Category: Education
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PSD SkillsUSA students win big during 2026 state champs this weekend
Several students from Cedartown and Rockmart High School were crowned winners – or scored big – during the 2026 SkillsUSA State Championship and will get to onward to represent Polk County and Georgia on the national level later this spring. Edwin Jacinto-Escobar of Cedartown High took first place in barbering, and Zaylan Voils won first…
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PSD honors Young Georgia Authors winners for 2026
Students from across the Polk School District will have an opportunity to showcase their writing gifts after being named Young Georgia Authors representing the county on the next level. Cedartown Middle and High School students, Northside Elementary, Rockmart Middle and High School and Westside and Youngs Grove Elementary youth were honored by PSD for their…
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CHS teens are World Champs!
Cedartown High School can now call themselves world champions. The trio of Anna Vainrib, Armando Penaloza, and Ande Kate Roper will be coming home with the gold after a perfect run in the Parliamentary Debate World Congress event halfway around the world in Japan this weekend. Vainrib, Penaloza and Roper put up a 6-0 run…
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2026 STAR Students & Teachers announced for Cedartown, Rockmart High
Cedartown and Rockmart High Schools both recently announced who will be this year’s STAR Students and Teachers representing the county for 2026. Senior Dayla Cetino-Hernandez is the Rockmart High School STAR Students, and she recognized Vivian Bleecker as this year’s STAR Teacher representing the Yellow Jackets. Azul Camarena was announced on Tuesday as this year’s…
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Student scores big on VFW essay contest, heading to national competition
Cedartown Middle School is celebrating one of their own who has advanced to the national level for her essay on “Patriotism.” The contest sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) saw the essay written by Sophia Montang advance past the local level, regional level and state level all the way to national competition with…
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Annual Mr. Big Jacket competition coming up on Thursday at RHS
Who will be Mr. Jacket for 2026? That’s a question that will be answered during a fun and friendly competition at Rockmart High School this coming Thursday. The event set to kick off at 6 p.m. in the High School’s Performing Arts Center is $11 per person – $10 plus a $1 ticket fee on…
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PSD on Two-Hour Delay for Tuesday Morning
Polk School District will be opening two hours late on Tuesday due to the weather. Schools will open at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 27 to provide time to ensure buses and facilities are operational and warmed up for staff and students. Bus routes, campus openings and start times will shift forward, so for example…
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Landrum wins 2026 PSD Spelling Bee
The annual battle of brains between local youth saw a new spelling king crowned this week for the Polk School District. Cedartown Middle eighth grader Jaxon Landrum took the top spot as Spelling Bee Champion for the district during competition this week between elementary and middle school students. As the district champ, Landrum will go…
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Mobile classrooms for CCS Middle, HS students open for 2026
Covenant Christian School began their latest school year in August with a move to a new Church hosting their campus, and now they’ve gotten to expand a bit as well in recent weeks with the start of the calendar year. CCS announced this morning that students returned back to classes for Middle and High School…
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Rockmart High gets runner up spot in region for One Act
Several awards were handed out in for Rockmart High School’s performance at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School this week as the One Act competition was held for Region 7-AA. This year’s play “John Lennon and Me” brought Rockmart a runner-up finish on Region 7-AA, with two members of the cast joining the region all-star, and one…