Browse past news stories for Blue Ridge Elementary School in Blue Ridge, GA.

• Man shot in leg during alleged robbery attempt (KRCG Jefferson City)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 08:03:56 pm
  A woman living in a home about a block away from Blue Ridge Elementary School said someone shot her boyfriend in the leg during an overnight robbery attempt.
• Update: Police look for shooting suspect (KRCG Jefferson City)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 10:17:03 am
  Columbia police say it happened at 3715 Southridge Drive off Oakland Gravel Road and Blue Ridge, near Blue Ridge Elementary School.
• Students deliver on-air announcements (The Dalton Daily Citizen)
  posted on November 16, 2009 at 02:26:33 am
  No more boring announcements for Blue Ridge! Announcements are now being televised by way of WROX News. Jeannene Norman, Blue Ridge librarian, came up with the call numbers as a result of the Blue Ridge motto — Blue Ridge Rocks.
• Blue Ridge Elementary hosts “Monster Math Night” (Fort Bend Sun)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 07:13:27 am
  Blue Ridge Elementary School teachers combined learning with fun as they invited students and their families to take part in their annual “Monster Math Night” on Oct. 29.
• Blue Ridge Elementary School students get lesson in hygiene (Columbia Missourian)
  posted on October 31, 2009 at 06:12:45 am
  COLUMBIA — Basic hygiene isn't quite rocket science. It's more like a locomotive. "Up like a rocket, down like a plane, back and forth like a choo-choo train," dental hygienist Sherry Powell said as she taught 90 first-graders and kindergartners at Blue Ridge Elementary School the proper method of brushing teeth. Friday, two MU student organizations — the Student National Medical Association and ...
• Monument Honors Slain Raytown Brothers (KSHB-TV Kansas City)
  posted on October 4, 2009 at 10:17:44 pm
  A Raytown school is honoring the memory of two boys who enjoyed basketball.
• Memorial For Slain Boys Removed At School (KMBC-TV Kansas City)
  posted on September 29, 2009 at 03:15:24 am
  A memorial for Gerard and Amir Clemons is being covered up at Blue Ridge Elementary School.
• Blue Ridge Elementary Principal keeps TAKS promise and performs as a mime (Sugar Land Sun)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 06:15:33 am
  Blue Ridge Elementary School principal Deirdre Holloway promised students she would perform as a mime if the campus achieved “Recognized” status.
• Library adjacent to school could start taking form next year in Seneca (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 12:05:22 am
  A new Seneca library could begin to rise as early as next year on land donated by the School District of Oconee County.
• Tonight's Clark tribute expected to fill Lakeside High stadium (The Augusta Chronicle)
  posted on September 4, 2009 at 07:09:39 pm
  Record crowds are expected for this evening’s football game between Lakeside and Evans high schools featuring a special performance by the Virginia Tech marching band.
• Forum draws neighbors (Columbia Daily Tribune)
  posted on September 4, 2009 at 07:06:51 pm
  Early on a recent Saturday, Angela Haigh’s husband was performing what he saw as his neighborly duty: walking around the Hominy Branch neighborhood in Columbia’s Third Ward, searching for suspicious activity.
• Skala, CPD hold safety summit (Maneater)
  posted on September 4, 2009 at 07:18:47 am
  CPD outlined its new geographic policing strategy.
• Columbia police look to build stronger relationship with residents (Columbia Missourian)
  posted on September 4, 2009 at 05:12:40 am
  COLUMBIA — Columbia police met with Third Ward residents at a town hall meeting Thursday night to discuss crime in the ward, as well as efforts taken by the department to improve community relations. Fewer than 30 people attended the meeting, which was held at Blue Ridge Elementary School, and was arranged by Third Ward Councilman Karl Skala. Skala said he stole the idea from a town hall hosted ...
• Police chief to speak at Third Ward event (Columbia Daily Tribune)
  posted on August 27, 2009 at 07:14:54 pm
  Columbia residents of the Third Ward are invited to participate in a neighborhood safety summit, where they can share ideas and concerns with Columbia police on reducing crime in northeast Columbia.
• Rex joins in call for Sanford’s resignation (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on August 26, 2009 at 11:40:37 pm
  South Carolina Superintendent of Education Jim Rex added his voice today to those calling for Gov. Mark Sanford’s resignation.
