Southwest Georgia News Briefs

Deerfield-Windsor defends title in Academic Bowl competition

Deerfield-Windsor School’s high school academic quiz bowl team repeated as champions in the 1A Division at the Andrew College quiz bowl competition recently. The division included seven schools, public, charter and private.

The team included Devan Hammack (captain), Hannah Takash (vice-captain), Brynn Sammons, Rohit Doad, Emma Reed and Autumn Hart.

Individual first-place winners included Jasmin Lopez, overall — personal essay; Haley Broadaway, overall — art; Hannah Sims, overall — music; Devan Hammack, 12th grade — science; Brynn Sammons,11th grade — science; Rohit Doad, 12th grade — social studies; Hana Ghiathi, 11th grade — social studies; Emma Reed, 10th grade — social studies; Hannah Takash, 12th grade — math.

The team is coached by Irmgard Schopen-Davis, chair of the Upper School Humanities department.

Albany Technical College sets up online forms for assistance

Albany Technical College has set up online forms for assistance for faculty, staff and students who might have been affected by recent storms.

The form for students can be accessed on the ATC website at:

Link For Students

http://www.albanytech.edu/index.php?option=com_chronoforms&chronoform=stormsurvey

The form for faculty and staff can be accessed on the ATC website at this link:

Link For Faculty and Staff

http://www.albanytech.edu/index.php?option=com_chronoforms&chronoform=stormsurveystaff

Albany Tech’s Nursing Program receives recognition.

Albany Technical College’s Associate of Science in Nursing program was recently ranked No. 1 by a ranking conducted by RegisteredNursing.org. The ranking is based on the student pass rates on the NCLEX-RN exam.

The NCLEX-RN exam is used by all state boards of nursing across the United States to help assess a student’s competency and is required for licensure. Also, many state boards of nursing use the total overall NCLEX-RN pass rate for a school as one of the main ways to approve the school’s ability to provide a nursing education in the state.

The pass rates are one of the best ways to determine a nursing program’s student preparedness.

Obtaining five years of information from 2011 to 2015, RegisteredNursing.org’s methodology began with collecting NCLEX-RN exam pass rates for all RN programs state by state through several methods, including making a number of Freedom of Information Act requests.

DCSS school relief fund reaches $15,000

According to Dougherty County School System Associate Superintendent Ken Dyer, the DCSS school relief fund has reached $15,000. Distribution of the funds will be specified later by Superintendent Butch Mosely, but Dyer said the money will be used to purchase clothes, school supplies and in some cases, food, for students who were displaced by January’s storms.

TCSG sending relief trucks into Albany

Albany Technical College officials said that the Technical College System of Georgia and sister technical colleges will be sending trucks to Dougherty County today beginning around 12:30 p.m., delivering donations to help with the storm relief efforts in the area.

Baker County students, parents, staff chip in to help DCSS

Help is on the way for Dougherty County students from their counterparts in Baker County. This week, Baker County students, parents and school system staff participated in a relief drive to raise money to help students affected by recent storms in the community. The theme of the drive was “An Outpouring of Love”.

Students, parents and staff are dropping nickels, dimes and quarters in a 3-gallon jug in an attempt to overfill the container. The money will be delivered to the Dougherty County School Board office today to purchase pencils, paper, notebooks and other school supplies for Dougherty County students in need.