic year are:

Bridgeforth Middle School’s 2022 Top Ten are (from left) 1 — JD Kelly, 2 — Addison Shelton, 3 — Chloe Norwood, 4 — Cooper White, 5 — Bralynn Yarbrough, 6 — Hunter Wilson, 7 — Oakley Ivey, 8 — Ethan Vincent, 9 — Camden Eubank and 10 — Josie Curry.   BMS / Submitted

The Giles County Board of Education will meet in regular session at 5 p.m. Thursday, July 7, in the Central Office Boardroom.