The Hornets are atop the region in the standings early in the season.North Paulding's Cameron Cherry drives to the hoop against Hiram.
Chattahoochee Technical College Culinary Program instructor Hillary Gallagher received the 2017 Chef Educator of the Year award presented by the American Culinary Federation-Atlanta Chefs Association at its monthly meeting on Dec. 4th.
Georgia Highlands College’s new bachelor’s in business administration (BBA) students brought their first semester to a close with a service learning project aimed to help the homeless this holiday season.
Hiram High School CTI (Career & Technical Instruction) students attended the annual Georgia CTI Fall Leadership Conference at the Evergreen Marriott in Stone Mountain on November 16-17.
Congratulations to the New Georgia Students of the Month for November! These students show great citizenship and kindness to others in their classroom, school, and community. They are great representatives of the school!
Former Paulding County football player Antonio Gandy-Golden has been named to the 1st team of the Big South Conference for the wide receiver position. Congratulations to the former Patriot on his success.
December 3rd several students from the NPHS Fly Fishing & Cold Water Conservation Club fished the trophy trout waters of Unicoi Outfitters, Nacoochee Bend, in Helen Ga. During Thanksgiving break, students of the Club assisted the Georgia Department of Natural Resources with stocking trout into the Chattahoochee River.
Hiram High school hosted the first annual Paulding / Douglas county rifle team shoot off. Every High school from each county that has a rifle team, came together this past Saturday (December 2nd) and faced off against each other.
Chattahoochee Technical College has named educator Christine Hord as its new director of Adult Education. Hord has a strong background in adult education with 20 years of working in the Cobb/Paulding Adult Education program.
The Hiram Hornet wrestling program hosted the Cass Colonels and also the Alexander Cougars for a meet Thursday at Hiram High School. Nothing new there, but this time the Alexander GIRLS would be facing Hirams girls in the first-ever dual meet.
This week Georgia Highlands College will hold a First-Generation Student Celebration for all students, faculty, and staff who are or were first-generation college students in their family.
Athletes from Paulding County competed in the State Cross Country Championships. North Paulding qualified the girl's team by finishing 3rd in Area 2 7A meet. South Paulding qualified their boy's team by finishing 4th in Region 5 6A. Hiram qualified both teams for state, girls finished 4th, and guys 2nd in Region 7 5A. East Paulding qualified both teams for the state as well, girls finished 3rd, and guys 3rd in Region 7 5A.
Lex Vick currently attends Georgia Highlands College. He takes classes on the Floyd Campus. He lives in Armuchee. There are currently around only 5,000 falconers in the U.S. Lex will graduate to master falconer in 2018. Lex is currently working on his associate in biology at Georgia Highlands College. He wants to continue on to Berry College to get a bachelor’s in animal science before attending veterinarian school at the University of Georgia.
Roberts Elementary recently showed our support and gratitude to the members of the Armed Forces by hosting a Veterans Day parade and breakfast. Veterans and current service members were honored with a parade through the hallways and patriotic songs.