The Franklin Education Foundation Inc. last week presented to the Franklin County school testing and technology department a wealth of technology funded by a state grant along with local donations. The presentation on April 16 will enable the schools to fund 50 iPads and folio cases for grades pre-kindergarten and first for testing and classroom…
John River Sheridan, of Carrabelle, was recently elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, at Florida State University. Sheridan, who was valedictorian with the Franklin County High School Class of 2023, is among approximately 20,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni…
The social event of the year at Franklin County High School took place with an elegant flourish Saturday night, as the Seahawks enjoyed the 2025 prom. With the theme of a masquerade ball, the students celebrated at the Fort Coombs Armory, under the watchful eye of class sponsors Erica Stratton and Alisha Brown. At 9…
Lessons learned from baseball, and the moral challenges of caring for neighbors, were the winning themes last Friday as the UF/IFAS Franklin County Extension Office hosted the 4-H Public Speaking Competition. Sponsored by Florida Power and Light, the competition featured students from Franklin County Schools, the Apalachicola Bay Charter School, First Baptist Christian School and…
At a series of town hall meetings throughout Franklin County next month, residents will have a chance to weigh in on what could next year become the most consequential change to the school district since the earliest days of its public schools in the 1860s. After weighing a proposal brought to his desk by leaders…
After the state released graduation rates for 2024 in early January, officials with the Franklin County Schools suspected that the 73 percent graduation rate announced for the district was inaccurate. Superintendent Steve Lanier said that after conversations with school administration and testing personnel, the Florida Department of Education was contacted to request a correction. School…
Genesis Jones, of Eastpoint, the salutatorian of the Franklin County High School class of 2022, has earned Dean’s List honors during the Fall 2024 semester at Lee University, Dean’s List recognition is earned by full-time, undergraduate students with a semester grade point average between 3.7 and 4.00. Lee University is a private, Christ-centered university in…
A total of 14,631 students enrolled during Fall Semester 2024 at The University of Alabama were named to the Dean’s List with an academic record of 3.5 or above; or the President’s List with an academic record of 4.0 (all A’s). Names to the President’s List were Ellie Dilworth, of Port St. Joe; Chandler Jones,…
The local chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma International Society of Key Women Educators recently held an induction, welcoming four new members and reactivating one. Inducted were two teachers from the Apalachicola Bay Charter School, Danielle Layne and Madison Minacci, and two from the Franklin County School, Kathryn Strunk and Tara Klink. Layne’s mother Cathy Creamer,…
Troy University has announced students named to the Chancellor’s and Provost’s Lists for the Fall Semester and Term 2 of the 2024-25 academic year. Avery Pharr, of Apalachicola, and Jackson Taunton, of Wewahitchka, have been named to the Chancellor’s List, which honors full-time undergraduate students who are registered for at least 12 semester hours and…
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