Browse past news stories for Harmony Elementary School in Harmony, NC.

• Longtime educator started another life at 65 (The Charleston Gazette)
  posted on March 15, 2010 at 03:53:03 am
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- She never had children, not the biological kind. But Opal Eismon Johnson nurtured hundreds of children as a teacher and principal in Roane and Kanawha counties. She started teaching almost from the moment she graduated from hig...
• Three finalists in Lynden superintendent search (The Bellingham Herald)
  posted on March 13, 2010 at 01:24:06 am
  LYNDEN - Three finalists, two of whom work in Whatcom County school districts, have been named in th
• Schools celebrate Dr. Seuss (Gwinnett Daily Post)
  posted on March 3, 2010 at 04:07:14 am
  Students at Harmony Elementary School celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday Tuesday by eating green eggs and ham and listening to stories read by high schoolers. More than 45 million people across the country participated Tuesday in the 13th annual Read Across America Day, a campaign sponsored by the National Education Association designed to get children excited about reading.
• Hemet Unified prepares for deep cuts (The Valley Chronicle)
  posted on February 12, 2010 at 07:51:16 pm
  After cutting more than $12 million from the Hemet Unified School District budget over the past year, the district is gearing up to make another round of cuts.
• Mount Baker offers classes for parents of kindergarten students (The Bellingham Herald)
  posted on January 30, 2010 at 01:31:38 am
  DEMING - The Mount Baker School District is offering free information classes for parents of student
• Police: Fugitives fire on patrol car (The Valley Chronicle)
  posted on December 21, 2009 at 07:15:31 pm
  A Hemet police officer escaped injury when his patrol car was fired on by a pair of fleeing fugitives after a vehicle chase on the streets near Harmony Elementary School on Monday.
• Hemet Police Nab Suspects After Intense Manhunt (KESQ Palm Springs)
  posted on December 15, 2009 at 05:48:54 pm
  HEMET - Two men were arrested after firing shots at police and hiding near an elementary school.
• HEMET: Two men arrested after chase (The Californian)
  posted on December 15, 2009 at 04:56:41 am
  Two men ---- one of whom allegedly shot at a Hemet police officer while they were fleeing from authorities ---- were nabbed after an intensive manhunt, authorities said.
• HEMET: Two men arrested after chase (North County Times)
  posted on December 15, 2009 at 04:50:03 am
  Two men ---- one of whom allegedly shot at a Hemet policeofficer while they were fleeing from authorities ---- were nabbedafter an intensive manhunt, authorities said.
• Two arrested in Hemet car chase, shooting (The Press-Enterprise)
  posted on December 14, 2009 at 05:41:09 pm
  Hemet police arrested two suspected gang members Monday who fired at police during a chase that led to the cancellation of classes at a Hemet elementary school. The situation began when an officer attempted to pull over a vehicle for speeding in the 2500 block of Duskywing Road in southwestern Hemet, at about 3 a.m., Hemet police Lt. Duane Wisehart said in a report. Video:
• First, second place spelling bee finishers move to state competition (Merced Sun-Star)
  posted on December 11, 2009 at 09:43:24 am
  Students from throughout Merced County placed in the top three spots for both the elementary and junior high school Merced County Spelling Bees this week.Held at the Merced County Office of Education and Atwater Community Center Wednesday and Thursday, 30 students from 15 junior high schools competed along with 90 students from 45 elementary schools.
• Fill-A-Stocking underway (Pickens County Progress)
  posted on December 2, 2009 at 03:57:04 pm
  Members of the Jasper Lions Club are already hard at work on the 2009 Fill-A-Stocking program in Pickens County with Lion Melanie E. Effler chairing the committee.
• Neighbors aided pepper-sprayed missing teens after fight (The Press-Enterprise)
  posted on November 27, 2009 at 03:30:37 am
  A couple living near a Hemet house where police found charred human remains may have been among the last people to see two teenagers who had been at the house and were still missing on Thursday.
• Detectives clear human-remains crime scene (The Press-Enterprise)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 10:30:55 pm
  Hemet police on Wednesday night cleared and lifted crime-scene tape from the Bluejay Way home where they found charred human remains in the backyard. But two teenagers who were last seen at house still were missing today.
• Police recover human remains in Hemet backyard (The Press-Enterprise)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 05:21:12 am
  For the second time in a week, police recovered burned human remains from the backyard of a Hemet home where two missing teens were last seen, bringing curious crime-scene seekers to a quiet suburban tract. Confusion still far outweighed confirmation in the investigation Wednesday, however.
