The kindergarten students at Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School brought in items to donate to the animal shelter.

The Whiteoak Service Learning Class recently visited the Highland County Animal Shelter and the dog pound.

Four Laurel Oaks students were honored by their teachers and peers as Students of the Month for March 2012.

Leo Young, the son of Scott and Stephani Young of Hillsboro, has been selected to perform with a national organization known as The Sound of America Honor Band and Chorus.

On Saturday, April 21, the Greenfield McClain show choir, "A Touch of Class," will present their annual show, "Spectacular." This year, the group is returning to a Broadway-themed show.

Officials with the Carrollton Exempted Village School District relented after a nationwide outcry yesterday, reversing their decision to prevent Carrollton High School senior Austin Fisher from walking at his class's graduation in May. Fisher, a student athlete with good grades who cared for his mother during her treatments for terminal breast cancer, missed two more days of class than permitted by school policy and had been told he would not be walking because of these absences.

The students of Whiteoak High School were treated to an ice cream social by the "I" Team. Those being rewarded had either perfect attendance and/or were on the All "A" Honor Roll.

Fairfield Local Schools have announced their honor roll and perfect attendance for the third nine weeks grading period of the 2011-12 school year.

The Whiteoak Drama Club/Thespian Troupe 6931 will present "The Peadmont Express," a murder mystery written by WHS sophomore Victoria Voiles, Friday, May 11, and Saturday, May 12 in the high school cafeteria.

Anthony J. Dzik, Ph.D., geography professor at Shawnee State University, has co-authored a book on the with his son, Vincent Dzik, a student at SSU, titled “Badlands of the American West: A Primer.”

Southern State Community College has released its president's and dean's list for academic excellence for winter quarter 2012. To be eligible for the president's list, a student must maintain a 4.0 grade point average while carrying a minimum of 12 academic credit hours. Those who achieve the dean's list are also full-time students who have earned at least a 3.5 grade point average out of a possible 4.0.

The following is Lynchburg-Clay Elementary's honor roll for the third nine weeks of the 2011 - 12 school year.

Students in certain area schools are getting ready to learn a little bit more about the right way to go.

Southern State Community College will host a Career & Job Fair from 1-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, on the college's North Campus, 1850 Davids Drive, Wilmington.

The Southern State Community College Board of Trustees will meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, in the Community Center of the college's Fayette Campus, 12170 U.S. Route 62 SW, Washington C.H.