Columbus, GA – In a recent announcement from the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE), six Muscogee County School District were named to serve on State School Superintendent Richard Woods’ Student Advisory Council. The students were selected from a pool of more than 1,000 applicants throughout the state. A total of 130 students will serve on the council.

The Student Advisory Council consists of middle and high school students who will meet with Superintendent Woods to discuss the impact of state policies on the classroom. In addition, they will focus on issues related to education, serve…

Columbus, GA- According to a recent release from the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE), the Muscogee County School District (MCSD) graduation rate has surpassed the state for the sixth consecutive year. The rate is now 86.1 percent, a decrease of 2.8 points year-over-year, from 88.9 percent.

“Although our graduation rate still remains well above the state and national averages, I am disappointed that we took a step backward after six consecutive years of improvement. Our ultimate goal of a 100 percent full-option graduation continues to be the focus of our work as a district. To that…

Columbus, GA – Columbus High School math teacher, Storie Atkins, was recently recognized as one of the nation’s top math teachers by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA).

Ms. Atkins was named a winner of the Edyth May Sliffe Award, which is given annually to approximately 20 teachers in the United States who have had students perform well in the American Mathematics Competitions (AMC). Award recipients were selected from nominations received from the three students of each of the 60 highest scoring teams on the AMC 12. These student were asked to recommend a teacher who in their…

Did you know? Children can suffer academically if they miss 10 percent of school days. That is a couple days each month.
Why is this important? We cannot teach an empty seat. Absences add up---whether excused or unexcused.
What you can do to help: This month, please join the Muscogee County School District Social Workers in celebrating school attendance by working together to help all our children attend school today so they can achieve success tomorrow.

Parents with elementary students (Pre-K-5)

• Set a regular bed time and morning routine.
• Lay out clothes and pack backpacks the night before.
• If…

Columbus, GA—The Muscogee County School District has officially launched the first phase of its district-wide Personalized Learning initiative. As part of this first phase, all middle and high school students will receive Google Chromebooks to support classroom instruction. The District will provide more than 15,000 devices as part of the one-to-one (1:1) student-learning device rollout by mid-October. The device rollout marks the beginning of a multi-year plan to transform instructional practices, district-wide, in order to meet the learning needs of the modern student.

Personalized Learning…