• One of three missing Hemet teens is alive, well (Los Angeles Times)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 05:06:04 am
  Felicia Sharpe shows up at the police station with her mother. But Jose Campos and Adrian Rios are still missing, and authorities find more charred human remains where they were last seen. The mystery of three missing Hemet teens deepened Wednesday when one turned up alive and well while police unearthed charred human remains at a home where the other two were last seen.
• Neighbor smelled smoke from Hemet home where human remains were discovered (Los Angeles Times)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 10:40:41 pm
  Robert Rotsolk said he smelled what seemed like a bonfire coming from his neighbor's backyard two Sundays ago about 6:30 p.m. and reported it to the police.
• October community events and meetings (The Delhi Express)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 05:57:25 am
  by Bryan Snow and Rebekah R. McCurdy Community Informational Night On Thursday, October 1, Delhi Unified School District presented a Community Informational Night at Delhi High School. Information about the event was distributed through the schools and parents, teachers and students all turned out for the event. Each school and some of the district departments and programs had information tables ...
• Family dollar hit by armed robbery again (The Mooresville Tribune)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 04:14:44 am
  For the second time in as many weeks, the Family Dollar store on West Front Street was robbed.
• Gwinnett Elementary School Closed Due To Stomach Flu (WXIA-TV Atlanta)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 10:39:16 pm
  A Gwinnett County elementary school will be closed Friday after a record number of students called out or went home sick.
• Buford School To Close Friday Due To Illness (CBS 46 News Atlanta)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 09:39:12 pm
  Harmony Elementary School in Buford will close Friday because of illness, the school says in a letter to parents. | Link: School's Letter To Parents | Link: School's Web Site
• Woman charged with firing gun near school (The Mooresville Tribune)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 02:44:33 pm
  A Harmony woman was charged with firing a weapon near a school.
• Hemet High loses two quarterbacks in game (The Valley Chronicle)
  posted on October 16, 2009 at 06:57:35 pm
  VALERIE DEW / The Valley Chronicle CHEERING ON THE TEAM: Students from Harmony Elementary School cheered on West Valley High School’s football team’s kicker last Friday as he attempted a field goal. Students were brought in to play games of flag football with West Valley athletes.
• Pickens County Teacher of the Year (Pickens County Progress)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 09:43:56 pm
  Seven Pickens County teachers -- one representing each school in the local system -- have been nominated for this year's Teach of the Year honors. The county's top educator for 2009 will be announaced at a banquet in November.
• Teens face charge of vandalizing school (The Mooresville Tribune)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 07:00:09 pm
  One 16-year-old and five juveniles face charges of vandalizing a school after authorities said they found a camera in which the crimes were recorded.
• Commissioner Meeting September 24-- agenda (Pickens County Progress)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 05:43:55 pm
  I. Call the meeting to Order. 1. Prayer 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Amendments to Agenda – II. Approve Minutes from August 27, 2009 meeting. III. Reports from Committees and Departments 1. Animal Control Officer IV. Consent Agenda 1. Signed Memorandum of Understanding Between Pickens County, Georgia, Acting Through the Pickens County Health Department and the Pickens County Government And the ...
• Teens charged with vandalism (Statesville Record & Landmark)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 04:02:45 am
  A Hamptonville teen and five juveniles face charges of vandalizing a school after authorities said they found a camera that recorded the crime in progress.
• Harmony Playground Dedication (WABI Bangor)
  posted on September 18, 2009 at 12:02:33 pm
  After two years of hard work, and a bit of a sacrifice from their school principal, the folks at Harmony Elementary School officially opened their new playground. The old set was more than 40 years old, and they say, a safety hazard. Kids at the school raised more than $1,000 in pennies for a . . .
• Putnam woman arrested for drug possession (Charleston Daily Mail)
  posted on September 11, 2009 at 01:36:55 am
  A Putnam County woman was arrested in Cross Lanes after deputies found Oxycontin pills in her purse during a traffic stop.Lt. B.C. Robbins of the Kanawha County Sheriffs Department was on patrol late Wednesday night in the Cross Lanes area when he spotted ...
• Oldham County Goes Back To School (WLKY Louisville)
  posted on August 12, 2009 at 08:28:04 pm
  Thousands of students headed back to class Wednesday in Oldham County.