State Rep. Jeremy Gray (D-Opelika) recently presented community service grants of $20,000 each to Lee County and Opelika school districts. Pictured...
Congressman presents grants to Opelika, Lee County Schools
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Education Articles
First Baptist Church of Opelika enrolling for elementary academy
First year includes kindergarten and first grade BY NOAH GRIFFITHFOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — Last week, enrollment opened for First Baptist Academy,...
New medical, engineering tracks open to high schoolers
Alabama School of Mathematics and Science offers college-level classes CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER ALABAMA — Alabama students in 10th, 11th and 12th...
OHS theatre takes award-winning ‘Quilt’ to southeastern competition
Pictured above are members of the Opelika High Theatre Society. Pictured below, on behalf of the Opelika City Schools Board of Education,...
AU Cafe Series highlights Black scientists, mathematicians
BY KADIE VICKFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — Throughout February, Auburn University’s College of Science and Mathematics (COSAM) Outreach offered a Cafe...
Southern Union Quiz Bowl Team headed to national championships
CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — The College Quiz Bowl team of Southern Union State Community College (SUSCC) is slated to make its second...
Lee County Schools Board honors Teachers of the Year
Pictured in front, from left, are the Lee County Schools 2023-2024 Teachers of the Year: Ni'Yai Davis of Loachapoka High; Clint Cobb of Beulah High;...
OLLI at Auburn program to discuss pandemics
BY ANDY LEE WHITEFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — The next Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Auburn’s Brown Bag Series will be held Wednesday,...
Board honors hero, Teachers of the Year
BY ANITA STIEFELANITAS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — At its regular meeting on Feb. 13, the Lee County Schools Board of Education recognized the...