Abstinence Until Marriage Workshop

Mike Long, well known author and spokesperson held staff development session regarding how to effectively teach teenagers abstinence, February 13, 2008.

100th Day Celebration at Hallsboro-Artesia

In celebration of the 100th day of school, each student in Lynn Barnes' class created a t-shirt containing 100 items.

Old Dock Students Learn "EGG-cellent" Lesson about Engineering

Byron Tedder's 8th Grade science class conducted an experiment entitled "The Egg Protector".  Participants were instructed to build an egg protector using only rubber bands, paper clips, popsicle sticks, straws, an egg and tape.  The objective was to be able to drop the egg in the egg protector from 3 meters without breaking or cracking the egg.  Students were divided into two teams:  boys vs. girls.  Both egg protectors were successful. Students enjoyed performing the hands-on activity.  It helped illustrate the engineering design process by using the universal systems model which consists of the goal, input, process, output, and feedback.

Representative McIntyre Teaches Lesson at Acme Delco Middle

Representative Mike McIntyre gave students at Acme Delco Middle School a lesson about government recently as part of the Congress in the Classroom program. McIntyre spoke about the separation of powers and the important reasons why all citizens should be involved in electing their leaders. Mr. McIntyre also presented two checks to the Columbus County School Board totaling 3.8 million dollars for reading and technology grants.