Varsity boys basketball advances to Boys 2A Area Championship
After a 66-57 win against Thorsby Tuesday, the Central Cougars will advance to the Championship Game of the Boys 2A Area. Damarkus Sandlin and Nehemiah Sanders teamed up to lead the Cougars. Sanders scored 13 points and grabbed 12 rebounds while Sandlin scored 25 points. The Central Cougars will face the B.B. Comer Tigers at…
Read MoreStudents in Ms. Mack’s Child Development class making difference
As part of the curriculum in Child Development, Ms. Mack’s students gain real life experience working with children. We are fortunate to have this opportunity since our elementary and high schools are closely connected. Pictured is Child Development student Quin Gilbert teaching fourth grader Kaden Merced how to play checkers. The older students always do such…
Read MoreShowing our love for Ms. Long during National School Counseling Week
High school students had an opportunity to show their appreciation for our counselor, Ms. Long, this week during National School Counseling Week. Students wrote down the reasons they love Ms. Long. Some students wrote how much they appreciated her help with things such as scholarships and class selection, some appreciated how she was a shoulder…
Read MoreStudents gaining knowledge, preparing for upcoming college entrance ACT exam through critical thinking science labs
Biology student Jocelyn Xool is using micropipets to transfer DNA to gel wells in preparation for gel electrophoresis to study DNA fingerprinting. Chemistry students Elijah Richardson, Samaria Owens and Jayden Moore are practicing liquid transfers with volumetric pipets, making one molar concentrations of copper (II) sulfate, and making dilutions of solutions. Physics student Emily Garcia used a soda can as a calorimeters to measure the…
Read MoreSGA kicks-off Black History Month activities
Student Government Association (SGA) member Rebekah Burton led her fellow SGA members Zyriah Meadows, Elijah Richardson and Alex Williams in creating educational and inspiring bulletin boards. One of the bulletin boards displays quotes such as “Get to class, so you can pass,” from Coach Russaw. The second bulletin board educates the student body about the Coosa County Training Center, also known as J.D. Thompson High School. The…
Read MoreMs. Holbrooks’ self-contained class learns about early civilizations
Ms. Holbrooks’ students have been learning about early civilizations and cave drawings. The students then created their own cave drawings. Their lessons also include learning about artifacts and fossils.
Read MoreWhy has it always been done that way?
Have you heard the saying that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting a different result? Have you heard of having blinders on so you concentrate on only the things directly in front of you? What about hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil? Many of us fall…
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Read MoreShelter helps facilitate reunion, off to busy start
The Coosa County Animal Shelter may have had a relatively slow start during its first week, but it has been busy this week and has really hit the ground running! The shelter had a particularly busy day Tuesday with six dogs brought in that day alone. The shelter now has dogs, cats and puppies…
Read MoreElementary students celebrate iReady progress with dance
Central Elementary teachers and administration provided students with an opportunity to have a dance as an incentive to try their best on the iReady standardized reading and math assessments. The incentive worked because there was a 22% increase in the number of students who tested on or above grade level in reading and a 15% increase…
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