Columbus, GA—The Muscogee County School District is pleased to announce Dr. Stefan Lawrence has been selected as a finalist for the 2019 Georgia Teacher of Year, as announced by State School Superintendent Richard Woods on April 17, 2018.

Lawrence, an English teacher at Carver High School, is one of ten finalists that were chosen from a pool of 150 applicants across the state. According to the Georgia Department of Education, all finalists were chosen based on the strength of their essay responses submitted to a panel of judges that included teachers, past Georgia Teacher of the Year winners…

Columbus, GA- The Georgia Movie Academy (GMA), an annual digital storytelling competition sponsored by the Educational Technology Center at Chattahoochee-Flint RESA, has announced its 2018 winners.There were 53 teams, in this year's competition, representing the work of more than 300 students throughout South Georgia. The Muscogee County School District was represented with 17 teams. Four of those teams placed in the competition.

Place	Project Name	School	Students	Sponsor(s)
Best Picture 6-8 Division	“A Case for More Drama in Middle School”	Midland Middle School	Cameron Dodson Riley…

Columbus, GA- The Muscogee County School District has developed the official high school graduation schedule for the 2017-2018 school year as listed below. All ceremonies will be held at the Civic Center at the listed times. Each ceremony will be made available for live-stream viewing, courtesy of WTVM-9.Each school will provide graduates with the scheduled time to line up, walk in, and walk out of the facility.

Statewide testing for schools in the state of Georgia begins this month. The purpose of Georgia Milestones testing is to provide insight regarding how well students are mastering and retaining the state-adopted content standards in the core areas of English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. It also allows students to test their own readiness for the next grade level, course or next educational endeavor.

It is imperative that students perform their best when taking these tests, and you can help! According to the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE), “Students who are…

Columbus, GA- Parents and legal guardians may now apply for a hardship or open seat transfer request, for the 2018-2019 school year, online at https://www.muscogee.k12.ga.us/Families. The deadline to submit a hardship or open seat transfer request is Monday, April 30, 2018, 5:00 p.m. Exceptions to the deadline include parents or legal guardians of students who are new to the district. Approval and/or denial statuses will be sent, by email, to the parent or legal guardian by the end of June.

Requests for transfers to another school are only approved under certain conditions based on available…