• Around the Region, Aug. 24 (The Martinsburg Journal)
  posted on August 24, 2009 at 04:05:00 am
  Jefferson Fair hosts farm market LEETOWN - In an effort to promote local agriculture, the Jefferson County Fair is hosting a new farmers market beginning through the week of the fair. "Fairgoers want to buy the food we grow in Jefferson County, and this is the perfect opportunity to bring the growers and the consumers together," said Kellie .
• DPD: Be aware of school zones (The Dalton Daily Citizen)
  posted on August 6, 2009 at 10:17:45 pm
  The Dalton Police Department is reminding motorists that students return to city schools on Friday and that school zone speed limits will be back in effect. The Traffic Enforcement Unit along with the patrol division will be stepping up enforcement of posted speed limits in the school zones.
• Ex-Boyfriend Charged in Raytown Quad Killing (KSHB-TV Kansas City)
  posted on July 10, 2009 at 08:44:20 pm
  The Jackson County Prosecutor announced charges in the killings of four people inside a Raytown apartment. Click inside for details.
• LIVE NOW: Charges in Raytown Quad Killing (KSHB-TV Kansas City)
  posted on July 10, 2009 at 08:14:21 pm
  LIVE @ 3PM | Watch the Jackson County Prosecutor announce charges in the killings of four people inside a Raytown apartment. Click inside for details.
• Charges Coming in Raytown Quadruple Homicide (KSHB-TV Kansas City)
  posted on July 10, 2009 at 06:59:30 pm
  The Jackson County Prosecutor has planned an afternoon press conference to announce charges in killing for a woman, her boyfriend and her two young nephews inside her Raytown apartment.
• Charges Filed in Raytown Homicide (KSHB-TV Kansas City)
  posted on July 10, 2009 at 06:44:30 pm
  The Jackson County Prosecutor has planned an afternoon press conference to announce charges in the Raytown quadruple homicide.
• Ground broken for new elementary school (The Herald-Mail)
  posted on June 21, 2009 at 03:09:50 am
  CHARLES TOWN. W.Va. A tract of fertile land where, not so long ago, a farmer grew crops, will become a place where teachers grow the fertile minds of students.
• Blue Ridge showcases student work (The Ithaca Journal)
  posted on June 9, 2009 at 12:34:27 pm
  The community gathered at Blue Ridge Elementary School June 3 to witness the creative side of its elementary students.
• Students bring texts to life (The Ithaca Journal)
  posted on June 3, 2009 at 12:56:42 pm
  Blue Ridge Elementary School students performed readings May 8 and 13 in the school’s annual Oral Reading Contest.
• Fifth-grader wins school bee (The Ithaca Journal)
  posted on June 3, 2009 at 12:26:36 pm
  Can you spell exhilaration? That’s what Brianna Brewer was feeling as she cinched this year’s annual Spelling Bee held at Blue Ridge Elementary School.
• Hometown honors fallen soldier returned home (News 14 Carolina)
  posted on June 2, 2009 at 08:07:28 pm
  MOUNT AIRY, N.C. – Dozens of people lined the streets of downtown Mount Airy Friday to honor fallen hometown hero 28-year-old First Lt. Leevi Barnard, who was killed in Iraq.
• Patrick man killed in action on third tour in Iraq (Martinsville Bulletin)
  posted on May 24, 2009 at 09:44:16 am
  Thomas L. Barnard remembers his grandson, First Lt. Leevi Khole Barnard of Ararat, as a man of integrity. “He was solid,” Barnard said. “Anything he said, you could depend on.”
• BREAKING NEWS: Patrick soldier killed in Iraq (Martinsville Bulletin)
  posted on May 23, 2009 at 12:58:54 am
  First Lt. Leevi Khole Barnard, 28, of Ararat in Patrick County, has been killed in action while serving on his third tour of duty in Iraq, according to his grandfather, Thomas L. Barnard of Ararat.
• Cost of 3 new school projects wont be taxing (The Herald-Mail)
  posted on May 10, 2009 at 12:09:39 am
  CHARLES TOWN, W.VA. Jefferson County is building two new elementary schools and adding to a third.
• AKA celebrates Best Week Ever (Maneater)
  posted on May 5, 2009 at 02:49:39 am
  Each day focused on a principle of the sorority.