Friends helping Friends held their first tennis tournament this past weekend. FHF coordinator Sandy Adams tells us more about the turn out. “It turned out really well, as we had people lining up to play. Typically each tournament lasted about an hour to an hour and a half. There were people from other counties who…
Friends Helping Friends a club at Elbert County High school, which assists some very special students, has recently participated in assisting them during the 2012 Special Olympics Bowling Competition in Athens. ECCHS champions for the boys division were Latavious Bolton, Tamarcus Fortson, David Sorrow, and Patrick Armstrong. Champions for the Girls Division were Anna Watts,…
The Elbert County Board of Education held their regular monthly meeting last night where they recognized the JROTC raider team for winning their 3rd state championship title and for coming out 6th in the Nation out of 73 schools. Reid Fuller, Commander for the raider team encourages his returning teammates to bring on a 4th…
Friends Helping Friends, a club at Elbert County High School that assists students with special needs will be sponsoring a Fall Tennis Tournament. FHF sponsor Sandy Adams tells us how this idea of a fundraiser came up. “Kaylee Kirby, who is a FHF member, she asked me if I would be interested in allowing her…
This past Friday the annual Friends Helping Friends student vs. coaches’ basketball game was held and was a great success. The final score for this game was 104 to 0 students keeping their winning streak. Coaching and preparing the students for this game was Varsity Boys Basketball Coach Jeff Bennum, talked about his team’s effort.…
Friends Helping Friends will be having their annual Student vs. Coaches basketball game on Friday November 16th. This basketball game will be held to raise money for an Honorary Senior officer Sydney Vickery; she has helped organize multiple trips and helped in many ways with Friends Helping Friends. Sydney was diagnosed in July with encephalitis…
This past Monday at the Elbert County’s Board of Education Called meeting, The State Health Benefit Plan was discussed for retired educators. The state insurance has gone up for everybody in the past year and now has gone up for board members as well. Elbert County has two board members that use State Insurance one…
Friends Helping Friends, a club at Elbert County High School that assists students with special needs will be sponsoring a Fall Tennis Tournament. FHF sponsor Sandy Adams tells us how this idea of a fundraiser came up. “Kaylee Kirby, who is a FHF member, she asked me if I would be interested in allowing her…
The Army JROTC Academic Team representing Elbert County High School was recently recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta for their participation in the 2011-2012 JROTC Leadership Symposium and Academic Bowl Championship, which took place in Washington D.C., June of this year. Clay Carlton, who was a member of the 2011-2012 Academic team,…
Teacher of the year awards were handed out last night at the Elbert County Board of Education’s regular monthly meeting. Elbert County Primary teacher Debbie Jameson was chosen as the over all Teacher of the year for Elbert County. Jameson said it’s been a privilege working with her fellow teachers and children for the past…
