How an opera star rose from a hip-hop town Earlier this year, Quincy native and Robert F. Munroe Day School grad Elizabeth Strickland outsang some of Georgia’s most talented young vocalists, placing second in the Rome (Georgia) Symphony’s world-renowned 2019 Barbara Beninato Young Artist Award Competition. Strickland is hardly the first great singer to rise…
The Florida Department of Education released school grades recently, and based on the numbers and marks alone, the 2018-2019 school term proved a mixed bag for Gadsden County’s public schools. Despite challenges like Hurricane Michael, which disrupted normal school operations for days and led to an influx of students from harder hit districts, as well…
Schools in East Jackson County are celebrating following the Florida Department of Education’s recent release of 2018-2019 school grades. A rare feat for Panhandle schools, for the fourth year in a row Sneads Elementary distinguished itself with an “A” ranking. That’s in spite of the disruption caused by Hurricane Michael, the October 2018 Cat5 storm…
