Education
Work begins on Outdoor Forrest Classroom
Special to the News Students and staff started work this week on the arboretum trail of trees to the entrance of the outdoor classroom. The trail will include 25 labeled trees, as well as an ADA-accessible walkway. The Outdoor Forrest Classroom will connect the school with the current Outdoor Classroom, easing accessibility for students and…
Read MoreCongratulations to CHS Teacher of the Month, Chris Elliott
This is Coach Elliott’s seventh year teaching at Central Coosa. Coach Elliott teaches primarily tenth grade driver’s education and health, as well as one eighth grade remediation class and one ninth grade career preparedness class. Coach Elliott is also in his seventh year as the head coach for both the volleyball and softball teams. Elliott said of teaching,”I believe every student has the ability to learn, but each student has a different learning…
Read MoreCentral High School announces Students of the Month
Central High School is proud to recognize Ashley Jones, a seventh grader, as a February Student of the Month. Ashley, the daughter of Greg Jones from the Sylacauga community, lists math as her favorite subject because “Mrs. Belyeu makes it make sense.” Her teachers describe her as a student who comes to class fully…
Read MoreCentral SGA member on quest to interview gubernatorial candidates
Special to the News Central High School Student Government Association member Christopher Prowell is on a quest to interview Alabama’s pool of gubernatorial candidates. Prowell has contacted 10 candidates from both the Democratic and Republican parties, as well as the independent candidate who granted him his first interview below. The following is the article Prowell…
Read MoreCongratulations to Central boys basketball for winning 2A Area 8 Tournament Champions
Special to the News The Cougars won the Semi-Final round against Horseshoe Bend last Friday, with a score of 77-34, and then progressed to the Finals Monday versus Ranburne. Central of Coosa County won the last time they faced Ranburne, and things went their way on Monday, too. The Cougars breezed past the Bulldogs to the tune…
Read MoreState of the Schools
Special to the News In the tradition of presidents, governors, etc. we would like to report on the State of the Schools in Coosa County for 2025. Thanks to the hard work of students, staff, administrators, Board members, and family and community members, the Coosa County School system is proud of the progress made in…
Read MoreCentral celebrates National Counselors Week
Principal Lee recognized our school counselors, Mrs. Wade and Ms. Long, for their guidance, support and dedication to helping our students and faculty thrive and thanked them for all that they do for us everyday. Students also decorated Mrs. Wade’s and Ms. Long’s doors with heart messages of appreciation.
Read MoreCentral students attend Alabama Shakespeare Festival
Approximately 30 seventh and eighth grade students were rewarded for their good behavior and academics with a trip to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery. The students watched the play “The Lehman Brothers Trilogy.” The trip was an opportunity for the students to experience a live performance of a play in a structured setting. This also complimented their lesson on the Lehman Brothers and their rise to success after moving from…
Read MoreWeekly School Calendar: Feb. 16-20, 2026
Students participate in Automotive Chew and Chat trip
Central technical students who are in the Automotive Program Career Path at Coosa County Schools recently participated in a Chew and Chat trip. The first stop was the United Postal Service (UPS) Distribution Center in Sylacauga to observe how packages move from arrival to delivery within the local service area. During the tour, students learned how shipments are unloaded, sorted, scanned,…
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