THURSDAY Elementary Schools Breakfast Cereal with graham crackers, apple pie Lunch Hamburger, beef and cheese burrito, potato tots, juice bar Middle and high schools Breakfast Cereal with graham crackers, pancake pups ...

THURSDAY Thomson High: Golf: Away at Washington-Wilkes; Tennis: Away at Grovetown, 4 p.m.; Track and Field: Away at Harlem, 4 p.m.; Girls soccer: Away at Lincoln County, 5:30 p.m.; JV baseball, home vs. Jefferson County, 5:30 p.m.

OLIVIA GRANTHAM Grade: Third School: Dearing Elementary Favorite subject: Social studies Favorite after-school snack: Gummi bears Pets: None I like to listen to: Rhianna Best movie ever: ...

After a constitutional amendment on charter schools failed to pass in the Georgia Legislature last week, the McDuffie County school board voted unanimously to adopt a resolution in support of quality public education.

SEE A LONGER VERSION AT MCDUFFIEMIRROR.COM SOUP, CHILI & STEW COOKOFF WHERE: Dearing Elementary School cafeteria WHEN: Saturday. Contestants must deliver a slow-cooker full of their entry by 4:30 p.m. Judging begins at 5:30 p.m. Then at 6 p.m.

Coming from a family of educators, a career in teaching seemed natural for Nancy Lovelady, the principal of Dearing Elementary School. Her mother and her sisters were teachers, and her father urged her to follow in their footsteps.

How do kids 8-12 spend a school holiday? For some, it's a chance to attend Junior Ranger Camp at Mistletoe State Park in Appling. That's just what 15 students from this area and from as far away as Pennsylvania did Monday.

The Thomson Family Y will soon be calling on community members to help make a difference in someone's life. The annual Community Support Campaign has begun.

Former Evans High School baseball star Chance Smith died Sunday in a car crash.

Athlete Spotlight on Greenbrier High School's Nick Brown, state 100-yard breaststroke champion.

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Cameron Anderson, Ananyah Brinson, Halei Burke, Austin Coleman, Elizabeth Davidson, Emma Dusseau, Guillermo Escalante-Costeno, Kayla Evans, Cristina Mendez, Jacob Reese, Samantha Reville, Seth Stanley, Maria Torres and Bryanna Wallace.

Sidney Cox, Naomi Earl, Caleb Fleming, Carson Griffin, Rebecca Hamilton, Alisha Hoosain, Edward Hurtado, Dillon Landrum, Alisha Mitchell, Alexis McBurney, Zoe Mitsakos, Austin Pagerly, Te'Mya Rahming, Emily Raider, Kaylee Stickney and Justin Thigpen.

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